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PRINTS User :01fS'l'lG OSnovfiD P0B9 PR 2/5/1 DIALOG (VERSION 2) R&S 140132 DIALOG File 19: Chem. Industry Notes 197A-851ss42 (Copr. 1984 By The Amer. Chem. Soc.) 7 5095 Forbes p. 37 D-He: 7407 15 AI plants WORKED LEAST 70 PEOPLE DIED 0T LIVER CANCER AT TER WORKING IN making vinyi. chloride monomer, none or the victims IN DOW CHEMICAL CO.'S VOM PI ANTS, EVEN 1 HOUGH DOW IS world's largest producer, alert id possible health menaces. DOW MADE ns OWN TESTS 13 YEARS AGO. SHOWING 1 HAT VCM WAS A POTENTIAL DANGER. DOW THEN LOWEREO CONCENTRATIONS IN ITS PLANT AIR TO ONF-TENTH THE OFFICIALLY RECOMMENDED LIMITS. Descriptors: *DOW CHEMICAL CO.; VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMrR EC - I I Orcifin I 79 li oris find Institutions) Item PAGE : 1 of o tonfin #DIG PRINTS R&s 140133 P090: PR 3/5/ALL (itpms 1-67) I tem PAGE . 1 Of I 26 67 DIALOG File 19: Chem. Industry Notes 197*1-851ss*12 (Copr. 198*1 By The Amer. Chem. Soc. 1 573798 Environ f,r: I Innlinol 18 8 p 233A |);it" 8-10800 ISSN: U013-936X CODF.N: LSI MAG A t I Pmp I ^ to OS l ima to the number of cancer coses A1 lrihntob1o In work-piece exposures ore comp 1 icalecl by problems with rlocumen I i ncj cancer exposures, ar.r.nrcl i ng to the National Institute or Occupational Safety And lloAlth (NIOSM), Sucti prob 1 ems include latency periods vary i nr.| trnm five to more Ilian -10 years; boli-iv iora 1 factors ( dr i nl< i ng , smol- I ng . and the like); rt i a quo 8 t i c, errors : lack of occupa t i ona I h i s 1 or i os : d i f f 1 cu 1 I I es in qt lan t 1 f y i ng oy posi a- es ; a net pos s i b t " Interact ions of chemical agents. Mrnmovri', some cancers, unlike tiemanp i fisarcoma. which is traceable to vinyl chloride for example, can have multipln causes, the report suapcsts. Oese r 1 p I or s : *canr.er exposure dncumen t a t i nn research; safety cancer exposure documental Inn research; Nat iona1 Ins* i tut" for Occupational Safety ft Health FC, - 3 (Products and Pi ocesses ) 5 1*13-18 Chem I nrl (london) 10 p. 359 Dale; 8*1052 1 ISSN: 0009-3060 CODEN. CHI NAG Workers exposed to vinyl chloride monomer may face li I C|her - t ban- norma 1 risks of con t rac t i ng skin cancer, as well as a host of other cancers, according to a Norwegian study. Previous ep i clem I o I oc| I ca t studies have I inked the chemical with the induction or lung cancer and 1iver angiosarcoma. But this (S the first time it has been associated with abnormally high occurrence of rna1 ignant skin melanomas. Conducted on a cohor! of *15*1 male workers in a Norsk Hydro VCM and PVC plant in telemark. South Norway, the study differed from others in that it noted actual incidence of the disease. All previous studies on occupational exposure lo VCM re I led on death statistics. Rut because ma1ignant melanoma can be cured, il is possible that Some cases of the disease were not taken into account. Descriptors: *VCM exposure skin cancer 1 ink: vinyl chloride monomer exposure skin cancer 1 ink: lung cancer VCM exposure link; liver angiosarcoma VCM exposure link: Norsk Hydro A/S EC = 3 (Products and Processes) 510221 Chem Eng News 62 18 p. 17-20 Dale. 8-10-130 ISSN: 0009-23-17 CODFN: CENEAR The national spring meeting of the American Chemical Soc. was held In St. Louis, Missouri, ft-om April 9-13. Highlights of several r ormaIdehyde papers cancer are described including topics on risk. nitro group chemistry. DNA separation, tertiary chlorine in PVC. adipic, acid route. C.02 chemical activation, fiber thermal storage, phenol separation, acrylic acid route, and fuel R ft D, Descriptors: ^American Chemical Soc.: chemical Industry meet Ing prof 1 le OS EC = I (Organizations and Institutions) n tocc/i 4 633? i Chem Eng News 6 1 9 p, 36-7 Dnto, 83022ft ISSN: 0009-2347 COOPN CENEAk An important industrial chemical i s under review hy a f edgr a l i ogu'i'torv a go no V . and thn po It'Mt i,il e-v t ^ t ; f or another dispute similar to thn one that oenwr rr,',l civpr formaldehyde. In this l ho Consumer Product Safety Comm i ss i on > ft scru t i n i " i net t ho fetv of rt i ( ?. e t hy 1 hoy y I) ph t ha I a t e (PT Mr ) , used pr mtr*ir i I v as a plastiCiTIor for polyvinyl chloride Cf'SC hferm its in'/or;t irjat ion ahout a year agn fol Ifwinn pub 1 u'al inn r>f a nn t ionnl toxicology program study that found 0(-HP caused eve cs liver11 jnio rs inhioassays of rats and mio4-*. To s t r nng f1 inn thn ease, t he Intnmat ional Ad^'Cv for ['g'^/ii nn Cane nr . in me) thn NIP study, also prnnfMiii''D(l PENT no animal c vi r o i nogen . S ovo a 1 issues r ega r d t nn t hn s a f n t \ of this p 1 as t i C i znr arn d i scussnd , Desr.r i p tor s ' 'US CPSC pl.isl iciroi' health risk study; LJS C.onsi nner Pr oduc t Safety Comm i ss i on ; d i P t hy 1 Imyy 1 ph t ha I a t o lie a 1 t h r i sl< study US CPSC : PVC use p 1 a s l i c i 7 e r health r i sl< s tudv US CPSC; Internet, ional Agency for Repeal ch on rniir^i ; polyvinyl ch l or i do uso p 1 a s t i c i 7. nr health r i si- 5 11 ;dv US C.P SC FC = 9 (Covernmnnt and Society) 490062 Plasl Technol 29 2 p. 98 Pate; 830200 ISSN. 0032 -1257 C0DEN- P L T F_ A E The rood arid Drug Arjmini si rat ion frpA) aor*end (hat alcoholic beverage contairmrs with res 1 r ! ia 1 vinyl oh) 01 i do monomer' (VCM) levels of not more than lo parts per billion ( ppb 1 will yield VCM mi prat ion to food at a lnvnl ho low the very safe Invnl cIpvf I oprrl by thn agency's Bureau of Foods Cancer' Assessment Commit ten and thus nrn accept able from a safety s t anelpo int under* FDA's constituent po 1 icy, That's a very big step for FQA, savs one PVC resin {yrochtcor . Now wo have to wait for' ED A to formally approve PVC liguoi bottles, and it should he a mere formal tty. f PA said that thn agency will probably issue a list of all approved food-contact uses for' I'VC In t lie vm'v near future. That list will i no I wdn 1 i poor bottles. EDA apparently plans to take thn list appteach rather than s i nci 1 i tig out one application for approval. Descriptors: US TDA VCM packaging use safety policy; US food ft Drug Adminislralion; US Bureau of roods Cancer Assessment ; vinyl chloride monomer packaging use safety po I ic;v US f (> A ; food packaging use PVC safety policy US FPA ; polyvinyl chloride packaging use PVC safety po 1 iev US r fiA EC - 9 (government and Society) 4 208 IS Eur Chem News 3ft 1038 p. 16 Date: 820623 ISSN: 0 4 2 3 - 9 ft 9 X CDDEN: ECMNAW The tjK Meal th ft Safety Fyocut Ivr? lias publ ished a guidance note on thp control of exposure to polvv myl ch 1 or i PVC ) m I cent. next page) #DimjoF = PRINTS User : O 1 8446 05no\ DIALOG (VERSION 2) R&S 140134 t etns 1 - 67 ) Item PAGF , 6 of 127 67 DIALOG F 11 R 19: Chern. Industry Notes 1974-85ISS42 I Lopr. 1984 By The Amcr. Chem. Soc. 1 dus t . It g i ves a hr i p r summnr y or t ho off ec t s of pypQ*-,uro to the dust. mpans of controlling such exposure. Assessment of work, sampling and measurement of PVC dost, and UK 1eqnI requirements. It advises that exposure to PVC dust should he kept as low ns reasonably praci i cable and should in nnv case not exceed 10 mill i groins/cub i c moire Tor totnl PVC dust in nil' rind 6 m i l 1 i gr nrn/cub i c metre r nr respirable PVC dust in nir. There is PVC dust cancer. some evidence, the note points out, to suggest that onuses respiratory rlys f unu t i on nnd possibly lung Descriptors; UIK PVC exposure warning, polyvinyl chloride exposure wnrninq IJK ; UK Health ft Safety Executive; safety PVC exposure wnrninci UK EC - 9 (Government and Society) 409190 reel Reg f s t 47 6 7 p. 14959 Date; 870407 ISSN: 0097-0,126 C0Uf;N- rEREAC The Dept, of Health ft Human, Set*vices National Toxicology Program announced the availability of Technical Reports on carcinogenesis bioassays of Di(7-otby 1hexy1 )phtha 1 a Ie (D FIIP ) . a component of vinyl hags and tubing used to store and transfer blood, plasma, and intravenous fluids, and Bisphenol A, a chemical