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~~ THY WASHPi1GT0YPOST' Tue~da~r, Se_nlamberl:.14?8~' 3 op Stud ~c :See~ 20 J0 h ., :of ~~'c~werffases -; Ass ~ Woi tate& By BiII-RieHa*'da y o to blame for the l -waa~inrtoaPOat staK wrQter lated cancers- A major• new federal study . Iias . -) iound that: at least one of- every five - future cases of cancer in. the-tinited. _.: States, will come front -exposure - to ~~ Garc:nogens otr the job~-;- w The-figtttra;- which-sh • , ._ . ..•i arp1Y. contra`~ . diet- much lower estimates made re- cently by industry; were- made.public ~ yesterday by Health, Education and Welfare-Secretary Joseph 4, Califano~ Jr. He- said the study, by the-National:•' . Cancer Institute and the- National- In-.~.t stitute of: Environmental I~'-Tealtii Sei- _ ences;, also showed that occupaaonai : -e-tposure to asbestos alone may•cause-; ' romm union. representatives with.~ pledQes that the administration woulct: : continue-to oppose a proposed amend- ~ ment-to.the.Occupational Safety and,: t° Health Act-: that would exempt busi- _; nesses with fevaer thnn-l(?- employes ;,. from fed'eraL.safetq and.bealth-investi- ; : gations: 2 million premature cancer deaths izL- the next,three- decades--: roughlp- 17, Fzrcent oE the totaL number'ot cancer'r deaths expected durWg that time. ~~ In a spee.,ctt deL~vered to the-=?,r-Z- ° CIO National Conference- on Occupa-, aional'. Safetg and- Eeaith. here_ -Ca1i-. ; fano called'the still um eleased study'st findings "alaz•ming" - and. s aicr they. -would lead;to increased e:aphasis oo` "prevention rather•t4an treatment oh . cancer. The~t3treeday conferenre; the first i k Laborr - leaders have bitterly citi-.; cized.the admendment, which passed ~ the- Senate and is schcduled` tioo- go- be-= fore-a House•Senate-conference cotn-. ;~mittee this week.,AFF: CIO President ; ' George-Meany yesterday, called the ; -: proposal a: "killer amendment" and-'. warned that."it wilL turn sev,erai mit- ' ;lion wor.t;places into deathtraps_'•' Mondale promised that the adminis~ ; tratipn would."wark overtime" to de-' , 4eat the amendment. But- he. did' not;; 3 say- -whether- Carter would veto the-, = bilTif theamendment were included. ~ ts `of ind+ to be called by the union,,w drew a- strong showing fronz Carter administration oE_icials, witn soeechesj by Califano; Vice- ?resident 1londale, and Labor Sersetary c2ay Mars;za;L--.._-i The adininistration• officials sought.. :, yesterday to counter receent e_^_=cism that they have been willing.to ease np on environmental and Tor%er safety reoulations in an- ei±ort to •ctrb- In his~ speech, Califano said he was- ' t using the- conference as- a forum to un~ ~ E'vei1 the. results.ot-the study..,. Noting,' that : earlier industrr esti- j mates of - the number oP cancers re--~ lated'to occupational exposure- ran be- tween tween l and 5 pereent,,eaiifano, quoY - ; ino from the,•federal"-~tudy, said,"I£ ; the full.consequences of oecupational - tiom "It is, in my judgnne*_+t," said: Ca1i= ~ fano•, "myopic to ar;ue that programs - to protect workers are in:iationa_ry-if . ; e-Tpostl.res in the present and the re- " cent past are taken into account, esti- mates of at least' 20 percent appear " much~ more reasonab!I, and ma~- even a•e. do, . not count in our caiculations-' what those- prograyss- 5c:;:,- safety, health and oft'en- greater proCuc- vi• - L,blbndale and Mar~saaiL dne-rh-c~'eers-33 ~ be conservative."' Other federal hea:th officials- famil- • ; iar with the- study said the research- ~ t ers found that the number of ooeupa- " tional-related cancers, may run to 40 : ' percent of all cancer in the country, the officials told The 19ashington Post s tud y id b es e sa as os was t argest number of work-re- ; .~ . ...«;. ~`,. --) I- ~ ~ :~` i y The -federal' report= aIso noted that'' : Aindustry estimates on oceupationally; ; related cancers n in, the past -have.: : lacked scientific documentation..,_,:.: ~' The -researchecs' said that dnring "? the;next 30.-to 35 years. the average ; ~ =number of "cancers direetly related to. • ` asbestos exposure will average.67,U00 : per year.._hast year 'about.375,000. can= t ;, _.cers.wet•e'reported, excluding' cancers i , ,of the skin, federai officials said.. . The federal _~ estimates on'~occupa j' tionaliy relttted cancbrs were based on ~ : past exposure of-workers to-carcino- • gens, the study said. ",Tbere_ is : no '~ Tsotmd reasonr ta assume- that tbe fu-. ture consequences of . present-day ex-" posure to carcinogens. in the worli- -.place will be less thanathose of expo-- sure In the recent past;^ it''coiZC}udecl:: The--study noted that eight' othef• carcinogenia,substanees found in the ~ workplace•may cause•cancers equal in their total number to asbestos-_Thee highest excesses of. Cancers ' amobg' _ workers were found in Ieather-and shoe workers, coke oven workers, cad,: iniunt -product.ion woLers. anct. metai.-- mines, thc study said-'. . - . ; ` r The-percentage of occupationally.. ? related - cancers was quickly cha1= •Ienged yesterday by- the hcad of health and environmental research -.Tor the Dow Chemical Co. - ~ -'Dr. Perry Gehrinp said "what it i boils down to is that Califano Is all' I wet. IIe doesn't have the- data:'to sup- i port those findings." . Gehring said industry estimates of workrelated cancers were drawa- .m from studies by the InternationaT Agency for Research on Cancer in: France and the American Healt2i" ' Foundation, an industry,supported or! i ganization. f, -./•...._-. . - .. ~ Yt~ 1000'795270 ~-~.- .. M THE WALL STREET IOURNAI~- Tuesd'ay, Sept. 12, 1978 , ~' ' 1 . ~ e~S. ~ - ~t I ! :~-~__----.---- . . HEVI Secretary Ca]iiano said a' `ntw stud.y indicates that at least 20% of all can- ;cer in the U.S. may be work-relatedi HPfir ld an AFL-CIO conference on~ occupational, safety and health that tre figure•was much higher than previous estimates of 176, to 5~70: A summar f th