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4 October 8, 1964 * PLAINTIFF'S I EXHIBIT 1I ---------&B-40 Or* C. C. Blackwell Medical Director AMERICAN BRAKE SHOE COMPANY CDehaicragCoharliet \\ .|A ft' 1 The attached article from the Pontiac Press was brought to ay attention by Tom Liegl* Does this call for any special action on our part at our plants in Winchester, Lindsay, Mexico, France------should we bring it to the attention of our licensees abroad? /hm cct MBTerry D. K. Rennie SPNY 000398 t T11K PONTIAC 1>KKSS. TUESDAY* OCTOBER 6, 19<u TWELVE Suspect Asbestos as Medical Specialists a Cause of Cancer .By ALTON BLAKESLEE AP Science Writer Much of the specialists' evi more than 30,000 autopsies in a ] source that might incite ujti- dence 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 saidvone worry - dalists 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 limg can cer but also ofanother ex tremely .rareform of fatal human cancer. . w 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 gle past exposure might set the stage for cancer. He said this is-, a matter, calling for more re- j search. . .. ` i * . W Vk * Taking precautions to avoid' bre>lhing in asbestos dust is>a main protection for industrial tiie abdominal and chest cavi Asbestos is used not only for thelioma must be added to-the workers, .he . and Dr.. Selikolf ties. insulation but as a flooring ma- neoplastic (cancer) 'risks of said. ------------ asbestos inhalation and joins I ierlal, 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. | cations. Ordinary wear and they s.aid. the stomach and colon (34 of 30? tear, they said,' might release dust into the atmosphere. MARKED INCREASE deaths) as a significant compli cation of such;industrial expo- * * * "We had previously found sure, in the United .States," their- The report was presented to that lung cancer and possibly report said.' ` . --; the American Public Health gastrointestinal cancer were Association by Drs. Irving J. markedly increased in incidence , Tbe cancers may not appear Selfkoff and Jacob Churg of the among asbestos insulation until 20 to 30 years'after ashes' ifount Sinai Hospital, New workers," they said. ' .. , tos dust is inhaled' or swallowed,' York; and. E. Cuyler Harnmoud, . Now they also find a marked they said. Since the particles do Sc.D., director of statistical ly high increase among such not dissolve, they may remain. -research for the American Can cer Society. Dr. Hammond is workers of mesothelioma, a career so rare it is not classed j.-in-body, tissue'as. a continuous - ---- - -- - - - 'fcnown for his studies of cigar- separately as a cause of death '-ette' smoking in relationship to in the international classifica lung cancer. tion of diseases. * * ' * *' < Asbestos is a mineral, mag As a prime example, they nesium silicate, and about T* reported finding 10 deaths due `million' tons of. it are used -to this form of cancerin a study ;worldwide each year; they said. of 307 deaths among New" York' In 1935, worldwide usage and New Jersey building trades amounted to about 500 tons, the union members engaged in .researchers said. using asbestos at least occasion Tiny, hard particles of asbes ally as an insulation material. tos can lodge in the lungs during By contrast, this form .-of can ihlning, processing and- applica cer was found to be the cause of tion!,of asbestos-containing ma death among only three out of SPNY 000399