intermpdI ate used to make epoxy, po1 yearbonate. and polystyrene resins. PF.HP. whir.li is used to increase the Flexibility of po1yviby 1 chlnride plastics, caused Jiver tumor's in both sexes of rats and mice in this 103 week feeding study. In the 103 week feeding study of Bisphenol A, although some biological effects were observed after administration, no convincing evidence of care f noejon i c i t y was found in either sex of rats and mice, Uesoriplors: MPT chemical cancer bioassay report; US Dept, of Health ft Human Services; d i ethy1hexy1phtha I ato cancer bioassay report US; bisphenol A cancer bioassay repor t US; intermediate chemical cancer bioassay report US; vinyl container plasma use* chemical cancer bioassay report cancer bioassay report US tJS; epoxy use bisphenol A EC - 9 (Government and Society) 39 17 77 PI as I World p. 32 Date; 8 11100 ISSN; 0032-1273 CODEN` PLAWA4 A study of the extent that phthalale esters migrate from consumer' products made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is being made by the Energy Dept, under a contract from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. A fina1 report is to be ready by next Apis i 1 , The material is a suspected cause of cancer'. Descriptors: HJS CP5C phthnlate ester study contract; US Consumer Product Safety Commission: US Dept, Of Energy; carcinogen phthalale ester study contract tJS CPSO fC - 9 (Government and Society) 377553 Mud PI as l p. hi Date 8 10 700 ISSN OOPG-8775 C0DEN MDPI.Ay The National toxicology Program r.onfo'ence nn pht ha Inters i r Wnshi ng t on DC , last mgn t h (June 9*11) ^nded nmi o or less predictably. The F. nv i i onmen \ a 1 Protection Agency (F'PA) r|i nw the cone 1 us i on that t \ ie h i rjetes I - vn I ume pi i1 ha I a t e p 1 as t i c i rer -DM IP , commonly caller) UDP-mny pose a cancel r isk to humatis. Anri an industry r npi osen t a t i ve :;fi i r) that the logical proceedinos from such a fiuding would doom the M e v i h 1 r* PVC business Desg r \ p I or s 'US I.PA OOP '"nncor rPk cone 11 is on : US E nv i ronmon i a 1 rn?lpct ion Agency: flifxg v' phthnlate cancel t isk core I up ion IJS FPA fC " 9 f r,nvD r nmen t ancl Society) 344040 Fur Chf-'m Mov/s p ?P, Date P.Q12 15 ISSN 04 73-989X CODEN TCIfNAW UK oovommont ministers have introduced a one pari pet' m i ) 1 i on 1 ini d on v i ny 1 oh 1 or fie monomer m i gr a t i on into f nod from PVC containers and packaging Petr Walker. Minister of Agriculture^ Fisheries and rood. and Patrick Jenkins. S c r n { a r y of State for Social Se r v i o e s . ha v i mpo ^rl the I unit in 1inp with an TEC directive on plastics in food processing Vinyl chloride monomer has boon I inked with 1 t\/r*r cancel in plastics workers and also hone and kidney rtnmncie m laboratory test animals Descriptors; `UK V(.M packaging limitation: vinvl clilor irln monomer packaging limitation UK; PVC container VCM packaging limitation UK: polyvinyl chloride container VC.M packaginu limitation IJK ; UK Minirdry of Agr i r;u 1 t ure . I nlipi'ins ft f mul; UK Dept. of Social Services EC = 9 (Government and Society) 321336 d Commer p. 5 Date: 800703 ISSN: 0361-6661 CODEN: JCOCRM 1 hn F.nv i ronmnnUi 1 Protect ion Agency is 1 < 'p i nr i a f lower mg herb as a tool fo> detect mg gases tin! pi Ofluf** genetic damage and possible cancer. The plant, a hyhi id of the spiderwort. blooms pink instead of blue wlmn evpos^d to certain substances such as vinyl clilor uh or arsenic in a gaseous stale, The funns cause tiie flowers and reproductive cells of the hybrid spider'wort to mutate, resulting i n the pink color*. Scientists measure tiie volume of the -f.npoctnrl cancer-cansing gases by counting the number of pink cells. The EPA is considering the Love Canal area in Niagi'a falls, N. Y., as a test site for a system using the hybrid spideu'wort Descriptors: `gas detection rlowering her b development; U6 Environmental Protect ion A cioncv; carcinogen gas delect ion f towering herb deve 1 opmen t ; vinyl chloride gas doted inn flowering herb development; arsenic eras deetteeccttiioonn f^^f^ceinr i no k (coni tie y i page) dFpinL<y n mo PRINTS User:018446 O5nov85 P090: PR 3/5/ALl DIALOG (VERSION 2) R&S 140135 Itcm r'AGF : >28 11 of G7 DIALOG File 19: Chem. Industry Notes 1974-85Iss42 (Copr. 1984 By The Amer, Chem. Soc.) herb dove 1 opmnn t EC * 3 (Products and Processes ) 3 19733 Chom Mark Rep p. 3. 45 Date; 300600 ISSN: 0090-0907 COOEN: CMKRA5 Because thnre's a high probabil I tv that inorganic arsenic can cause cancer in humans and there are significant public pvposui'os to it. according io the E nv i ronmen t a 1 Prolcc.l ion Agency, it has boon addedto the list or the agency's hazardous air pollutants.Arsenic is only the seventh pollutant to bn named beryl 1 iurn, mercury, rad i orn ic; 1 i do*-,. to the vinyl list. It chloride, joins asbestos, benzene, and Descriptors: *US FPA arsenic pollution regulation; hazardous air pollution arsenic regulation US EPA; US CnvironmentaI Protection Agency EC 9 (Government and Society! 2594 17 Chem Eng News p. 14 Date: 790507 ISSN: 0009-2347 CODEN: CENEAR A new study conducted by and fnr the federal government concludes that inhaling a single large dose of a known carcinogen can cause cancer in one species of Inhoratorv animal. The report goes so far as to suggest that short-term, high-dose laboratory studies of other known carcinogens may be appropriate for government and private researchers. Conducted for the Consumer Product SaTety Commission. the $700,000 research project examined the effects on rodents of inhaling doses as high as 50,000 ppm of vinyl chloride, a known liver carcinogen. Previously, most inha1 at ion-based carcinocienicitv studies w i th animals have Involved comparatively small doses of chemicals given routinely over relatively long periods of time. The current study was performed by Dr, Bernard McDamara and cn-workers at the Chemical Systems Laboratory at the U.S, Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. Descriptors: * US CPSC carcinogen inha1 at ion study; US Consumer Product Safety Commission; US Dopl. of the Army; vinyl chloride carcinogen inhalation study US CPSC EC - 9 (Government and Society) 253475 Chem Mark Rep p. 4 Date: 790312 ISSN; 0090-0907 CODEN; CMKRA5 In the course of i nves t i ga t i ncj the possible link of a form or brain cancer to chemical exposure at Union Carbide's Texas City. Tex., complex, a federal medical team has uncovered five morn cases at a nearby Monsanto Co. plant, and has called Tor a Complete epidemiological study. Both plants made vinyl chloride monomer in the past - Carbide from 1946 to 1969 and MohSAnio^ii'oin 1953 to i960 - and UCC continues to process VCM into pc^^Hny 1 chloride. While there is no evidence of a direct Of g 1 i ob 1 as t oma multiform to vinyl chloride n 1 ne I" r* f'vposiii'f? in humans . ikp N10SH and OSHA toam nave followed this initial lead because several studies in recent medical literature make the association, The i rives t i ga t i on was begun following a worker's complaint in Nov, that a numhei of worker's at Union Carbide'^* Tovns City plant's shippinn area had developed hrmn tumors. A t nam of invest motors from M10SH and OSHA visitnd th<= plant on Dec. 13 and Jan, p, 1979 and then decided to begin a full scale inves tiua t ion in Top. Desr.r i p tors 'Monsanto Co. ; Union Carbide Cop. ; Nat tonal Institute T or (Iccupa I i ona 1 Safety E. Health; fIS Occupational Safety ft Ileal t h A elm i n i s t r a t ion. chemical o vpo su i e cancer I ink Study US f C t ( Qi'cian i 7 a t i ons and Institutions) 24277Q P1 a S t Techno I p. 33 Date: 731200 ISSN OD32-t257 CODEN: PL T C AR The National Institute for Occupational Safetv and Health (NIOSH) and the Occupational Safety arid Health Apm i n i s t ra t ion (OSHA) recently issued a warning of potential careinofpnic hazard f rom inhal ing fumes of vinyl idepe chloride monomer' . Thp monomer is copo 1 ymer i 7. ed with vinyl chloride or acr'y 1 on i