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PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT Scientists track down a killer i dust disease By Dr Alfred Byrne, Medial CemirMdat ** . . 'f l A DISQUIETING . " neW" "beeu.1 pational dlseose capable of killing; not only the exposed workman; but alto perhapa :hia womenfolk and even people living noar- hls< pdaea of work la the aubfect oil tatedstvo -rbehlnd-tha icantaactivity -by* British scientists,-o; pom on lndnatnal health and' repreeeatatftm- of -at-least-IVo, Government 'lUalstEtoa/*'* ** -1 TheeondUloalt'Yrabidly fatal! iwwwi*iwm mesothelioma that spreads orer.tha pleural.covering of - the TungT So' nmiA'^aordoci wot U,;Until'roceatTyun. that. 'many pathologtot&dtoputod.. Haxtstsncs. but.now.tha,,gxwth U: belay mot In incromUtg^mimtooff 'at aatopay,.oapclalIyTia:paUanta M one lima erpotpd asbestos. A remarkable report -on' an epidemiological lnyoatlcation into thla eompialnfv hy'- Dri.Hurls!' Newbouae* aand^yMrsH*14d a. Thompson. of IbeyAendon-.Scfcool of Hygiene .andvTropical Medicine.;baa brought- tbte-whole mattentoAbn ootfaeouTromward . caao-eotaa,Jntarrtnwf with family1 doctor* -andd survtvtpOfCOtotlvcs. - and tbo- rooordaM6f-frn-aabeatoaprocessingr^aptiniiaf' by.? they obtalnod.- the weccnpationalVand yoaidontttl Hl$odee:pf.?6.patients who died from mesothelioma at theLondon Hospital.,jcJiKv-r :V* j ^r-.* *';< : It was found that 40 (92.6 per cent) of. the caaarhad a hiatery of occupational,. oxpoaure to abaiai;. pajof`having lived In tbo eame houaa pa anasbestos .worker. I compared"with nine (11-6 per.' coat.) out of-76 patients from the tame heipttafwltb other dtoesacs. Tha -Interval1 `.'-between ttrau exposure and development of the-Uuk tumourRanged hatwten, Hand 65 yoara.*I Of nine paUenta w|ose relatives I worked. wiUuartcatga, aavan pare1 women. Tbrimeat usual history waa that of tha wife who used, to waah h..husband's dungupoa or 'work elotnaa: In ana Instance a: ralattra said that Iha buthawLv doctor. came homo---wBJta-wtth asbestos-* every etunlng fbr tbm or four yoarsridwtng wUb tha wtfe bruahod ktm dowu. Tbo two-mon-la- this group bad been boys-of eight end nine. > when their tlsterr were workint Homes near factory Among the fatal caaev wtth no occupational or domestic ex posure to aaboatao II C3&6 per cent) had lived within half a mile of the factory, to against 6ve (7.0 par .couU of tha other patitntt. nya the "British journal of Industrial Hsdist." There ara .throe affacud; woman who had llvad wtthln half a mile of the factory whoa tt was In production on its original alia; they wort-then tiafim lii and even yeara old..; -jp. . The - previously * eamcognlsed risk of this partientae tumour from aabeatoa.-was 6aat*drivta homo la-4860'.when Dr- Jr-C. Wagner and vco-workarrreported) 33'casaa among' peoplesto.Southl Africa who * Bad*, boon? dtpbscd .to asbestos dual la -tbo mdattry,' or to tbo vicinity of tbe.Cipe aabeatoa mines.JXbaie-lmaat-total . la 130 caaea^... -. <.>_. 1 Large Increases" ' Dr Dogmot llourihaoaw- now at . Trinity College; nnMfn.~:aild - yesterday that bn had mpdnnod. - /tha .diagnosis-of this tamnr.la 141 eases at the I nnrtaairnrpTl j| -when-bo eras pathoiohdlharo< A fow^yaarf- ago thmrgmJcBt i bavc^pourporhapo famrorSko of throo'VipiCobaervrd lm*gnor-fai Ute:wbSlhipr2rltaln,!^o>ddbdI bis^hctipat'hhlcf at THnKh^aald that ne-ai*d*bli.coUeagearhed found 4dscasot:of this tumour; among men la Balfaar.^dm'badi boon' oiboaadvto Mbmnm-rphca; shipbuilding -< during >*n>- drat world war.'" And- tBayLatSl;rnp: cominf-op-alUtho-tlmo^: Other orioa ofeaaea have biaitpanntM from Newcastle japeaType,.l*edi: and: Uverpcoiry-*>* -The ' Chief-'---Infpaehrr - of4 ractorics haa-aet up mcdmmlttoo of mrperta to review urgantly all tbo: evtdoneo* onvthoi- medical? problems *of aabeatas- exposure. | - The -lllnistnr - of Pemtena Is i about-to . make mesotbeUama - of I Dr Newkwu-- d kr* Dust experts in talks II on asbestos safety CnilnH tram page 1 Tha ' Intarnatlonai Union the pieura " prescribed " dis Against Cancer has enlisted s ease; eligible for industrial bcnaAt distlngultbed working party ef This is papablc. however, aalr when tba victim contracts a disease la the coarse ot his employment No compensation is doctors and scientists to study the oetociation between exposure to asbestos and eancer. The world-wide programme ot reitarch they have recommended doa to the dependents of a is detailed,' elaborate and far* woman-vim gote-tho tumour from seeing. It goes a long way lff-1 contact with .the dbst brought yand considerations of meso- ; heme by- her 'husband. thailoms, the incidence ot which An enormous amount of os* Is a mart fleabtte compared perlmenul work on the biological with that M long cancer. effects of asbestos has been going on quietly* at the Jtedical Bo> search CoundTa pneumoconiosis unit at Cardiff,' where fir Wagner now- works.tCcThey.- have shown there '.that vespedagt specially-' One particularly aigniffeant study atready in progress is coo-;' .caned with tha presence of what' are called asbestos bodies in tha longs. These are flbres of ashes* bred rata' torarlejuiklndi of na> besieexsn <--iiish animaV tas which have become coated with an - Iroo-protatn complex. lungs iconditions? mumbling tba .Professor.J. G. Thompson of Cspa asbostoais of human baings. mamThoUnma, and wvmnperhaps lung Town, first draw attention to tba fact, that thay an abundant In cuts of tnmour bet also present ~8ema oElbOiCamnt stadias are doelgnod ta.find'Out'wfaich variety of asbastos< istbo-.moet noxious, In*'otherwise hastthy lungs. On Hourihane and and other re- and-tbe miatsnnsTdom required to produce-Ttiilfgnant chaagaa. This- cquld throw: important light >tbiYdUai{dbmi farlt taatnt thst-e eery brief exposure W.thh'dustrea-prere lethal in both . in this country and tha- US., hare shown that botwoon 30 and 30 per cent, of urban dwellan bora asbestos bodies in their lungs, without any Ustory of exposure to asbestos, man;'4' > * ~ ;;> .??&' j Asbestos is `'therefore rary Tha ihtCe.wortls only one much in the air. -Whether these aspect of a east International particles - could possibly cause effort; 'far. rautbmfcc" .of the ether unwelcome change* in the lungs la one of the vital ques mdwr^- coanmas, --Notably tba tions that remaids to bo answered fiMtadfftataa.; "v;# ' by