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FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1970 Mar 1 DOC#: NMA175 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Seattle Times Article - Professor at U.W. Meeting Notes Danger of Spraying Asbestos for Insulation A & S ili ralttr gimes Sunday, March 1, 1970 Professor at U.W. Meeting Notes Danger of Spraying Asbestos B y AL DIEFFENBACH lim e s Medical Editor Careless spraying ol as bestos insulating material is an a ir pollution problem that has become a sero u s health hazard, a Mount Sinai School of Medicine oroiissor su'd here Friday R e g u la l i o n s should he stringent rapidly prepared and quickly enforced ` Dr Irving I belikoff New York it professor of medicine and environmental m e d . c i n r said Here lo speak at the eijiHh annual symposium on Res piratory Diseases Di Sell koff said one out of 'every four o r five asbestos workers dies of lung cancel The very fine mineral fibers art found alm ost invariably m the lungs of persons autop sted in New York City he ONCE THE FIBERS get into the lungs, there is no way to remove them and theV cannoi be dissolved lie said Dust counts taken during asbestos spraying jobs show 'on the order of 26 times the nor-'.i! .imount of du$t in the air. he said Dr Selikotf said entire b u i l d i n g s sometimes arc contaminated for life" be cause asbestos fibers are le ft loose after pipes and b e a n s re sprayed with the in su lat ing material in the Rreas be tween floors and ceilings. These 3iea$ of ` d e a d space 1 often a ie used a s re turn an ducts foi a build mg's circulation system, he 53111 "Winn asbestos lib e rs are being sucked fiont tl' ere a reas mto the circulation system of a building l tn m k l would h8ve to call this < of the most reprehensible habits we have found," be said He said he has become in creasingly concerned about the introduction of new mu terials and techniques before then effeits have beer ac curatclv treasured The present rcmlroveisy about possible harmful ef fects of biith-.-orurol pills is one t .stance, D r Selikoff said Another is the use of enzymes m detergents he added He said there ha re been a 'verv signif'cant' number of asthma cases -- some with serious illness and others with peim anent ill-effects--- among workers n detei gcr.i-packagmg factories THE E N Z Y M E S foim for Insulation about I per cent of a deter w hat happens to the-, gent m i x t u r e About 60,000 000 women exposed t o ' 10,000 000 pounds of the en zvme was used in 1309, Dr Selikoff said but about 10 a low level, intermittent dose' of possible enzyme tiihala tion' ' times that much will be ucd He said there is little this year v>T ie rs now a re protected from he hazards of -nhsling the aetergent duct and its very active, bio'ogiully nzynic cargo, he said, but knowledge on the subject, except that tne ill effects ' cou'cf bs eithet allergic reac non to inhaling the sub s u m e or 3 ilireci effect on the linings of the bronchial asl Utilities Name Director For Nuclear Work th e b JAMES V. NEELY Jam es V Neely who has worked on the development of nuclear power plants m New Jersey and Pennsylva nia, h as been named direc tor of nuclear projects for Seattle City Light and the Snohomish County Public Utility District fh e utilities are partners m the development of a mi d e a r generating station on Kikec Island near Decep tion Pass, and may work jointly on a sim ilar project at Samish Island, north of Mount Vernon Neely will be responsi ble foi the utibties' joint nuclear power activities A giaduate of die Univer sity of New Mexico, Neely worked on the Three Mite Island Nuclear Plant No 2 in southeastern Pennsylva nia and on Oyster Creek Nu cleat Plant No 2 m New Jersey He was an employe of General Public Utilities Seminar Set For Aviation A general aviation nance seminar for m edian cs will he Tuesday and Wednesday in the Winthrop Hotel of Tacoma H ours both days will be from 8 3 m to 4 30 p m The event is sponsored by the ! Washington S'ate Aeronaut ] ics Commission in coopera- , tion with the Federal Avia- ! tion Administration, Seattle I area Office and the F A A 1 Academy m Oklahoma City Reservations mav be made ! with the Washington State Aeronautics Commission , Topics will include air- , men authority and responsi b>lity alteration air-wortlu- ness requirements, aircraft electrical installation and mtioduction *o general avia tion for executive jets Similar s e m i n a r s have been given throughout the United States, but th s wi'l be the first m the Noi ihwest deep, dense wool oriental rugs save $54.00 to $71.00 Clerk to Move Indian 3x5 29.95 SAVE >4.00 on K im ostan O riental design rugs fro slate Court of Appeals will move mto new quarters on tiie 10th floor of the Pacific Building Third Avenue and Columbia Street, tomorrow m orning The office for the Seattle division had been located temporarily m the I B M Building Judge will rte"uroted ` thick- frin g e 9 \1 2 ' K erm an, ree 22900, ` h * j 7 5 9 0 9 'tO " x l3 '8 '' ree vtfJ 00 2 7 5 00 ' *' n a VE 71 0 0 o n \ ) \ \ ? heavy b r o a d e patterned Indian , , 'rups H a n d w oven from scoured 2 ply wool yarn Soft reeens, g o ld , ivoncs 9v 2^9 95. 188.95; ( 9 ', re g 2 2 9 9 5 , now 9 9 9 5 , 4 \6 ', reg 595>5 44.9 5 ; .J J K S i S r S ,3 ,5 '. leS- 3 W 5 - 1 P " 4 . 9 5 . n the Pacific Building , St. Nicholas imported braid rugs Exams March 14 Entrance examinations for , he fall semester a t St Nicholas School, 150! !0th Ave E , will be from 8 45 ' to noon March 14 j The school is a nonsectar- I lan c o l l e g e p rep a ra to ry '{ e att (n a t ti( girl s school Parents should l * make reservations a t the rugs an S3 0 0 value school office .reversible for tw ice package of 4 57-00 diese m ion pile tubular bm ded at tins low price And thev re a'l the wear O n e 9x12 room size, Heorl Speciolist Elected Dr Robm K Johnston, Bellevue, a member of the Mason-CImic staff has been elected a fellow of the Amer ican College of Cardiology, a 4.300-member organization of b e a n specialists o n e 3 x 5 ' an d tw o 2 x5' scatter rugs Choose brow n,gold [avocado blu e red O cher sizes a t special savings, too Floor C overings Fifth Floor, Seattle, N orthgate, Southcenter, E verett, Tacoma C onvenient credit available our most versatile occasional chair 118.00 _ ir j rocking chair and oui most asked for occasional d u r And it c.m ru e tout living >om tins vet) week for onlv US Of) A tUssic m des.gn, o t r r chosen hi the p . : Select front s different patterns m IO deco-'tor colora De signed to be equally at non e in a cr idu.onal etri ig as it is m a conten p o m a one Sec it Minou ou Home f u ' iishings fifth F'oor. 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