I r i 1 e to produce packaging films. The two Government health agencies said in a joint s t a t pii^n t (whic.ii included rornmi^n to vinyl bromide) that lhv recommend that v i nv I bromide and vinyl ldono chloride be considered in the vrorkp l ace as potential carcinogens to humans and controlled with the same degree of pr'Lrdence as vinyl chloride. another vinyl halide currently regulated as a carcinogen by OSHA Descriptors: 'US OSHA vinyl idene chloride cancer' warning: US Occupational Safety ft Health Adm i n i s t ra t i on . National Institute (nr Occupational Safety ft Health; vinyl bromide cancer warning US OSHA; safely vinyl idene chloride cancer' warning US OSHA; carcinogen warning vinyl bromide US OSHA EC * 9 (Government and Society) 2 4 17 2 p Mod Packag p. 7 Date: 70 1 100 ISSN 0026-3324 CODEN, MOPAAZ Just when supporters of po1yviny1 ch1 or idr as a food package were seeing 1 iglit rat the end of a 1 ong 11 nine 1 o f federal action, a study hv the National Cancer' Institute has put t lie material in danger' f rnrn a different d i roctlon, The food and Drug Administration considered polw i ny1 ch t oride packages suspect because momtmviblo monomer con tent was present ( the monomer' content was a proven care i nocirn ) . Some PVC manuf ac turisr s reduced the monomer content to one or two parts per billion. arid while the Delaney Claus o of the* Puro Tnod. Drug and Connie t ic Act won' t let EDA ciivo the packacto a clean bill of health, the agency has taken a live * and - 1e t- I ive attitude. Now. from out of the nation's cani t a 1 r i des t lie Nationa1 Cancer Institute with i n forma t i on f ha t t he chemica1 ^ethylene dichloride nsd in manuf ac tur i nci vi ny 1 jr i de (con t no* t page) gIPdiploq PRiNTS llsnr :0 18446 O5nov85 P090: PR 3/5/AI.I. ( \ lems 1-67) _______ __________ DIALOG (VERSION 2) R&S 140136 Item PAGE 16 of 129 67 DIALOG File 19: Chem, Industry Notes 1974-85Iss42 (Copr. 1984 By The Atner. Chom. Soc. 1 monomer may endanger the hPA1th of many workers and of much of the genera I populace. More then two mil 1 ion workers ore exposed to EDC on various production lines, and while the Institute's findings come os o hit of surprise to OSHA. the orm of the Deportment or l.obor quickly announced its intent Ions to do whatever- is necessary In protect the publ ic. Descriptors: HIS ethylene dichloride worker exposure: US Occupo t iono1 Safety ft Health AdministroI ion: US Dept, of I ohor ; Notional Conner Institute; IJS Tend ft Drug Administration EC - 9 (Government and Society) 739 172 Ted Reg ist p. 569 10 Dote: 78 1705 ISSN: 0097 6.976 CODEM: r E REAC file US Occupotiono1 Safely and Health Administration is requesting information on 1.7 - rl ich1oroc11 lone (ethylene dichloride), a chlorinated hydrocarbon used in manuracturinq vinyl chI ori rle monomer, insecticides, antiknock agents, and metal degreasing compounds. DSIIA lias recently received data which indicates that the present standard for 1.7-dIchIoroethone may not tie sufficiently protective of exposed employees. In light or the potential cancer hazard involved. OSHA is reviewing alternatives for regulation of t . 2 - d i cli I oroe t Inane . including the possibility of issuing an Emergency Temporary Standard. DSIIA is therefore seeking information on the manufacture and use of 1 ,2-dichioroethane, employee exposures. health effects, medical surveillance, respiratory protection, and the technological and economic aspects of control ling employee exposures to this substance. The Information requested in this notice must bo submitted on or before Eebruary 5. 1979. Descriptors: +US D5HA dichioroethane Information request: US Occupational Safety ft Health Arim i n i s t r-a t i on : cl 11 or-i na t ed hydrocarbon carcinogen study US OSHA; cancer study dI cl i 1 oroetbane US OSHA: saFety dich1oroetbane worker exposure study US OSHA EC - 9 (Government and Society) 299 I 37 Chem Eng News p. 17 Date: 781704 ISSN: 0009-2347 CODEN: CENEAR Ways of controlling human exposure to asbestos and thereby reducing the risk of cancer is the topic of a report released by the National Cancer Institute. Prepared for NCI by SRI International. Menlo Park. Calif., the report summarizes evidence relating asbestos with cancer', examines possible sources of exposure, and describes what can be done to protect workers and the public. A simitar report on vinyl chloride is also available. A third, on the synthetic estrogen dIetby 1stI 1bestro1 (DES). is expected to be released within a month or two. Free copies of t lie f irst two reports can be obtained from Office of Cancer Communications , NaIional Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md. Oesci'lpto^^ *US asbestos carcinogen exposure report: National Cancel' l^^Btute: SRI International; vinyl chloride carcinogen O 10667 exposure report US: rimthylsl I llji'r.trol exposure repor t US EC = 9 (Govei-nmeni and Society! estrogen care i nogen 730829 Wall St d East Ed p, 12 Date: 780926 ISSN- 0099-9660 CDDEM: WSdDAF I he National Cancer Institute said the chemical ethylene d i c:h 1 nr r de may endanger the hn,i i th of many workers and ef much of the rjennr.-r l populace, vis teals on animal:; show i I muses cancer-. I he substance, known as EDC. is produced in large quantities as a source for' other' chemicals. Chemical and plastic worker's appear' torun Hie greatest risk of exposure baemmr i tie In r t k of f 06 is * r sod in ma r n t f a c I ur i nu v r r i y 1 editor ide monomer. from which polyvinyl chloride, the widely used plastic. is made. 1 lie institute says the general public may he exposed lo EDC by contaminated grain or other food, t hrough exhaustsor' qasol me fumes and via coil i am i na i ed vaster supplies. among other' things. The institute didn't make any recomriienda t Ions in conjunct ion with its i-^norl on the EDC tests. which are part of a program to icient ifv cance r - rags i nq chemicals in (lie environment But several other- federal agencies are evaluating the data Descriptors. MJS ethylene dichloride exposure study; National Cancer Institute EC r 9 (Government and Society) 226909 Mod Packaci p. 5 Date: 780800 IS5N- 0026-8724 CODEN- MOPA A 2 Ethylene dichloride, used as an i n I ernier) i a t e in prorlt ir i nq vinyl cl 11 oride. has made the federal government 's hit 1 ist as a possible care i nogen. 1 he National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recommends that the substance b handled in on-the-job applications as if it were a proven cancer causing agent. Whi1n the recommendation carries no legal weight, a NIOSH suggestion often makes industry and labor more Ilian a bit nervous. sol ting them to casting about for a substitute for the substance as though it had already been tried and convic t ed. Descriptors- `US ethylene dichloride carcinogen study: vinyl chloride carcinogen component study US: National Institute for Occupational Safety ft Health EC = 9 (Government and Society) 222632 dpn Econ J p. 12 Date; 78080' ISSN: 0021-4388 CODEN: UECJAU A realignment spanning two industries has been worked out by three compai i ies: the top chlor-alkal i maker Asaiii Glass Co Ltd.. leading polyvinyl chloride producer Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. and Kureha Chemical Industry Co. Their basic agreement. to w .................. Icoiit. next page) in -.. --dPntmW PRINTS User:OI8'M6 OSnovBS P090: PR 3/5/All. ( i tpms 1 -6 7 ) _______________ DIALOG (VERSION 2) Ris 1*0137 Item pa nr : 21 of \'3O G7 DIALOG File 19: Chem. Industry Notes 1974-851ss42 (Copr. 1384 By The Amor. Chem. Soc. I completed shortly, features production reduction by Kureha of Imth PVC and cuastic soda in favor of nianufactui e by ih^ two partners. On its port. Kureha planned to reduce the weiplii of PVC in Its operation in light of successful commerc j a 1 i za t i on of an anti-cancer agent and policy to emphasize specialty chemicals, the trio intends to consolidate their PVC production, f r om ch t or i no to