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" r~ 1 i; '~~ ~ aide ot those who cauhon against' hasty judgmenfa ~ ;:Self-Assurance `y~ x ~ o „~`y~', `~'l : --'-`-- ""--- ` ;~5~ n yl l. C ii 111~Y11L.~1Cll. CYl4Clll:C, SLL UIC JOV.Tn SECRETARY Flemming and the Food ~. ,~ 'to warrant the assnmption'' that cigarette amoking Is the" k dc Dtug Administntloa aeem aud ?` Y a'"` principal factor in the increase in lung cancer ~ ; ~ K t;denly to have acqulred a lmack for p~ a t r+ ~, `' It questions the conclusions of the repor ~b r) epotting cancer-aausing agents 1n `!~.y Z,eroy E. Burney, surgeon general ot the U• S..Pubif ~ ~ a'popular coneumer itema t`r` ~' icws s~~y ' i ~,, " Health Service.' A number of autharities wha~tage~ tv J ~• ~z r w: examined the same evtdence cited by Dr~ Burney;' uya ,'Flrat it was craabeirles a day or F ° t bl i l c " i h h - a i, i e med ca pu ation do not agree w t his cronclu t ~ ~. t ao ago, 1t waa chlckena t,r° lt r. ;, ;, aions. Although the studies reveal a relationship betiveen' m kin e th th i = t d '` ~ ' i t Y o g an cancer at seems mare an o n ~s ~ 7 Nobody would deny the 8ecretary , ~ the srlght and •duty to inform the 'S '` ~ } ~• cidental, they do not explain why, even when some srnok-~ fng patterns are the same„ case rates are higher among . ~~t publle of hazardous foods and drugs ~ y r tv { 4 ~`, i men than among women and among urban than among l r ~ f y t ~ zurali populations t r n+ ~ 1t~~r;vlag detected in the government's labora L ~«, +,„ , ,,, ' . . . . . . . . d'S: . . ...s.:~:. .. . ..-.... . ..~. ~ mi,., r,,.,...,.,,~,a....wa ..t,....,,.,.,s,:.,,. ....a .>,.. ..at..,.a~ `~ ~.wriea. +uac. tine~ vppwace, +u. lnuY 1~; t ~;.~ ,, {~.,~' 'a~-: of more data. That seems advisable. <~t:~~ ~~ '~ ~ .~f d lII wa no . . t: ~ ~ V" r ld b l hlblt h h h f. s y; ~'. r ~ ,v c F. ~ e a ou n e ao ~ • G ~,ueven.by the fear of wtdes read eco- " t' !~IT.~~c+ni ~"t p .. }.•' .f•:,. ~ .ir.'. 1~, :~" 4'' ~.'Y . ..w~CI11G•C.11 aomic losa ~ a":'s { i; ' ar._ ~'• ;• .f, Asheville, North Carolina :k t.'~But the manner in which Flemming 1';r:v p; :. ., :;;i ..liecemoen 13x ly7y 1 w]~,:i ..'. .. ~.... ~. ~ .. . .. . ;.~~. . ,.. . •.•. ..:.:: ~. •~. .~..,, ...: 1 . . -•.~ ~:'.: ..: .:~,...~.. riYifl~_ wlpea ouc tne 18oY cranr'rry crop wjlen tne surgeon general or tne .~f and put a cloud oa the chlekes and U.S Publio Heaith Service recently x`: Lun~ Cancer 3°r . t" ` ~ ~}~ ~~ broller Sadustry makes h1s actlone blamed olgarets far the increase in• ' ' .nr.. ~__ra ,'-__.' -c-._. . . seem impetuous and even calculated. lung cancer, Thelournaf of the Amer- °'`" °°" °L "" "" v` yv~, uu~ .: ~~ announcementa., as they reach ican Medical Associatlon rebuked him, - We're getting a bit tiued of the pro and con y ~ the publlc,,are unquallfied conclusibas aaying: blasts having to do with the effects of smoking ; on lun cancer. > -~ offered in the slmPlest terms: X ~^~ ~" •- , g 7'+', i,,,,+,4~? !