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!i*. >1 . r.iMXs u r.-. - s. i>i:>.i7n r.iccfcO:. HCtraroi i: f. akfa 1 : S i:..1* -r' ry ; '.'/C.rifii,':': .'pprn'in ihuj c-UKdmcnt e, rc'.ymr.i-ii.n il-'-j signed to protect sp'cy nr:!' oth'T oc'wl ruction : from cvponure to poi'cniiailv ` >?`h ? C h-'-" 7 ia. . u Z r.! Const t-.'cibn got Jung cancer from iiiiudir.g ns- tjrsio.i and all city dwellers in IviAii 1971 2 Disagree on Dangers hacnnlous amount.-, c: asbestos or any other tvrw- ' dust in their, work and. also supports pffwis to reduce or eliminate the rulsr-nre cf small amounts of duct bain': ciio'-roc! to esc.'pa into 'hr comni'.inily air," said D-:. ppn.br-rh. who v; vice hale some of the fihroir; miner al, a'City Council committee was told Wednesday. Dr. Irving J. Selikoff, a New : York physician, and biological scientist, testified at the Com mittee or. D:viro -m-';;;t<-,l Con pre.-ider.:. <if rccc-ircfi and rfu-j trol hearings ordered by May of Asbestos 'yelepmcnt for iCorp. ' nv cas'.'.y r.i:i:r.o Dr. E-.t.idsJc!: Mid dustry is opposed to u bo:: ' fiii'.vii'or.mc';!. Editor j asbestos spray insulation r-n the: Two fioclnrs pave ceeflicling j grounds of he.iltn hazards, tie testimony yostere'ey cr. the hr.ttilh effects of a: home as- said asbestos is valuable no a fire, nrardio!. or Dr,toy on the hazards cf as bestos. y.;ii;-:cfi. ciirecisr st environ- mer.lnl medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, urged that Chicago impose-' stringent controls on ail use--: of the tauter;;!. uw.:/i :ib-ra. He testified that uncontrolled "Asbe.-ilus pollution is so severe in bige cities l-hei every person has |;oio:;!ialiy caneerproducing fibers in their `Lung; lungs,'1 Dr. Irving J. Selikoff testified before the City Council Committee on Environmental Control. Dr. Solikof: is head o: with. - -asbestfiS':aHie Division of Environmental Medicine at the New York City', University Mount Sittsir School j of Medicine. ; Toils Asbestos Deaths | A study of iS.OCO asbestos; workers thrum;1, the country; oUlCU l&u, bf-11 ciie of j every tour or five deaths in the j ; group v.-as caused by lungj cancer. Smokers who inhaled; asbestos fibers ran a greater : risk, be said. There have been' 50 deaths iu the grbup. -. < Major sources of asbestos'in air- in cities occurs when asbestos insulation is being sprayer! on and during demoli tion of buildings that have asbestos insulation on their walls, he said. Doubts Puhllc Peril . Dr. Fred Pundsack, speaking for the Asbestos Information Association, said asbestos poses some health risks to workers exposed to it for long periods, By Jay McMullen ... . . i Selikoff was a witness before the City Counci! committee on Every person in America's environmental control, which big cities now has asbestos fi is considering a possible ordi bers in the lunge, Chicago al nance on asbestos controls,' dermen were warned Wednes headed bv Aid. Michael Bilan- - day.' die (11th). :j The. statement came from . /The doctor is professor of tin.- - Dr. Irving Selikoff, the na v i r o n m e.n t a .1 medicine at. tion's leading.'expert on -as Mountl .Sinai. .School l-.of, Medi--.-. | - bestos. pollution;.'. .cine.idfNev.-Ydrlc'Citj'pandldir;; -f" Scientists have'teamed there- rector- of .the .sdioot's:environ-.f are strong iadieu nans'thar.as mental science laboratory. - ; Jbestos particles could cause > He said of 3:COO consecutive lung cancer. Such panicles are autopsies periormed in 'New carried in-city air. A ''York City, asbestos- fibers SELIKOFF-SAID the pres were found in alt lungs. .As- ' ence of asbestos fibers in lungs bestos bodies, which are big does not mean everyone in big: ger than fibers, were foundin' cities wiil die cf lung cancer; 50 per cent of the lungs. . " But he added that 20 to 25 per (] . He urged the council com-. cent of deaths among CJ.S. as mittee to enact controls, on the bestos workers since 1957 have use arid manufacture of as- but "there lias never been a been attributed to lung cancer, bestus materials. recorded instance of anyone in: the general pt.blie being cf-! fccted by asbestos." I sibes'a.i fibers are I with another 20 per cent dying ANOTHER WITNESS was of asbestos::; or cancer of the j Or. Fred L. .Punrisnck, a colon or stomach. ," 'spokesman for *J:a .wce-itss In- _ AsbestOsis is a lung ailment ; formation Assn, and vice pras- fr.h-iic.! they remain in thsi hi'.i.s. s-'-id Dr. bY.iiv'ir. jf mm: that results in extreme short ;j idcr.t of reser.rcii anJ devel- ness ot- breath. i cpir.in! for JoImjjJJsuxUie.' in li:.' asbestos in k-sire are not, nr.-tccic-d they run serious' ri-::;s, be said. ! Dr. .'-ciiiir.ff fer iav-s SE'MKGt-T SAID most as- ! Cicp.. a major asnestos mate- best-vt in city air comas from ! rutis manufacturer. spmycd-crv !:t',u!r,;mr.ts- I .Ici'.r.s-onnvtl!'.' is a ficmcial and regulations roeuirti-g pre- rwls; dcmolii'-o:; cf buildings j supporter ot Seliltoff's asbestos cratior.s In [ho use of asbestos. tout have ash-:r.lnr. i\it.!erials ; research projects. in tiio '.va!:s, ami ashes-'tus fac Ptittrleack said llier; never tories. j bus bean o recc-ivi-'d instance Selikoff also reported lhat'"f. j of asbestos a'.fccfr.g the health From 1S7V comhinatiun of cigarets mid i of the uenerai public, thouglt , nsbastos lias a very r.tro.'.g j asbestos poses some v i-.en.Itlt daily news icm'.ihiolyiog etfect-" in the h.u- i i isi;.; to those working with it f-`Wig<>, ill. ..........-W tnur, body. j fur long periods. r "if..1.000 'r y. 1 penis % 371From |.t>r- 4 ;' SUN-TIM12S & Clt'cuao. III. M-552,000 S-720.000 sp'rayint: of usbestc; to lircproof r.-r-v butldtr.gs petes a health `'disaster" for construc tion-workers. The scientist said one dead) in every four or five among as bestos workers i; caused by lung cancer. Selikoff said the hazard :c passers'ey at ccr.siracr-to s'.:e-.t has not been determined, but studies he conducted for the federal govemm-ati: she-.? that "everybody living in jarze cities has some asfcastcs in bis lungs in small amounts." Moreover, he said, bod etcots of asbestos inhalation are typically no: evident until some. Ti years afterward, a: ' Ife said ?ny use tl;a: car.': be controlled should be ouiiawed. Asbestos is used for insulating' ! Dr. Fred I.. Fundsack, vice : p r e s i d e-n t^ for research of : fonttation-Ass.'itr'zNew vY'origV said;. `.`The asbestos '`industry- wholeheartedly supports the enactment of regulations". to j protect workers;-' ' '! . "However," Pundsack-said,- "the industry is opposed to the complete banning of any useful, material ... on the unproven supposition that its application or use under proper operating conditions may present a health hazard to the generai public." ' -. CAPCO KIN 0001169