t ho polymor'. in an a t t nmp t to oopo with low operating tales since 1975 Asahi Glass, which is already Med up with Chisso Corp. for PVC, will emerge as a key company in the chlor-alkali and PVC Industries as a result of the new tie* up agreement. Descriptors: *Asahi Glass Co. L.td.; Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.; Kureha Chemical Industry Co. Ltd.; PVC production realignment joint venture Japan; caustic soda production real icjmnent joint venture Japan; Chisso Corp, EC ' 1 (Organ 1/atIons and Institutions) 204 1 16 fed Peg is t p. 12300 Date: 780324 ISSN- 0097-6326 CODEN: EFREAC Hie US Consume!' Product Safety Commission reissued a regulation classifying any household substance in a self'- pres slip i z ed com a i ner containing vi ny 1 ch 1 or i dr* monomer as a banned hazardous substance under the federal Hazardous Substances Act, rhn Commission believes that there is ample scientific evidence to establish the carcinogenicity of vinyl chloride monomer by inhalation and to demonstrate that human exposure to vinyl chloride monomer can result in a rare form of liver cancel'. The Commission Is reissuing this regulation on a pi'ospective basis, as the date or the original ban (Oct. 7, 1974), because that original retroactive ban was set aside for failure to hold a hearing on objections to t lie retroactive effect of the regulation and because retroartive application of the regulation is no longer necessary. The effective date of the rule is dune 22, 1978. The rule is app1icahle to products which are manufactured or imported on or after Oct. 7. 197 4 . Descriptors; +US CP5C VCM ban reissuance; vinyl chloride monomer ban reissuance US CPSC; carcinogen vinyl chloride monomer ban re issuance US CPSC EC - 9 (Government and Society) ai v| Rr i rIpewa I er 7 ownsh i p T ho samp l es w i 1 1 ho rol I rr l orl at different hours and iniflni' a vai ietv of we,i | her conditions. Mr, Ricci said. Descriptors; `US chemical car r. i nogen pollution analysis; Novi Jersey Dept, of F nv i r onmen t a 1 Production; benzene carr;inoc|on po 1 tut i on ana lysis 1)8; rai hon tot r a eh 1 or u Jo r.a r r 11 pol lnt ion analysis US: ch l or o f o m r ar <*; i no go n pollution analysis U5 : d i c.h l oi'oI^ivgiio cai <: \ noqen pollution analysis U5 ni lrobPii7min carcinogen pollution analysis US: perch 1 or no t by 1 ono car c i nocpn pollution analysis US ; t r i ch 1 or o<? t by 1 nno cta r c i noqen pol lul ion analysis US EC = 9 (Government and Society) i n 4 r, 2 g Can Chem Process p, 7,10 Date* 77IOOO CtlDF.N, CCPRAG Goorlr i ch will moo { f. t anrla i`ds for vinyl rhlond'' omissions as production of polyvinyl chloride resin is evpandrtd. The fj . f , r,onfir icli PVC resin plant in Shawiniqan [ Quo ) is i mder go mu eng i noar i ng mod i f innt ions and i ns t a l 1 a l i on of improved vont i 1 a t ion and monitoring systems. The mod i f i c.a t i ons will hr j ng viny1 ch1 Orido 1 eve Is within t he limits set hy 1 he Quebec government ( 1 PPM. with some releases of Li PPM), high concent rat ions of vinyl chloride have caused ang i osarcoma , a rare 1 iver caiicer . i n workers who have peon evposed over an extended period of time. Modifications will include a '750.000 column, developed by Goodrich to remove vinyl chloric!** monomer from the resin product. Descriptors: * PVC plant Canada; polyvinyl chloi irjc? plant Canada; Goodrich Canada Ltd., R. r. EC - 4 (Resources and Resource Usel 18 1923 Chem Age (London 1 p. 17 Date 77 1014 CODEN` CHAGAN Kureha Chemical Industry Co. Ltd. which is making up for its flat Spot in PVC with sirnnci sales of its cancer control agent. Prof its for the full year are expected to reach .yen.3 billion, 607* up on last year. Desor iptors * `Ktirohn Chemical Industry Co. Ltd.; EC r 1 ( Oi'cjan i r.a t i ons and Institutions) 193 167 Chem Mark Rep p. 4 Date; 780102 CODEN: CMKRA5 Department of environmental Protection (DEP) said it will begin monitoring the? air over northern New Jersey to test for the presence of nine cancer-causing substances. They are benzene, carbon tetrachloride. chloroform, dich1orobenzenc. n i t robenzene. perch 1 oroe thy 1 ene . t r i ch 1 oroe tbane , tr 1 r.h 1 oroc t - hylene and vinyl chloride monomer. Environmental Protection Commissioner Rocco D. Ricci said DEP has awarded a $5 1,000 grant to tho New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark to conduct survey which will include the collection of approx I y 300 air samples from the Newark, NuMey-Passaic O 1or,nf 165705 Chem Eng (N 7) p. 60 Date: 770620 CODEN: CHE E A 3 California adds asbestos and vinyl chloride to a list of materials requiring registration for us in the workplace Earlier this year, the state established a roster of 14 other cancer - cavis i nq materials, for which rnciistral ion is neoessarv by July 1. Th<= program will help the stale locate h i gh-exposure areas for first priority in inspections set to begin later this year. k (cont. next page) R&S 140138 PRINTS P090: PR 3/5/AI.L (items 1-67) DIALOG Pile 19: Chem. Industry Notes 1974"85Iss42 (Copr. 1984 By The Amer. Chem. Soc.) Item PAGE ; 26 of 13 t 67 Descriptors: US req I s t rn lion US asbestos mg i s l ra t I on; EC = 9 (Government and Society) vinyl rhlor Ifln 152264 Chem Mark Rep p. 7 Dote: 770314 CODEN: CMKRA5 The Rritlsh (jovpi- nmen t * p Meolth & Sofety Executive has expressed concern that the widely-used industrial chemical, TOI or toluene d i - ) socyona te , used in monuf ar. tur i ng paints, inks, adhesives. foam products, molded items, and enamelled wire. is a greater than realized human health hazard. A spokesman has branded TDI as more dangerous than the polyvinyl chloride process, which has hen identified as a cause for cancer in certain persons working with it. Descr Iptnrs : > UK 1DI danger warning; UK health ft Safety Commission; toluene diisocyanate danger warning UK FC " 9 (Government and Society) 147084 Prod Eng (NY) p. 7 Date: 770100 COPEN: PRENA5 Designers or plastic production machinery for both manufacturing and fabrication industries likely face some new problems. The Env i ronmenta1 Defense Fund is suing the EnvIronmenta1 Protection Agency (EPA) to force recognition of studies showing a cancer-causing potential In work exposures to atmospheric polyvinyl chloride under one part per million. (Under 10 ppm Is how legal). The Carter Admfnistration's new EPA leaders need to demonstrate their credibility with environmentalists on this issue. Plant operators on all fronts may face the need for equipping workers with inn, pressurized working suits. if FPA further tightens emission rules, remote-controlled machinery and equipment for scrubbing the plant atmosphere are a strong possibility. Descriptors: US PVC Industry emission ruling: Environmental Defense rund: U5 Environmental Protection Agency: polyvinyl chloride industry emission ruling EC = 9 (Government and Society) 141605 Chem Mark Rep p, 5 Date: 770103 COOEN: CMKRA5 Sixteen chemicals making UP a large port ion of New dersey's %2 bill ion per year chemical Industry should be banned from further production to reduce the state's high Incidence of cancer deaths. according to a state senate committee report. The committee urges new anti-earninocien enforcement powers Tor state officials and a massive cancer research and detection program financed by a i cent increase In the state's cigarette tax. High on the list of chemicals listed by the committee were asbestos and vinyl chloride, both of whlt^^^iavo long been considered environmental hazards in New According to the New Jersey Slate Department of o them Labor and Industry. 