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INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE
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Tn MR. F. F. HOY___________________
NAME
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Date.
March 19, 1982
LOCATION
From. Subject.
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
NAME
CURRENT WORLDWIDE
- PVC RESINS
location
ANGIOSARCOMA
DIVISION CASES
Copy to:
Hooker Chemical
PLASTICS DIVISION prCFn/irf)
MAR 2 4 '
J- R. HILT
A recent study by Mr. John Stafford, ICI Petrochemicals and PlasticsEngland, regarding a survey of worldwide AGS cases as of January 1982,
contained some interesting statistics. A few key items are listed
below.
Years
Country
No AGS Cases
Ave. Exposure Period
Western Europe
Belgium France Germany Italy Norway Sweden United Kingdom
Total
1 14
21
3 1
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52
Ave.
18
24
17.2
19.3 22 24.5 22.3
20.7
North America
United States Canada
Total
28 10
38
Ave.
24.5 20.4
23.4
Rest of World
Czechoslovakia Japan Yugoslavia
Total
World Total:
2 15.5
2 19.5 4 21.2
8
Ave.
19.4
98
World Ave.:
21.6
The most common job classifications involved in the 98 cases were
Reactor Cleaners and Reactor Operators.
Of the 98 world cases reported, 40 cases are clustered in four
factories:
BFG, Louisville.................. 11
BFG, Shawinigan.................. 10
Dynamit, Nobel............... 10
UCC, S. Charleston.... 9
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Of the 52 western cases, k2 are in 10 factories including the 21 German cases which are in four factories.
Of the 38 North American cases, Jk are in four factories out of
a total of k9 factories. Fourty-one North American plants had no AGS cases:
BFG, Shawinigan.................... BFG, Louisville.................. UCC, S. Charleston........... Goodyear, Niagara...............
10 11
9 4
Two other interesting facts noted:
1. The annual incident rate of reported deaths from AGS does not seem to be decreasing*
2. The study indicated that no known USA cases of AGS have
occurred south of the 36th parallel, which is that part of
the country below the southern border of Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia. The author felt that this may
be a factor in case distribution from the standpoint of exposure level differences due to climate and open air plants in the deep south and closed plants in the north.
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