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CANCER. The U.S. has one of the world's highest incidences of cancers associated with environmental pollution. A recent National Cancer Institute study (TIME, Aug. 11) shows that the industrialized and highly air-polluted Northeast has a particularly high incidence of lung cancer, as do areas where copper and lead smelters are located. The highest rates of bladder and liver cancers are found in counties with plants producing rubber and chemicals, perfumes and cosmetics, soaps and printing ink. One Ohio community, most of whose workers are employed by chemical plants, had a high rate for all three cancers...
Mendelson said Yesterday he found "no adverse effects" from marijuana use aside from slight weight gain and a change in lung function similar to that produced by cigarettes...
...convicts receive the warm greeting from society given to former Illinois Governor Otto Kerner. Convicted in 1973 on charges of mail fraud, bribery and tax evasion, Kerner spent seven months in prison before his parole in March to undergo an operation for lung cancer. Last week as an organ growled out Stouthearted Men, Kerner strode into a testimonial dinner in Springfield, Ill., to thank 1,100 friends for their support. "In prosperity, it's very easy to find a friend. In adversity, it's one of the most difficult things," observed Kerner, now 67 and director...
...bladder (in women) by 26% each. Cancer of the uterus, which afflicts an estimated 61 of every 100,000 women a year, dropped 37% during this period; cancer of the stomach, which once affected 24 people per 100,000 every year, by 63%. The only increases: lung cancer (125%) and about 20% increases each in cancers of the prostate, bladder and colon in men, and the pancreas in both men and women. The rates for breast and colon cancer in women are virtually unchanged...
Aaaa-eeyaa-eeyaa-eeoo! The nostalgic jungle roar echoed from a Marriott hotel in steamy nether Los Angeles last week as four of 15 former screen Tarzans and three of 19 ex-Janes got together to celebrate the centenary of Author Edgar Rice Burroughs' birth. The lung-busting bellow was uttered by beefy Johnny Weissmuller, now 71 and 250 lbs., who starred in twelve Tarzan movies opposite four Janes; he and Tarzan No. 13, Jock Mahoney, 56, got together to heft a shapely Rent-A-Jane in a rippling display of one-apemanship. How far did Tarzan and Jane...