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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1972 Oct 5 DOC NMA070 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Wider Link to Cancer Found in Asbestos Workers Wider Link to Cancer Found in Asbestos Workers BY BOYCE RENSBERGER New York Times Currentfile Oct 5 1972 ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times 1851 - 2002 Pg 39 fy + Wider Link to Cancer Found in Asbestos Workers BY BOYCE RENSBERGER A team of cancer researchers reported yesterday that asbestos already implicated as a cause of lung cancer in work- ers repeatedly exposed to the material might also have caused a thre increase in the incidence of cancer of the in stomach colon and rectum the same workers confirmed The finding which the sclen- tists said a held suspicion raises the possibility that the low levels of air- borne exist asbestos asbestos particles known crease the risk of cancer among the public at large The researchers also said that their findings might lead to a better understanding of gastro- intestinal cancer the causes of which are not known The report was given in Lyon France before the International Agency for Research on Cancer an arm of the World Health Organization by Dr. Irving J. Selikoff of the Mount Sinai School of Medi- cine and Dr. E. Cuyler Hammond and Herbert Seidman of the American Cancer Society's Environmental Cancer Re- search Project 632 The findings a study of are based on members of the branNches ew York and New Jersey workers union insulation with various forms of asbestos terialwidely used fireproofing ma- - From 1943 when the study began until the end of 1971 the researchers monitored the health and causes of death of the workers Several years ago Hammond Dr. Selikoff and Dr. calculated that insulation lung workers were dying of cancer about eight times as background frequently as men of similar not exposed to airborne asbestos fibers At that time there was a suggestion that other types of cancer might also be more common but not until now the scientists said was there sufficient statistical evidence to confirm the suspicion However now that more elapsed time exepxospuorseure aassbebsteossatsbtetos ohse the found researchers found stomachstomacstomahch that 41 work- colon cancer of the colon or rectum- about three times the number have been similar age group not would under normal expected Among the circumstances number of men Among unusually exposetdo asbestos only 12.5 should have died of the same cuases Earlier studies have shown during that in the process of applying asbestos insulation the construction of buildings and ships countless tiny particles of the material become dis- lodged and float into the air In urban areas it has been skown that another significant source of airborne asbestos is the wearing away of asbestos linings brake and trucks in automobiles The act of applying therubs bofrf akeas finfiene suchvehicles asbestos dust that is then kicked into the traffic by the drafts of moving Examination of the lungs of exposed persons and animals to such air has shown that the often particles particles apparently remaitnis- for long periods of| embedded ttiimme e embeded - = Last week Dr. Selikoff reported on a study of asbestos , shipbuilders He that exposeurexposure among World War II warned such persons should be aware of their increased risk of cancer and should get more fre- quent check so that the disease can be diagnosed when Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission