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VOt. ClXXXI-No. 9 i** 70 PACES SATURDAY EVENING. M/kY II, 1974 TEN CENTS Ctpftlfkt O') 1*74, The U^wtlia llmM,. aaBaaga*WBran?)aarorgsg^--i-- aawiwJiwawtiwwwi" E x~Goadrich. worker studied fl? >"}"" FINAL HOME fly 27KNNIV. POUTF. The *clrntht said the Louisville man'* IfWsW'.TJ* Ir''?9 JUtf Writ}* NEW YOKK -- A 3-:> yew <>'d employe of lhe B. K. Goodrich plant on J>tl* l.nc Vn t.nulitvlUc. who '.us icmuvetl {rein exunsure In vinyl chloride 2 1/2 year* ago because of rlKa of liver damage, showed signs of additional liver (ism.-ige when doctor! operated on him recently. c*e alno showed that no tests bad yet been drveli'ped that could delect early the. extent of liver dunnage cauvrd by **- poxnre In vinyl chloride. Thu*. he told, there may be more vinylchloride worker* with angiosarcoma In which the disease hex m>L been detected. According to a xsleouv. v-hn has slud- led the man'* caws. U Ir.iJi rates that re moving ivorkom from urea* of exposure to the chemical doe* not insure that they will not develop engkuxrcomn, rare liver cancer, Angiosarcoma, thought to be caused by exposure te. vinyl chiorlde, was the topic ha re yesterday a* the New York Academy of Science opened a twodsy symposium on the toxicity of vinyl chloride and poly, vinyl chloride. The Loohvlllfl man's case w among the highlights of the discussion* and paper* that brought sever1 hundred sci entist* here front throughout the. United fetates *mi abroad. ' For nearly I hour*, the symposium reviewed the result* of studies on worker*, manufacturing plants end the chemical. Because seven of the 14 angiosarcoma ease* discovered among vinyl-chloride worker* worldwide wero found at the Louisville Goodrich plant, that group waa the subject of several of the papers presented. Among the rcapilla presented here yes terday: ; v* There have been If ra*c* at liver disease urvcovrrod at Aha Louisville plant In addition to the seven angiosarcoma case*. These cmc* m* found through liver btopric*. *e* One doctor who has studied the lanilsvllla case* cloudy lay* be believe* that it I* not merely a liver dlxcasn that they are dealing with, but a diiianc that can be spread nnywhet* la the body through the blood vcrpcl*. Tootezez Under the arrangement* of lh confer ence, no finding* presented were to bs attributed to their authors The society ald (hi* was to encourage a free ex. change of Information. It also Mld rtrtfta of tbn finding* should be Interpreted a* a consensu*, because there would bo differ, cnce* at opinion an Interpretation* of ro* suits. But the scope and depth of lb* confer ence mad* clear that vinyl eWorld# anti Sec UVEtt Back page, coL J, (M* serfiait i. --ft s g* X2., 5 31 ;&5g52. '.- ft a ;,J' g*-}*pE.t"Tt Aij, T as 3 ~ 53?5? J~ t* o w Svr *O ,,* aSTS#' O3* TMCO# y2g a fi# c <D <|> <q <"3 2 <D < *g*V{*a) . *Qf*>l* 3 c3 O (Q Q> < ;r<Q <*> 8. /; ;i : - VM '. < ft: ftjft f:' zmtezez ' ,, /ft:!,;] t