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* ;il. bther/de^iopment;;. Thomson's/ observations were^j took pjjiee lack inSouth Africa;, where firmed hr studies made in Mm PiK'i'JfwCfi : 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 The ; 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--, t, 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 . ; 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 r 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.'* :! Townipuii in Rd!,Royi^'Jda, CoH. v B lo 18. About 190. *.: Slightly high,; wist. - cer as acause of tleath. Health,! in Harrisburg, investigatedj^ 4 As might be expected, the disclosures backgrounds of forty-two people Who BEST 4 CO/. NfiW VORk ; : ' 600CHAUX-9. NEW ORLEANS GIOOINGJENNY, CINCINNATI 4.DAYT0N I. 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 ^ , rownctitf*. Inc.' ... L' * SIS Savhlh Avonua ;*' ` - : ' 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