125,00(1 persons work Tor chemical Companies in New Jersey at an annua 1 payrol I of T30 mi 1 I ipn. Descriptors- 'US cancer chemical ban: New Jersey Dept of State; asbestos ban US; vinyl chloride ban US EC = 9 (Government and Society) I 37857 C.hem Week p. 10 Date: 761201 CODFN: CUWKA9 A pr i va I e association. I ho f nv i rnnnmn t a 1 fiefensn fund ( FOE I is taking the Env i ronmen t a I Protection Ag"n'-y in rourt over EPA's now a i r and water- emission limits for v i ny I chloride plants. EPA has totally ignored new health-effects data showing ihat vinyl chloride can cause cancer at levels far lower- than previousIv documented, says for Attorney Robert J . Rauch . ETA's 10 - par t s - per - m i I 1 i on limit 1 efil 1 a t e in tic I . is based on tents indicating a toxic response to 60-ppm EOT adds t ha t EPA has set a standard based on ava i laLile t fchiui i nay rather than on the basis of the degree of control necessar to protect the public. Descriptors: 'Environment,! I Defense fund: US E nv i r onmen t a 1 Protection Agency EC. r 1 ( Organ i za 1 i on? and Inst i lut ions I 131654 Wall St J East Ed p. 1 Date; 761022 COOEN- W S i.l 0 A f Vinyl e h 1 or i do emission s t,inrl,ird? for f ar. t o r i n s have i nctoptnd by the rnvironnif?nl,il Protection Agency. I t required an 807- cut ill air emissions of the cancer-1 inked chemiral and two related ones, a move that could impose nearly T2QO mill inn in pol hit ion-control costs on makers of the chemicals. Descriptors: ' U5 FPA vinyl chloride emission standards: U5 E nv i roninpn 1 a 1 Protection Agency: air emission vinyl chlm ide Standards US: pollution control vinyl chloride emission standards US EC = 9 (Government and Society) I 2 1697 Am Paint Coat J ft. 7 Date: 7 60802 CODEM: APCJDG A nnl ionw i de program to control pol lutipn of waterways hy a large number of toxic and cancr-cansinet chemicals has been announced hy the administrato' or the US Envirnnnvnia 1 Protection Agency. The program entails development and implementation by 1973 of strict controls over discharges of 65 dangerous chemicats from many kinds of industries. Among waste chemicals In be mgiulated under the EPA program ai e arsenic, asbestos, cadmium. chlorofoi in. cyanamide, lead, mercury and vinyl chloride. Descriptor's: 'U6 EPA toxic chemical pollution program; U5 Env i ronmenta 1 Protection Agency, cancer chemical yv^^^eerwnv k icon t hex t page) ^DIRU^ PRINTS Usor.018446 O5nov85 P09 ________DIALOG (VERSION 2) R&S 140139 n Item PAGE , 132 32 of 67 DIALOG File 19: Chem. Industry Notes 1974-85lss42 (Copr. 1984 By The Amer. Chem. Soc.) pollution program US: w^ler pollution waste chemical program US; chloroform pollution control program US: vinyl chloride pollution program IJS control program US: mineral pollution control EC ' 9 (Government and Society) 958 16 Chem Mark Rep p. 23 Date: 760323 A CHEMICAL REPORTEDLY CAPABLE Of REMOVING MANY TOXIC ANO POSSIBLY CANCER-CAUSING CHEMICAL PROM THE AIR SUCH AS THE CUNTROLVERSI At, VINYL CHLORIDE HAS BE F N DISCLOSED BY GUARDIAN CHEMICAL CORP. , HAUPAGF, N.Y. RELATED TO THE POLYCOMPLFX THAT WAS USED TO CLEAN l)P OIL SP1I.I , AIRETINE IS A LIQUID, HARMIESS TO HUMANS AMD TO ANIMAL I T T E WITH A HIGH ArriNIfV TOR ORGANIC chemicals, among which may be included some or the most toxic AND POTENTIALLY IIA 7 AROODS 10 HUMAN HEALTH. AIRETINE CAN BE USED IN AIR WASHERS AND SCRUBBERS, REMOVING AS HIGH AS 99.7 PERCENT or THE TOXIC AGENT AND LEAVING THE AIR CLEAN AND BRrATEIABLE. A1 REEINF CAN BE A BOON TO CIVILIZATION WHERE INDUSTRY AND HUMANS MUST WORK AND LIVE TOGETHER IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. WHILE TT IS HARMIESS AND BIODEGRADABLE ITSEI.r, IT HAS A MOST REMARKABLE INCLINATION TO COMBINE WITH MANY DANGEROUS ORGANIC SUBSTANCES STREAM. AND REMOVE THEM FROM THE AIR Descriptors: CHEMICAL POLLUTION CLEANER SUBS IANCE AIRETINE: GUARDIAN CHEMICAL CORP.; TOXIC'aGENT REMOVER AIREFINE EC - 3 (Products and Processes) 7 9879 N 1 Times p. 13c Date; 75(015 RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVELOPED A SYSTEM COR DF. tret IMG rilF PRESENCE Dr AN A 1 RRORNE C ANC F R - C AIJS I NG AGTEH Tlir DEVELOPCR. VARIAN ASSOC. I A i F 5. SAYS IT CAN OFU'cr THE 1'RLSFNCI Of P0TEN11AULY DEADLY VINYL CHLORIDE IN ATMOSPHERICAL LEVELS AS LITTLE AS 10 PARTS PER BILLION. VINYL CHLORIDE HAS BEEN RELATED TO THE DEATH OF PLASTIC WORKERS WHO INHALED THE SUBSTANCE DURING THEIR CAREERS. Descriptors: CARCINOGENS: VARIAN ASSOCIATfS: VINYL CHIoRIDT EC = 3 (Products and Processes) 6894 4 Chem Mart Rep p 8 O.i I n - 750721 GENERAL rOOOS CORP.. HIE NATION'S LARGEST M A K r R Of 0 E C A r r Einatfd cotter. says IT Will STOP USING TRICHLOROETHYLENE TO EXTRACT CAFFEINE FROM COrrEE AND WILL INSTEAD SWITCH (0 METHYLENE CHLORIDE.. TRICOLOR. SIMILAR TO VINYI, CHLORIDE MONOMER. WAS BRANDED A POTENI (TVER CARCINOGEN BY NATIONAL INSTIIU1E TOR OCCUP A T I ONM. SATF.TV AND HEALTH, EASED ON INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, (HAT A LARGE PROPORTION OT MICE TED 1RICHLOROETHY(ENE IN NO] TES'S HAD DEVELOPED LIVER CANCER. METHYLENE CHLORIDE HAS NOT BEEN LINKED TO CANCER. Descr ip tors.: 'GENERAL roODS CORP.; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; NMIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; T R I CHI. OROE THY 1. E NE EC = 3 (Products and Processes I 06723 Chem Eng (NY) p. 79-80 Date: 751208 THE VINYI. CHLORIOF. OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT. DESPITE RECENT HEALTH SCARES INVOLVING WORKERS CONTACTING I.IVF.R CANCER. OUTPUT SHOULD BE STRONG F.NOUGH TO BOOST NEAR-TERM DEMAND IN ON BASIC rEEDSTOCK-CMLQRINE-BY 87-/YR (FOR VINYL CHLORIDE USE). SO THINKS OLIN CORP.. WHICH HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO HELP MEET THE CHLORINE DEMAND FROM VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER (VCM) WITH A % 100-MILLI ON CHLOR-ALKALI UNIT AT MCINTOSH. ALA., DUE ONSTREAM BY EARLY 1978. THE UNIT WILL PRODUCE 1.000 IONS OF CHLORINE AND 1.100 TONS OF CAUSTIC, BOOSTING COMPANY CAPACITY BY 60%. OI.IN ALSO CITED STRONG CHEMICALS GROWTH IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S., WHERE ITS MARKETING EFFORT TS STRONGEST. AS A FACTOR BEHIND CHOOSING THE MCINTOSH SITE. TOTAL CHLORINE/CAUSTIC DEMAND Or ALL KINDS IS EXPECTED TO GROW AT A RATE OT 6-7% IN THE REGION. WHILE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WILL BE 5%. AS EOR TECHNOLOGY. THE COMPANY WILL EMPLOY HOOKER CHEMICAL'S H4 DIAPHRAGM CFI.LS WITH RE S IN-S T AR I L I ZED ASBESTOS 01 API (R AGM5 . ANODES HAVE YET TO BE SELECTED. THOUGH A STRONG BET ARE THOSE SUPPLIED RY OLTN'S ,J0 I N T - VEN lURt . MARS tOL I N E 1. EC T RONL Y T I C SYSTEMS. WHICH COATS ANODES WITH A NOBLE-METAL OXIDE TO CUT ENERGY CONSUMPTION. Descriptors: ^CHLORINE PLANT US; CAUSTIC SODA PLANT US: OLIN CORP.: HOOKER CHEMICALS IT4 DIAPHAGM PROCESS: MARSTOl.IN ELECTROLYTIC SYSTEMS EC = 4 (^^kpurces and Resource Use) 68114 Cliein Enc| (N Y) p. 35 Dale. 750707 AN ADD I 1 I VE - I NJEC t I ON AND SPR A Y - C L E AN I NC. SYSTEM CLEANS POLYVINYL CHLORIDE REACTORS IN JUST 15 MIN.. WITHOUT ENTRY BY WORKERS. ACCORDING TO DEVELOPER ANIC SPA. THE CHEMICAL. MANUFACTURING SUBSIDIARY OF ITALY'S 5 T A T E HYDROCARBONS AGENCY, ENIE NAZIONALF. IOROCARRURI. THE PROCESS HAS BEEN TFSIED IN A PILOT PLANT AT ANIC'S RAVENNA COMPLEX. KEEPING WORKERS OUT OT THE AUTOCLAVES SHOULD BE A RIG PLUS. IN LIGHT Or (HE LIVER CANCER PROBLEMS LINKED TO VINYL CHIORIDF AND PVC IN GENERAL AND VESSEL CLEANERS IN PARTICULAR. THE ADDITIVE. IDENTIFIED ONLY AS BEING MADE UP OE INORGANIC COLLOIDS. IS INJECTED WITH PVC monomer 10 SOFTEN POLYMER ENCRUSTATION ON REACTORS WALLS AND RENDER IT EASILY REMOVABLE. THE WALLS CAN BE SPRAYED AFTER EACH BATCH BY A GUN OPERATING A1 ABOUT 3.700 PS!. CLEANING TIME IS ABUT 15 MIN. AFIER 30 OR MORE BAICHES. THF. VESSEL HAS TO BF. CLOSED DOWN FOR A MORE THOROUGH CLEANING. WHICH IS ALSO DONE MECHANICAL! V. ANIC SAYS THE SPRAYER CAN BE USED IN REACTORS (IP TO 14.500 GAL IN SIZF, 1FSIG HAVT NOT 7 r T BF. E N CARRIED OUT ON LARGER VESSELS Descriptors: 'ANIC SPA; ENTE NAZIONALE 1DROCARBURI: INORGANIC COLLOIDS: POLYVINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER: TOLYVINYl CHLORIDE REACTORS: SPR AY - C.I E AN I NG SYSTEM; VINYL CHLORIDE. EC = 3 (Products and Processes) -..: - - ----------- --------V -- PRINTS User:018446 OSnovRS P090: PR 