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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1971 Dec 9 DOC NMA134 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION LA Times - Study Links Lung Disease to Asbestos Study Links Lung Disease to Asbestos LosAngeles Times Current File Dec 9 1971 ProQuest Historical Newspapiers Los Angeles Times 1881-1985 181-1985 1881-1985 | Study Links Lung Disease to Asbestos BOSTON - high Incidence of chronic lung inflammation has been re- ported in a study of asb~ s- tos workers in a priva e ' New England shipyard The report in the cur- rent issue of New England Journal of Medicine said 101 pipe coverers in new ship construction were studied . It said the survey indi cated that prolonged ex- posure to low concentra tions of asbestos is hazar- dous and supported the lowering of the threshold- limit values More Common It said that asbestosis the lung disease caused hy inhaling particles of the mineral fibers was 11 times more common among pipe coverers than among a control group The earliest case was found 13 years after em- ployment and the pre- valence was 38 after 20 years the report said It said that the test ex- posure had been near the then recommended thre- shold limit of 5 million particles per cubic foot " Harvard Study The study was conduct- ed by physicians and eri- vironmental health spe- cialists from the Harvard school of public health and the Boston University , school of medicine The report said the stu- dy concentrated on shipyard pipe coverers because they generally ar^ exposed to low concentra- tions of asbestos The principal author of the report was Dr Ray- mond L. H. Murphy of Harvard : Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner further reproduction prohibited without permission