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Worker whose com i:u to DUi INMAX MALONE panel homendi near some pfai remembered Leuven Malone Sr. Friday with toft orgta musks, song, ponds, quofl . prayer* and teen, casts tpeil am Mftlone. relattvn ray, ring adults and frrob-acnibbed mtk many weekends fa lfil teen-agers came to the funeral home fa later years. La Marque that dim gray- morning W The stiiktOd Matts to eras bondr a 55-year-old maintenance worker, with Us smug fan Mm stove, a man who enjoyed singing "kingdom" try cooking rad,nearby ffafafa hymns, tinkering with his car and fishing fected Mslone "Bfce he was goieg for croakers and speckled trout the heaven," Texas City dike. . - -1 v * . A two-paragraph death notice rapted by the i ed a few days later in He of arriving a employee newsletter at' the company teen-ager he struck out for where he worked -- apparently happily Makne wan sue of the Unit to -- must of his life. w * Roosevelt's premise of a His capsule biography road: "He ws- sfgniag ap with dfa Ctrihaa born Jan. 6, 1924, in Texas. He was a . Corps. There be fanned afarag, Union Carbide maintenance employee and couatrociltu and the I for 38 years and a veteran of World War ments poasfHe -- n. He was a member of the Jehovah's ambitious falacfa with strong backs. Witness faith." From the COC, Malone JMned the tary. "CoferofaT were lesOHtfad BUT MALONE'S DEATH two their military frifarmces. ago has more significance then the tg> in the AfeRir Corfu,,'fkst black-and-white obituary revealed truck driver, tear as a He died of a brain tumor that has been World War U route and linked to the cancer-causing agent vinyl never left the Uidted States. chloride. It was his worker complaint to federal US AIR CfiBFS experience health authorities last November that him the Importmr of looking trim launched a major federal health leveed* well-kept. FeOew workers gattoa at the Texaa City chemical plamt. Within weeks, scientists timed up at least nine casee where metignant tarafa tumors were listed as the nndhiljUet cause of death -- an imueuaUy UA hrafa tumor rate. A neighboring pfara. Mom santn, also kfandffad araddMMal five worker* who died of brain turnon, Government reeearcbere an raw lay ing the groundwork for mouth* f study, tracing health records of UDI fa 10,006 *Ck*ers going back nrailrMgum *5*, IT Vinyl Chloride is feudfcfembrafa &T turner culprit It could have wide hnpact ob the entire chemical ludnetij aa wMj, - as wmker exposure safeguards. Without that cranplafat, "Throe's ns way He would have Isarrad of the tial danger, at least this sood*' Davis Layne, area direefro of Ol Ooca- pattoaal Safety ami Health Administra tion. "That type of iBnees simply dara pot show up ob accfcfauMuJwy roorod*. "One thing led to another and we found out about the other deaths," he said. "That complaint was the key." wasjthe "neatest^ maintenance th^a efttaeea. "Never worked With Ufa tddirttall out, afi matter how hferd Ike faddt." aMd one dffeagtte. -; Vt. News/BusHMs D* Th* Houston Pott Sun., Mwth 25, 1979 f; \, ^'v i r\s remembeted Malone to those year* cultivated a tamn fgg tatolonabie law-brtmmed bets,' crisp turndown white collars and a dark Gat^ mustache. The mustache i *r ` i ' lasted hbn a lifetime. Early atfiMl As# a slender wn with niditog eyes btiseath wliwetwmed spectadea ml a grto. Later years, ptc- tag,afaoegnbly wrmAHta' Ertonto and retottoas say Ms j.______ betatt* reflected toe bAp about prtvacy. -^le bebered a secret at goad ar Us wtte A S yaMi^kdh. ! a Mtte back, tocptog a At- ___ ,, -- 0-m - ^fJ iM. M. Mr.. tWtO tag. October-arid A* never arid fcMs pwtag a T-ririrt breend tto Bowse, `ffcihenyi tried le lead Us beat" Aid Us married daughter. Aneette, 19. "token A stepped caiwg about M Arift when we tour to Nha rick." Qf He teak a bath e( ceatlaf Us nigtit _________ ______ wu his only wtte. He taaggirt eve* trues the death bed aboNtMs 'toanttod weftaaa," Uk "baby gM" Ada Lee. `I remember teHtof Mm a few weeks 3 ago to had a Stance ot Bring. I id Ada,A. "He }M gftoeed at me as.. said *IA bad a wimdulA life. Adal we, 1 "mat's the type at alto I married. It ! Ook A* weeks to get AAr Ae aewa that ' he waagetog to Ae. ft** Mm ae One , at'dljbaf niF he toilAth endbdtoved 1 nKW |Tfw li Ml Mm; HIM was tt'lMsg home aftwt 1M a Week fend ttulsb as a Mlhr with CtoUde. wfAsAAMtogawnaftWArldiWe cuMewcb la --a /r .