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)Widi^Mxlki6r6axice^Fotmdi dmAsbesios-VVorKers -- ---s---v-' .jcrv* -t->v: frequently : as By BOYCE MWSHBUmJ;'^ htHrpnunH I [muxI I- .X teem of cancer researchers borne asbestos fibers. reported yesterday that asbe> <:At that time thereVwes en 7 too, already implicated .es. a suggestion'that other types- of of lmc cancer In wo*k- cancer' might also' be ..more < era repeatedly .exposed to'the common,7 bat-Dot until "now; , .material,,. might also-.'. have the scientists said, was-there threefold lacrrase m sufficient statistical evidence to the htridrmcs of cancer of the confirm the suspicion.---;.'"-.: ItL. stomach.- colon and --*" .hr - However,7'now. thntr.oora the sesM workers. time has- elapsed since the-izdr ! The fhxWny hHi thm tial exposure-to asbestos, .the f fists said confinned a tang4eld researchers found that-41 worth f'suspicion. raises the'posnba&y : that the low levels of air. Tmornoani partfetes known ^Jojodstbi niton creese the risk of the pubBe at laxgKl^MaCsyrY The researchers also s2d that ! their findings -might lead to* a r better understanding of gastxo` intestinal cancer, the causes of which are xoc ksowB. ci^* err bad died-of cancer of the stomach,.-colon- or-rectum-- about three .time* the that would have been under normal drrsrmstsnoex. yS iVAmong-lbt. sarua i,>.miterjot miehnnar.similar age group npc unusually. exposed to .asbestos. only -12ji' should-liave-\died?ed the same cusses. .JP1* 'Earlier: studies-base sbo that in the process of apply 'The" repeat weslghren' ln asbestos insulation-during lyoo. France, before the Inter, fmwfrnrttm rf .huddingS national Agency far Research ships, countless tiny partadesj os Cancer, an ana of thejof the material become d3>| Wodd Health Orgsniatlon. by lodged and, float - intothe DC. Irving J. Selikaff of the In urban areas it~has (hfrxmt Sinai School of Medi- shown that another-tignific t cine and Dr.- E. Cuyier Ham* source of airborne asbestos ; mond and Herbert of the wearing away of ; the Americea Cancer Society's brake linings in antomdhOea | Environmental /- -J and trucks. The act of applying ; *eaxch Project. the- brakes' in inch The findings ere basedvon rubs, off a fine -asbe.--- , * study of 632 members 'of that* Is then kicked'jntp ` tha New York and New Sersey air7 bjr "the. drafts - of ;benches -of the : insulatloa traffic. Y.Sr,~j;~, -- {workers^ union-who--snaked Wrafflfrmtion of the i with various forms of asbestos, *nA nimU i * widely.used fireproofing ma- tosuch airlias shown-that tbs iteriaLr--: - r--.- t From 1343, when the -study ! began, until the end of :1971, the researchers monitored the . health and causes of death of the workers. Several years ago Dr. Selikoff and Dc. Hammond particles often lodge irrthe tis- sue and. apparently, embedded for long periods -at time.. ( Last* -* week . Dr.. -,2elikof reported on a study of sbe.wm calculated thy insulation exposure among WoridvWar H workers-were .dying `of;lung shipbuilders. He warned'thai about eight times' as such persons should be aware ^ their increased risk of her and should get more fre quent check-ups so that the disease can be diagnosed when [tlsmore treatable. ^ More Nr. V . T'^eS Octv/j ^ "7 V