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FILE NAME: CertainTeed (CERT) DATE: 1969 Jan 20 DOC#: CERT044 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article r 'r PR. BRANDSTADT'S COLUMN Asbestos Inhalation ause ofthe surprisingly varied uses to which asbes tos has been put, there is a growing interest among doc tor* in the lung disease called asbestosis. This is one of.a group of diseases of the lungs caused by the inhala , tion of various dusts. In asbeatosis, the inhalation of asbestos dust over a period of years causes permanent deposits in the lungs of nee dlelike asbestos crystals. The irritation they produce is mechanical rather than chemical and the result is fibrosis or scarring of the lungs. This in itself can be se rious, but even more serious is the fact that the victims have a death rate from lung cancer eight times that of men who are not exposed to the d u st.. Their death, rate from cancer of the digestive tract is also higher than the expected rate. A further study revealed that among asbestos workers, those who smoke cigarettes have a death rate from lung cancer 92 times as great as that of men who neither smoke nor shown to be present in the V. surrounding air at these lo- - , cations. And children are not immune to the danger. Some ' kindergartens h a v e been known to supply raw asbes-. tos for tots to mix with water to make "dough." * * work with asbestos. In addition to asbestos weavers, those in danger in Unlike the usual case of 1 tuberculosis, the l e s i o n s '. ) caused by the inhalation of - clude auto mechanics, brake manufacturers, carpenters, clutch manufacturers, filter makers, manufacturers ot dust are not localized but are i diffused t h r o u g h o u t the * lungs. Since there is no ef fective treatment for asbes- . . floor tiling,, i n s u l a t o r s , tosis, prevention is essential. * miners, r o o f e r s , shingle All workers with asbestos in * makers, shipbuilders a n d any form should be pro- * steam fitters. Even "side tected by well-constructed *" walk engineers" who enjoy vents to carry the dust away ' watching new skyscrapers go or they should wear respira- up are at some risk because tors. Those who s m o k e , appreciable amounts of as should quit and those who M bestos, though not visible to don't should never s ta r t.__ the, naked eye, bave be I ' fMw ftrtwyriw AamS . Xerox copi es to: Mr . B. C. Rad aker. Mr . A. E. Alpine Mr . L . c. Ambler Mr . w. R . Blankenship Mr . J . V. Gear Mr . J . B. Kane 1/ 20/69 Castleman.CERT000301 f PH/LADELPf-frA s ^r ndayL^nuary 20, Asbestos Safeguards Because of the num ber of respiratory conditions caused by contact with asbestos, the B ri tish governm ent is draw ing up new r e l a t i o n s to b etter p r S tect persons w orking with this m aterial. - w Castleman.CERT000302