3/5/ALL I iti?nn 1-67) DIALOG (VERSION 2) 740740 DIALOG File 19: Chem. Industry Notes 1974-851ss42 (Copr. 190 4 By The Amer. Chem I tem PAGE. 38 of 199 67 60030 N V Times p. Ale Dote: 750426 A CHEMICAL WIDELY USED IN THE METAL AND CLOTHING INDUSTRIES HAS BEEN FOUND IN PRELIMINARY TESTS TO CAUSE CANCER OF THE LIVER AND OTHER ORGANS IN MICE. ACCORDING TO AN INIERNAL GOVERNMENT MEMORANDUM Or AI.ERI ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. THE CHEMICAL. TRICHLOROETHYLENF. IS A Cl OSP RELATIVE or THE PLASTICS CHEMICAL. VINYL CHIORIDE, THAT WAS FOUND A YEAR AGO TO CAUSE A RARE TYPE OT LIVER CANCER IN EXPOSED WORKERS. Descriptors: 'LIVER CANCER; NATIONAL CANCER INSriTUIE: TRICHLOROETHYLENE: VINYL CHLORIDE EC s I (Organizations end Institutions) TOT 70 Eu>' Chem News p. 6 Date. 7AM 16 THE HIGHLY-DEVELOPED TRENCH POLYVINYL CHLORIDE BOULT AND CONTAINER INDUSTRY IS COMING UNDER T]RE OVER THE CANCER RISK ISSUE. WITH FRENCH PVC PRODUCERS SI ILL STAYING SILTNT OVER vinyl chloride monomer emission ifvels at the polyvinyl CHLORIDE PRODUCTION SI AGE AND THE POSSIBLE RISKS ARISING DURING FABRICATION, THE TRENCH GOVERNMENT MAY SOON BE DRAWN INII] THE CONIRDVERSY, Deter i ptnrs 'TRANCE; POLYVINYI CHLORIDE: PD I Y V I NY I. Cl II DR I OF P.DITIES; VINYI CHIORinr MTINDMER FMISS10N EC " 9 {Government .nnd Society) 66598 N Y Timer. p. 9c Date: 750326 THE DISCOVERY OF A RU55IAN REPORT LINKING CHLOROPRENE TO CANCER. PLUS THE KNOWLEDGE THAI THE CHEMICAL. USED TO MAKE SYN1HETIC RUBBER, IS RELATED TO VINYL CHLORIDE. A KNOWN CANCER-CAUSING AGENT. HAS PROMPIED E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS ANO CO. TO UNDERTAKE A HEALTH STUDY OT THE THOUSANDS OF ITS EMPLOYES WHO HAVE EVER WORKED WITH THE SUBSTANCE. CHLOROPRENE IS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NEOPRENE, TRADE NAME OT THE SYNTHETIC. RUBBER INTRODUCED BY DU PONT IN 1931 THAT IS WIDELY USED IN GARDEN HOSES. FABRICS. RUBBER HEELS, CABLE SHEATHS. ADHESIVES AND AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS. Descriptors: 'CANCER: CHLOROPRENE: DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND C.0., E. I. ; NEOPRENE: RUBBER. SYNTHETIC : VINYL CHLORIDE EC - I ( Organ i zn t 1 oils end Institutions) 53823 Chem Week p. 36 Date: 750319 CESARE MALTONI OT THE 1NSTIIUTE OT ONCOLOGY (BOLOGNA. IIALY) TOLD THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE IN STOCKHOLM THAT HIS EXPERIMENTATION WITH RATS HAD. TOR THE FIRST TIME. SHOWN THAI THYMUS ANO LIVER CANCER COULD OCCUR FROM INTAKE OT THE POLYVINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER IN A FOOD. MALTONI NOTES THAT THE RESEARCH IS NOT YET COMPLETED, BUT SUGGESTS THE RESULTS SO TAR ARE A WARNING. Descriptors: 'INSTITUTE OT ONCOLOGY; IJVER CANCER: POLYVINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER; ROYAL ACADEMY OT SCIENCE; THYMUS EC = 3 (Products and Processes) 4 26 77 Chem Mark Rep p. 4 Date: 741209 THE UK GENERAL AND MUNICIPAL WORKERS' UNION HAS PROPOSED THAT EXPOSURE LEVELS IN POLYVINYL CHLORIDE PLANTS BE LIMITED TO THE LEAS1 DETECT ABLE AMOUNT. CLAIMING THAT VINYL CHLORIDE MANUFACTURE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE TOR T WEN IY-T HR E E DEATHS THROUGH LIVER CANCER AND AN INCREASE IN OTHER INDUSTRIAL DISEASES. Descriptors: 'POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; IJK GENERAL AND MUNICIPAL WORKERS '^^1 ON: VINYL CHLORIDE EC = 1 I za t Ions and I ns t i tt.it ions) 01067| 37 506 Eur Piast News p, 67 Date- 741000 THROUGHOUI EUROPE, MOST VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER/POt YV INv I. CHLORIDE TACII-IIIES ARE OPERATING AT LEVELS REDUCED BY AROUND 6-107. AS PRODUCERS SEEK WAYS OT AVOIOING A 0IREC1 CONFRONTATION with THE UNIONS AND GOVERNMENT BODIES OVER THE CANCER ISSUE. Descriptors: 'EUROPE. POLYVINYL CHLORIDE: VINYI. CHLORIDE MONOMER EC " 6 (Market Data) 3 7055 d Commer p. 5 Date- 741023 THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SAID THAT IT WILL ALLOW SHE I L CHEMICAL CO. TO BURN CHEM1CAI WASTES IN THE GULF or MEXICO. INCLUDING some which result trom the manufacture nr the potentially cancer-causing chemical vinyl chloride, ihe AGENCY WILL A L LOW THE COMPANY TO BURN HIE WASTES ON AM EXPERIMENTAL BASIS rROM NOW UNTIL OCT. 26. AND ADDED 1 HA I THE PROJECT WILL RC CAREFULY MONITORED TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO ADVERSE IMPACT ON rISH OR HUMAN LIFE. Descriptors: 'SHELL CHEMICAL CO.: US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; VINYL CHLORIDE: WASTE TREATMENT EC = 1 (Organizations and Institutions) 34 7 2 1 J Commer p. 8 Date: 741009 THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SATETY COMMISSION SAID IT HAS OECIOFO TO MAKE TUBI 1C The BRAND NAME 5 Or AEROSOL PRODUCTS UNDER IIS JURISDICTION WHICH CONTAIN VINYL CHLORIDE. THE CHEMICAL GAS suspected or Causing cancer. the information may help CONSUMERS GE1 THEIR MONEY BACK E OR PERHAPS MILLIONS OF CANS OT SPRAY PAINT, SOLVENTS AND OTHER CLEANING AGENTS CONTAINING VINYL CHLORIDE STILL IN THEIR POSSESSION. It WILL Al SO RELEASE CODE NUMBERS OF THE PRODUCTS INVOLVED; HOW MUCH VINYL C.HLORIOE IS IN THEM: INFORMATION ON HOW WIOFSPRF.AO USE OF THE PRODUCTS IS. AS WELL AS ANY ADVERSE HEALTH AFFECTS REPORTED: AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH ANY PRODUCT CONTAINING VINYL CHLORIDE WAS PRODUCED. (cent, next pacie) _]0 M..-,-:__________ =;: -,:=^ WOinUW = A t ii PRINTS User 018446 05nov85 P090: PR 3/5/ALL (items 1-67) DIALOG (VERSION 2) R&S 140141 Item PAGE : AS of 13-1 67 DIALOG rile 19: Chem. Industry Notes 1974-851SS42 (Copr. 1984 By The Amor. Chem. Soc.) Descriptors- `AEROSOL PRODUCES: CLEANING AGENTS: PAINT, SOLVENTS; US CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION; CHLORIDE EC = 9 (Government end Society) SPRAY VINYL 34707 Fortune p, ISO Date: 74 1000 IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT VINYL CHLORIDE. A GAS TROM WHICH THE SECOND MOST WIDELY USED US PLASTIC IS MADE, CAUSES A FATAL CANCER OF BLOODVESSEL CELLS IN THE LIVER; THE GAS IS ALSO IMPLICATED IN A HOST OF ADDITIONAL DISEASES, RANGING FROM GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING TO CHROMOSOME DAMAGE. THESE DISCOVERIES HAVE TOUCHED OFF A FLURRY OF REGULATORY ACTIVITY. THE US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THE THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. AND THE US CONSUMER PRODUCT SATE1Y COMMISSION HAVE ALL BANNED AEROSOL SPRAYS USING VINYL CHLORIDE AS A PROPELLANT. BUT THE MEASURE THAT CUTS DEEPEST WAS TAKEN BY THE US OCCUPATIONAL SATETY AND HEALTH ADM INIS1RATI ON. Descriptors: `AEROSOL PRODUCTS: PROPELLANT; US CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; US OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION: VINYL CHLORIDE EC = 0 (Government end Society) 33902 Upn Chem Week p. 20 Date: 740919 THE JAPAN HEALTH AND WELFARE MINISTRY IS EXPECTED TO PROCLAIM SHORTLY A SERIES OT RIGID RESTRICTIVE STANDARDS. TO BECOME EFFECTIVE OCT. 1, ON THE USE Or 5 CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES INJURIOUS TO HEALTH IN MANUFACTURING VARIOUS HOUSEHOLD GOODS. FORMALIN, A SHRINK-PROOF ANO ANTISEPTIC AGENT. IS APT TO CAUSE ALLERGY. IT IS TO BE TOTALLY BANNED TOR USE IN BABY'S WEAR. AND LIMITED TO 75 PPM OF THE VOLUME OF EACH PRODUCT. HYDROGEN CHLORIDE AND SULFURIC ACID, WHICH MAY CAUSE BURNS. WILL BE LIMITED IN USE 10 10% OT THE VOLUME OF EACH PRODUCT INVOLVED. POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND ORGANIC MERCURY COMPOUNDS. RESPECTIVELY SUSPECTED or CAUSING cancer, and paralyzing nerves, will be ALSO HEAVILY RESTRICTED IN USE AND ENTIRELY RULED OUT IN THE CASE OF TEXTILES AND INSECTICIDES. Descriptors: TORMALIN; FIYDROGEN CHLORIDE: INSECTICIDES. JAPAN HEAL I FI AND WELFARE MINISTRY: MERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE: SULFURIC ACID: TEXTILE EC - 9 (Government end Society) 32426 Well St J East Fd p. 12 Date: 740917 THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WILL ESTABLISH AIR-POLLUT TON STANDARDS FOR