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powder* ivatcr-mix jewelry kits con Urn asbestos. In addition, within the past couple of yean two different thoracic surgeons have published i ar ticles in leading medical journal*;which advocate the sprinkling, of*'asbesto*; on surgical incisions in order to pro mote the adhesion and healing '`inf tmuei This is verybadadvice.Why, Dr. William . Smith,' who"con-'; ducts animal studies at Fairleigh , Dick inson "University, has readily induced muotheliomu in hamsters by injec- tions of asbestos fibres into their pleural cavities!" < ' 1 "|, t, Pr.Selikoffwentontosaythathe understands full well that asbestos Ban extremely valuable material, and tliat it has become essential in modem industrial society. "We eptdeminlogists recognize and ;study its i dangersi so that we: may devise ways of minimizing or avoiding them," he said. ``Irnpmve- ments in the practice i of industrial hy giene are needed to eliminate unneces sary. exposure among asbestns workers and men m other budding;trades,:arw awareness of the potential risks of en vironmental ; contamination b needed- until our studies indicate.justhowfnr nut into the general .population1;: the problem extendi All I can say is that the public should. be made aware of; the' problcm.andithatnoone.parricularly children and young people, should he unduly exposed. After all, today's, chil dren are. almost' certainly, inhaling more; ashestosthantheirparentsdid.andwe np^fewv^diajftf:.a; pdr^;mhales-.sig-> nifi(^t arnounts of ^estos diist, he. ptros^kle a la- tentlpotehtial 'for;a)e.:;dicvelt)pment' of example l'll heyer forget. A couple of Jack'ICKurg^Wna^ about asbestos and mesothelioma in the ^cijufEdgldiid^ I - vrhen he readithi;piece.;he .'.immediately: told:, his; 'f^ithi^j^^iiM.XwiPItbout it, he-; criiiseher sterhaddiedofmesotheli(>-: `im;'theVyea.r!neCi>W.*'t^Is^itj^nernz]r-:hor: rnr,' this physiciariwent on, `when my wife proceeded to teU me that: in; 1943, while she and her sister were students in : college, they had responded to a pa triotic appeal and spenr"six weeks Id a shipvard insulating pipc-s in1 destroyer escorts.''' Dr.Selikoff:paused. "Two sisters with suc weelcs of exposure in t9^3,;"^e;tmufrriured!!;*^!3^wren|qfK*(re<!. .yeafs'..iiter,":lBn;e rof;,them, diesjipf .mesoj. thelioma. And today, the' otljcr.'ipne-^: the ^doctor's wife-^^is beihgi| examihed every' few : months to keep track of