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* LAST JAKOAHT t.froisn e< hijMml ride lun>es has atmteed to 12 enrtddde.
ebrrnkal company exeeiuve* and ibftr Fire erne crater* M the Goodrich plant
; rwsbBe rebdom men haddled m Abnn, in the Botibeflowa section d tanisnSn.
^ ?`oass, issr a not unusual Sunday night Too more workers there are now bcis(
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Us*Ud ler the dread disease.
Tie t*-ri*aN0 deaden uia lw made. And tbe chemical and plastics in.
Sto tellet had bees bitten. Tbe a f. dastries hare been turned lspsy-dorcy by
#i- Goodrich Cm. wj going to km to "go the toniirraatioo of the indusines' wrrst
r$: joidst" with arhal 4ii nail (nw? of suipidons: Vinyl chloride, co&aidcnd by
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, tb* iadusuies for yaan as a mundane*
gi'J On* ft* $*4 utetnl yc*r* *r least hai+jaesUal che&ksd ttsy las ta is*
sttot 'vdim 1 the Biter* Louisville sidieni* killer.
B ;eh*euc*l phart had icwusibed to the Equally dcoificast. the four months of eateedingU' rare Iona cl owner of faM-peeed disdoauc* about Tiayl rhl> -1? -ib* Bwr a type* usernames teat learisde bane raised snore ^aestioss sbost lit
Amerioaae are kmnrs to safety than the worlds icadins dansisia,
' b :Sat*edlcdeftt derla* all f la* year.
biolocisu, tsdckssot^hare becaable to-
:. <iaoitv bed resumed jta mescal teat. answer for r.a amdous wihJic. -i.'
Sj'riadg d other etnpSeyw at it* Soils Las* The oucittcna are significant Wsosa
three Benths eArlier. It gad testily *1nyl chionde i* an eeaesUai istfredtea*
^j!P , artsej^da aerie* oi isertiPK* with a tram, ,f many of the {dastfea-ift css^ixm use *" x fd ostde *Mtj*esj **s&h*sAfc Asd the ; bd. enifl recewny, ers* a ecrrucsc^ly tued
} f; wr^ssy-!* teftsait'c* * esw wady to pn^xliaat ia matty household tw*y peed-
, '"iajwajso* at lead tutif
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%#$een tef ether tat ct the plant BERT ABC SOUB of lb* nnesttons tad
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some of the eorreat. if not complete an-
... -i if AS d* eutiiiOr Wded fws* *tab* rweiy to many of them based oa inter*
ami to phrase It: *Th* corrway ts i- slews with chemical and plastics tedasOy .
fa .rWadjpdloe ehcthw the c*t dsatfe* of otCtiiJt, bdol^dsta. gorerpmect oitisals,
*s^sye in the jwin'izyl chloeide and doctors oy*i tbe past foor moslbs:
' T-opera^a* <tt its Looimile c!tnt men - te&tta te occspdkm] waives. Ths sane
X*Tat is risyi thkrid*?
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,: wioase else suea#tf that *nh# reported It is a highly volatile cbeaical that is' ^- tes kA the (teeths are atxhject tv shipped about tbe country in huge oa
. _ Ulie* as a licrtld. At plants suets ** tbe.
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ed transfbT^ed Lrto a snore sulniiaed ` while *>*??, rennsblinj sogur, tailed
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tjaai-.y for special death heseOU.
- r,i* *tpjy- otitlirans the Gt&ir.zh
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p:-;>-rin>i chioride or, more coBteHmly, PVC. PYC Is batic odildinf block chest, leal usrd in tbe tassitfacturisg of many plastics.
. n Jit noted. t.-.w> cosipary r*a nocer* It the concern about the chemical's ef
.' tala wbeUver or cm the deaths *w* job- fect oa health a new one?
related. The nsneiteisct*} iiaplicaboa ei that asjsoaasesswrd ssit ti wrii lurve hem
crerlosied is the n;te ssdi ewais except fey tbeae dimt'y isyoHcd -- bt i* the etidepeo moasted is the enssins ewb, t*s7 apere nob
No, various tedtaicsd and medical reporta hare been cirrclaied tinre at Ifcwt 1955 about ifct posabie teede effects vtay! thtoride sticht have on animals. How ever, until ibis year, maay cbcausal con-
. Totiz?. sesae iost r?i',ths later, the ! SWtobirr <sf ctjtCBiea] v^ttera* deaths sb
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12D - i THE COUUSI^DUUVAL ft TIMES, SUNDAY, MAT 19. 1974
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from tine to thse 'targes" and leali the bottle* into the liquor in esmH Quan
tend tbe exposure ierels abort tbe sUn> tities after tbe products were stored for parties have considered there scientific dsrd, wrjuirtng workers to wear jjrotec* some months. The liquor and plastics in findings to h? }osdu*ire and cot recta- Gve breathing equipment Goodrich has dustries said tbe findings were in
wtrilr sr&nikabie to humans. Acd there said it will "meet any reasonable sUn> conclusive although Goodrich confirmed reports vere not ghva broad attention la dsrd" bat a spokesman has been unable the methodology used is (be testing.
