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March 23, 1971* 2 THE lOUISVIltf TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1974 - ", ~ iAlarmsystem summons cancer, scientists. S &J. - ''.-y Vrje - RMtttwMrOmMnwMtf: Dr. & Cuyler Hammofl. society vice- ^ST. AUGU5TINB, FU. -- A Kcw Or- president for epidemiology, said five ktm frieotlM today said he and follow more deaths hare been reported in other ^ rteearcherehare discovered * sentry in plants in the United States. *4be body whose function ii to ware-of 2^ etsccf and mobiliae killer cells against it fecit' E* tpeculsted that people with cancer tare * dcOdency cf this 'recognition far* - >to" tHF), In animal experiments and In Prelections suggest that eventually 5 =? out of 100 vinjrl-chlertd* workers wiii *'of the liver disease compared with a gen-' mi incidence of l in 80,000. 'evttgfaminc woik with psUeats, RF added ijkto. the bodyfcas boosted resistance to Heisrer, u\ Patient* with cancer have modi le**' Cw&Pr ocieatisu Cad The more advanced Of farther concern, be said, is tbe ef fect on coostunen of vinyl plastic, a ms* terial that is used, for example, to pack age fresh meat. toffee di*e-*c is, tb* less the amount of RT. Vinyl chloride also is used as a propel feBut the BPlerel can bounte back if lant in pressurised can of consumer Fjtrach of the cancer has been removed products. *ur$k*lty or otherwise treated effective>= Hammond said tbe liver deaths could < JsoIsUmj of ir -- protein from the hare bent prevented bad viny] chloride ir. - trtobd pUam* m reported to a semi* ^Jpir for science reporter* sponsored by been tested first in animals He caned for a registry o* all new chemicals In grabOAmcrtan Csaccr Society, troduced in industry. -Dr. Nicfcottt B. IMbuzio, professor and l^ttoartMO cf the Department of' Phyai- - ohAy at Tutant University Medical School, said that when RF is injected directly into patients' tumors, there is a An earlier seminar report warned of possible cancerous effects from tbe ex panding sea of chemicals man has spread around tbe planet in the past 40 years. , i reduction In the site of the cancer. "Tbe sir we breathe contains gases ,-i- In addition to rececneing Dm find and particles that never before entered ! sddfns of cancer growth, RF has the capsr* the human lung. Our food bt$ chemicals 1 *ltjr to mobilise thousands of killer ceils. designed to improve its taste, freshness, 'Known as macrophages. Those surround appearance -- but which are strancc to ,^4ka,cancer and destroy it. Macrophage* *fc*ve Iona been known to act against ' gem* that invade th<4>ody^Their our intestines, livers, kidneys, blood.** the report said. irenast agasad cancer u ntfsr *"*-- riA-- . ' >v /: r T *itC f& 9 frZ i i =-" - i V i 1 I i j i i ! i i T nrtPUISVILU TIMES . 3/2V7V 2 more victims of rare cancer U,,',, re n* GMOfetf Tin & Bubber Co, today announced that it bn uncovered two . Km deaths of worker* at its Niagara Balls, N. Y..plant from a me fora of eanoeraftbel&cr. Tbo announcement, boat company headquarters in Akroc, Ohio, raists to 10 , the number of known deaths of workers L is American vinyl- cad poijTinyl-chlnride | plants from angiosarcoma. Previously, j Goodyear bad reported on death of a , : *4.* >' ! ToUghor UJS. vinyl<htafWe workers will be In ffect soon. Page B3. V. Mgara Falls worker. the B. F. Goodrich Cs. had iqwrted five death* -- all at Its Louisville plant on Bell* Lane -- and Onion Carbide Co, had acknowledged one death at a West Virgins plant The two deaths announced today wens Of a 54-year-old man who died in I960 and n OBfearold man who died in 397a The younger man bad worked at the Goodyear riant from 2951 until his death; the other Bad worked there for 54 years. Goodyear officials say they are spend ing an estimated St million on equipment to better safeevard the plant's 440 work er* sod on medical detection and Rirreillasoe of the workers. The Goodyear plant like the Goodrich plant here. H one of the older ones In the country. It Opened In 1046. Virtually all of these 'victims were erpoaed to vinyl chloride fume* far Imsc Mrtods. The material is a basic bulldiog Mock In the plasties industry. Goodyear two weeks ago save extensive medical examinations to all of the Niag ara Falls workers. Earlier, the pint onion began its own medical exam inations of tease workers, seeking to es tablish a connection between their em ployment and tt^dJamden^Thi studies are continuing.. r ^ elf mS-SSmmM^k}Mrnk M s 8 ' LOUISVILLE TIKES HMCH 22, I974 Stricter standard ahead? {4J.S. to toughen rules on vinyl chloride wJfKNXIiWUW l Mi npoHN