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i iifto NEW 2 SAIAND BOUOING WO*Kt* |?J3 "We1 now know that if a person inhales significant amounts of asbestos dust, he carries a burden that will provide a latent potential for the development of cancer for the rest of his life " Dr. Irving X Selikoff, M.D., Chairman, Mount Sinah School of Medicine, The City University of New York. ASBESTOS- A STUDY of the members of the The "total deaths" figure does Wambtr Ecttesee of ^ New York Local 12 and Newark Local 32 of the International As sociation of Heat and Frost In sulators and Asbestos -Workers in include seven men who died incurring 20 years of ex- The health of the* surviving 27Q r (sea Aihutosis ot less Dun 10 346 20 to 19 rtifs STS tm % nore Van. 20 America has provided an authori men has been closely Watched ana ______ ____ -.992 *S39 flttft tative report on, the dangers as has continued to produce alarming In the group with sociated with exposure to asbestos. comparisons.. The following com exposure, 11 had de- The study has been continuing parison of mortality experience is cancer and' since 1962 and is being carried out given for the period January, 3963. asbestosis by Dr. Irving 3. Selikoff, a special- to March. 1968:--- moderately or extensively. ist on tuberculosis, who partici pated in the basic research on isoniaxld, the .antibiotic that has provided a cure for tuberculosis. Dr. Jacob Churg, Chief Patho logist at Bamert Memorial Hospi tal, Paterson, US.A.. and Dr. E. Cuyler Hammond, Vice-President for Epidemiology and Statistics of the .American Cancer Society. As previous studies suggested that asbestos induced lung cancer takes twenty years to develop, the jfirst study undertaken was that of Union members who were on the Union rolls twenty years prior. Thus 6?2 men who were members on December 31, 1942, were the subject of the study. Taking the men's ages into consideration, a comparison of the causes of death with those of the general population in the United . EXPOSURE .TO ASBESTOS Wtx forts Prevalence of; jhe disease Tetil Deaths JjV , SO tosis increases with the ' lung Caeca? Deaths TF 2 or S of exposure when the AsbestQds Dw&s . lAmthe&en* * Deaths 13 U (is eempiNoa fJvtn' tion is constant and can He wnpwisoft gnei) be controlled by limiting festo-inUtttart concentration m the air Clear Deaths 8 2 the period of exposure. The sharp rise In the number of This, however, does not dug to the malignant.meso- te be the case with the tumors, four m 255, com- and fatal mesothelioma with 13 in 113 cases of indirect, short- that the latent period for intermittent exposure are as i is tnoa amongst the victim of or lung part of examination of 1117 }.* Evidence of in fully half of atdisease as the cases of occupational exposure. The man must therefore protect only himself from this disease also those members of his e extent of the disease 'with whom he has dose contact directly with duration of Details of the life histories of This was despite the mesothelioma cases gathered in out hereunder:-- ' ic men "had compare- two separate studies are set out : and intermittent ex in the table hereunder. The first workers go, is a study of Dr. Muriel L. New- ked out of house and Dr. Hilda Thompson, of SSsT .JLeeI rejects and the Department of Occupational terials they Health, London School of Hygiene content of and Tropical Medicine, saL" is tee study of Dr. Jan by the Dr. Harry Pistawaka asbestosls the International Cam follows:-- in Tokto in October, PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT _Wy^04408 wv I? 70 HtW ZkALAND BVILDING WO PKfR $. Nirc ' Kewlwspi* (* these women had washed their * n<J TtomptAB Kwtitf wifti KbestM ........... it fteUtoti fa astute* 9 Lmd wind ttiitun the ltd Falrote 10 3 husbands* work clothes regularly. One woman had brushed her hus band down every evening for three or four years when he came home tiefe&r fa aa astatoi (idofj Mw fw-tn* , 11 . .-- tow eat fawn ___ 25 tsU! ainto fa ea&sti _ 76 8 38 11 42 OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE Drs. lieben and Pistawaka, in \ giving details of the ten patients \ who had occupational exposure to ! asbestos, have noted that one was from work "white with asbestos.