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FRICTTOlf MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INC., E.210 ROUTS 4, PARAMUS, H.-J. 07652 October 10, 1972 TC: G2ESS OF TUB ASBESTOS STUDY COMMITTEE SUBJECT: ASBESTOS PUBLICITY - DR. SELIKOFF -Attached is an article fron the Mew-York Ilnes-of-October 5, 1972. Of partic .lar Interest la. that paragraph-concerned with "wearing away of asbestos trake linings in automobiles and trucks." The reporter says this i*a"slgn\icant source of~airborne asbestos." .This paragraph is not directly related d. the headline and lead article concerning the Incidence.of cancer of the stocach, colon and rectum (a aajungjancer) in workers exposed to asbestos. ...... ...... ~TO.. ^` . Ordinarily, there vill he an article of this type In the Tines about every month with Dr. Sellkoff generally the source. . E. W. Drlslane Executive Director i * V : - - - - --- --- ----- =- - ^ dn^sbebios-W-or^ers j:tiwnmi.in --*EJVT^rfaegnently:as -neat By BOYCE MNSHEimd'.'^ htHrpnunH L. -A ton of cancer researchers borne -asbestos fibers. [ reported yesterday that asbe> <:At that time there'rwas ta j too, already implicated .as: a suggestion' that other-types-Of t wmh. of loac cancer la trade* cancer' might also' be ' t en repeatedly-exposed to the common;, bat-sot until--now; , .material,,- aught also-.'. have the scientists said, was-tfaera caarad a thre-faid factwo in sufficient statistical evidence to ; tho Inridonro of cancer of the confirm the suspicion.'---;.---.: pL. stomach.- colon and --*" .Ja - However.-:'now. thatr.oore { tho saoM workers. time has- elapsed since the-izdr The wtddi die --^ exposaretto asbestos, .the r stw mM rrmK researchers found that.41 worth f'suspirion. raises ttae'possbaiM"*' died-of cancg of The t-h at t-he low *levels o-f air- stomach, colon- -or-rectum--; Ihotae ajfaeatos paitietes known about three times tho V*joist hi --------- i the risk of [ THO pobBc at largecSelfcaCsyrh' . 'IllO eosooeaikaM -t-- *t>aO that would have .been under normal cirrsmwtanox. yjM Among-tbti tniim r.i..nlr>a<fj taieh ina.rimila-r agegroup which an -not lmown. c.:" Earlier; studies- have that in tho process cf apply ~ZIhaT report -wes.'-ghznvih asbestos insulation.during ` Xyoo. France, before the Inter, fWTHfwiprtwq rf .buildings, national Agency far Research ships, countless tiny partidesj Loa Cancer, an arm of the of tha material. become din-| Wodd Health Orgamtafioo, by lodged and.float into"the DC. living J, Seiikoff of the In urban areas itliiLS^ _ {'Mount Sinai School of Medi- shown that another-tignifiriitt f cine aad Dr.- E. Cuyier Ham* source of airborne asbestos is . moad and Herbert *<*"" of the wearing away of ; tho American Cancer Society's brake linings in automobiles } Esviroameital . search. Project. *. and trucks. The act of applying the. brakes' in inch ' L findings are basedvon rubs, off a fine -asbe^--- |n smdy of 632 members 'of that* Is then kicked sat^ ` tha New York and New Sersey ah-; by "the. drafts - of branches of the : insulation traffic.' Y.sr,~j;l - - ' ^ -- j--workers* union -who- worked Wram-rmtion of the with various forms of asbestos, jurwnt .r< animalT fa widely.used fireproofing me* iterial. r -- -: - r--. - i From 1343, when the -study ! began, until the end of :3371, the researchers monitored the . health aad causes of death of the workers. Several yean ago Dr. Seiikoff and Dr. Hammond tpsuch airhas shownJhet the pirticles often lodge lathe tis sue and. apparently, *nma embedded for long periods -at time. * " - ./ **- ( Last* \ week . Dr.. .2elikoSf reported on a smdy of asbestos calculated that insolation exposure among WorldsWar H workers-wen .dying `of; lung shipbuilders. He warned'thai cancer about eight-times'as such persons should be aware ^ their Increased risk of cat* or and should get more fre quent check-ups so that the disease can be diagnosed when [tlsraorctreatable, y ..-- More V. V . Time!