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A Mainaha. .r -~rCT-r-- 578 ASBESTOS VERSUS NONASBESTOS FIBERS^-CROSS ET AL If fiber b clarified a* "ibeatoi," it will be desirable to confirm this and determine whether it may have been derived from in dustrial products, which are chiefly chrysotile, amoeite, or crocidolite fibers.- Other forms of asbeskc such as tremolite or actinolite are thought to be the general urban population's chief nonoccupational expo sure. In part, such exposure comes from cosmetic talc, eg, as found in cosmetic and dusting powders. Talc is also widely used in industry, eg, in rubber tire manufacturing. and in agriculture aa a vehicle in which to administer pe^tiddee. Uae of electron diffraction or microprobe techniques required in such cases or both involves a much smaller number of examina tions, with consequent savings of time in volved with research and equipment and of research dollars--all of which are in critical ly short supply. In addition, this will speed collection and evaluation of data and help resolve important questions concerning ade quacy of health protection of the public. References 1. Cratley LJ, Keenan KG, Lynch JR et a): Source and identification of respirsbl* Abet*. Amer Induetr Hyf Aeeoc J *9:129-136,19C8. 2. Groaa P, dsTrevills RT. Cralley U, et el: Pulmonary ferruginous bodies, development in re- eponae to filamentous duets, and a method of isolation and concentration. Arch Path 85:539-646, 19G8. 3. Thomson JG, Kaschuls RO, MacDonald RR: Asbestos as a modem urban hsxsrd. S Afr Med J 37:77-61, 19C3. 4. Tbomeoo JG, Path FC, Graves WM: Asbestos as an urban air contaminant. Arch Path 81:458-464, 19C6. 5. Thomson JG: Asbestos and the urban dweller. Ann NY Acad Sci 132:19G-214. 19C5 6. Ceune D, Totten RS, Gross P: Asbestos bpdiee in human lungs at autopsy. JAMA 192:371-373, 1965. 7. Anjilvri L,1 Thurlbock WM: The incidenoe et asbeatoe bodies In the lungs of random necropsies h Montreal. Conod Med Assoc J 95:1179-1182,19G6. 8. Meurman jl/ Asbestos bodies and pleutal plaques in a Finnish aeries of autopsy cases. Acta Path Microbiol Scand, suppl 181,1966. 9. Chezzl L j Molten] G, Puccett U: Asbestos bodies in the flings of inhabitants of Milan. Mri Lavoro 68:223-227,1967. 10. Groaa P. deTrevill* RT, Haller MN: Pulma nary ferruginous bodies of city dwellers: A study of their central fiber Arch Environ Health 19:186-188, 1969. : 11. Stumphiua J, Mayer PB: Asbestos bodies and mesothelioma. Ann Occup Hyg 11:283-293,1968. 12. Ulidjian MD. Groaa P. deTreville RT: Fenu- ginoue bodiee in human lungs: Prevalence st rtn- dom autopsica- Arch Environ Health 17:327-333, 1968. WHAT HAS AFFLUENCE DONE TO AMERICA? The fact of affluence itself erodes much of the reason: for commitment to the old capitalistic values. It it hard to maintain commitments to .'self-discipline and to achieve in occupation if one is living in an environment of received abundance. It is significant that the students who are involved in protest in their college* are primarily from the upper income levels. The students from lower income levels are lees apt to be so involved. The capitalistic culture, which Marx thought would bo oppoood primarily by the working class is instead being confronted by a portion of the educated middle class, not because of deprivation, but in part because of affluence; not solely out of eelf-intereet or oppression, but because of the perception of the oppression of other*. This sentiment hae strength because the emphasis on competition, success, and aelf-disciplins in the established culture are in tension with its capacity to guarantee a decent standard of living for the members of society, ^he values of capitalism are scarcity values, not values for on affluent society. The puritan today is a deviant; the emphasis is on self-fulfillment rather than self-control os i central virtue. Self-discipline hos come to mean the ubility to express impulses in one's [private life while maintaining a fully rational impersonal persirective in one's work.--Flack R: Volue conflicts and the American middle class, in The Acquisition end Development of Values. Perspective* on Research, report of a conference. May 15-17, 1968, Washington, DC, Notional Institute of Child Health and Human Development, p 7. { Effe. The transport of titanium dloxl stiles, heated amorphous silica, a the lungs to the hllsr lymph nodes, rssctlon of these organs, were si treated and control rats. BCG treatment Increases the r lungs of alt the dusts studied ar In the hltar lymph nodes. Thus, port from the lungs vie Ihe lymp fated by BCG, and both "inert" dusts are, to a significant degree, this route. The combined effects of BCG dusts tend to be mors pronouncr and less pronounced In the hilt thsn the sum of the sepsrele effects. E XPERIMENTS on rats ha quarto dust injected inlmt: BCG injected intravenously animal have a less pronounce: the weight of the hilar lymph : Rum of the separate effects c and BCG, when these effects : different animals.1"1 This is : in the lungs; on the contrary, is numerically quite the opp organs.1-4 There is also a retat tion of quarto dust from the Hilar lymph nodes in rets tren before the intratracheal quar tion, compared with control Submitted for public*Iion Aug 7 Dee 1. From ihe Clink* of Oonip*tion*l lirutka $jukhu*et and Hint Gu*ti Institute lDr*. G&the and Swmwo Institute of Occupational Health. I pational Medicine (Dr. Swen*on>, 1 Reprint requett* to Clinic of CX> tine. Karotinaka Sjukhunet. 1(U 01 den (Dr. GOlhe). Arch Environ Health--Vol 20, May 1970 BOOO 0a3? Arch. }. * PRODUCED RV Frttm