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FILE NAME: Oil Industry and Am erican Petroleum Institute (API) DATE: 1948 Nov 22 DOC#: API102 DOCUM ENT DESCRIPTION: M em o to Dr. W oody RE Paper Read by Dr W.C. Heuper on the Subject of Occupational Cancer before the APHA November 22, 19^6 Sub ject t PAPER BEAD BY PR. W. C . HUEPER OH THE SUBJECT 0? OCGRPAHOHAL CANCER BEFORE! THE APHA P ear D octor Woody! A paper e n t it l e d P rev en tio n jjkL C o n tro l o f In d u s t r ia l Cancer was read by D r. W. C . HuepBr# C h ie f , Environm ental Cancer S e c t io n , Cancer C o n tr o l Branch, N atio n al Cancer In a titx ite , Bethaeda, Md,, before the In d u s tr ia l Hygiene S e c tio n and Subcommittee on M e d ical Care o f the American P u b lic H e a lth A s s o c ia tio n .' The o c c a s io n van the 76th Animal m eeting o f the . APHA and an audience e stim a te d by thei w r it e r at 200 - 300 people were in attendan ce a t T alb o t H all# Meichanlou B u ild in g , B oston, M assach usetts at 2*30 P .M ., November 11, 1 9 W . In h is p re lim in a ry rem arks. P r , Huepesr in d ic a te d th at re se a rch on the e tio lo g y o f cancer in d ic a te d a strong lin k between environment and cancer incidence Recent evidence ha pointed out a d e fin ite co rre la tio n be tween cancer in cid en ce and exposures to u lt r a - v io le t r a d ia tio n , a sb e sto s, b e n z o l, c e r t a in o rg a n ic am ines, p a r a f f i n o i l s , as w e ll as heavy petroleum d i s t i l l a t e s and d e g ra d a tio n p ro d u cts such as t a r s , c o te s , and p i t c h e s . Ha . then d iscu sse d an id e a liz e d approach to the co n tro l of the problem which would in volve the follow ing; p o in ts : 1) E v a lu a te tha c a r c in o g e n ic it y o f suspected compounds and m a te r ia ls through animal experim entation. 2) In v e s tig a te v i t a l s t a t is t ic records fo r cases o f cancer and tra c e the employment h is to r y o f these in d iv id u a ls . In c e r t a in . in s ta n c e s I t m ight be n ecessary to employ S o c ia l S e c u r ity re co rd s to fo llo w the employment o f the in d iv id u a l. 3) In case that the foregoin g provides evidence pointing to an un u su al incidence o f cancer in a c e r ta in in d u stry , the p la n t re c ords o f th a t in d u a tJ'y w i l l be in v e s tig a t e d to determ ine what a c t iv it i e s and exposures w ith in th a t industry produce the h igh er incidences of cancer. If) M ed ical d ia g n o s t ic procedures muBt be improved aa a r e n t many ca3aa are being m issed a t the present tim e. Considerable work o f th^a type i s b ein g done in p r iv a t e la b o r a to r ie s euui the 911230 B in E u lM 0 1 6 1 0 Doctor Woody November 22, 19h8 P u b lic H e a lth S e r v ic e 1h s o ttin g up such a la b o r a to r y a t Georgetown U n iv e r s ity , Washington, D. C . 5) Initiate preventive la e a s n r ijB a s b o o h aw possible since the I d e n t ific a t io n o f the o ffen d in g agent 1 b not n ecessary. I n d u s t r i a l l y , th e approach would be as fo llo w s } a) Through te c h n ic a l c o n tro l aim a t the complete eillm ination o f the exposure, o r, 'b) M inim ize the exposure by seeking improved induEitrlal ap paratus such aa le a k -p r o o f equipment, c lo s e d systems, e t c . c ) Provide s u ita b le personal p ro te c tiv e equipment such as g lo v e s , b o o ts, Impervious c lo th in g , e t c . d) P ro v id e adequate s a n ita r y f a c i l i t i e s . T h is wotild r e q u ir e an. exp an sio n o f lo c k e r f a c i l i t i e s In most e x is t in g p l a n t s . ) In stru ct the workers in the proper use of the p ro tectiv e meE.aures p ro v id ed and t e l l them why t h e ir co o p era tio n l a re q u ire d . f ) Jfoi c e r t a in o p e ra tio n s In in d u s tr y the exposure may be m lilm lzed by the use of team s, trained to perform th e ir d u tie s w ith a minimum o f exp o su re, and pro vid ed w ith s p e c ia l oafguards, 6) M adi.cal c o n tr o l programs must be se t up, not on ly f o r c u rre n t d ia g n o sis and treatm en t, but aimed at fo llo w in g the worker through out a la t e n t p e r io d which may extend f o r 15-20 y e a r s . 7) A govoinm antal fa c t o r y in sp e c tio n system would be set up to in aure th at the fo rego in g requirements are met. 8) P r o t e c t io n f o r workers in In te r B ta te commerce would be secured by s e tt in g up standards fo r co n ta in e rs and s u ita b le warning lab els. 9) h a g is t r a t io n and lic e n s in g by a government agency would be re q u ire d f o r th o se f a c t o r ie s h a n d lin g known c a r c in o g e n s . 10) Amendlrg o f p resent S ta te occu p ation al disease laws to provide s u ita b le com pensation fo r o ccu p atio n a l cancer and to in su re the in d u stria l control of exposures. Industrial Hygienist 30 BinEulM 01611