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FILE NAME Jewelers JEWEL DATE 1988 June 3 DOC JEWEL010 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Wall Street Journal Article - Indian Lung Disease Linked to Asbestos Used to Make Jewelry  Indian Lung Disease Linked to Asbestos Used to Make Jewelry BOSTON -The use of asbestos to mocca- make silver jewelry and to whiten sins for ceremonial dances is responsible for an outbreak of a rare form of lung can- cer among New Mexican Indians doctors reported The U.S. Public Health Service Service doctors began an investigation after finding that the incidence of malignant mesothelioma a form of lung cancer associated with as- bestos was 1,000 times higher than ex- pected at one Indian pueblo village Five people all from the same had the disease between 1970 and 1985 Dr. Richard J. Driscoll and other re- searchers reported their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine ', Four of the victims were silversmiths torches pounding boards to insulate their work ta- bles against the beat of and moiten metal All five also participated in ceremonial dances Before the dances the Indians used asbestos to whiten their buckskin gings and moccasins leg- SHARP # FAX IN U.S. ! | Overstock Sale On NOW FO300 + FO700 Facsimiles ! UNIFAX International 800-648-4329.o80r-648329.or 213-328-8787 , is $ 70 Boulevard also the Best Value Los Angeles with beautifAmbuasldorAmbassador Hotel it'srealy really a resort 10 courts 23 acres of lovely gardens Olympic size pool health . club finefine restaurants room & car from The Call toll free 3400 Wilshire BoulevardBoulevard Los Angeles Calif 800-421-0182 800-252-0385 / Loews Res your A