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Nader group urges recall of vinyl chloride hair spray the firm believes it poses no health WASHINGTON -- fUlph Nade/a hazard. Health Research Group today ureed two Wolfe wroke to EPA Administrator Ras- federal aienries to remove irom the mar sell Train thst his agency b asked pesti ket immediately ail hair sprays and pesti cide manufacturers for pcnrtiftion io cides containing vinyl chloride. mske public the names of product* con Dr. Sidney M, V/ojfe, director of the consumer organization. directed the letton to the Tood and Drug Administration end the Environmental Protection Agen cy (EPA). He noted that it has been more than t month since hs petitioned for a ban, re taining vinyl chloride and that it may re quest them to withdraw the chemical from the pesticides. \ "Such withdrawal* must he mandatory^ and immediate, if consumer protection, is to ba insured,'' be said. calls and public identification of products containing the propellant chemical that is licked to several cases of liver cancer among industrial workers. "Each day this action is delayed, mere people will be exposed to this cancer- causing chemical/' the festers said. : fc - tr - Ui&vi&vw*er><fc4 (Concern about the chemical ha* mounted since the recent announcements of an apparent link between the deaths of nine American chemical workers and their exposure to vinyl chloride fumes. Fire of ih? men worked at the Bells l^tne plant of the B.P. Goodrich Co. in. Lo ; ?vjllc, and two additional workers thc.-v have been diagnosed as having the same form of very rare cancer of the liver.) Wolfe Mid the Health Research Group is aware of two brands of Clairol. Inc-, hair spray that, until last year, contained vinyl chloride. He also mentioned that 24 pesticide*. including dog and cat sprat's, were known to contain the chemi cal as a propellant "Clairol's decision that there Is no health hoard from vinyl chloride ia their hair spray* rest* on Ihe erroneous asAdoption that there are `safe' levels of exposure to carcinogens. There is no scientific evidence to support such a concwpt for vinyl chloride or for any other oascer-caoring chemical," Wolfe said. CWrelU doubtful ef danger Claire] vice-president John- Mettkart : told Wolfe in a letter la* Friday that a "small amour*" of Summer Blonde and Miss Clairol hair spray containing vinyl * chloride remains on the market but that ; C p4 Pd r--I <D ItU-J u 4J o CO P5 to a I-, - - * ^ * >0 JSSh'l n PQ Pu < cd -> PC O S 3* w cd CO Q .- - - - .--- bo K o h*