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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 May 27 DOC NMA151 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION WCBS Radio Transcript - Ottinger Claims Asbestos Spray Cancerous RADIO TV REPORTS INC 41 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK NY NY 10317. 697-510 FOR JOIN IECIVILLE CORPORATION PROGRAM NEWS R^ DIO 88 DATE Day 27th 1970 STATION WCES 11-15 11:45 , a. ew York OTTINGER CLAIMS ASBESTOS SPRAY CANCEROUS NEWSCASTER- m, . . Sub Sub La. ee Sub Sub in in Pollution of purL^ GUIEN purL^ GUIEN purL^ GUIEN purL^ GUIEN purL^ GUIEN purL^ GUIEN the air consists of ee ee If meee weerw es If the the many different chester Congressman Richard Ottinger Ottinger says says millions of of topitc opic actus particles particles particles are released into the air from construction sites where asbestos is sprayed on in liquid form The danger is that the so unscen par- ticles can cause cancer The candidate for the Denseratic nomination en the b Fe TEM Ae Lirline Lirline ne Me Strmilalla Strmilalla Strmilalla Fmr thn Wiw-"- ae of deaths caused by these particles but ottinger says that autopsy reports show that 506 of the people who die in New Yor City have asbestos in their lungs RICHARD OTNINGER One thing is sure and that is that the spraying of asbestos ought to be prohibited altogether The city has taken a very good first step in imposing very strict controls c how it is sprayed sprayed it the particles are so fifnin ee the jun covizing up the side isn't adequate I'd like the City to prolimit the spraying . and I'd like OFFICES IN the Federal NEW YORK + DEVRONT DEVRONT Government to step LOS ANGELES WASHINGTON WASHINGTON in on a national Lasis to do c GAN FRANZ 800 NEW ENGLAND ENGLAND CHICAGO CHICAGO amt Ps 2 om Mm on the same NEMDLASTER NEMDLASTER Officials in the Lindsay Administration nee with representatives of Consolidated Edison this afternoon to discuss ways of avoiding a recurrence of last sumers power failures in the City me ae ~ e w oe.