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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1972 Mar 15 DOC NMA061 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Asbestos Jobs Tied To Cancer Outbreak ASBESTOS JOBS TIED TO CANCER OUTBREAK New York Times Currenfisle Mar 15 1972 ProQuest Histoncal Newspapers The New York Times 1851 - 2002 Pg ASBESTOS JOBS TIED CANCER OUTBREAK WASHINGTON March 14 -The A.F.L.-C.IO. said today that a rare type of cancer was afflicting an increasing number of asbestos plant workers and their families and that the situation might prove to be the largest epidemic of occupational cancer ever re- Dr. Maxwell Borow of Bound Brook N. J. who appeared at 2 news conference called by the American Federation of Congress Labor and of Indus- trial Organizations said the cancer mesothelioma was so rare that some medical books did not recognize its existence as_recently as_recently as two years ago But he said that in the asbestos mining town of Manville N. J. with a population of 15,000 there were now 52 cases of the disease which attacks the chest and stomach walls and which always brings death within a year to a year and a half after the disease is contracted Spokesmen for the A.F.L C.L.O. charged that the government was ignoring the health problems faced by asbestos workers Dr. Borow said the outbreak of mesothelioma was likely to increase for at least 20 years even if adequate safety stan dards were enforced now be- Cause the disease has a gesta- tion period of from 20 gesta- 40 years with of the permision copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission