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1 Page 26 UeMN28 DAILY MitS Rev York, Wev York dlily 1, 196L. , CITIZER-REWS Los Angelea, Cali~ornia July 2, 1964 CIGARETS? CERTAINLY NOT Car Engines Cause Cancer:: Professor WASIfIDiGTpN tUPU -• In•Idoae atghing more than r• creasing evidence tends to,tnk luog cancer more ti.ith funtes irom atttomobile engines than with emtilttiug, according to Dr. R9tomae H. Burford, St. Louis, Ma. Burford, who teatlfied 1,efore the House Commerce Commit- tee, Is protes4or of thoracic surgery at Washington Univer• atty, chief of thoracic and car- diovascular surgery. Barnes and .illied hnapitals, and foun- der-member o3 the Board of 14tttracic Surgery. He said his major Interest has been the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancor, and! estimated he has trekled morel than 4,000 cases. "I do not believe thal lung cancer ls caused by cigarel smoking and I do not believe that smoking is responsible for any shortening of life," he said. "TYte oft - quoted statislics purporting to prove that smok• Ing does cause lung cancer or does shorten human lift:. havt haps eateblieh certain atatlsti• cal associationa which fall far short of proving a causal cott• ntxtton.' Burford held that a large Vol• ume of good scientific evidence tead: en r P f II t a the "rather hasi•ify accented oremise" that etgaret amo&!og !& csueally re• istevi to lung cancer. "OIgre at importance is the increaa7ag number of reports which tend to associate lung cancer with air contamination by the fumes of the internal combustion engine." he said. "There Is as much or more reason to sul;iTect air pollutants as there is to suspect Cigaret smoking." Lung DOctor Says Cigs Are Not to Blame WashlnRtun, June 90 ([TPI)- InrtYasimr evidenre lend: t./ link Iwlg canrer more with fumes f:..1n antonmbhr englnea than with anmking, accmdin¢ to Di. Thomas H. Burfurd of St. Gruia. Burford. who testified ynstar- rlay before the Houve ('otr-mrrre ('rmmittee, is profeseor of thu. rarir surgery at A'ashinyttun Uni- v«reity; chief of thorarlc unl ear- dlnvascuiur surgery, RarnP% end atti,vi hoapitals. and fo-mller- ntember of the board of thornric aurQery. He said his major interest has heen the dlagnue:s and trratment of lung cancer, and esrimaleq lhat he haa treated mn-t than 4.0110 cades. fkes t1o Conneelluu "I do not believe th.t lung can.Yr Is caused by cigaret enluk tntt and I do not beliel•~~ that anruking ie re8 ansible for avy r•h~rtemng of IiF:" he said. "The oft-quoted atati=tirs pnr. pnrting to prove that amokiu¢ d.ret cause lung cancer ol d-wv shorten human life have d.rnr nothinx more than pPrbApq ex• tabli-h certain statistiral ass.l• eiati.ms mhirh lall fal sh•.rr of ;roving a rausal ronnectim. Baplsine His Thenro "There i+ es murh -r morr reasull to Pllepett a11' aaI:ntalltS a+ there is to euapeet cntrtat emokiug." Bnrford said the upper wind pipe. the trachea, M mwe ex• puee,l to tobacco amoke than the major blvnehl, where -rl•.•t lunR ranrat• are eaid :u Vel canarr of thr trachea % m; of the rarest of all dlwu...•. "This is a definite I•Ir -natat• enry as reRerd• tlrr .m.lltinu- lun¢ ranrer thenry;' he a-d.