knit tf 90 firti ptt |M> TMM* Mt WXNr dllhm. Tbe sBomtole amount of exposure of Today's erroouocement aald that, under woetere to otayl chloride futaa will be Ute law. U temporary standard term reduced from $00 pert* to SO putt par a * proposed ptnaueal standard, twnfgibUoneMpeJtt^etoottyeierndby Htheealth(MAiednm) taOiac*. bbenWtiottuwTMuufroTmi^O,*S^HAHaepu!k*eai*mredn. tntiea (OSHA). eould be even tougher iTbe new level* conform to the tUfr- Tbe anoM/ncwnert said oSHA's t eci tost month tor the Kentucky Oc- idderation of 1 permanent Standard would cppatipns] Safe!)' end Health Adasini*- include reoomroeniiaUen* from the N*. tnhien. tfamal Institute of Occupational Safety Federe OSSA officiate announced the d Health (N'lOSH). seonao-bc-issplwncniod change today to a A spokesman for NIOSH. which term UUanent from Waihington. The federe! tsti adriaon' body to OSHA, said earlier ftendard* an considered "tmerscncr, tbte mooch that the icatitai* could not temporary* one*, and can remain (a ef< say any level of expcmrre to riayl ctdo- feet for sp to six montha before a per- tide it `bale.' msacnl standard must bt act, officiate r said. Om part per rnBUoat . Tbe new federal standards also call for workplace aoniu>ring. and. "where ex- U recommended that protective equip poaurc is greater than Ute Shputa-ptr- ment be worn when monitoring devices affifoa totL pereonel protectsv* meat- found tbe level of vinyl chloride at One area and equipment" pan par million parts of air. (Tbe Kentucky standard calls for pro- N10SH also recommended specific toetive equipment trims tbe level reaches work practices and that certain medical SS parts per million. The federal standard screening tort* andamaaropJing pro- arfilpre^l. however.) dure* be nude a p*n of the permanent j standard. ; A federal OSHA spokewnsn id the (When XIOSH consulted with industry llHttW of tte cmergttwy wjrt toV More maidnp ft* recommendation to lows disclosure earlier tote year tort fiv* OSHA toe Industry indicated it wanted a *. F. Goodrich Co. employe* at toe SOasrippermitiUon rimdardL B. F. Good* tommies! giant here hive died of anglo- rich and other dmnital companies that caisema. a w liver mtrm the put ** vinyl chloride have said they now >10 years and two wwktn who are rtfij maintain each % lew) *t their ImlitieU living have toe dishes*. All had worked -vinyl chloride. Slender said toe permanent standard Could be id effect as early as June. Fhf other deaths, two today, have The permanent standard will not be been reported from other chemical com- adopted until tbe public baa been given a y Ia-w- - e* , *>- chance to comment m toe measure, and vtoinnJrht >ua a while bearing oh toe I . a i-C^lf taeea. n OSHA spokesman said. "The emertcncy'^Undard iSI . miifetefe'teaaugfcf lo protect workers ttm tot grove dan- gm we know exist," the announcement In addition to toe fed-finding bearing Quoted Asst. Secretary of Labor John H- held by OSSA toe spokesman said, Sten- fteader as wring- Slender it bead of tbe dcr and other high OSHA officials have j federal OSHA made visits to pitots to determine pos- { leader aald the new standard wifi go stole means ef limiting workers' exposure to vinyl chloride, s substance used in toe \ Into effect after next week's pubbeatioo manufacture of certain kinds ot plasties. : in the Federal RegiMer. # ' Or, I. Bradford Slock, medical consult- ' 11a said ton rridcnc* presorted *1 an OSHA fact-finding beefing in Washington on Ftb. 1J led to the emergency ceiling of 5$ parts per millien, averaged over an eight-hour period. ant to tbe Kentucky Department of Labor, said be was 'very pleased trito the ! (temporary) standard.'' Block said be feel* tbe standard wrfil afford protection to workers and at the same time allow industry to continue to As Itrttan arientiri, Ceeare Waltonl, operate. haa said be observed vinyl chloride to Labor spokesmen had been critics] of be eancereausing in animal* at exposure OSHA in not setting a temporary rtaft- ' levels of 290 pans per million. Slender dard while H considered a permanent sutd. but there were no apparent 1U ef- SA ESA .- *SK-"Sfc -.5*r-- kSTEJIESDAy, AFBIL 17, 1*7* IkoAerawh Ytegt Dradtsast Spat, Charles Reynold*. Braton. Mara: Bentley Kiti** DeparSMesrt Frafesito&al Hfr Spray (or M, 13- ifiterta; TD&Cve Foot Dirial. 7- oimce. The Guarit Go: and Charles oance, Rssds .CoraiuR CV* ;Deodorant Reynold* Lottie Htr Spray, M-ounce, ?Spray, T-Ooaet, Cowwner ViI Stores; tiurtes Reynolds. * Scatter Pwiwwt (or Jfe9, 7coce. The *d Cbek Matt $way Da- ffl| ' Spray. 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