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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 26, 1947
Page
13
As summer nears, small boat owners prep hulls while enthusiasts note fleets returning to pre war strength. Private owners once patrolled seas, and coastal traffic includes country visitors to Rottnest seeing armadas of yachts cross the route.
The CSL labs in Australia produced penicillin in large tanks since 1944, along with insulin since 1923, sera for diphtheria and tetanus, vaccines for typhoid influenza cholera and smallpox, hay fever extracts, anti venom for snake bites, and tuberculins. They rely on animals for serum production and have expanded staff to 720 with 45 graduates.
Dr A C Ivy of the University of Illinois warned that a pack a day smoker could inhale eight quarts of carcinogenic tar over ten years. He said no definite evidence shows smokers have higher lung cancer rates than nonsmokers, speaking at the Fourth International Cancer Research Conference in St Louis.
A fragmented report notes carcogenic tar as a cancer risk in both animals and humans. It mentions observed absorption by people and cites the remarkable notion of tolerance to tar exposure, reflecting early concerns about carcinogens.
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