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Public Health Service study and Dr. gueper's testinlony cited air pollution as r. mc3ur factor iin, lung cancer. ME »UDELPHIA INQl>LRER Phi<'Ladelphia', Pennsylvania Jlme' 9, 1962 - Lung Can~Cer ~ . IsLin~e~~fio -Auto, Fumes U. S. Expert Says Air Polllltioni Is Principal!Cause' . the production of Jung 'cancers Fle' crnr, such as ctgarot smok• and accounts to a,large degree ng ,x~ assumed in this maltrr (or the excessive production of t5r ?'-^-+lo'nmalinR',role," he saidd this type of respiratory cancer Richard A. Prindle, deputy, among urban populations and chief of the Division of Air Pollu among members of special work- tion.,Departmenl of Hcaith: Edtl er groups." -, catinn and Welfare, saidlresearet. ' Those persons living in cities al§o showed that exhaust fumea and highly industrialized :reas, and the atmospheric condition hi declared, had uniformly h'izh- known as "smog" were found ln er rates of'lung cancerthanrthose have caused cancerinlaboratorn living in rural areas in the same antm'als. The same impurttiesy hr _ regions.It was tt;ost impliusible, testified;,cause damage to vogc- he said, that varnationa in smok- tetion, including valuable farm ing habits could accounlforauch~ crops. marked differences. )FZ'RTfIHR RESEARCH 'CI1fIY NEAR TOP'OF'LISTr Prindle. hnwever, saiddheesi' Another witness testified thal dence now'calls for further re- P hiladelphia was'"unfortunate4, search but dnes not provide a di- nearthe top of thelist o6lnicitiea rect "eause and effect" proof. A Government research in aur country having the highest Raymond Smith, chief of the d io l n o Sect physician i testified here Fri- lung cancer' death rate among Alr' Pollution Contro dAlhat urban air ollution- nteo'^' the Philadelphia Department of y p ' The, words' were those of Ev- Health, lold lhe commission4hat arttcularly _that' from gas gene J. Houdry;, president of studies carricd ourhere over the CLne andd diesel engine ex-Oxy-Catalyst, tnr.,, of. Berwyn, laxtfen^ vears"indtcate.eonelit- who developed a device tb puri(y sively that the motor vehicle is hausts-- is the principal cause' autb exhausts:Hia testimonywas a major source of air pollution Of''lung cancer. readlinto the reeord'by fmrdon ~ this rommunit.."' _. He said this finding, does not P. La.rson„executivevice, preai- G?neharmful sub'stancein the ehminate the "dtatinct,possibility dent of Oxy-Catalyst- air he describedi as 'tionapyr that cigaret' amokingl plays a "Actionoythegnvernmentau- rene:" The amountof'this sub- thorities is needed to pass appro; stance breathed from the air by minor to moderate contributor.- pnate legislation and to supply a Philadrlphlian each day, is . role" in producing cancer of'th'e machinery in government to en+ equivalent t.~ the amnunt he lungs. force appropriate air pollution, . wouidreceivefromsrnokingone reRUla!ions." a a i d Houdry's parkahe of cigarets daily, Smith EILA1V' STAT 7 TD E i i S 7 D statement. "Such actioniis cafled a:id. The speaker, Dr. W:,C. Huep for naw:"' H.i7,.iRID1HELD VEEIII.ESS'S er, is chief:of the.F.nvironmental,GA'rAf1,.