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_MiIitJssadM^ \n; <bestos Danger Is Cited ; In Spackling Dry Walls J ,S r. TVali. Srncrx JrivuxAl. St*IT /f'vtrf'r ! WASHINGTON - Material* used to / *t neama in dry*uraJI construction sy expose workers to harmful level* | o: asbestos fibers, federal officials : ; warned. ! The Labor Department said that \! spacxUr.tf and tapiof compounds often | used in cover joints contain asbestos -1 ar.d that workers sanding jointa smootn . | fceiare paintin* may expose themselves . I u> unsale levels of asbestos libera la the air. Taping compounds are spread over paper tape at joints d interior wall sec tions. are allowed to dryland ars sanded before the surfaces are- painted. Spec* klinf compounds are a pU*terUk* ms* terlal used to HU. holes and joint*. The department'* Occupational Safety and Health Administration said employer groups and unions are being asked to alert workers to the potential hazard. The warning followed an exam ination of IT members of a New Tork City painters onion locaL The examina tion showed the lungs of nine painters had X-ray evidence of fibrosis, or ex cessive secretion build-up In the lungs. Asbestos fibers are easily inhaled. Once in the lungs, the fibers are coated with a secretion .that in sufficient amount* can seriously Impair lung* ca pacity. Asbestos *xpour*' Caa also cause lung cancer. . C . 77;"^ Cancer Cause In the Air? ~ CINCINNATI OJPI) -- J)r. Albert Saoin, who developed the oral polio vaccine, said yesterday mat "aa to yu percent" ot cancer cases might be prevented bv mak ing `environmental chang- ! '^Environmental factors are j of the greatest importance" ! in cancer, said Sabin, who fees been doing cancer research the past 13 years. I "Ottr way of life needs to be j carefully studied. ... j "If v.e cut out cigarct . srro'vieg we could cut lur.g van.cr dramatically. Smok ing definitely causes cancer." j Sabin. addressing a; research society here, said: ir.e ore of certain chemicals in dye industry and the i,-iu__ al use of ashes'os ;j--. ~ ' to c.-.r.cor. //,A ' hi.- cancer is still a _ S.'rn added. t.7 7 1074 2d5,031 //torch 8, 1974 Ajihesios price to he Increased cn Gverage of 10% as of April 1 By NICHOLAS COTTER Between 1965 and 1973, fibre manager of Crssi:: Asbestos Leading Canadian asbestos prices rose by a cumulative Corp. Ltd, of Td."v:;o, said. producers will raise asbestos 21 per cent, according to the The com par.y a:.bes`os fibre prices by an average of Quebec Asbestos Mining Asso mines in Nprthf.m i -;:ish O.-i- 10 per eer.t, effective April 1. ciation. umbia and the Yak-- a produce The action, initiated by As Current fibre prices are a about 200,090 teas -.i fibre an bestos Corn. Ltd. of MoriTrcal, record. Because of the broad nually worth between Mi-mil follows general fibre price in range of asbestos fibre grades lion and JoC-niiihctt. creases ranging from 8 to 16 --more than 12--prices can Mr. Berry said Cuisiar Is per cent (hat became effec range from about $130 a ton studying closely the pries tive Jan. 1. Asbestos Ccrp. Is to 8LS00 a ton far high qualify moves by Asbestos Corp. aud Canada's second largest as fibre. Canadian Johns-Mar.-.-itie. bestos producer. .Asbestos prices were forced . Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd. of Canadian Johns-Manville to respond - to inflationary Tbetiord Mines, C>-r. jsoLo Co. Lid. of Asbestos, Que., the biggest Canadian ' producer, followed the Asbestos Corp. lead. Other producers are ex- peeled to match the new 10 per cent average increase for all asbestos grades. In dollar-terms, the asbes tos fibre increases of up to 2a pressures, according to A.S. Johnson, vice-president of sales for Asbestos Corp. He added that Canadian dollar devaluations in terms of a number of foreign currencies in 1973 diminished the real re turn to domestic asbestos ex porters. reviewing its fibre prii-r structure in the light of moves by the two industry leaders. "Rising costs fer all of our materials are a concern," W. J. Smith, vice-president of aales, commented. "We're going to study the price moves carefullv." per cent so far this year are Cost increases have been Jexpected to add substantially general, J.'G. Berry, general to the annual value of ship ---------------------- ---------T-t--------- ments by the domestic indus try. ? Canada is the world's larg-, est asbestos tibre exporter. About 93 per cent of Canadian- > produced shipments of 1,- - 862.963 'short tons in 1976 were exported to 70 countries, the main markets being the United States, Western' Eu rope and Japan. Shipments last year were up by 10 per cent over 1972 and are estimated to have been worth 6230-million. About 82 per cent of Canadian asbes tos output comes from mines In Quebec; their shipments in 1973 totalled 1.621.839 Ions val ued at an estimated 5185-miIlinn. For an industry that tradi tionally has held price in- ; Sw As a jewelry crafcman, I have been using dvhstn$. as do n-iT crafomen who use a blo^iorch m tne<r wot been recent creases to an annual average 1 o( 4 per cent or less, the two ! sharp upward moves in asbes tos fibre quotations so far in 1974 arc unprecedented. and vividly brought to my attention that this material, which we s equally use in so'de'in?. luiin?.. etc., is an h.-Mhh ha^-itd the effects of wSu h ran shew Up many years *i *r eTpuaurc! A coc:o friend, >vl*o :j*-2t artisfj ;fn! t ii PU'-Tondry s utiody dism.". nr |S-- ::,invf. i ia ii'r.fI .o'f partkl-* >- * _ ot'--?' r. III..;." ~ 2"c -c; i-nM.itum ,v* ' ~ b'" rr 5'.-?. CM.H ' tc .;\l\ V. W.'-achus-*' FEB !97.: (k:~\ GAF 16153