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1 nere By Stuart Auerbach they are worried about "the nyl 'T..r::'-e nay contain low me -.vor-te-s -.a slants in Km- U'lihisttM ?N(Suit Vnttf vast number of new chemical!levels ot y.'i _c_ktl,,oun,vde -gas. its tic.v.', Vfv York. Vest Vr- _ 1agents1' that have been intro mam tens t-er.t. tb.ch- =scien-: ST. AUGUSTINE, **J->[(juced into the environment in1 tii-.i je!.e-.e to be cciinncteerr-scaus- a. Ts-taa cn.ii Great 2r:t- March 22--Two leading cancer^ recent years, including cnemi tain. Selikoii estimated tost. experts warned today that the cals used to improve the! .i;. v. ...vl chloride isn't safe.; ?*>? 5 ?er cent of polyw earth's environment Is being taste, freshness and appear-j -.-.-hood. what is sate nyl chlor.de worsen w:il get tilled with chemicals that ance of food. v . jin the e--o.-onmeat?" said Sel- that cancer, which car.nat be- could cause cancers that will Scientists estimate that jia.-iikot. 'Here was a plastic, as-icured not show up for another 20 000 new chemical compounds sumed to be inert, hieng intro-j "This new occupational can- - yean. are Introduced into Lhitiie&vi duced into our environment, cer promises to be an unDor-1 -Their warning came Just Jronment every year, tsi around ->. 25 years ago. All of: tant cause of death among w eight weeks after report! of a "There has been and contin a sudden we begin to see this-nyl workers," Hammond and. rare form of liver cancer ues so be no pretesting ol ma central part of the chemical! Seliioff said. among long-time workers in terials for cancer andciher se-1 process industry suddenly In an effort to cut workers' factories making polyvinyl rious diseases,'' the 'two ex-1 coming to Hie and hardly in- exposure to vinyl chloride, the' chloride, a plastic product perts said. "Examination is (ert in terms of cancer." U.S- Labor Department's Oc used for everything from for aerviceahility,. saleability, He added that experts In the cupational Safety and Health! wrapping' meat to tubings in utility; whethercancer will re chemical industry say that Administration today said itj hospitals to auto seat coven. sult Is hardly considered, ex cancer specialists should be would limit the .allowable ex-i The cancers we are seeing cept for radioactive devices." worried about "every" compo posure level in factories to SO now had theumrjgig iy- h-- 3--5 Hundreds of thousands of nent or plastic product on the parts per million. (Selikoff in-! years ago,' Cuy_le_rj factory workers are exposed marketplace. dicsted that he would prefer a j j Hammond and Irving J. Seli- to these new chemicals. More- So far, almost 1,000 chemi-| yern sttnw'h'e -wnn.i'--, 1 icon toia an American Cancer over, Hammond and Seiikofflcals have been found to "lelikoff was instrument! nN, Society science writers* semi said, "A useful chemical or an duce cancers in either hut in showing that thousands of I 1 nar here. efficient plastic permeates a or animal testa, but mj men and women who worked . "Prevention of cancer In the nation, or Urge, parts of the more are suspected. Unfi with asbestos from 1930 to year 2.000 is the order of the world. There is literally no nately, the two scientists 1950 have died of cancers day in 1074,'' they continued.' place to hide." today, many cancer-csusl caused by that chemical. Hammond is vice president They declined, however, to agents are not found To prevent this type of [ > for epidemiology of the Amer warn consumers to stay away long after workers have . Selikoff and Hammond/- ican Cancer Society; Selikoff, from products containing the exposed to them. ' that irv^kirl professor of medicine at plastic polyvinyl chloride. So far, researchers have| chemical that is to get wide Mount Sinai School of Medi "There is- no evidence that it found 12 cases of angiosar distribution be tested on ani cine in New York City. is a hazard." Selikoff said, al coma, a rare cancer of the mals for its cancer-causing ei- The two cancer experts said though be added that polyvi liver, among polyvinyl chlo-| fects. The Positive Side To-the-fdof -- There likely will be much discussion concerning the issues raised by Dr. William E. Morion s letter1 and attention called to instances in which industrial physicians have tailed to pursue evidence ol occupational hazard, or have turned away from such information It would bn well, in this esent. to remind our-.cUes of the scientific ard modit.i! intncrev sshich und--rla\ it-.-- recent sptend.d start, o' cote woilers in steel null, cnni-j<l--,l I,. Lloyd and tin coiteacuen t i |h,. co-.i .1 not ha\c bm-n planned nnr ac complished witfvi.it Hva niin.Vli ni. t ronpr-iation ol ka-v uni-, in tb- -e, I n- dually. U.S b!c-el. -Vl.-chem 1 -ad'an; . -id hs' i-- A laughtm Irdr-d mv un r!ei't.-.-i i.i-c IS llul ioim-i -|,.i, ,n it, , le-cjeh c- i- turn 111 t (u cl C-:rc;.-:iC`'i " ' -\Y if- \- nor of L' 5 Steel and Dr D I taucr Ihcn Msd'td Director o! loncs & leughlin li n imp.mailt tn r,coi-.n:re honest and ..-i, pii.airiji.s jrd >-r.i'nit-:-> in irn:..-'-. ... i.i ifrn ire oilier. v. hi> inj^. a. 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