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ST0095043 CHEMICAL MARKETING REPORTER Vol, 206, NO. 13 September 23, 1974 Page 3 Asb'-:'tos Cancer Risk L'ii!,';.; lo Low Levs! f0\) r\ , r.-,r [ \J ^ I t t I 1 <v vl t.!*;t'vd c;iv,c,- j is back in t i:v ;. i ,.. V ith n. `.e In .111 ;1 ,* ` n .'beti ls C-etJtT in Nrw# Yt'. *' i *\vS, > vypostncs ii.; t ; l'-.- \ : ' t> ii', \ - i -v;>v h-.'iit io -,r i IV , , t ,* *1 itv i .. f. . i ; l. 1 . V, t;> pd.-if. Is in the vo- . mi l<;n y ..De-tit jpMHrtil v-'d-: 4 >M ;V to .> ; > fib !>. tt -!< v Hi: .1 >.|; -.'ii' f. *n il*- n-l itivi-s of V .! ! : i \ -<l ; r-r:i Ifi.V! at t. .i- I'm \ j .< U. it' i1 '>n, .N .I.. r.htm; !-!'* 1 .. i at . n. a'l!iv- assu- C<: -t ' .' J ! t -l . t . . - :i disease V i..- Il ' . ' ' ids an.! X' Il.ieh h.a.` no knov. n <;:!> . . i r- .lu-s.' < . fil.i-i i xp'".un* In t , V - v s. I'.v ;>hnm tncli ti :.tr |'i in fainila '. ff V.nt l i rs who l.nd !/ . : t.i w d . .!i the plan?, and V.itJlil' i , ; .. ' tl ir*.e morui-. three rhil ( i", rvi,#*,/ no P;i f* 5.7 ec: I;, n. niair - 2020 J:. Mcole/ti.&r - 2040 V. P/>wc - mo3 from T'rrri Hoerger Contiiunul from F.i^o .7 dren of the 9.7.1 wntkers employed them were discovered to In* mesothelioma eaes. The fathers of Iho cf Hu.*::** three worked in the plant for a year, about thirfv years ago. Another victim received indirect exj*>run- < a'lj-stos U*r only six months when slit* was a child ol four !r other recent developments. British re searchers have reported that exposure at levels specified in Federal workplace i*gu- JjfitT m^Jead toTwwthHlonia. fce*tc. pir fhd otff cancers. 'A od t;K ttidy. of rots, jlion-s mcs. lh-.boir.i dcvtlopir.n -iter cir? day ol expo- ?.!!< /' pi limm.-ry study made in Cau.:<!.i ! imJii.idrs that nj'es*.jo!i of small quantities * of the fibers can cause cancerous tumors j As o result of these and other new rieveh opmem*. Dr. Irving J. Sehknff, heart of the y.(n<:i' Sinai f.aVnatory of tCnvirnnnient.il Science-, says there rftuW In* n epidemic of m- ss ihelinnia. The disease takes two to four decades to develop, and asbestos pro duction today is ten time'; 10 i0*s lev* Is. Later last week, union officials reacted bitterly to the publisher! reports. AnUmiy Marroechi. legislative director of the Oil Ch emicil & Atomic Workers Union said: "We will be fighting from a different di mension. We'll he looking at a whole gener ation of our children. If.; one thing to de stroy a wo.KPr. It's another In destroy his family.'' Mr. Maz2occhi told tin* AVie York Timm his onion would challenge new F* dcra! as- besios regulations on the ground that they fail to protect the health of workers and Ibeir families. 0 DOW 03080