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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1972 Mar 15 DOC NMA061 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Asbestos Jobs Tied To Cancer Outbreak ASBESTOS JOBS TIED TO CANCER OUTBREAK New York Times Currenfit le Mar 15 1972 ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York York Times 1851 - 2002 Pg 50 ASBESTOS JOBS TIED TO CANCER OUTBREAK WASHINGTON March 14 -The A.F.L.-C.IO. said today that a rare type of cancer was afflicting an increasing number of asbestos plant workers and their families and that the situation might prove to be the largest epidemic of occupational cancer ever re- corded Dr. Maxwell Borow of Bound Brook N. J. who appeared at a news conference called by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Indus- trial Organizations said the cancer mesothelioma was so rare that some medical books did not recognize its existence as recently as two years ago But he said that in the asbestos mining town of Manville N. J. with a population of 15,000 there were now 52 cases of the disease which attacks the chest and stomach walls and which always brings death within a year to a year and a half after the disease is contracted Spokesmen for the A.F.L.C.I.^ .charged that the government was ignoring the health problems faced by asbestos workers Dr. Borow said the outbreak of mesothelioma was likely to increase for at least 20 years even if adequate safety stan- dards were enforced now because the disease has a gesta- tion period of from 20 to 40 years Reprowid thu percmie ssid on of the copyright owner Further reproduction 1 withoutpermision