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tbe masr- iTjedit uotii after tbe Goodrich fticd^ira, .
(At le,vA raw chemical company, Dow
Chfrakal Co, found through iU own retorch >i:st vinyl efcterisie exposure tanwvi hrrr &amego in animals u early
1&S2 sad began euttin? toe exposure
to define whst tbe company conritirrs a "reasonable standard."
Wby has them been such a heavy to
odence of the liver cancer at Che Loais-
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Chemical industry officials generally
And testa indicate that aercuoi sprays produce brief exposure levels that are higher than those allowed for chemical workers. However, again, tbe Industrie* say the findings are inconclusive.
VtAXY aerosol manufacturers have
Jmit in it* plant*. Other Urns, lotlading concede that exposure levels have been stopped using vinyl chloride a* the pm-
Goodrich, besea mating sore dramatic highest at tbe older, Iras efficient pla&ta pcUaal while the goremmest, under
- rertb*efc in verst exposure early lift aid all studies indicate Uut prolonged prodding from tbe media and consumer
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Year. 1'sscerer, th bilk of the m safeguard* were not pat into effect until
exposure greatly increases tbe chances of a worker contracting tbe disease.. Tbe
advocates, has asked tbe remaining firms to voluntarily da tbe same.
thisyear st Goodrich.)
Bells Lane plant of Goodrich, which Manufacturers and tsopHers contend
WKst U a `telt* cxpoaart ltnl to vinyl ... chloride? . .,
began prodsscti&n la 1942, is one of the that tbe breakdown of PVC and the re oldest still operating in tbe industry. Fed lease of vinyl chloride u very alow and eral officials have also errtwired Use . the gas U quickly dissipated in the air.
Apsskt rty nobody la sa authoritative housekeeping and safety precautions at However, in tbe absence of my docu
. position knotty for sare Whik tbe in* tbe plant since tbe January announce mented "safe" exposure standard,' re
, . onstiy has bees operating under a ment. Goodrich baa since greatly ex search is continuing.
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.: "antrterxy" standard retting the wxteam'exposure at 3 parts of the fin per
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panded it* safety and vinyl chloride moto torifig operations there.
BECAUSE the plant has operated long
la tbe chemical a dancer to the envi ronment and people residing or trawling through areas near toe chemical plants?
alter the Gothics annottsKeraeot, carets er than most, more workers have beea Again, apparently nobody knows for
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ere tmdcr v.-.v by- at least two federal exposed to greater concentrations of tbe sure. Tbe industry people say so. Govern health agtacw*. to forbid car delectable chemical for longer periods. And because ment investigators are now monitoring
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;* of tbe rarity of the liver cancer, called the chemical in tbe air and Ohio Biver angiosarcoma, cases of tbe disease among water near the Bells Lane plant to see
f- tNOtJSTHY SPOKESMEN bm replied other worker* may have been improperly just what toe exposure levels are. And
' that this proposed near standard would be diagnosed.
the industry U continuing to bury its
V Impossible to eas&pl* with became they (toe of tbe Goodrich deaths, for ex sludge or chemical residues in ordinary
dsuD technology ud equipment for rara- ample, went undetected is tbe in- landfills and pump its treated liquid
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plianre do nc* east. And if it did, they add that it would be econtssfadly impar
tible to instil] foch strict atiegnards in sorb a high-volume. low-profit industry. Hearings are expected ea tod issue in Jane.
rcsti jsticm until The LoaisriUe Timet in its own check of medical records pointed it out to company officials.
U the chemical dangerous to con sumers?
wastes into sewage systems.
Why can't tbe industry rtop producing vinyl chloride and PVC or rednee its ex posure levels to undetectable lewd*?
The chemical ia essential to a number
Meanwhile Goodrich and others ere op- Apparently nobody knows for sure. of other industries producing a variety of
: ctfatiag st wbat they say u exposure Federal authorities tart year banned tbe plastic products -- from phonograph,
keels below the 50 parts per miiiioe ose of PVC bottles fee liquor because records to floor tiles--which employ feun- i
lcrd. although. they danm^t tbst vinyl chloride was found leaching oat of dreds of thousands of peopie. There is no.
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!Jb tbe t>Fee eases ^h meosxxes that Can the liver cancer, angiosarcoma, be lircr ss>d medical disorders.
Nrrcsctld rcqpre unctu-v^itte expense* na>. detected?
;feing well iota tbe hundred* of aniUkma of Unfortunately the on).v certain disc Most the cbemics] industry test hew
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pending is Concress that *uid re?ai!u th_i_s. _Some _J0,100 chemicals^ , m_ *_xs^yi. ~;
*" flwti^cei^uV'for'*a^o**reoau them ptriccSy'r safe, are now'in prihie-,
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