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Asbestos Dust Called a Hazard To at Least One-Fourth of U. S. // V >7T d/<*/'c i. / By JANE E. BRODY ! Asbealo; dun. which has bl-|stn<eWon workers and thoir ;ady been ctiir.i' led ii families, the development oi fatal ,uh- According to the findings of ctr In one-hair at asU-ies throe recent limited studies, the workers. may be a potential dangers might extend to the heallh hazard for one-quarter genera: population. The studies, 'ot the population or more, it which involved autopsies on ,WU reported .vo,v.kliy. I,too persons m three cities. | This prc..,,..;ury hading was sltowed that 23 per cent at the described 'ay Dr, 1,-v.n- j. so:,- people had asbestos lodged in knif in a.V-.-mr.ecing the c.tae- thetr lungs. UsluncKl ar, er.viron.-.wr.fal. ^ Dr. iulihoff ^ explained that health l.o''critaiy it i.oun. ^th^(,tuque" thhiadt udijscoilesed`corundlye; 'Sinai Korr,LAl'- R-- laboratory t;nD5e aqsbeessttoos* fibers thhaist had' Will .url.'.er investigate t.i'e* become coated by an iron-rich asneen In man of Asbestos Ihitril -m--e---r-.jIs.l -wi-h>i'le lod -edr in --th- -r ;othcr environmental contsnii-,iunys, ^ more vefinetl technique! ;aams, .'now shows chat many persons! 1 Di. seilkoff s*-- the link mroor nonooated asbestos fi-i ibetween cancer a:-.. i>">e=;-^hera as well, he SRtd. I 'had led him to suspect that other mineral dusts ihat con- hew study started j (laminate both urban and rurnt Dr. Sclikoff and his col-. ,air might create medical has- leagues at the new Ubor.itory lards for the public. have Started a Hn-ce-ycai' study | The n*v i-bor-i -ary n il. bem wii'.iih they will: I headed by Dr. Scliltoff u.m. < EMiimtnu. withthe de- jwilh Dr. Jacob Churg. f '.md ecancd'i family's approval. Uw (that asbestos worke-s tvcit-.u- lung tissue of the from S.ODO ro `ally showed six t.. -.von ; '- i.pou persons expected to die in dvr normal death v.no from ...r... the nbx: two yean at Mount, .cancer and three tir.;ca the nor- Sinai, Elmhurst Hospital and mai death rale tram eanre,,r Wm-rnns Hospital in ts* Siwr. the stomach, color, and rev.. .i. -f.-.q ductcr. will look for un- Othet- W.iiaC.-s Aftcctu- coated a; well as coated asbe.i-i Dr. Stforii tiuu ::a w* **r in t^e tfisu** ^ d&flBrs o; exposure ta os' *LCOfc fdf corTfUUQns &C- dust were i /t to v~ ..-.j twaen th ciusts of &rd who work directly with .si,a* p5*nce of asbestos fibers ubiquitous .nsu.a:a- and ..Her lung tissue. . IAmttaetnedrii.: Tw-,ocrkdie;.i-T.g.mVA"ehuSk,-taiK;d.l '.Dete<r*minedethce*asoecdcaunpdattiohneairl: euo tradsuoh a otV" ?nn. volatiycs and oLher pertinent -- UKground lniermutionAsbestos is a fibrous mineral highly valued for its noncorrosivi and long-wearing prop ortion, In add-lion to its common use si* a fireproof material- Dr. SclikOff sb'd. asbestos makes up about SO per cent of asphalt tile ud is used in dental cement, brake Unings, plastics, beer f;R tart, fits masks and paper- Until! ' ;laat year, some schools used: '.asbestos dust instead of sand, i for ohildrea-.to play In. V.cv- r m -g *1 n U ,'J'* *li* u yj *sTM" r "i!ini Scr.ses* Fs:svet* If yi>u work with pff{me in tnt luniri of At have move th^n 50'./ chance of one fourth of the urhAiy popula dyin* of cniwer and on* chanct tion of the U.S. in fivc of dyini? of lung cancers Mount Sini 5fi#nti.<ti found Dt. Ii-vlnj; J, Selikoff. head of the Moom. Sinai Ho^olul Division of Environmental Medicine, ft. amon? ihstos insulatiort work* tft rtcftntiy to acv timer poruu yesterday. mai* m iAnetf to the public also, he said, since auto brake linings may glvs off asbestos shreds and some foreign Cfgareu use asbestos in their filters- Many ft'orld War II gas mask* elm bad them in their filters. Set Up a Laboratory Mount Sinai announced forma tion ,,f an environmental health laboratory which y)l 177 e as set! the danger to the general population, as well aa in in dustrial occupations. Earlier research there linked asbestos exposure to se-trti varieties of cancer, and a state ment from the hospital noted .that some asbotos fibers may be AnvilinietiHusT S-- 1 U-n V ^ - SI-iRn , ' ItkS, to to k-S to to to to li <-to * a. -- f*--W -q (N'F.WS eoto Wy Dick crkwry) ski ;)7i{ tun CintcuU vr.ilebf M lhfwnWtFehrrf -r*f.r-o.cm.V.*.ufd.CaMzPs'rtnftCv fcy air C9Pifti7..r-'.ea fr? #iro.-, oust *nd #d iri tiSbt(O#iAt<Ctu6i.l lttu5s*bi,^c*rmitr,i *no r i*avt \iat4, cn*ki ?>riu. Tbit Uia- *Uv nut krulbfPC f* L MUffr* D|-. Irrjnff J. Srlikoff t press <onf*ronct yoterday. the "expected" rate of lunjr can- ) ?tv and thrice the normal rate of : I cancer oi the atomach, colon and ! rectum.' v GAF 16930 , * .1.. .V Study Links Asbestos ' To Cancer By carl Ubell Science Editor 5cUntU have known tar tons time that asbestos ! was bad (or your lur.ss. Now , a study e( Now Yori: City wOtiHrs. both roofers tad Insulation blowers, reveals ' that. exposure to the mineral sends lun;-cancer death ! rates sltyroticetiai. The fcjures--sothered by doctors at Mount Sinai Hospital~ihcw that snob work ers have eijiiL times the lunccancer death rate as would be expected in a non-expostd population. More supristmly, the stud ies reveal wit such woriers run (our times the Tis* oi setting cancer In ether parts Of the body, with cancer of the colon particularly singled cut. For all other diseases, the insulation workers have tl.c nm death rata as the rest of the population. The** ftndines were .em phasised yesterday by Dr. Irvine Z. SeliltoS, head o( Ml. Sinai'* Division of Envi. ronmentil Medicine, on the . occasion of the establish- zner.t of an environmental health laboratory lit the bes pits:. The laboratory baa ' rccdvsd rrnr.ts totiling S324.- oat from the United States ' public Health Service and . ithc New YrX City Health .Research council. ; Dr. EeltitoS aha pointed 1 oil; that eiparette sir.oleins ! ft.mss to heighten the effects of the asbestos. Among 130 main exposed to asbestos so yes.rs or more who were nnauno.bers. he found one lur.i* .ctnc.w death among 310 smolder1. ?i such deaths. . , liuS GAF16931