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M M O ... TM fy-hriuJbuu $'/>-?> RECEIVED MAR 14 19^4 ft. N. WHE"' DAftWM l IHOAOS ucc 006937 '^ CHEMICAL REPORTER March 4, 197& 1 , ; \i a b* 11 0 m ti w * '. h<,c m Out of ?0'.o? !*1 , or1., -ra ei.iyl.V'. on oil.i)i!ish:r.`.nt of adequate safety statl- t-jlyi l t-J'ti-" . ;-i\ !uct... . t d :rdii. which, says ICF "obviously db Ti 'n' -i.if. liti r.\. uy. jiUnt vt P.. riuuil mil pxist at present." [ fifiy-P.rct: -r. ausiioc'.i-J to li.-v; Comiiu.i ths r;<vc furm of livor canoet. Of forty-^evcn reported seriously ill, twenty-nine are Incapacitated. The lat ter worltcr* have been receiving mo per-` cent of tiieir Hilaries without a time limit. Report* on this outbreak of liver can cer are being circulated by trade unions affiliated with International federation of Chemical A General Workers' Union (ICF), of Geneva. The ICF affiliates are acting to seek immediate clarification of the dangers involved ia production of vinyl chloride A* previously reported, six deaths at the a. F. Goodrich Chemical Company VCM plant in Louisville, Ky., are be lieved to have been caused by angiosar coma. ICF affiliates have been asked to lot cate the companies and plant* product in? PVC in their countries; to alert plant uniod section* as to the haxards; to study, past ailments in these plants; to raise the matter with local manage) meats; to seek the cooperation ofpublic and Private health authorities and doe) tors and to transmit local information to ICF head office in order to document tM amt PVC end to press for the immediate actual {world-wide situation with a view I o nitialitag an international actio* progran i. lCFhas written to the Director Goner I of the World Health Organization asking ft r hi* co-operation on a world-wide investigi ition of the haxard within the framework < I WHO's new program an occupational health and safety. At a later stage. ICF tntcada to < an international meeting ta carry oat' consequent measures aimed at irradlcaih this apparent threat ta workers' health. ICF [caamerataa the work deaa by 8.1 h Company and Dow CbenUe4 Company oa a vehmury basis, as wall within Imperial Chemical Mhatria*. ` The 1G Chentle reports Hut the IV mandetits itaait Is a variety ot ayn . such as ehaagag e( the skto aad base dan aa oa hasds. arms and Ian- IJCC 006938