** Both of the men had. when they were boys of eight or nine, had sisters who worked in asbestos JOINERY, PART III fiND IV textile factories. In one of the rpHESE two mew'=feooks-.Jo*--the cases the sister was an asbestos " growing list of textbooks pre spinner from 1925 to 1936 and used to return home with dtist on her clothes. She died of asbestosis in 1947. Her brother died of mesothelioma in 1956. . pared by the N.Z. Technical Cor respondence Institute. They com plete the present series cn pinery manufacture. Because the books in this series are informative. and. up to date, * a boilermaker In' `a railroad yard who for 25 years Worked oh the NEIGHBOURHOOD EXPOSURE they will have a strong appeal to employers and tradesmen as well insulation of steam engines, one Of the eight cases of neighbour 4s*.`to apprentices, for whom they Ebuflt bakery ovens in which as bestos insulation is used while an other was a certified accountant who worked in the office of an asbestos textile plant. Other examples of only light ` occupational exposure to asbestos . art the case of a 56-year-old f boilermaker who died of mesothe* iktmz although he handled asbestos lagging only intermittently during ' his working life (South African, Medical Journal, July 15, 1967), add the report of .a 47-year-old insurance agent and Ikiuor saleslain whose contact with asbestos was confined to 18 months* work as * stock boy in an asbestos plant 24 years before (JAMA, August 21, 1967). He also died due to mesoa hood exposure detailed by Drs. were originally prepared. Lieben and Pistawaka, one patient *. .The'clear headings and.plentiful was a clergyman who had never illustrations make. these books had any occupational exposure to easy for the practical man to fol asbestos. Prior to bis* becoming a minister In 1935 he had lived for 19 years within one half of a mile of an insulation plant which used asbestos. He died in 1961 a victim of a mesothelioma tumour. low. Parts III and IV meet the high standard set by the com panion volumes. Part I deals with methods. of constructing doors that are framed and ledged, panelled, flush or . Dr. T. F. B. Collins-reports the glazed. Part H deals with door case of a 56-year-old African male frames, transoms ' and sidelights; who died from mesothelioma in with sliding, folding and special February, 1967. in a Durban Hos- doors; and with hardware, finish ial. Asbestos fibres were evident ings and gates. the patient's spittle although . In Part III, the first section bis only contact with asbestos was deals with the design and construc once living.in the vicinity of the tion of window frames and sashes, Havelock asbestos mine in Swazi and covers the full scope of sash land, South Africa. systems in current use and also special items such as dormer win EXPOSURE OP FAMILY CONTACTS dangers of asbestos- induced theiioma have not been cen MINOR EXPOSURE The Incidence of mesothelioma in patients with only minor expos ure to asbestos (Drs. Lieben and dows, louvres and shutters. The second section deals with the de sign and construction of built-in fitments such as wardrobes, sink benches and other kitchen fittings. to occupational exposure and Pistawaka reported ten cases) is Part IV deals with the use of are several reported cases significant with regard to workmen the various woodworking machines a member of the workman's such as our members who do commonly found in Joinery fac has been a victim of the Insulation work periodically and tories. and one section deals with indicates the need for viailance in portable tools. Emphasis is laid j. Lieben and Pistawaka re- exposure protection at all times. on safety. on the*case of a three-year-old ' the daughter of a ceramic who worked In an in- One of the cases reported by Drs. Lieben and Pistawaka refers Managers, Journeymen, appren tices and building students will find this series a ready source of _ plant that utilised 400 to a 14-year-old boy . with meso -reference and an invaluable aid to of Canadian chrysotlle and thelioma whose only contact with study. tons of South African amosite asbestos was the assistance which These books are available from ly, who contracted mesothe- -jphe nine reported cases of KfgpHy exposure by Drs. Newhouse 1 aw .Thompson consisted of`seven he gave his father In replacing plaster board In the extensive re modelling of the family home. The plaster board contained a high Government book shops in Auck land, Hamilton, Christchurch. Dun edin and Wellington. The selling prices of these books are; Joinery, Part JH, $1.20 per copy; Joinery, .\>rraea and two men. Most of percentage of asbestos. Part IV, $1.80 per copy.