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FILE NAME: Uniroyal (UNIR) DATE: 0000 DOC#: UNIR021 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article - Cancer Link Studied i? i.c ; ' j *- / S / 7 V A e l r c a i o j Sn-*p Cancer T.ink S ta lle d ; Camcer l i n k KET7-Y0IK <KP) -- Medieal.shoes. ad is many otetr appll- (Continued from Pam One) rpccislists pointed ifmgrr- of .respieioa rong canons. Ortmary wear and today at tear, they said., misbt release tos caa h x i't in the Im p during asbestos aa a cause, not oaW e( dost into the atmosphere. mining, processing aad applica tion of asbestes-eoataiumg ma |tn r, cancer bst also ei another The report was presented to extremely ra v io ta of latal the American Public JlcalLh terials, er *possibly from dust human cancer. * Association by Drx. In te l J. mthebyeda idth.rough normal wear., I This caaeer, known u meac- Seh jff and Jacob 3mrg.oi the *T?t had previously foood Jthrtiraa, involves tbc.liais*-of hlooat Siaai Hospital, Ksarj (hat hag cnn=er aad possibly the abdominal and ehest cavi* Ynrk, and E. Carter Hammond. Ccsttctetcstlnal .cancer were ties, , - Se.EL. director ef statistical anrbcdly irerenzed in inddenev . F ran Aotvror Stodic*. research for the American-Can- amceg asbestos insulation Jicch efthe speciabstxL-cvi* eer Society. Dr. Hammond is warken.n .the7 saidL deaco comes from autopsy stud keowu lor his stcits ei eigar New they tteo Had marktd- ies of men working with asbes ette smottag te rtiatensbip te Ugb teereaso among such tos is -n gglstton material. lung cancer. *, . i; workers ot mesothelioma, a TSct it liso is DQSliblC ; Wide teeaern. . - . . J i em esr so rare it Is not classed that dust from products costate . Asbestes is a mineral. max- separately as cans*,of death in$ asbestos might be exposing; eesiiim people generally to some risk of million siileate. tad tons- of it abost 8 ere used te .tb o international clsvstfiea- cancers. How much risk there worldwide each year, theysaid. tira ef diseases. ' Q*gb Katie. .. . (might be, they said, they could la US. worh wide n an : As a primo exemple, they eat tclL - - ' amminted to about 900 too., ib reported finding 10 deaths dee r Aabcstos b used -inaulatwn but ns a not only for researchers said. > 1 flnnrterT n Tiny, hard fortloirs *. o fttb e s- to this form 1 cancer te a study rial. te atfirmrbi'e U.'*k?, 'l'>n!ian,l on rr.ge 3 CotC) .397 deaths among New York nd New Jersey building trades * . 1[ i1 ' . - ; J , cuira members engaged . la using asbestos at least occasion ally as an insulation material. By contrast, this form ot e t . . . . ' f ' 'v ,%m . w >i w * e *! ft: 1 y cer was found to be the came of death among only three ont er more than 30,000 autopsies in ai study of ths general population) ponsored by., the Americani Cj tk*t Society. " '. Other studies, bowed a Ugb incidence net only ef h ag can ccr bat mesothelioma among persons -who bad-asbestos parti des to 'hoir l a p ot the time of their deaths, they add. ' T t would appear -that meso thcliomn must be added to the ncoplastie . (cancer) risks ef asbestos inhalation tad Joins la g cancer (S3 cut of 307 dsaths) aad probably cancer ef ' the stoaueh aad colon (34 of 397 ' * deaths) is a significant compli V catien of such industrial exoo- t te the United Stes," their report raid. . ... . Sheets Not Immediate... The cancers may not appear until to 30 years after asbevjj tes dust is inhaled er swallowed,! they raid. Since the particles do net dissolve, they nny remain te bc'iy tissue os a eontiswus secrco that might incita ulti mate cancer. Dr. Iltm aoed said one worry is whether a few or even a sin gle p:st exposure might set the I stag: fer cancer. He said this is a metter --iliag for more r*-| search. Tater.- cautions to avoid breathin- -sbestos dast is a main pr -o for Industriali workers, ! -A Dr. Selikoff said. Studied l) J *50020040