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Self-Assurance aide of those who cauhon against' hasty judgmenfa ; o '~1 ~" a R emm i ng n d th o Y F e l F TA SECRE dc Drug Administration seem aud y y ~ the srlght and •duty to inform the . `~ ~.wriea. +uac. tine~ vppwace, +u- lnuY 1-; wa y; a ou ld b l n hlblt e d i n ao h G ~,ueven.by the fear of widespread eco- aomic losa -But the manner in which Flemming 'to warrant the assnmption'' that cigarette smoking Is the" principal factor in the increase in lung cancer i 'It questions the conclusions of the repor t b Z,eroy E. Burney, surgeon general of the U. S..Pubif ~ ~,, " Health Service.' A number of authorities wha~tage~ ° w: examined the same evidence cited by Dr. uya t the medical publication "do not agree with his cronclu-~ , ;, ;, aions. Although the studies reveal a relationship betiveen' i ~smoking and cancer that seems more than eoin= t i l tv { dental, they do not exp c ain why, even when some srnok-~ fng patterns are the same„ case rates are higher among . ~`, i men than among women and among urban than among r 4 y t ~ zurali populations t r n+ ~ 1t~~r;vlagl , ...s.:~:. .. . ..-.... . ..~. mi,., r,,.,...,.,,,a....wa ..t,....,,.,.,s,:.,,. ....a .>,.. ..at..,.a~ of more data. That seems advisable. t' !~IT.~~c+ni " ~CI11G•C.11 1';r:v p; Asheville, North Carolina :k :. ., :;;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 on the chicken and U.S Public Health Service recently Lung Cancer 3°r . broiler Sadustry makes his actions blamed olgarets far the Increase In , _.' -c-._. . . seem impetuous and even calculated. lung cancer, Thelournaf of the Amer- °°" °L "" "" v` yvu, uu6.: ~~ announcementa., as they reach ican Medical Association rebuked him, - We're getting a bit tired of the pro and con y ~ the publlc,,are unqualified conclusibas saying: blasts having to do with the effects of smoking ; > -~ offered In the simplest terms: X on lung •- , g cancer. !+chemicai fed to Y animal produces examined A number the of same authorities evidence who have cited Dr. Jones says one day the link is tfnmis _ =cancer• by (the surgeon generalli do not 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 e , did 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 an ~ try'a estimate that a person would tlon WPP4 nT enle4Pr a1.. « ..C al.. A..,s.iw.nT'' have to consumer something nke Medical Association sa s y : Flemming should have discovered the IS,U00 pounds of berries a day to be ha.. .~ hv the chemical Flemmina damaging effects -of the two chemi- "., Neither the proponents nor the op .; :raatd was Cancer-causing: . ~~ so audaeniy.. Aminotrla7Aie nad punenr5 or tne Smolring tneory'llave sufflclent , been used for years, with the Depart- evidence to warrant the assumption of aa ; it tit - t h s How many chickens 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.nI *J' . rs al.., . .. ..•r a:_., -----' eause harm? _.._. .___.~.._.e. _..__~__._. . . ..- -•.,• •••,••••- .!„c.acoa.- .-wa~. asacc vu ,.' was a roved b the Food da Drug thi t~ y d OF THE methods by which lkiemming arrived at his conclusions• the pub- lie knows Ilttle•, But SG is familiar enough with the clgaret controversy to know that Flemming's uncompli- cated certainty )a singular. Using tars and nicotine from bacco, scientiste ~have Induced cancer In animals. But let a doctor conclude that this 1s Proot of tobacco's effect an humans PP s(par on the pun) burningissue hcwcan Adminlsttatton 12 years ago. It seems a 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 perceived the dan- ger of cranberries treated wlth aminotrtazole a few days before Thanksgiving• and the danger of stll- bestrol! !n chickens Just a week or two later. has carefully timed his recent ac- tibns to Impress his request' for new laws on the soon-to-convene Con- { gress and to create an atmosphere IT IS 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 f tth f th `' d a o e If he but to assume the goo nn 1 r• u rt o ef rnnd and druas. and he !b alinost certain to be chal- were less than a cabinet official of Secretary of Welfare, though they Sty tempting to suspect that Flemming saving for the next two weeks. ... . -- .._.,..•,... ~..._ -' . .. .~..- . . . _ . . ... ... ,....._ ... -_..-. . . _..~~•..,c-: _...., lenged by an equally enilnent author- the U.S. government, it might be may wonder what bombehell he Is n yl l. 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