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#,,,,e, |',~..qVARD POLO~iU51 THEORY OF LUNG CANCER Lit!i( QUESTIOHED BY CA~ADIAH A Ih¢o~, published h)' two Har- vard Unlvcrsity researchers. ~hat dioacli~e polonium may bu Ihc Iong- ~ught link helweOn smoking and lung cancer has been challenged by Dr. Robert Taylor, c~ccutiv¢ dirtier Ihe National Cancer Inslilole. Poloflmm. a r~c~allic elemenl, is p~s~nt in small quandti~ in all plums, which ab~rb u mrough their r~ and Icav~ [~om [rac~ of it in the ~od anC atmo~pher¢. ~e element was idcnul.cd in 1898 by, Pierre and Man~ C~r~c. anC named for Poland. Dr. Ed~ard P. ,¢cdford and Vdma R. Hunt. el the Kresge Centre for Environm¢.~al Heahh. o[ the School of .'.hlic Health. claim there is enough ,~lone~m in the lungs o[ a ~'o-pac[-a.~a~' man Io Jet,ease his daily name,', do,c of tad=rich seven The U, S, rc,¢urehe~ poim out lhal pol~munl, ]i~e radium, "'~Iph= em,uer"~h~tln~ out bulky nucl=ur p,,:.cl~s that are ve~ dan)- u~in~ to., .rby C~11% esp~ciul]~ when iacv~ thc amoum~ I~[~ly to ~ lungs, us quoted b~' the Hazard searche~. ~ould represent much haz- ard. Dr. Taylor had a special in- Ier~f in polonium and i[~ path 67 ti l $0033068 througl, ih¢ hunlan body while Di- rector of the Mcd,cal Division aL the Chalk River ¢,tabli.~hmen| of Atomic Energy of ('-nude "There ,r~ a score of people in thN ~oumry.'" Dr. Tay,w ~id. "who whil~ work,ng ,n Ihe radium refining i,ldu,l~ ahs~rhcd ~o much i)nhmi,,nl "~ p~ople ha~o bern kepl Ir~¢k of e~et sig~. ~nd none o~ Ihem ~eveloped uny fo~ of ~gn~t oE polonium." ,Tune 17, U.S. doctor not convinced dgarets are major cause of. lung cancer BY BE~ ROSB e~e~ and ct~ stunk, FIRST HOlY HARBOR -- A |eadi~ U.S. cancor • ~e Is no ~n~nsive don~ ~at a high ~ ~nag~ of lun[ on~r could by ~a~t "~ ~ no doubt ¢~aret rooking ~ a fnct~ ~ lung cancer, bet ~ ~ll~ ! ~nnot ~ather e~gn la~ to ~ that whore picture than an} else." ~id Dr. P~iilp~ S5,ht~. ~e p~fe~or pathology at Chl~gO Medl. ra) ~hO, d we& ~pe~ng to liar S,xlh Cgnadlgn Re,oath Co~fe~ce, • qn the other hand? told a later, "1 woul~ ~0plo to ~p mo~ ¢~are~ It's 8 mary, dlrt~ I ~ ~bit. It's onl,y common ;' he enid. 'qt ~ould be Dr. J. H. Price of Ore University of Wi~omin nsmeSenSe harmYt° roflise it s~u~t do txt~mely dangerous t~ed that ~e.edueot/onfl The gnfllsh.bem and, c~neluflon for the public to compeJ~n ~hould be ~ Oxford .educated 8cienUst expect a dramatic drop m ted to ~to~l~ people who Is "o pipe 8moker ~ lung cancer if everyone added: ~'lt'8 almost u ~d ~ttopped emok~arets." as mnoking a pipe," CAI~T 6O ALONG i~-, Shublk aM mall quantlHu ei the 0homlcal~ presdnt ia tobeeco tars. that are ~lieved to couse lung ~ncor. ate ~ pre- sent in charcoal.broiled Iteaks and smoked Iisb. He uld ~ pelluUon and other factors must also be taken ln~ account, °'! can't go nio~ with some of my ~o~eagues who am making ~ategori¢~l and, dotnilui conclusions about the roktlonship of lu~ Despite • the 8titidiul evidence linkin~ ctg~rot smoking and Inn| cancer in m~. Dr. Shub~ ~d It k ~ulble ~ p~u~ 1~ ~er • ~ b~ ~ ~lni them tO to~ ~o~. even ~ongh ~o ~mi~ ~ ~o ~ w~ p~du~ ~n ~ ~ a~ma~, from taking even'thnir firat puff en a elprot "An adult who k smokin~'nsw, and who ~lvea It up, may ~ome other kind el tzouMe ~ssodated with the hue, mtlo~ of not ~ tide to