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COCTttS^QtS?m THUftSDA\, XL'd'Sr
1974
Senators -told control^ needed W-.
on use.of toxic substances, \r.
By CHAJUJS a. 5ASCSCE
lari iseeiia? In dtsenn diiferEoce* in tbe with G industry study. TM* 4ax preb*
ee '*sd Smsto verstocs ti she bilL ahh- brr*tu* the siastiJaettutra* study
WASHINGTON -- VTilcewt* *1 * Sea' ate bf*n?g here yc<ertl*y dtod toe fe-
dissevered daggers oi vteyi cfcivf" Kte. to caurtr-CEiisinfi cietnK*! tint
' ide&U&d to Louimlle. u *Ti perfect of the aee-4 for a tocc-rto-
- grass c^i^tpI tall to crop bans^al prod-
Under the bill,, industry, iuetf u-ould.. u&n} $ '`sbsproponwsate number of fe
b require to make pm^naxkei lest* of c**tly hired n^sjev" bp said,
its products asd if lb* BPA coidered toem hinjsiul to huewsaa cr the envirosmeal, they c&ild he bstmod 'before com* merciai produdica. .
Tbe NIOSK data shccd'-a ST.per cent . iiKTcase to -caisna' &*ths amr^bg -tbe
pely*iayI*cfeSdride erorteto1. riedtod be yond vHsad vyDirid ferre i>* isxptcinL Aad
At prent ire
tsdarifjwact thpu.^ ibs rintnber of des'.fes ffsnj Ijrer
- t*tU rui e the snsrktlptec^
`be B. F. Goodrich aaiiauticesneai of the ctnrrz wa ii tirwe the r;5.wper ejected,
Ot. Irving S. SelikeU, a noted authority viaybcbkrito . deaths At its . Loatsvilrt there u-as *>s *;cs4a eeucer mortality*'
00 eecspitiows) health mwch, U>Jd the pUal--<o take the lead,.
ia other organs iailasSin? toe respirator?
Senate Commerce subcommittee &a the
emirvsEfnt that vinyl chloride day CiMt to react to crisis situations. Ft- instance,
ctB'r*i ^rT0JS
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VboStly saieiion,.ts well as caw rev* t Food tstd IDires Adtstototniksa cdfidai oecr S*KL
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era! ssEcsrs bewdes the rare Lritr disesi*
fjtiek Bseoverc-d el the B, F. Goodrich t^ont rn Louisville. to ptnmt
ubo hsve worited nt tbe pU*t have died . erf the disease.
&i toe bearmgi yesterday said that his- -la rebuttal io tin sk*G? ASfrviny)*
agency didn't rrta imow riasl chloride C citiorWc vitaesMTS, Kaipb L. Harding Jr,
uni bring used commoaly H prop?#- ofCJi&rci of tbe ^oriciy of toe Pities
Jaal in b2r sprays.
-fsdustry. rrpe*tcd the }cdystry*s r^-
The h&stijT amcged 'bearings
not
; ii.ftth.et*
aa-jniS'a.-SM! gyjwserata'sdaycoincide with the reumot&s ei Iscg-
. dortcist HdumnSmuUo walctm n>W-
top os ttoxlc^ubritnc, bill that passed 'incredibSe*- -that the pistks i^Jnstry i t
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bath htrxes ixst Bffgrtw-, -
kepi from gireemawot tutoPrjiica (or a HO said that poh-storf efuertoc s *,\n
&3.~ Jo-hfi Tutiftey, O-Caljf-. a stress
} Hs ksouledse that via?} chloride u4 iier <^j>cer la jau ia Hslim
ubiquilcoi &cd .-critically ' ircj^s-taai maieriiS in ibe.fe5ras(ottoi sns'cc'.^r <T
backer <rf the bill ted the sly traitor pressesl f the daviofij: tcsttarpav yr&er-
day, tiirS EeHkefi ji it t^as ovensatf&j
mcdicel TXlhWwO^dMWm'B
fcdors of or essstr.^ay." And ehensa fte
*t" Tlvr-IrVS-xttb^%' %_ .-It^tCfi.JC sf.l , 4ii IhtjCsJile rSieCCvml S to be,SO
tv't"1 V
the case to v that chesakais that altered . cete structure Uirer-lened the homes
rare. The Jioust Sinai (NAM Sriaol Of
iSedriise doctor replied qukkly/ "No, the fetor* of the next gesjsnstiaa it to sr bii-da.* . 7 testimony yesterday daeh oa the
` eanttrt e&rtrovmy over lb* danger* of
tokologjii for tbe Dow Chemical Co. and
bead of tbe Menofacturisg Cbemim AiAodatien'* (MCA`) viaykhiaride mositertog team, fttid roly Hut he ir ^surprijed" Gut tbe UCA hadn't told the National Institute for Oeccpetional Safety and HeaJto (NIOSH) about the liadinc* earlier.
