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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA
DATE 1972 Oct 5 DOC NMA033
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT Article - Wider Link to Cancer Found in Asbestos Workers
reported
yesterday
that
rasbes
that
there time
was was
was
er
= tos already implicated suggestion that types more
| cause of lung cancer cancer- might also morme ore
:
| ers repeatedly exposed to common butnot untilnow material might * alsotohavescientistsstaistcalsaidwas ther^ caused a thre increase sufficient statistical evidence to
the incidence of cancer of confirm the suspicion pes
stomach colon and rectum in However now i more
| the same workers 57 sciential
has elasip nceste he id l
time | The finding
tists
which
sciential
exposurtoe
researchers
asbestos asbestos
the work-
confwhiicrh lmong esciendtial suspicion
raises the possibility died of cancer of the
sabtooumtacthhreecoltoinmetshe number the number
borne exist asbestos urban particles may been that would
have | crease the risk of cancer
under normal
|
among the public at large perch]
expected circumstances
The researchers also said that
their findings might lead
understanding of gastro the same cuases
sof
Cintestinal STA shown _
arecanncoetr
knokwnnocawunse*s * of
Earlier studies
that in the process
of
applying
Lyon report was given : The
in asbestos insulation during the
;
France before the construction of buildings and
national Agency for Research countless tiny partides
Dr. Dr. Medi J. World Cancer an World Health
arm
the
the material become dis r
Organization lodged and float into
Irving Selikoff of the In urban areas has been
E.
Mount and Seidman American Cancer Society's linings in automobiles
theEnvironmental
and trucks The act of applying
_
Cancer Re Project 2. e-5.:,
brta rucks bkraekess in such vehicles
Fearch are asbestos idust based TheThe
rubs off a fine
|
The study findings the of 632 members that then kicked into
the studyNew moving }
York and New Jersey by the drafts of
insulation traffic Examination branches lumps the of union
Examination Examination lumps
iP
forms persons Examination with various
of asbestos
animalsanimals eexpoxsedposed
a
used fireproofing widel5 y
ma to such has shown that the
1943 tis , From whenthe study -particles often lodge the
eemmbebddeedddedapparloneg ntly reported on a of began until the end of 1971
the researchers monitored the
for
health and causes death of Last 0287") the workers Several years ago reported Last week
long periodsperiods Selikoff
Selikoff
. Dr.Selikoff and Dr. Hammond
on a asbesastbeostsos
calculated that insulation among WorldWar Nj
warned workers were
of lung shipbuilders He
that
dying cancer about eight tim ase sus ch persons should be aware
pf their increased risk of cap
and should get more fre
quent check so that the
can be diagnosed when
is more treatable tak
NOTE
N.Y. TIMES October 5 1972