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And two, the States are beginning

to teke up the cudzels by thenselves and the
A,E.C. might very well teke a weit and see
attitude toward it,

So far as the etetus of the health
of the miners themselves is concerned, there

have been a number of health surveys going

back to 1S48 rnd a very extcnaive one was made
the summer before last in which a Public Health
Service came snd took a hundred thousand mile

tour eround the Colorado Finteau and stopred

off, oh, the most Godeavful out of the wa

places and picked up a few miners here send
there sand accunulated a total of about 1300
miners out in the field and exemined them pretty
carefully.
Of thias group they found senething
in the order of forty to firty rho had some

evidence of lung disease,

They found some

evidence of ec cnerr -- of the types of pneu-

moconiosis which they did find and tubercu- ©
losis were relatively cild,.
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This pact eunmer the Public Health
Service ran another censua of the riners with
the cooperation agnin of the A.E.C. in terza
of providing vehicles and here again, the
decision hss not really been made as to what

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