' Wl V--<*-is bo>b mas and asimali be tuged cat?tiem by lawmakers.
Harding said tbe indcstry could Hit: whb the Hove remos Jbe proposed ; tcaric^ibstwwea cocircl bUb d esbed f tie cnnoMftee to maka laws that fit Arb* ] toUe'z wore* that Taw is reason free ol j
pa&kffl.*'
-vinyl i3oridv, a baric building block of
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! *Miw = A Some tWM Hite-SH *ff Vos
^,1Gw modem plastics industry- Eat SeUkrff a tKXrmtf sWmwS PteM
weuM, iKl-t i^nr.-s ih Tunne, m < a-
OOd Sever*! of the eib*r Witrittg* had im, mid* a Si!f*r. w* -
CMw4 iiWit ,
aamwx ia lie
* cppesrcd before the oo&xmHtoe before' Dr. Hwras Key. dtrector of NIOSH, awobiUfCpwtoccn/crcsoe.
to sr*roe the need for the toxic-eubsUace* etid that trhen-hii nssarcbm met-with ^ The Seoath bill coa&dtral tbe tlrosg.
fell tbe industry ebetrosto in the remmer of or hr tob^'irtt for and a^aicyi it. calls
The prr'tsttow of the omen of tot 19TS. 'they jwealri to os. oh, well we fri toiaslry to notify tbo EPA of all new
frsr 2003 have to begin now.** Seltkoff didnot gettoe specific* of tbrir riudica."
>t marirs-u. in addition to pro-
Uii M don't mind ee&ing back U*e end
Ne antkm ol th* KvocnxW *MW MU nude at Hat Ume, he taid--"It it had
J1? J}^ S." '$?
again to testify," be id In * brief ic!*rv vita? afir hU tedimeny. "Pwwte ri that
bid WOUld focus public fcilSb3 00 0 great problem."
been, .re vMmia hare mhen cethel?..Od-itcatton ptswlajeti u the suw bJt
Jjiftemn ceort* of Goa becatu* <d tbe, 3^irtber bare painted out that vinvl mdeajwdn* ottbe saterdd.'- -Jr -/ chloride fflljot not hate tern ernffct ter
^ , , , , , .. . ' , prcxssibe*,sfrccnias because tl thenaicaj.
XI there had been such a law to screen The rolyvteyl cblonae p!^ nd* femu's is tso\ sutpicious. Bst toe hoUfjci*
vinyl chloride before it wn marketed, fto vtoyl
ttd m an
ciaese wonio h>Te shown it win to
he added, "1 can stale unequivocal!? that eSaedanco of '-prodorts, -towe piUe ^ ^-jddy procured and would iacc
m* could hove decocted iU tovirity fppi* P*P to pHaogrpi recor^ end lood *lertod the cnlorrL^ ttfnx? id check it
coaoat cyoalitie*) 'and earciDOgcnjcity (its pareaging.
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more closely, tbe aide *aM.`
tendency o produce canerrf
-' Another NIOSH official, in. Joseph ____ ;-------------------- __1---------:-------------------
Giber speaker* reprwenling the E* viroomtaUl Protection Accra? CEPA),
the National Cancer liuthatss tbe Occu
pational Safety tad HeatUx Adnlnlstra-
tios end e chcrckiJ vorher*' uaioa also urged pu%a$e of the bill.
K. Wagoner, director of. the isstotulc * tr^
field riudks* released infonnsUoa >t-s* i
tenia? showing a much greater ioddroce r
oi.casctr amone rjnybchloride workers .f
tbfis.ao earlier jndwftjj'atodi*.
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Until the eofcieiws #wt Mtmdag'. it
said trie govenuoenl wjy showed .
had bees note than 10 month* woce tbe ' is cverdl taomlity risk **t vsncrwo" ;>.
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