-if TftffnQ ft briefly :*t>writ Mthrie 9*. died fteMOy* ^#er OWtoMtoi Oouty bopAA'ir: MTIts eotnpUtot that alertly a ad launched h1' argffTVt 1- .. H < rr .. * .YkPsS?: 1 ^...................**--*'* -kH > M), ' ,!.!.* i` ' . i ,. r? mdir---.T "Le*veil saw Marfla** ftft 11 j Ustolto to died ao dMe to a w r--4&.:' JUa JEsOy, and ha. to*** net at iaataenei Keito.euuMto; Mar s's oamaga. "Hi* Wes a tom." k< Never aeew m toga bite drf t , Aha wu as aaar to llatoM'a bun gs reUgbto. He had a "toautHM'toner vdbmf trhwM ttopgMKlC m with a gedpel groap kaowa as tbs "Wtogs toHtotouy. .v^.n- Seme eveUngs he strummed MS'gUttar to amtovraapto family Jus ewdtaa. Me ttomlto hmitoLtoiiij Urica atoAd tot-, tnm^mwa "madAf road ahmdO^j- , t . tf|A^ mev RVwi mcwBrnr to AwAg OktomobOe WfAUrAAiArend end UB a MAUL He aehd to eay a rabtitt #m too AdaB. too bagBe, uowertto *<* good in a recent photo tpedglliL He a Jabswre wumm. Ha h*. as Ua an* to-tog; CSaa, put tt, 'There wws Jut mm MA to me over Abettor." totooUe 14-year-ridaan, Uarvto Ray, dtod U tout fatere ft October It wu a VHwto A* kept hto date, Ray was ASnght to to the healAM of toe oftAAme. So the death Marvfa was vtolttog a toniby when his heart etejpeA He his tongue and broke Enough a he fell. His heart stopped two more 1 TTSlihi'1 tumor sartaced. He tod Irbable atwmfchoidtogaaotlcaii. to lattr gears to wm ruepouible for elltog the towvy at Carbide. His toft, band appearaace slacked eg gad be to eevere headaches. Owe right to tell from bed in a violent ______ at ftrat eurmiaed a Stroke. Utogtoets reveatod otherwise, fk Aed sbontittose seontto after his osmplaliit of twartoi hie and mental ` filed. UCC 104564 UNION CARBIDEpP ^(VlCCAAttfl VOL. 39, NO. 10 Texas City, Texas March 14, 1979 Cooperation Key to Carbide ,NIOSH ,OSHA Investigation Managment Update by DAMON ENGLE Plant Manager Medical Perspectiv by DR.DAVID GLENN Gulf Coait Medical Director On February 13, Dr. GLENN and I nt each employee a letter detailing the zt.is of the current 05HA/NI05H invert).jti.m at the plant. In light of the extensive s coverage, it'* time to jfeM ytxl wt <4> rate. I have aiked Dr. DAVID GLENN, UCC l ulf Coast Medical Director, to discuss with >ji some of the medical aspects in the .mmpanying article. In general, the news coverage has been responsible, atttalg^l S few errors hare dipped in, and I would have liked to edit some of the headlines. In addition to the local press, the story has had extensive coverage in the Charleston W. Va. area and in CHEMICAL WEEK, in the WASHINGTON POST, in Dallas, and I've been interviewed twice by ABC NEWS in New York, in addition to local TV coverage of the story. The following statements may put some of the news comments in perspective for uu, and correct a few errors: Union Catade, NIOSH vxi OSHA are ooopgadng fiify. We are not arguing with each other and we're not quoting laws and regulations. Both agencies have made available top level qualified people to work with us. We also have the direct involvment of UCC's Associate Corporate Medical Director, Dr. H. MICHAEL D. UTIDjlAN, who joined UCC last rear and who has a national reputation in the fields of epidemiology and toxicology. We are not ready to attribute this issue to vinyl chloride, or any other plant exposure. Mb don't tavJW the wwer;neithw does NIOSH nor OSHA That's why we're making the study. The suggestion that vinyl chloride can be associated with glioblastomas has appeared in the medical literature. The rest is "guilt by association" we Can only wait and see. No one hre that tha Tex* City Plant's current conuub on eepnqwrf CWano^O, including vinyl chloride, * mfetfeafe. All the facts that OSHA and UCC have say that the present limit of one part per million TWA on vinyl chloride fully protects our employees. Gontnry to sons of the news stories, most of you know that we do not manufecue vinyl chloride. Mb buy it We did manufacture it from 1948 until 1969. We used lets vinyl chloride last year in the plant than any year since 1958. in 1973, the inrtid concam about vinyl ettonda axpeauro was anyaaarccrTw. a rare form of liver cancer. To date, not a fen^e am of this dnoree IS kntxrot wrong piOKI a or forTTw Taw Chy Cfebeto wtgdoyaae. One news story mentioned acrylonitrile. We have never made or used that product in the plant. We did redistribute some in 1962-1968. It will be a long and difficult task to trace over 7,000 people who have been em ployed here over the past years, and to establish their work histories. The Liu va can tfet through the public discussion phase and get on with tha apdaniokfeiefe study, the sootm three will be an arowre. if you have tnformation which you i link would be useful to the Medical Depart n ent. whether you art an employee or a iT,,.