(.IC MIIIFFLER']fesaid ttirrez was no needlto Cancer Sertion of the NatinnalC'enrrat Mntars tnleratr "visibte'.'eshaw,ti from~ Cancer lnstitnie.in Wa.:hmRton, , he continued, nasalneady.d_velopedGdevice- mMar~vrhtclein,[his dayand1Thts t".a,.dn+ision of the Depa•t a'•catalyuc.mufflPr"-from a.li- a;;e:. Cess. than.r 2 prrccnt'~. of alll ment a('.Health,. Educanon..and censing arreement' wittii (hry- vehicles are:cnnlrih'wtin~ 10 ta.l~. Welare. Catal5~~t. Heaaid thee use of th'ee percrnt.of'th'et airpoilution fronn . plained. Dr. Hueper was one of a group appantus r.n autnmohile en¢inr< 411 crhicles, Smith rx of exp•rts' who, testified att thc had proven lo~be.eronomicali~ This' pr~oblem, he continued. StatetDHiceButldmg, Broad andd feaaihle, -' ean~be.eJiminatedM•,appropriate Spring Garden sis.. before a If .eome actinn is nnt taken. leRislation in Harrisburg. "The. Joint Sl'ateGovernm•ot Commia. Hnrtdry:'ss statemer.t said, itt it.c"rrrrtion of visiblrerhaust aion on.th'e problem of'air pollu- reasonable toex~pect that about from molor. vehirdrss rnprrsrnt, tion causedlbymotorvehicle'ex- 12 pernent o0 the male dcaths noth'tn, more than common dh- haustk. during.the present'.decadet win cenrr:"'Smilhi said. The commissionisn to deter' result from cancer of thel6nC- Visihle rzhausb from.vchiclermine the need (or'a State liw re- Dr. Hnrpor also ur,ed that spr t` a,Ain4atwrliof Phtlado4phials" quiring attachment,of:fume-dist cial dhviers.be applied noww t- 'tr pnllution.ron-•A ordinancee pellingdevices: totlieo exhausl.t motor vehiAe.ss lo minimizee thoo ipes of motor: vehicles. expn~ure of the populace to ex- ~LAY'.4 1NPORTiA'NT. ROLE haust fumes, - Dr. Hueper saiddhat.Aloba,l re- 'NO.S(1lc1.E F:S(TOR'' search anrt study'demnnstrated~ ,171 uf theaaailabieeviitenre. "unequivocallv" that air'polluahe raid, supports the.viewthate tian-.aperially from motor ve- exhaust fumes pla,p the major hirllsl.- "pla,vi.diand is playinR rnle. Fshau.ctive study ^failss tn: an increasinRly impnrlant role in cnnfirm the alleeation that a sin- ~; ti ; ~~ .--r~1i1~~ uO WORLD Tuilsa,, oklahoma June 10, 1962 Researcher Says Cigarettes Don't Prod trre Cancer PHILADELPHIA. June 9 4tS-- An offu:iaL with,the National Can-eer Institute, saidi Saturday he believes cigarette smol-ing, is not a major cause of luiig cancer: Dr. W. C. Hueper of Beth'esda. Md., the official, said "I believee cigarette smoking', is an indirectt or contributory cause to the de- velopment of'lung cancer but is not one of' the majpr causes:"' Dr. Hueper is chief of the en, virottmentlal cancer section of thee institute, a division 6 the:De: partment of Health,, Education and Welfare. He said that wh'ile cigarette srnokee coutaicts :"minute amountf of cancer produeing, substances.':' it also contains other sudstltnce that are not cancer produeing NEWSWE'r7C June 25, 1962 Villainous F>iunes %Vhile many researchers are 6rtnli convinced th'ateigarettet smokingg iss a maior factor in lung cancer, a~ Grnxi mant' are jitst as sure'it is not. Oi e ofthe doubters, Dr. 1A'ilhelm C. Hiteprr of the National Institutes of Heallh; spoke out last week: Air polhttion-particuktrlh ftunes from diesel and gaculine engines -is the principal villain in the rising fitci- dence of lung cancer. "If you lowk at air pollution around the' worJd," he told a Pennsylvania statemtnmisstou on ;tirpof- lution, "you find that the highest lung, cancer rates are in urban, industriadi7x+dl area.s."'Cigarette smoke does noR contain etwuglt cancor-prumoting chemicals to acrount' for these rates, he added. , But the 111Hi investigator does nut en- tirely exonerate cigarettes from an im- portant'role m lang cancer: The irritating effect of'smoh'ing, he believes; makes the lungs more'susceptible to hannfol chem- icals in the air. Dr: Hueper said: 'I Fave np smoking tKentp, yrars ago." Ilia 1, rO~ t