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FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1970 June DOC#: NMA161 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: The Environment Monthly Article - Asbestos - How do You People-Proof Against Such an Omnipresent Health Hazard? THE Jun e 1970 MONTHLY ^ ^ Z X t S S Z f S S S i T he new techn olo gical m an jrlr\aTriuZst,.TMT 131 ^ n ` ,U m ' 9 " h i* b o n o s * ***>- l " M> " - W hen D r . B a rry Com m oner firs t m ade we K tsm c3 li e d*dn t q u ite a p p re c ia te the p la c e o f asbee- to . in each fa s: com pany. Now w . do. ^ w e a lm o a t w ish w e d id n 't. F o r the p re.en c " .*** * " * * be ` o* f i b r e , by th e u n c o u n t a b ic t r illio n , con stitu te s a particu; r2y health m e n a ce . " W h i t ' * i t d o in g in th e a t r ? A s u r u a l it* th e re to e n d a n g e r p e o p le becaume it i s the e s s e n t i a l in g r e d ie n t i n a p r o c e s s de,,i(.-> -d t< -g-r t e c t ***- A s b e s t o s f i b r e s a r e s p ra v c -d on s t e e l le.m.Vers i.. new c o n s t, u c iio n to f ir e p r o o f th e m . A n d they c a n be le th a l. If you ta n a ic an iriu iu in a tc a m o w of fo r a s u ffic ie n t p , n o d . JOU b e co m e u l ^ l tib lc to m e so th e lio m a , a su re -fa ta l fo rm of c a n c e r o f the o u te r lin in g of the lu ng. S o m e ' " "* a w c h tu h p a r i i c i c w hen co m b in ed w ith a gaseou s poiluuttu " trig g e r a sy n crg y stic effect. F o r exam p le, an in su lation w o rk e r who a lso is a c ig s re , s m o k e r i t 92 t im e s m n r # l i k e l y te d e v ^ ' - p lu n g c a n c e r tH*in th e g e n e r a l p o p u la t io n . M o s t sp rayin g reg u lation s are aim ed at prohibitinj* t i l v is ib le e m is s io n s of a sb e sto s fro m c o n s tru c tio n s ite s . A n d that' s the d e vil o f it. B ecause v e ry fin e p a rtic le s , in v is ib le to the hum an eye an d d iffic u lt to de te ct w ith in s tru m e n ts , f i l l the a ir . M o r e a ir m o n ito rin g sta tio n s in a g iven " ban a re a p rod u ce v e ry s c a r y read in g s. T h e equivalent o f. sa y . a m illio n fib re * m a y be found in a cu b ic m e te r o f a ir fa r fro m a c o n s tru ctio n sit* . C lo s e r to such a site , the a sb e sto s count m a y be ten tim e s as g re a t. "N e w Y o rk C ity is lit e r a lly sittin g in a cloud o f a s b e s to s ," te s tifie d D r . W illia m N ic h o ls o n , p h y s ic is t fo r M o u n t S i .ai H o s p i- tal"s E n v iro n m e n ta l S c ie n c e L -tb o ra to ry . And another au th o rity. D r . R o b e rt N . R ic k ie s bas s a id fla t out that it m ig h t be the s m a r t thin* to r<irn*nat^ Ah**Trw r ;n^ thing s a fe r f o r fire p r o o fin g . E v e n union C a a iC ^ la i icr me Lo y i e l d U*eir m e n ` i jo b s e a s ily , have had it w itn asb e sto s. Ja co b N ovak, w hose New Y o rk lo c a l in sulates p ipes after asb e sto s has been sp ra y e d , said re ce n t ly at a M e r :r g . 1 arr. net h e r e te d e s t r o y a trade, but a lte r burying m o re and m o re of m y m e n 1 know w hat the h a z a rd s a re . W h a t e v e r the c o s t of r e p la c in g s p ra y e d a s b e s to s , no one ( a ii a i r a t ii is n ' t w o rth it.'- A n d s o th e t r a d e --o ff? --o . M o r e and o r e f i w ill be the net e n v ir o n m e n ta l g a in t l a l i i e t c i u i i n ihe rig h t te c h n o lo g ica l c n o ic e . *" b a b a sis, who co u ld arg u e against ban ishin g asb estos?