-emed citizen, please send Dr. GLENN Iiorc, or if you can't do that, call the i'opensury, Extension 5377. The better ,`h- information, the more help we will ! j,t in oar search foe an answer Meanwhile, I hope all of *xi in the corrmsvty, wrgkayan or mt. recognize that we m oonuofing the sxpoajre feral to all suspected carcinogens to ygMOTtvnant gasdatfe *id in n area even low*; that we will take immediate action on any new discoveries; and that we wall make tha multi of the epidemiological study ptislic when it b couplet*. Since the feint letter that DAMON Cancers originating in other organs c ENGLE and I sent you on February 13, spread or metastasize to the brain. Tht there have been several developments from are not primary brain turnon The type the mtdkal perspective that you probably tumor srhich has apparently occurred mt would like to know. frequently than expected is glioblasto Briefly, I will speak to these as well multiforme. It is a malignant tumor iris as related inquiries I have had on this topic from the glial cells of the brain and from employees in the past three weeks. invariably fatal. At the time of our feint meeting with While medical science doesn't know OSHA and NIOSH, approximately one cause of cancer, we do know that cen month ago, we informed them of ten cases agents or substances increase the risk, where, based on the best information avail also know that an interval of time elai able, a malignant brain tumor was listed from the time of exposure to the deve as the underlying cause of death out of the ment of the cancer. This latency period i s4S5 known deaths of former employees last from to 20 years or more. Tht Ic of this plant since 1941. We have subse of exposure to all chemicals here at T< quently learned that one of these cases was City have been greatly reduced since a benign brain tumor and hence should 40's, 50's, and 60's. We are in compli. not be included. with OSHA, EPA and company Band It was also reported to you that we had and guidelines. The present levels of learned of an active employee who had been posure to chemicals here do nor const diagnosed as having a brain tumor. Re a known hazard to anyone. grettably, this employee expired last week. And lastly there is no practical ir One of our neighbors down the road, of screening or examining employees Monsanto, has also identified several cases fear they may be developing a brain tu of former employees who died of a brain Diagnosis is dependent on series of tumor. One of these individuals was briefly including skull X-rays, brain scans, employed here in the 1940's before leaving scans and arteriograms. These prodr. to join Monsanto. ate not recommended for patients mi You may be taking why me and tome signs or symptoms. government agencies are concerned about If after reading this ankle you fen deaths of former employees that are have any questions, please feel free t< spread over a number of yean. Why are the either Dr. HIGGS or myself in tht M< figures significant? This question can be Department, Extension 5377. answered by using county and state inci dence rates. Our population has had approxi mately triple the number of deaths due to u primary brain tumor that you would UCC 104565 expect to find in a population of this she. NIOSH.OSHA and Carbide are presently developing a plan for an epidemiological study. If ail goes well we expect to start Austin Rep rl on the necessary data collection within the next few weeks Although the press has strongly indicated that vinyl chloride may Vid hare been the culprit, only about omedte/f of our ernes hed any known exposure to this chemicnl We must await the full study to Sh wing determine what, if any, chemical substance may have been the cause. Let me now speak to some of the medical questions I have had on this topic Thursday from employees the past few weeks. First a few words on brain tumors. They are c assified as either benign (non- FOR TIME AND PLACE TURN cancerous) or malignant (cancerous) TO PACE FOUR (4)