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own* tub new yc n'ESDAY, MARCH 2, 19M. 4sbestos Oust Lcmed a Hazard j. iTo at Least One-Fourth of U*S* I By AAXE X. &KODT . Asbestos dust, which has al-| struction workers a__n_d___th__e_ir_: re-Ki/ been cnnaectad with families. i lit* development of fatal can-' According to the findings off err la one-half of asbestos three recent limited studies, the worker*, may be a potential dancers might extend to the! health hatard for OB*-qu*rtar.g**Tal popul*Loo. The studies. ' of the population or more, u which Involved autopsies on,j jr.M reported yesterday. .1.100 persons Ul three cities.1, This preliminary llmltnc was showed that 33 per cent of the-c described by Dr. Irrlnf J. Sell- people had asbestos lodged lnit koff In announedag the estab-ilhetr lungs. I* ii.duncnt ol an environmental: Dr. Selikoff explained that;1 health laboratory at Mount1 rtu,Ue* * "cnide!' W.M irn.r.i JJEiEiSST*.'iZ.'t*e*c*hn*iVqutwe"sttoh.atnbdeisrcslosthedat otnuldy** **! become coated by an iron-nm.' tier nintl material while lodged In thej. ^ conUml*,lungs A more refined technique!. rr. Sclik.fff Slid the u *nnw *hcrws um many pereon** `-.w. en nr snd asbestos f"'*' 'r *ted asbestos Md led him to suspect that:ber` a., well, hr said. , thcr mineral dusu that ct-| Mew Study Started [j MRilnate both urban and rural' Dr Sellkoff and hi* col-< might .create medical ha*-,league* at the new laboratory.! r.1a Ior the public. Jhave started a three-year study; rae new i tboratoiy will be in which they will: ' h.-ulcd by Dr. Sellkoff who.! 4Examine. with Ue de-> v.th Dr. Jacob Chur*, found jcaused's family's approval thef nxt asl>e.<tna workers eventu-jiung tissue of the from 3.000 to. ijjj^N.wed sue to seven tlmes|4.0OO persons expected to die in 'nil death rate from lung) the next two year* at Mouat ^PFand three times the nor- 9UuU. Elmhurst Hospital and; n:i death rate from cancer of Veterans Hospital In the Bronx.! -- corns, h. colon and rectum. The doctors wiU look for un- Other Workers Affected coated as well aa routed asbea-i I*' Hc!rk..ff noted that ttwjtos fibers in the tissues. lingers of exposure to aabestosi kkonk for correlations bewcr i..( limited tn those!t^een the causes of death and work directly with this'0** presence of aabcstoa fibers; insulator and nilrrtla hng Uaaue. { . ilefi.il. The dangers, he said.! 4 Determine the occupational! 'er:.| to workers ta "cxmtlgu-;bl*tory of the deceased and their, .us trades,* such aa other ----i relatives and ether pertiaeatj background information. [ Asbestos Is a fibrous mineral: highly valued for rta nonoor-l roar* and long-wearing prop-; erties. In addition to Us common' ua* aa a fireproof material. Dr. Sellkoff add. asbestos makes upj about 00 per cent of asphalt tile and La used tn dental aarnenL brake linings. plastics, beer Al tars, gaa masks and paper. Until |l last year, mm schools uwd asbestos dust instead of for children to play in. . , it ux IVD AT__ nzuum biuv-.: A-W* wrr& u0 ''TTrt-^5 (j F/U^t . MDs Study' u Effects of Asbestos Dust By EDWARD EDELSON or u vwM.rswn ritrt Doctors at Mount Sinai Hoa-ago to S3 million tona annually ; jltal today set up a laboratoy now. We're not going to see| t> find out whether the duat the results of this until 1990."; tiat haa hem killing workers Futar* Problem Sam tn asbestos mines and plants Sellkoff pointed out that aa- k; hurting the rest of us. beetoa dust, once crested, can The hospital'* environmental never be destroyed. health laboratory wlU be "What we have now la not headed by Dr. Irving J. Sell amply tba production of S3 koff who, with Dr. Janob million tona a year, but the ac Churg. ha# conducted inv<sl cumulation of some lour dec gallons that revealed an alarm ade* of aabeatos that haa been ingly high tnddence of lung mined.* be said. "Our problem and other cancer* among aa- now la on# ter the future." . bastos worker*. __ The Mount Steal laboratory - Tba United State*" Public will aso study the dfecta of Health Service and the cuy other mineral dusts on Health Research Council arvjhumana. A mineralogist will giving grants totaling 1321.000'be a member of the laboratory U> support the laboratory, it (staff. " >u announced at a press con- "We have been filling the fiance in the hospital.- air with a number of mineral Stodted Uaksa Mmnber* dusts against which we have The Sehkoff-Churg study no natural defenses," Sellkoff e aa conducted among mem- said. "Now ere roust determine btrs of the Asbestos Workers the effects of these environ l nlon In the New York are*, mental hazards." j-; found abnormally high In Among.the question* tn be C dencea of lung, stomach and settled. SalUaff said, la Intestinal cancer In the group. whether there hi a critical level Step* are befog taken to re- below which aabastoa exposure due* the workers* exposure to la sale. .* aidesto* dust. But the doctors "We dooT know whether * a.** Increasingly concerned single small exposure haa a Shout the effect of asbestos carcinogenic (cancer-causing! duat on the population - at effect." he said. 1/ rye. Asbestos Is used widely WO CoaUiKM Startles hi the construction of new The researchers win look for buBdlngs. asbestos and other mineral "Our aabastea worker* who dusu In the lungs of rural and developed cancer had at least city dwellers. Autopsies have 3) year* exposure.'* Sehkoff shown trues# of asbestos ft atkL "Any cited an cancer In ber* In tba lung* of ooe out of tits general -population--and four urban resident*. > we don't know wb*t it la--la The laboratory will also tlie result of asbewto* exposure study the dissemination *f as ten 20 to 40 years ago. hesroe dust in the air. Studies "Worldwide production of In Finland have shown that aibestos has Increased from the dust can be detected up to 5 >0,000 ions a year 30 year* 35 mllrs from asbestos milla. DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY 5201 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48202 AFFIDAVIT STATE OF MICHIGAN : S3 COUNTY OF WAYNE : AT ire nntms being first duly sworn, deposes and says thatshe is Librarian II of the Detroit Public Library and thatshe has compared the attached photoprint fxthexwith the original ASBESTOS. March 1930,, Volume XI. Number 9. 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