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FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1970 Apr 30 DOC#: NMA145 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: WNBC Radio News Transcript - City Bans Spraying of Asbestos c I ! RADIO T V REPORTS, IIMC, aw t o t , new voak. m. v. toot?. O t 7 - t i O O JOHNS--MANVILLE CORPORATION pro gram SIXTH HOUR NEWS Oa t e APRXL 30, 1970 6:00PM CITY BANS SPRAYING OP ASBESTOS WNBC-TV NEW YORK . PRANK MC GEE: The New York City Department of Air Resources aid today it has ordered an end to the praying of asbestos in high-rise construction projects. The department said it * evi C dence that asbestos causes lung cancer and rare chest tumors. A department spokesman said it was the first time a governmental agency anywhere had taken such action against the spraying of as bestos. c RADIO TV REPORTS. INC. 4 1 E A i T * * 1 W L fc. r, N E W v o m t N . V . 1 0 0 1 7 . e t 7 - 9 l O O FOR JOHKS-MAKVTT.T.T- c o r p o r a t i o n program eleventh boor hens DATE APRIL 30. 1970 11:00PM TAT10*M CTTV SPRAYXKG OF ASBESTOS PROHIBITTti WNBC-TV HEW YORK JO HARTZ: The New York City Department of Air Resource has called an absolute halt to the spraying of asbestos, conaonly used in construction around the city. Medical data show that half bestes workers in the nation die of lung cancer resulting free the spray.