+chemicai fed to Y animal roduces A numtier of aathorities who have Dr. Jones sa s one da the link Is tfnmis P examined Lhe same evidence clted Y Y _ =cancer• by [the surgeon generalli do noc takable and his colleague, Dr• Smith, comes with his conclusions ` ' ~ a re g e blast Flemming Neither the proponents nor the op back the next da ranberr and' sa In the s 'tain6 so' ~'`'~ y y y , I e d1d not mention=nor ever deny to y~Iffcientfev dencektogwarranththe Dr. Leroy Burney„ the nation's top pubhc~ our knowledge-the cranberry indus- assumption of an all-or none post health officer, says it is only too true and.a~~l ~ try'a estimate that a person would tlon :•~ w w~ p] WPP4 nT en~ le4Pr a1.. « ..C al.. A..,s.iw.nT'' have to consumer somethtng nke ~ ` °` '• °` ' " ' ~ t Medical Association sa t .+ s ' ~ y : Flemming should have discovered the IS,U00 pounds of berries a dap to be ii. 'F ~ ~ ha.. .~ hv the chemical Flemmina damaging effects ~of the tw•o cheml- .~, Neither the proponents nor the op .; :r~aatd w8a Cancer-causing: ~. ~~~ so audaeniy.. Aminotrla7Aie nad punenr5 or tne Smolring tneory'llave sufflclent , tieen used for years, with the Depart- evidence to warrant the assumption of aa ; it tit - t h s How many ehlckens fed w _,__ ment of Agriculture's approva( if ap- all-or-none authoritative position." , ~~ . oca..v. naw... ..o...~ ... -- --.,•... -- ..n.d ...... 1•-.m.eH..•.. CHn:mH.n~ *J' . rs al.., . .. ..•r a:_., -~---' _.._. .___.~.._.e. _..__~__._. . . ..- -•.,• •••,••••.~,••.!„c.acoa.~u .-wa~. asacc vu ,.' eause harm7 was a roved b the Food da Drug thi t~ y d OF THE methods by which lkiemming arrtved athis conclusions• the pub- lle knows Ilttle•, But SG is famillar enough with the clgaret controversy to know that Flemming's uncompli- cated certalnty t+ singular. Using tars and nlcoUne from bacco, scientiste ~have Induced cancer in animals, But let a doctor conclude that thls 1s Proot of tbbacco's effect an humans PP ~ s~ (par on the pun) ~~ bur~ning~ issue hcw~ can Adminlsttatton 12 years ago. It seema g oor la man hel b t b thi b t ~ p y p u e eay ng u a remarkable coincidence that Fiem- ~~ confused, if not befuddled; + ming should have percelved the dan- _ ,,. _,;,~ ger of cranberrles treated wlth aminotrt~zole a few days before Thanksgiving• and the danger of stll- bestrol! !n chickens just a week or two later. has carefully tlmed his recent ac- tibns t,o lmpress his request' for new laws on the soon-to-convene Con- { gress and to create an atmosphere IT IB no secret that Flemming wants most favorable to their passage. ~ °,; new powers to oarry out the As 1t Is, Americans have no choice t r d f tth f th `' a o e I! he but to assume the goa nnurt o ef rnnd and druas. 1 r• and he !b alinost certain t'o be chal- were less than a cabinet officiat of Secretary of Welfare, though they ?'~ lenged by an equally enilnent' author- the U.S. government„ it might be may wonder what bombehell he Is Sty tempting to suspect that Flemming aaving for the next two weeks. ... . -- .._.,..•,... ~..._ -' . .. .~..- . . . _ . . ... ... ,....._ ... -~ _..-. . . _..~~•..,c-: _....,