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THE WASHINGTON Pt)ST' Wt3shingttDny D.G:. -June 12, 1962' .,L,`3,53 'HS Study Cites Growth of ~ealth Peril in Auto Exhaust By Morton Mintz-was a letter in which Sur- ea pigsth'ere:was:an unpre- malemice: This, therepom autt,n.aorter geon,General Luther L. dicted epidemic of severe said, is similar to the inci- • The Public Health Service Terry said that research to pneumonia: The deathjsate . dence of lung cancer in hu- yesterday cited new experl• d a t e Ii a a"produoed evi- was much higher for those mans.-higher among men dence that automobile that had been exposedi to than among women. . id f dh t l C 91 ev ence o ager mea a emission.s do produce ef; ~~ ~an for others lh the 1n the area ofpreveatioti;,' to hutnan bealtli icaused by feots on human beingal' 1 ti the'report diseussed the . de, t th t h d b o " ry a a en o e automotive air pollution. It a ra vices that will become stand: pointed to the- number of ' He-stTessed that steps to exposed to ordittary exhaust oarbautomotlve pollution fumess or that were . kept in ard equipment on all l 196;< ears In the Diatrict u poa• should not await the re- pure air. inodel cars. These destroy fng.a.potentially grave ptobsultsofp numerouaresearch • blowby,"' the raw-gasolinee lem. And it warned that The greatest stress on ~~ea' cmitted from the unless preventive action a projects that are underway the lungs of the group of taken the dan er willi be around the eountry, guinea pigs occurred among crankcase that account Jnrr g The.'-repotKi.prepared by those exposed to smog.that about one~quarter of' one Ltcreased as the Nation the iDfcision oL'Air Pollu• was generally in a higher bf' te' pollhtanta a car >'row s' tion, ideludes aummaries of concentration than that usu- emits, hydrocarbons. It was In a 506-page repott to many previous research ef+ allyy found• in the average . made clear that the rise in Congress the PHS assevn- forts that have 'added, to city. But the report goes on =' car registrations can quickly bled the most complete the laboratory evidence that :tootier an implied warning; eancelithe beneficial results analysis of'the problem yet, , exhaust products and fnra- 'present automottve pollu, of this device. The report was m a d e 1 s d"uted fumes, or sunlight-.. 'tion levels in the atmos; The major interim pre• eompliance with, a 2,qear- triggered smog, are relAted phere of, cities• the report •ventive is the exhaustafumee old law thatwas.aponsoredto risingrates.oflung.can- says,. "aree b'orderlinee with purifier.which,to~meetCali-by Rep. -Pau1 F. Sch'enck cer, emphysema a n d other respect to causing immedi- fornia standards, must de- (R,Ohio). - . _ pulmgpary affiictions;.heart _ate_ eQeets and changesiu :stroy'most.of.the hydroear- . Howrapidlythe problem and'.cii+culatot,yd diaeases, ai- pulmonaryy functioas." fr .bonsand earb6nn monoxide. ; . of automotive air pollution Is growing is shown by Ag- unes on motor vehicle rrregis- trrtions - 7SJg million 1h~ 19611 an estimated 79 mII+ lion by the end of'1982'and', a predicted 113 milllon fn, 1977: The report showed that ln 19B0theDtstriethada greater number of passem ge r c a r registrations per' square mile than any of the principall cities in the Na-.. tdon's 30' largest metropoll, tan areas. Thp, Districdled with , 4100cars0 persqRat+e mile. Denver was second with 39511 and Philadelphia was third with 3730. Los An• qeles was seventh with an estimated 13.50: Accompanving the report lergies and other ailments. ~ other words„ immediate ef- produced by oombustinn, At The newer find t fects could, he caused ho• ittgs are' leeels that are only sligtitly least three prototypes . of' these: Fhigher, than at preseM!.- these °atterburnersi ar~ • Among a group of'new: a Lung cancers_ siinilar'in '~~orn abeing tesLad b.' born laboratory mice, all of, allire,"erts!' to those:tn hu- But the, report' lndicated those that •breathed elean, mans were produced' in a that in a aociety that de• air lived atleast unttl they large percentage of labora- auto- wdbysoldJ whenthegn torv,mice tha[were.expose~d penoss so hoavily on auto- were weaned. This was not motive tran-wrtafinn. the the mcase amocg the mice ftrst' tn influenza and then yest long•nun answers: lie in that breathed air pnilutedi to raw-; asoline fumes, that ,rying to reduce the volume bw auto fumes. Amang, ~d been treated with ozone, of f uim e s createdl ratli,r those that inhaled exhaust a prtucipal ingsedient, of than in adding devices. fumes as theycomey outof'-smog: C'anoezs ,id not de- In thiss ceih+he report the tailpipe and mix ir, the `eloQ; ameNgrthe animaL= cited the possibilities of se- air, 7 per cent died.. The exposed to inHttenaa and rious progress towardamall- morYalityd rate in thee first clean`;ajr;,-orin thoseex• er engines, e,ngi.n~es th'atthree weeks of life was al- posed'to:4ho Dzonized gaso- burn,fueli more'etflciently;e most twice as'great-12'per,line'apolsitt'}rohes such as turbines, and-if cent-among.the.mice.that • Asurprise.eide..-resu.Wofkeytechnological lireak- inhaled air mixed with auto the influenza+caneer ejeperi• throaghs are achleved--in exhauat irradiated, by, sun- ment was that tbe tanoei's . e1HclrioAlly pnwered autns ligh't'to form amog. occurred at a, much higher . that would emit no pollu- • Among a group of guin- r,,te amonc male than fr- t^nts U,S. NEWS & WCfl3LD BEPORT June 25, 1962 AUTO-EXHAUST FUMES -A RISING HAZARD A,new warning ,from the U:,S, Public Health i Service: `There is increasing evidence of' ob- jectionable levels ofl automotive pollu- tion in a number of localities eaeH year. Signs of trouble may be expected to multiply.. . • Hazardous situations c-rn develop within a,reLuively fea- vears in a numbcr of ouri Lhrge metmpolitao aretu." . In a 3118-pagee retwirt to Cbngress, the. Publir Health Service cites these facts: There now is laboratory evidence to show that "automobile enissiuns do produce, effNcts on hunran Iacings.'• This. evidence linkss air pulhdiuu frommt exhaust products to eye irritirtion, om-physa•ma; luug canuer, heart :ailments and some allergies. The amount of pulhdion t•aries fnsm city to city. In Iwns Angeles, gas- drivem vehic•les prodnee dhilv euougla carbon monoxide to: Lwllutr Ihe air tn a height of -100 feet' ovx•r' an arcn of 681 square miles to a c•once+dratiou