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)tOMlLUONQU~OW: j Nancy Frey andfamily ! arc sutctng SmathXlzne 1 C o p . , whasc Cu3hisn ' Grip aaesive also con- -7 i I .,. tained benzene. How m y people m y be afTected by the ben- WIIY wibmiziaLiuti k nor. yet clear. because the mmpnnies have fniig5t. ta keep a tight lid m information But the nmbcrs i couId be signlttcant: L`f the mre than 35 r d i m dcnturc weazws in the I U.S., soins 10 f i o n are estimated to be regular I usem of adhesives. Tcdays adhesives are either fire GI jbwzene or con- tain trace amounts be limpti t o hp harmless. 1i MEDICINE . .. But before the 1990 re- caU, Onfix Speaal, Bme. and CItrhiOn G q contair,,ed enol@ ben- zene that the FDA w m e d of a %Z!I ! ol & a c . Pebr F. Idante. di- rector of the OccupationaI Safety & I DID DENTURE CREAMS 1I PUT USERS AT RISK? Health Admir&ration's Office of Btpndards Review, estimites thjt the benzene cwld caxe one e x m m e of ledmnia ill vvtrry &Ooo p p l e W.:J used the creazps regularly for flve years. &- nospite pnhlic A ; s u r a m e C that the creams were safe, some executives of adhesire maken did express Through 1990, benzene was present insome products con- that the benzene n the prod- , ucts could p a pMem ascorriing to : For 15 pesrs, Robert H.Frey began his mnung routine by stickbg hlp den- mto place. Five times dunng the day he flpeated the bathroom and threw up," says Nanq Frey, his wife. Frey died later that par at age 71. and now tis family is suing SmithKline a ~ ~ ` e u mW ~n D~ Xinvtscigation ConFa- I ny documents disclosed in connectior. W i t h h ~ i n k p a a n d W ~j n D.C, Show t b 10% a~ 19%. scientists at Norc2iff Thqw Inc pushed this proc0SS. U- either O x d x Spc- far $30 million. The compcuty uhL*LLb lu h v e the crrrdnogen removed Wrn PAor Brace band adhdves. It wasn't that the levels of benzene p r e s e n t the company" adhesives. Norcliff-. until 1mthat Fny,*,heretired head of meanved in parts pr d o n - w m ~ fnr which Inter h m e part of SmithEi- maintenance for an Ohio school district., learned that this mundane ritual might tco low to do any harm.Bu: some inde pendent experts disagrre. 50 does the Mits sup?Ecr, CAI Carp.. mad^ a @or effort to hc 3 benzenefie far- MWb n deadiy. ser;Oud> ili wiLh l a - Food & Drug Adrmxustraaon. ;vhc8 m-&ica. hmia.he received a letter f h m a Phd- i d a r e 4 of the pmducts in 1990. Unfortunately, t.hese efforts prwed adeiphia cowt n~tiqrine;him thnt these S m i t ? ? eis 5aing -&ni.lw ,cuita h n n B fnrtae53 until the 1990 dACWICifl& denture mmsmade by SmithKline hanm of other rictims or their ami- to mmpany memos m d e p b l i c 5 Lhe Beecham PLc-had once contained benzene, a proven c a n m o r n "He went in vors. And at least four lawsuits have been fled against ScherinpPlough lawsuits. ~ ~ ~ I u ccotntsaining b n r r ~ n + remained on store shelves &se PLAlNTIFF'S EXHIBIT nf nwh f m t o ~s hck of a platable usod kenzone in the hb to wleh their repiaQment xi a mmpetkive market, hands,'' says Daniei Xdson, a PhD strains between a supplier and a cu8- chemist and onetime head o i product tomer, and corporate upheaval. Only development for N O M . when New York State authoritieswere Iadeed, in l275, when Norcliff w s mntncad by 811 tip.eCr ~h wid to XEevlon Lnf, the cornpar3 even the p d ~ c t ws ithdrawn and substiaaes introdnced another denture dh&ve, quickiv marketed. O d i x Spdd, made with the . m p The benzene saga ws5 pried lwse by in. But s i p of trouble b e e n to a p s e s ~ pdbint.W attarneys despite pars peat t ? ?year '.he National Irstitute or rcefmnce and a reliance on secrec3. for Ompatlmal Sate7 h Health