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3 PLAINTIFF'S 1| EXHIBIT | ______ kB-_4 0 October 8, 1964 . ; ft Or. c* C. Blackwell Medical Director AMERICAN BRAKE SHOE COMPANY Chicago Dear Charlie: __ \\ .vA ft The attached article from the Pontiac Press was brought to uxy attention by Tom Liegl. Does this call for any special action on our part at our plants in Winchester. Lindsay, Mexico, Prance------should ve bring it to the attention of our licensees abroad? /hm cct MBTerzy D. K. Rennie SPNY 000398 THE J*(.)>>'T1 AC PRESS. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1901 TWELVE Suspect Asbestos as - ~ ` ' * . - ' * Medical a Cause of Cancer By ALTON BLAKESLEE AP Science Writer Mucii of the specialists' evi more than 30,000 autopsies in a ] source that might incite ultidence comes from autopsy stud study of the general population mate cancer NEW YORK -- Medical spe ies of men working with asbes sponsored by the American Dr, Hammond said one worry cialists pointed a strong finger tos as an insulation material. Cancer Society. is whether a'few or even a sin-', of-suspicion today at asbestos as a cause not only of lung can cer but also of another ex tremely rare form of fatal human cancer. . - .* * * This cancer, known as meso thelioma, involves the lining of They said it also is possible that dust from products contain ing asbestos might be exposing, people generally to some risk of cancers. How much risk there might be, they said, they could not tell. ' FLOORING MATERIAL HIGH INCIDENCE Other, studies showed a high incidence not only of long can cer but mesotheliomas among persons who had asbestos parti cles in their lungs at the time of their deaths, they said. . "It would appear that meso gie past exposure might set the stage for cancer. He said tills is a matter, calling for more re- j search. , ., 1 ' -' ` . . it * ,' Taking precautions to avoid breathing in asbestos dust is>a main protection for industrial, the abdominal and chest cavi Asbestos is used not only for thelioma must be added to-the workers, he and Dr.Seiikotf ties. ' ., insulation but a^a flooring ma- neoplastic (cancer) risks of said. .. , ------------ asbestos inhalation and joins Iterlal, in automobile brake terials, or possibly from dust lung cancer (53 Out of 307 I shoes, and in many other appli- raised through normal wear, deaths) and .probably cancer of. j cations. Ordinary wear and they s.aid,' ' ' the stomach and ooion (34 of $7 (tear, they said,' might release dost into the atmosphere. MARKED INCREASE `. deaths) as a significant compli cation of such' industrial expo "W'c had previously found sure, in the United-States," theu> . +** that lung cancer and possibly report said. ` ' . - i The report was presented to gastrointestinal cancer were . fbe American Public Health markedly increased in incidence - The cancers may not appear Association by Drs, Irving J. among asbestos insulation until 20 to 30 years'after ashes' Selfkoff and Jacob Churg of. the workers," they said. ` " ,. , tos dust is inhaled' or swallowed,' Mount Sinai Hospital, New Now they also find a marked they said. Since the particles do York. and E. Cuyler Hammoud, ly high increase among such not dissolve, they may remain, Sc.D., director of statistical workers of mesothelioma, a .In -body, tissue'as. e continuous -research for the American Can cancer so rare it is not classed cer Society. Dr. Hammond is separately as a cause of death 'known for his studies of cigar in the international classifica ette'smoking in relationship to tion of diseases. "... lung cancer, . . ', ' * *; ' . ' As a prime example, they' * Asbestos is a mineral, mag reported finding 10 deaths due nesium silicate, and about 3'* to this iorm. of cancer in a study rmflliott' tans of. it are used of 307 deaths among New'York' worldwide each year; they said. and New Jersey building trades In 1935, worldwide u sag e union members . engaged in amounted to about 500 tons, the using asbestos at least occasion* researchers said. . " ally as an insulation material. Tiny, hard particles of asbes By contrast, this form -of can tos can lodge in die lungs during cer was found to be the cause of mining, processing and- applica-death among `only three out of '4t-ion`,of asbestos-containing ma*. SPNY 000399