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Reading n Brief 7 European Plant -user's first manufacturing facility in Europe as! Belgium. 'I he first stage consists of a sociated offices and services, costing over estment plan at Tessenderlo. trr which Avon he Tessendcrlo factory will initially produce rubber hose for domestic appliances. Several Deluding orders from Saab and Volkswagen/ nesville, N.C. Plant . today reported that a multi-product manubeen struck since April 1 by members of the lompany management could net offer any expected to last. Metrication Symposium Symposium on "Metrication--Managing the 24-25 in Washington. D.C. during the 77th ty for Testing and Materials (ASTM). The he Shoreham and Sheraton Park hotels. It is National Standards Institute, and American engineers, scientists and other professionals ds for materials and products are expected Retail Sales Combined ned its St. Louis wholesale and retail sales marketing efforts in the area, according to trade sales. The combined district serves all n Illinois and eastern Missouri. Charles E. :er will head the combined district. Ned H.iil district, has been named manager of the rubber & plas"::* s='.vs 10th U.S. Fatality isr-t Firestone Plastics Finds -V- cPVC-RelciliCCi 0 51 AKRON, Apr. 16 -- Firestone has re ported that the death in 1969 of a worker at its Pottstown. Pa., plastics plant is apparently "related to angiosarcoma," a rare form of liver cancer suspected of being caused by exposure to vinyl chlor ide monomer, a precursor of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). This is the first death at Firestone attributed to the disease.- and was discov ered as the result of a continuing study by Firestone and government health agencies of deceased employees' medical records. (For details of government actions to reduce worker health hazards, sec earlier story, p. 11 in this issue.) The deceased Firestone employee brings the known toll among U.S. PVC workers to 10. He was employed by Firestone Plastics for 20 years in various jobs involving PVC production. Firestone has initiated a medical sur veillance program at both the Pottstown plant and another it operates at Perryville, Md. Tests include pulmonary func tion and blood tests, as well as complete physical examinations. Other deaths -- since B.F.Goodrich triggered, the investigations by reporting the mysterious incidence of deaths (four) at its Louisville, Ky., PVC plant--in clude one more at Louisville, three deaths'at a Goody ear plant i: Falls. N.Y.. and another at Carbide plant in South Chari. V jara Union m. S.C. U.S. vs. VC Mono- v WASHINGTON, D.C. -- At.Yher government agency has cr.-cvd the fray against vinyl chloride. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has asked insect!::--:.' man ufacturers to voluntarily t:ril the use of the suspected carcinogen as a propellant in aerosol "bug L-otobs." Hold it! Yet another government agency wants into the act. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a nationwide investigation of vinyl chloFJe as a propellant in aerosoi drug and cos metic products (hair sprays in par ticular). And, the FDA is looking into the use -of PVC food pad. aging containers. In May of 1975, the use of PVC bottles for lienor was quietly terminated, when it was discovered that vinyl chloride w.ss leaching into the liquor from the containers. Now, the investigation will be broadened into other food items. || jj 23195001 ."nvade Far East Co., international manufacturers of printing t! roll coverings, in conjunction with Coates nk-maker, announces installation and manuV printers' rollers in Hong Kong and Kuala : 35 Bingham facilities throughout the world. rs N.J. Hard Rubber Works porous Division of Ameracc Corp. will close ariety of extruded and molded hard rubber oattery components. Marginal profitability on son for the closing. The firm will consolidate . and jars at its new Johnson City. Tcnn. plant. ste Into Gold ousists of collecting thousands of pounds of its computer s, and selling it--for as much ..... Goodyear's lu-ad paper collector, Chaker iiion pounds o! data card and print-out paper ; collected ,38.<)(>(> pound---and we've only s `Structural Foam News' Union Carbide Corp. "ill cover a wide DOT Names EioMit ______________ ____ o Safety Council By RPN Washington News Bureau WASHINGTON -- The Department of Transportation has announced the ap pointment of eight new members to the 22-member National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisory Council. The council, set up under the Na tional Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966. advises DOT on the overall Taylor Assoc. j Comes to Grips With a Process WADSWORTH, Ohio, Apr. S--Taylor Associates RRD firm announces devel- mMiii'nl r\f in.Mii nvimifortitrinn nrfiiVN? motor vehicle safety standards program, including tire standards. Named to the council for three-vear terms expiring December 31, 1976 were Harry H. Brainerd. Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission, Washington, D.C.; Colver R. Briggs, Ford Motor Co., Dear born, Mich.; Senator John D. Cacmnterer, New York State Senate, Albany, N.Y., and Dr. B. J. Campbell, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. Also, Mrs. Julie Chandler, I '/onion's Day Magazine, Birmingham, Mich.; Richard L. Day, Peterson Publishing Co., Los Angeles, Calif., and George Hilde brand, Pratt Institute. Brooklyn. N.Y. Named to the unexpired tetrn of live late Louis Von Witte, which cxga-s De cember 31, 1975, was Emmett F. Dixon, Hercules, Inc., Southfield, Mich, Dale C. Horne an r.ftnriinv fnr the T