VINYL CHLORIDE. BUT A FORMAL PROPOSAL ON 1 HE CANCER-LINKED GAS STILL IS SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS orr. ALTHOUGH HIE STANDARDS UNDER CONSIDERATION ARE ST 11 L TENTATIVE. THEY WOULD ADD 4%. OR ONE CENT A POUND, TO THE PRICE OF POLYVIWYL CHLORIDF. THE WHITE RESIN PRODUCED FROM VINYL CI^^DE THAT IS USFD IN 1110USANDS OF PLASTIC PRODUCTS Descrlpt^^P * POLLUTI ON CONTROL; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE: US n 1n ENVIRONMENIAL PROTECTION AGENCY; VINYL CHLORIDE EC 9 (Government and Society) 30809 Wall St J Fast Fd p. 5 Oate; 740830 THE US DEPT. OF LABOR IS WEIGHING WHETHER TO OUICKLY CLAMP TIGHTER CONTROLS ON IN-PLANT HANDLING OF INORGANIC ARSENIC IN I HE LIGHT OF NEW EVIDENCE 0 F A HIGH RATE OF CAMCFR DC A IHS AMONG WORKERS EXPOSED TO IT. GOVERNMENT OTFICIAIS ESTIMATE (FIAT AS MANY AS 1,5 MILLION EMPLOYES MAY BE DIRECTI. Y OR INDIRECTLY EXPOSED TO RAW INORGANIC ARSFNIC, TWICE AS MANY WORKERS AS ARE POTENTIALLY INVOLVED WITH VINYL CHLORIDF Drs r.r iptors 'ARSFNIC. INORGANIC : US DF.PI or I.APOR EC " 9 (Gnyei-nmenl and Society) 3080 1 Chem Eng Nows p. 12 Date' 740902 EXPOSURE TO VINYL C.HI.ORIDE MAY CAUSE BOTH GENETIC DAMAGE AND BIRTH DEFECTS. AND THE CHEMICAL. ALREADY ALLEGED TO CAUSE A RARE TORM OT LIVER CANCER. ALSO MAY I NCR T A SE THE DANGFR OF DEVELOPING DI1IER TYPES OT CANCER. THC US SENATE COMMERCF SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT WAS WARMED. Oesc.r iptors 'CANCER; US SENATE COMMERCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT; VINYL CHLORIDE EC - 9 (Government and Society) 29402 Mod Plast p. 14 Date: 740800 IN SWEDEN. THE GOVERNMENT'S OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AGENCY HAS ESTABLISHED A 20 P.P.M. UPPER LEVEL FOR WORKER EXPOSURE TO VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER. INTERESTINGLY. A CANCER DATA BANK. OPERA I ED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO TRACK THE HISTORY OT CAUSES OE CANCER. REVEALS NO LIVER-CANCER AMONG WORKERS AT KEMANORD AC. SWEDEN'S SOLE PRODUCER OT VCM. Descriptors1 'KEMANORD AB: SWEDEN; VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER EC - 9 (Government and Society) 27734 J Commer p. 3 Date- 740807 RE CENT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE LINKING VINYL CHLORIDE WItH CANCER MAY signal HIT BEGINNING or A WAVE OF HFALIII SCARES FOR WORKERS who are CONSTANTLY exposed to industrial chemicals, iop nrriciAis at the us environmental protection agincy say THr ONLY WAY TO SKIP THAI FROM HAPPENING IS TO SUBJEC1 EVERY CHEMICAL NOW IN INDUSTRIAL USE HI LABORATORY TESTS to TINO 01.11 IF IT IS HARMFUL to HUMAN HEALTH. THE BIL I. WOULD GIVE EPA THE POWTR TO ORDER INDUSTRY TD MAKE EPA-ESTABt I SHED SAFETY TESTS ON ALL CHEMICALS. IT ALSO WOULD GIVE THE AGENCY THE RIGHT TO RESTRICT USE OT CHEMICALS DETERMINED TO BE HAZARDOUS. Descriptors: 'CHEMICALS, INDUSTRIAL: US ENVIRONMENIAL PROTECT ION AGFNCY k (cent, next page) GJrnim PRINTS User:018446 05nov85 P090: PR 3/5/Al.L (items 1-G7) ________________ DIALOG (VERSION 2) R&S 14014O ^ 135 67 DIALOG File 19: Chem. Industry Notes 1974-851ss42 (Copr, 1984 By The Amer. Chem. Soc. I EC - 9 (Government end Society) 752 18 Chem Week p. 30 Date: 740717 PRED1C11VE CANCER RESEARCH IN LABORATORIES ALMOST 5,000 MILES APART HAS SHAKEN THE 65-BILLION DOLLAR/YEAR VINYL CHLORIDE BUSINESS TO ITS CORE. THE US DEPT. OE LABOR, US OCCUPATIONAL SATETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION IS EXPECTED 10 RELY HEAVILY ON DATA FROM THE 1 I A LI A N INSTITUTE OT ONCOLOGY IN BOLOGNA, AND INDUSTRIAL BIO-TEST LABORATORIES IN 0ECA1UR. ILL.. IN SETTING SAFETY STANDARDS THAT WILl DETERMINE THE TUTURE OF THE PRODUCT. THE EMERGENCY STANDARD OT 50 PPM. OT VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER AS AN AIR CONTAMINANT, SET IN APRIL BY OSHA. HAS ALREADY BEEN CHALLENGED BY DATA TROM TWO LABORA TOR IES. Descriptors: 'CANCER RESEARCH: INDUSTRIAL BIO-TEST LABORATORIES: ITALIAN INSTITUTE OT ONCOLOGY; US DEPT. OT LABOR ; US OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HrAl.lH ADMINISTRATION: vinyl CHLORIDE EC - 9 (Government find Society) 24456 Chem Eng (NY) p, 28 Date: 740708 JAPAN IS REACTING TO THE VINYL CHLORIDE AND CANCER PROBLEM IN SEVERAL WAVS, UNDER THE AEGIS DT THE JAPANESE PVC ASSN , BY; ORGAN I 7 ING A TEAM OF F AC T - F I NDF.RS THAT WILl. COME, TO THE US TOR DISCUSSIONS WITH INDUSTRIAL AND GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS; BEGINNING TO PRACTICE A VOLUNTARY CEILING OT 50 PPM TOR IN-PLANT EXPOSURE TO VINYL CHLORIDE: AND TENTATIVELY PLANNING A SPECIAL MEDICAL SURVEY OF WORKERS EXPOSED TO VINYL AND POLYVINYL CHLORIDE. Descriptors: 'JAPANESE PVC ASSN.; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; VINYL CHLORIDE FC ~ 9 (Government and Society) 2445 1 Chem Eng News p. 8 Date: 740708 A NEW ETHIC OE EMPLOYEE PROTECTION SHOULD BE EMBRACED BY THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. ACCORDING TO US OCCUPATIONAL SATETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION HEAD. TO PREVENT FUTURE OCCURRENCES SUCH AS 11 IE LIVER CANCER HAZARD POSED BY VINYL CHLORIDE. RESEARCH SO ENTHUSIASTICALLY POURED INTO FINDING PROTI TABLE USES FOR NEW SUBSTANCES MUST BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE DETERMINING HOW SAFE THESE SUBSTANCES ARE. ANY DOUBT MUST BE RESOLVED ON THE SIDE OF THE EMPLOYEE. OSHA AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH HAVE EMBARKED ON A 3.5 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO DEVELOP NEW STANDARDS TOR MORE THAN 400 KNOWN TOXIC SUBSTANCES. Descriptors: ^NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; US OCCUPATIONAL SATETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION EC = 9 (Government and Society) 2 3563 Chem Mkt Rep p. 3 Date: 740701 TWO DOWNWIND CASES OT ANGIOSARCOMA OE THE LIVER HAVE BEEN TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED IN CONNECTICUT ATTER REVIEW OT THE POSSIBIE CONNECTION OT VINYL CHLDRIDF GAS 10 RECORD CANCER DEATHS IN THE STATE. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OT OCCUPATIONAL SATETY AND HEALTH SAID THAT ENVIRONMENT NEAR TWO POLYVINYL CHLORIDE FABRICATION PLANTS IN CONNECTICUT WAS HIGHLY SUSPECTED AS A FACTOR IN THE TWO CASES OE LIVFR CANCER. THIS P.RINGS ID TOUR THE TOTAL NUMBER OT ANGIOSARCOMA DEATHS IN 1HF STATE THAI HAVE BEEN CONNECTED TO PVC FACILITIES. Descriptor':. ` A MG 105ARC.0MA ; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OT OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND U E AI T H: POLYVINYL CHLORIDE: VINYi r.HI.ORTDF GAS EC = 9 (Government and Society! 23337 N Y r imer, p. 3C)c Dale; 740626 REPRF.SEN1 A II VES OT THE PL AS T ICS INDUS I RY PRESSED TOR A RELAXATION OT PROPOSED FEDERAL RULES GOVERNING WORKER EXPOSURE TD VINYL CHLORIDE. A CHEMICAL THAT HAS BEEN LINKED 10 21 CASES or A RARE. rA1 AL LIVER CANCER. INDUSTRY SPOKESMEN SAID THAT THE PROPOSED STANDARD WAS MEDIUM l > UNNECESSARY. TEC.IINOI.OGICAI.LV UNTEASIBLE AND WOULD LEAD ID THE I OSS PT AS MANY AS 2.2 MILLION .JOBS. Descriptors: `PLASTICS: VINYL CHLORIDE EC = 1 ( Organ i t i ons and Institutions) 18430 Chem Eng News p. 16 Date: "<105 20 EUROPEAN ANDUS CHEMICAL FIRMS, 1OGL T HE R WITH 1 HE MANUTACTURING CHEMISTS ASSN. HELD IN CONFIDENCE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR PRELIM T NARY. ALBEIT SIGNIFICANT. SCIFMTiriC FINDINGS ON VINYL CHLORIDE AS AN AGENT CAUSING LIVER CANCER IN RAIS. US CHEMICAL INDUSTRY SOURCES SAY THEY WERE BOUND BY AN AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH TOUR EUROPEAN TI RMS C0NTR01LED ANY RELEASE OT ANIMAL TEST DATA 0R1AJNED RY ONCOLUGI A, BOLOGNA, ITA1Y. THE DIRECTOR OT ISI I IU10 01 Descriptors: `CHEMICAL INDUSTRY: EUROPE; ISIIUJTO 01 ONCOIOGI MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS ASSN,: VINYL CHLORIDf EC, = 1 I Organ i 7a I i ons and 1 ns 1 i I u I i ons ) 17 142 Chem Eng News p. 6 Date: 740513 A NO DETECTABLE LEVEL OF VINYL CHLORIDE EXPOSURE IS PROPOSED IN DETAILED RULES RELEASED BY THF