class- ! orders by corporate defense lawyers. tied beraene as a mspected c a r b a g e h `' T h e story began around 1970, when McKewon Corp., through its NorcW 'I axm bepan ma* the denture adhe sive Brace. me product used a m a called Ganms-97,a Eastrsticking p l y - Th@ aMef m o w runory rC&tcrri woo that workers inhaling benzene fumes auld develop leukemia, a link ~JKSWA by dWkm in I928and strengthened.by research publisaed m later years. mer made by chemical maker GAF. Beu- A3 livrar pdm4a gmw irl Ewznr&ity, 7 m e was 9. key ingredient in the resin's more damning data began to emerge I manufacture. At the t i m ~ .benzene-n nhhlrt bn7m-w Tn 197. Iniknte ys~hliJld whent-was used in hau sprays and a seminal study on 1eUkem;a m benzene dry-crfanme; solu&ns. "People mutheiy workem, and the Environmental Ram- tion &em added beawn@to it8 iiSt of -. interferec!with effo-m to fmd a &titute. Ln the late 19706, NcxcWa adhe 'Weknowfor certain that kIuene cml.scsmultiple forms of leukemia' In 1987, CISHA tightened the work- place starzdard foraversge mmne ben- zene e.uposure h m 10 parts per million to 1. But agaia, t&e mn o $ t a n d d for solid products, such M denture cream. Xeanwbile. the market fclr Can- txez resin wa3 expanding. de- veloped rater in the l9Ns 88 Gaaw, made it8 way into at least one b m d of toothpaste. The resuiting benzene lev4 in thu twthposto wasi far lower Lban Ieveis found in the denture adhesives. ppny "worked closely in the develop ment of these products" with cu.sx~;ners ;uni "pniptly p u v i d d lliaui will1 .dl relevant infomation at ow dhpcsal-" Again, t,hmgh, h~n7,~nseremcld t n loee pnoxity in a corporate shuftle. LT! 1989, S m e and Beecham me@ 8nr;L %emormulat~~enf b r b were stu.tt- ed b m st. Louis to Pmlppany, N.3. Beecbum CYQl rctired the m r d i f f m n c . SmithKhe Beecharn continued to ma^. ket the denture adhesisea masm.EwwER It wasnt mtd mld- 1990 that the issue surtaced again+h #me with fhr greater rxmii.iutiu:u.. hi anonymous whistle-blower sent an drumhg no& to regubtnrs & tb Now Yo& %,et cbnrmmer Pmtection Board. F&sidudbewane traned up in a stzQ of denture a d h e m s that the nnkr of the unsigned letter b e d to be m- vdrad m. %7x &lady wa9 abmptb -5- ded and wg ordered to desk@>- all records." the e t e r dd."1 w - peahg to pur god SEWSto help 170'. these highly toxic adhesives off the ahelrres. X camof go pubUc f i x fear of losing my job." New Y a k Stata regula- and the FDA wted the denture mmu. Five of the 10 bra& on the &et tumed out to ccnbin benzene. orafix Special and BW headed the E&, with i91 a d 190 park pt'd o n UfbCnanE,rcsptdve- ly. Scherhq's Cushion Gx5p foilowed. wkh 65 parts per million. Pr~cter& Gamble'$ Fasteeth and Fixodent were far lower, with just 29 md 12 part: per billion, Tespectively. During the mid-Mk, Procter C Gamble, ahich wt & & d m t x r - t % k b , hsrj Ad& Y Trrpi pmrldc fond, ahdwr, and ntbtingsite for mP;bi&. TICCSincrease property values. and make OUT homcs and ncighbolc howls more uvublr. ftea help cemem cacrg): Thq rwl C)IW h m c c and enti- dtim in the summet and slow cold winter winds. Shdc trCU md windbreaks cut M e ucliiey bills X 533%. Trccs clclr rht alr wc brcarhc. Thcy providc Iifc-giving oxygen while they mnclyr pawiclrlatn from thc air and rcduce mosohcric carbon dioxide. America ncds morc tress The United Scatcs bas lost a third 01 :Is &rest cover in me last 200 yEaJ 3. Our towns should have twice as many !&cet ~TCM%* they ha= tnday We need more rrccs around our homu and throughour. au comaw attics. Wc nccd mox mcs to p XCL our fvmi lklds ;uul our rlrcra and st-*. 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