Dr. Selikoff, director of the Envir-
onmental Sciences Laboratory at Mount
Sinai School of Medicine, New York, has
been studying effects of asbestos ex-
posure for two decades,

Dr. Cowle said between 150 and 200
cases of mesothelioma - tumors of the
lining of the chest or abdomen - have
been reported from South Africa among
mine and mill workers and among people
who lived nearby or women who washed their
husbands' clothing contaminated with part-
icles. However, these relate to the blue
and brown fibre asbestos, not the white
fibre type mined in Canada and Russia,
which account for 95 per cent of the
world's production. Only nine cases of
mesothelioma are associated with the
Canadian type of asbestos, he said,

Dr. Cowle said the incidence of
mesotheliomas among Canadian insulation
workers is the same as in New York. He
also told a course on respiratory diseases
that too much has been made of worn brake
linings casting off asbestos particies
into the air. He said brake linings wear
because of heat, which converts the
asbestos into other, inert, breakdown
products, Without brake linings, dangers
of dying in accidents would far outweigh

possible hazards of asbestos particles, .

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A VISIT TO CASSIAR

BY OTTAWA, ONTARIO STUDENTS

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A intsced group of behtets grades 10 to
12 students, girls and bovs from Ottawa,
Ontario, Watson Lake, Y.T. and Lower Post,
B.C. visited the Cassiar Mine on May 29th,

Fifteen of these students were of the
National Student Exchange Program from
Ottawa, Ontario.

Our picture taken during a visit to
the mine, shows the majority with pleased
expressions as they contemplated samples
of long fibre ore.

Except for a.few obvious cringes and
also expressions of awe while travelling
up and down the mine road, our young
visitors really enjoyed their tour.

General comments were that the visit
was an educational and pleasurable event
and they were grateful for the Company's

hospitality during their visit.

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TELEGRAPH CREEK NEWS

May 8th/73 - One small spark from a
stovepipe, and within an hour, three fine
homes ceased to exist. It seems strange
that after more than a century, fire
should decide to claim these houses, but
that's one of life's mysteries, I suppose.
Had a chain saw flared up, a gas lamp
been upset, a garbage burner gone wild in
the wind, a cigarette sneak down into the

“- ar any of the countless possible