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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 May 1 DOC NMA146 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION WNBC Radio News Transcript - Asbestos Use in Construction to be Controlled ee we RADIO TV REPORTS INC Teee 41 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK N. 10017. 697-5100 FOR JOHNS MANVILLE PROGRAM Newsradio 88 DATE May 1 1970 - 2:00 STATION WCBS CITY New York ASBESTOS USE IN CONSTRUCTION TO BE CONTROLLED CONTROLLED COMMENTATOR Adler . Time for report on medicine Here is Lew LEW ADLER New York City has become the first place in the country to take official action against the spraying of asbestos particles during the construction of buildings in - densely populated urban areas This move has been taken by administrative fist rather than through the legislative pro- pro- ceas in the Until it appears likely to face opposition courts from building contractors and owners possibly alike But the New York action by the Environmental Resources Admin- istration is seen by pollution advocates and many medical experts as being a timely and courageous stop in facing the problem squarely and the problem is this asbestos par- ticles especially in the form used in asbestos sprays ^ uring construction have reportedly been found in the lungs of at least a quarter of the adults who have died and beer autopaled in urban areas of the United States and other ly industrialized nations The figure is contained contained in a high- Medi- cal Mr. World News editorial written by Morris Fischbein The editorial the magazine's editormedical notes that some medical scientists are predti hatc tht e ii ncin deng ce of asbestos in- of duced lung cancer will soon exceed that associated with aret smoking and cancer isn't the only disease that the cig- scion- we tists say asbestos particles.can particles.can generate pathologists say the particles can produce a variety of serious manifestations when inhaled Studies have recently shown that the mortality workwm ore kmn en regularly exposed to asbestos under indus- 6 trial conditions is sharply higher than that for the working population as a whole Asbestosis a condition similar to silicosis of the lungs can develop among the general public toe who constantly come into contact with asbestos particles in dust from construction sites floor tiling products even from the brake linings of automobiles Asbestosis creates H = hme ~. x yt Ne { Ornces we MEW VOR * ' COVENT LOS ANEELED PISTON A * SAN FRANC PEW EOMLAMD CHICAGO CHICAGO aZo a slow degenerative reaction in the lungs a condition lead- ing to what the medical men call fibrosis which is the ment of bealtby tissue with scar replacetissue Enough of that and the lungs simply stop doing their job <e Asbestos is used in insula ting materials it's fundamental in fireproofing and there's no adequate substitute for yot or at least there isn't any that has been it not by building contractors or by doctors who accepted either asbestos be replaced by something equally experiment at banning the asbestos are concerned lest barmful The New York spraying is being watched very carefully by concerned experts around the world & yee . + Ct yt : an oF ~ . a tle GO SRC. BED. or ON - rn ABO Oe Romer eee im 2 wad - OT en EON. Sore hrm 11 te. Ma eh ek 17 Ae Le lee G Cei fene Cue MP . SRT TR RL OS & WEST. ee. eteew ein wen ee ai Ns Pe oes t I . v Yano wee weer ee ue frees t 41 . ~ e . ~ ae -. : - geet ke et w wes le mr be " . ~~ 7,Wey ener ie ~ er. se +. se. ae ;. - wo ! . -