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bther/de^iopment;;. Thomson's/ observations were^j
took pjjiee lack inSouth Africa;, where firmed hr studies made in Mm
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: London. and in Belfast, i.Whileiuj
thology^^rM^t^polbfthe burgh asbestos bodies were found
University f Cape Town, was exam* Tuhjp4>f,,:: foW^
inmg3uh^flindmearafrbnifiyeihiin- secutie.a,,uTttp<M,, Ma..t.:..P..r.e..s..hjneriaiHjl
bred consecutive autopsies to determine versity Hiupicil. And Wagne
tn the inhalation 4 dinsdiat awicwted mesotheliomT
ofasbei^YKe:hwndad>^tosbodicsineN^eiiireti.nshi^t(,sinlialfa^
no one suspected that asbestos bodies where l)r. Muriclf;L^piS'ewh(uSe* b^:gMncw^^|^^dMr<;la0)ipro^
who did not work in asbestos mines ment of Occupational Health at;
that there had/bkerti'a tremendmis'siri-tif fcaljMwlfcmi^^^
crease tin the use;of asbestos throughout,;
the , world over the>, previous twenty
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years--`three million tons were market* ed in 1960--and that asbestos was be To no one's surprise, thirry-nne ofji ing incorporated into an increasing .es^iln^Rbc^incicnisiOhjsd^^nrl^d^'
Towncliffe numbenand variety of industrial prod asbestos, hot eleven of those whb/j[ uctsi; with which the ordinary urbane <Kedj^;haUijS4m(ly:;uii\^d;.?'witKin:i;rKalf dweller came into intimate dailv edn-'
tact. He also suggested that the air of others--seven women'and: two men^
city streets was a likely source of as were relatives ; of . asbestos . worke?
bestos exposure, and. that the;average Most ofitliesu. women had -washed the
She's a
motor .vehicle; which wears.out three or
fashion adventuress--,
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four .sets of {asbestos brake: linings and one or two asbestos plutch; facings;in its
She wears suits almost lifetime, might well be a 'major cause
everywhere, making all
of the liberation of asbestos: k dust. Thomsonremindedhis colleagues that,
husbands' work clothes'regularly. -TH investigators lleamed/that xone of_
husbands, a docker, had come horn "white/with asbcstos'Vevery/eveniT
for three or four years, and thatwife /had brushed him down,
the ladies in dresses <
compared*to;a half-life of twenty-eight
feel miserably timid!
years for strontium ,90, the,half-life of
, , asbestos; fibre; was an infinity of {years,
Terribly conventional. , and he concluded that, ;
because of the contin- ,
It has to do with the uous disintegration of :
of the men in this group, whenb
of eight or/nine, years,.; had/had.
ters who worked "' in; asbestos-ti
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tfa--c-t-<-->-r---i.ij`/,Otn__e>. _6if>
sisters';*,had been;;
ployed as./' k:'/.sp.jnne
suits she picks, of course. asbestos products such
as brake linings, fioor
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They're so smashingly
tiles; and roofing ma
distinctive.
terials, as well as the demolition >;ofbuildings
from 1925' to >1936 and had died of' tosis in l9+7, at wh rimej'itryvas'detirmiti at an inquest thaf"i
Her suits arc works of containing,; numerous
.used4'to ^return' %hon
art, with all the detail
other asbestos products, asbestM was constantly
from work with du^ 'on 4>her4cjbth:"':4Hd?
and flair that makes for
finding'itsjway'into'ithet; -
brother, who had
greatness. It's the heart of
atmb^shere.''astan;'eyerlasring .eontanu- parently sustained_ uno othe_r _e_x_posure'i 'n^^m/e'i^npWynt^^fai!**** to: pre-;? asbestos in: his: h'fenme, died in 1956j
The Towncliffe." Atticude-- the rieht suit
dict_that in_fu'ture decades,'as the:ac-/` a pteural mesiitheliomd. cumulation of asbestos in urban areas Further enrrobdration of Wagner ledinexorablytohigherconcentrations findingscamefrdmsoutheasternPenT
is worlds apart from everything else.,
:pf.^<^ps';fibm|in;the;:lungiiVp|,;urban. dwel]ers, asbestps-induced j neoplasms headof/thebivisiondfpccupatioiu wouldrivalcigafette-induced;lungcan- Health at the State Department.'*
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cer as acause of tleath.
Health,! in Harrisburg, investigatedj^
4 As might be expected, the disclosures backgrounds of forty-two people Who
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WOOLF BROTHERS. KANSAS' CITY
nd lift* ,to>,, ,v,ry-h,;,. ,
made by Wagner, Kivilubco, and had died of mesothelioma betweeg Thomson provided a powerful stimulus 1958; and 1963. Of the forty-two for "further investigation bf /the 4jpijbbrtients,':teh!:prpyed, to, have had definid lem of asbestos exjsosure. During the y occupational exposure to asbestos; thrri
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Nei. Yorl. N. Y. 'lOOt* .'it
hext'few.yea^;a Hunt for.mjj^
workersi^igR
mns and asbestos bodies was undertakeri :either..:iiyed;: or/ were employed in/! thS
by pnthologists all over the' world. vicinit)' of hn asbestos factory, and ten