US OCCUPAMONAI. SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AMID A T LURRY OT ACTTVI1Y BY THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ON THE CHEMICAL. RESULTS OF THE MANUFACTUR ING CHEMISTS ASSN. EPIDEMIOLOGY FINDINGS ON 7.128 PAST AND PRESENT WORKERS IS THAT CANCERS OF THE LIVFR, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. AND GRAIN. AS WELL AS LYMPHOSARCOMA. OCCURRED MORE 0F1EN THAN EXPECTED AMONG WORKERS WITH THE GREATEST EXPOSURE, (r.ont, next page) dfointcP niori'T'i PRINTS R&S 140143 R090: PR 3/5/ALL ( i torn:, 1-67) Item r age : 59 of 136 67 DIALOG file 19: Chem. Industry Notes 1974-85ISS42 (Copr. 1984 By The Amer. Chom. Soc. ) Desr-r tplors : ' MANlir AC 1UR 1 NG CHEMISTS ASSN . : US OCCUPAT I0NAI SAFETY AND HEAL1H ADM I N1 S 1 R A 1 I ON ; VINYL CIILORIDF EC " 9 (Government: and Society) icnno N Y Times p. 16c Date: 740425 THE U5 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IS5UrD A RARE EMERGENCY ORDER TO HALT THE SALE OT THOUSANDS OT CANS OT PESTICIDE SPRAYS CONTAINING VINYL CHLORIDE. A CHEMICAL LINKED TO A RARE rORM OT LIVER CANCER. THE ORDER. WHICH 1AKF S EFTCCI IMMEDIATELY. COVERS 28 AEROSOL PRODUCTS INTENDED TOR USE IN HIE HOME, HOSPITAL. WHERE TOOD IS HANDLED OR OTHER ENCLOSED AREAS. AN ESTIMATED 19,000 CANS COVERED BY THE BAN ARE BELIEVED TO RE nN THE MARKET. AND AN UNKNOWN NUMBER or 01UTRS ARE LIKELY TO RE IN THE HANDS OT CONSUMERS, Descriptors: 'PESTICIDE: US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; VINYL CHLORIDE EC = 9 (Government find Society) TATAI. TORM OT LIVER CANCER AMONG WORKERS WITH ICING EXPOSURE 10 THE CHEMICAL. USED TO MAKE POLYVINYL CHLORIDE PLASTIC. I HE I WO TI RMS INVOLVED ARE BRISTOL-MYERS CO. . CLAIROL INC. AND BONAT I NC . Descriptors- 'BONAT INC.; BRISTOL-MYERS CO.: ClAIROL INC : US TOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION: VINYL CHLORIDE EC = 9 (Government and Society) 14096 Chem Ape (I ondon) p, 6 Dale 740339 HIE UK DF.PARIMENr 01 HEAI.IH IS UNDERTAKING A I Ul t INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLE CANCTR RISKS TROM VI Nil. CHLORIDE MONOMER PRODUCTION AND POLYVINYL CHLORIDE WHICH IS MA0F FROM if and used in packaging or rooo and drink mis i dm ows hie DEAIHS nr NINE MEN IN HIE US AMD ONE IN HIT UK WHO WERE associated with inr production or vcm and rvc Descriptors 'POLYVINYL CHLORIDE: IJK DEPARTMENT OT HEAI.IH: VINYL CHLORIDE EC " 9 (Government and Society) 1553 I Chem MUt Rep p. 3 Date: 740422 EVIDENCE MILITATING AGAINST HUMAN EXPOSURE TO VINYL CHLORIDE AIR CONTAMINATION EVEN AT THE 50 PARTS PER MILLION LEVEL ESTABLISHED IN CURRENT EMERGENCY WORK PLACE STANDARDS IS MOUNTING. SPECIAL TESTS BEING RUN FOR MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS ASSN. DN LABORATORY ANIMALS EXPOSED TO THE CHEMICAL. APPEAR TO BE POINTING TD CONFIRMATION DE FINDINGS OF AN ITALIAN SCIENTIST, THAI THE CHEMICAL IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ANGIOSARCOMA. A RARE LIVER CANCER, IN SOME ANIMAL SPECIES. THIS WAS REPORTED BY THE ASSOCIATION TO THE US OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE TOR OCCUPATIONAL SATETY AND HEALIH AND THE US environmental PRO IECTI ON AGENCY AT A SPECIAL MEETING. THE TESTS ARE BEING RUN TOR MCA BY INDUSTRIAL BIO- TEST LABORATORIES T NC. , WHICH INFORMED THE ASSOCIATION THAT ITS WORK. ALTHOUGH VERY PRELIMINARY AT THIS POINT, TENDS TO CONTIRM THE TINDINGS OT THE SCIENTIST. IN THE MCA - ADM INI STERED STUDY. RATS. HAMSTERS, AND MICE ARE BEING EXPOSED SEVEN HOURS A DAY, TIVE DAYS A WEEK. TO 2.500 PARIS PER MILLION (PPM). 200 PPM AND 50 PPM OT VCM. ATtER SEVEN MONTHS OF EXPOSURE. ANGIOSARCOMA HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN MICE AT ALL LEVELS, BUT NOT IN RATS OR HAMSTERS. Doscir I p tore: 'INDUSTRIAL BIO-TEST LABORATORIES. INC.; MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS ASSN.; NATIONAL INSTITUTE TOR OCCUPATIONAL SATETY AND HEALTH: US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; US OCCUPATIONAL SATETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; VINYL CHLORIDE EC 9 (Government and Society) 14 100 Wall Street U East Ed p. 22 Date: 740404 THE US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ASKED TWO HAIR-SPRAY MAKERS TD RECALL FROM RETAIL SHELVES ANY OT THEIR PRODUCTS CONIAINIJ^^VINYL CHLORIDE AS A PROPELLENT. V I NY L - CHLOR I DE GAS HAS BEE^WlNKED IN RECENT WEEKS WITH A RARE BUT INVARIABLY 1 1935 Wall Street U East Ed p. 26 Date- 740314 R. r. GOODRICH C.O. 15 TUNDING A MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM ON ANGIOSARCOMA. A FORM OE LIVER CANCER. AND RELATED LIVER DISEASES AT UNIVERSITY OT LOUISVILLE'S HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER AND CANCER CENTER. THE FIRST YEAR OT THE PROGRAM IS ESTIMATED TO COST 300,000 DOLLARS. ALL TO BE SUPPLIED BY GOODRICH. GOODRICH BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT THE RARE TORM DE LIVER CANCER AFTER SEVERAL FATAL CASES WERE DISCOVERED AT ITS LOUISVILLE POLYVINYL CHLORIOF PLANT, SUGGESTING 1HA1 1IIT DISEASE MAY FT TRIGGERED BY EXPOSURE 10 CHEMICALS INVOLVED IN ITS PRODUCTION Descriptors; 'GOODRICH CD.. B. r.: POLYVINYL CHLORIDE EC = I (Organizat ions and Inst i U't ionsl 9685 Chem Ml< t Rep p. 3 Date: 7 40225 PETITIONS TO RAN THE USE Or VINYL CHLORIDE IN AT ROSOLI ZED COSMETICS, HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS ANO PESTICIDES HAVE BEEN rilTO WITH us roon AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, the us consumer PRODUCT SATETY COMMISSION AND US ENVIRDNMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BY THE HEALTH RESEARCH GROUP. TOA WAS ALSO A SK EO TO I MMF O I A T T, L Y PROHIBIT THE USE OE POLYVINYL CHLORIDE CONIAINERS TO PACKAGE ANY C05MCWC PRODUCT THAT IS CAPABLE OT LEECHING DETECTABLE AMOUNTS or VINYL CHLORIDE FROM ITS PLASTIC CONTAINERS. HRC. TILED ITS PETITIONS AS SCIENTIFIC AND STATISTICAL EVIDENCE APPEARED INCREASINGLY TO IMPLICATE HIGH FXPOSURE TO VINYL CHLORIDE WITH DEVELOPMENT OE A RARE FORM OF CANCER. Descriptors: 'AEROSOL; HEALTH RESEARCH GROUP; US CONSUMER PROOUCT SAFETY COMMISSION; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY US rODD and DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VINYL CHLORIDE EC r 9 (Government and Society) -........ - -.. ^Fdi n R&S 140144 PRINTS User:OI844G 05novR5 P090 : PR 3/5/ALL (items t - <3 7 ) DIALOG (VERSION 2) DIALOG File 19: Chem. Industry Notes 1974-85Iss42 (Copr. 1984 By The Amer. Chcm, Soc.1 7989 Chem Encj News p. 8 Dfite: 7402 11 RELEASE or AN ICI TOXICOLOGY STUDY ON VINYL CHLORIDE IS BEING URGED BY US DEPT. OF HEALTH. EDUCATION AND WELTARE. FROM AN EXAMINATION OF PRELIMINARY OAIA OT IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRY LTD.'S STUDY, VINYL CHLORIDE IS PROBAFTLY THE CIUET SUSPECT AMONG MORE THAN 50 CHEMICALS POSSIBLY THE CAUSE or DEATHS TROM A RARE FORM OF LIVER CANCER AT A B. F. GOODRICH CHEMICAL CO.'S PLANT. THIS CONCLUSION IS REACHED BY DR. MARCUS M. KEY. DIRECTOR OF HEW'S NAtlONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH, NIOSH HAS LEARNED THAT THE ONSET OF IHE CANCER, ANGIOSARCOMA. IS SO RAPID THAT. ONCE DEFECTED. IT'S 100 LATE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. Descriptors: 'GOODRICH CHEMICAL CO., B. F.: IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.: NATIONAL INSTIIUTE TOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH: US DEPT. OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELTARE: VINYL CHLORIDE EC - 9 (Government find Society) 7984 Chem Mkt Rep p, 4 Dote: 740204 US DEPT. OF LABOR WILL HOLD A HEARING FEB. 15. 1974 TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF WORKER EXPOSURE TO VINYL CHLORIDE IN CONNECTION WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT SUCH EXPOSURE MAY BE IMPLICATED IN THREE DEATHS FROM CANCER REPORTED A1 THE LOUISVILLE, KY., VINYL WORKS OF B. F Descriptors: 'GOODRICH CHEMICAL CO. GOODRICH CHEMICAL CO. B. F.; US DEPT. OT LABOR VINYL CHLORIDE EC = 9 (Government end Society) Item PAGE: 66 of 137 67 O 10G79