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' ' v " ` .;U ,-y COPY ;-7 * ->-*}' --' . /W-'.. hf v - -A' ** . < *r; VWf` ' 'l-,L UCC-1062 ' , , December 11,.. 1981.. / v.'. 1 ' _ - Y'"' ' ,`;v DRAFT MEDIA INQUIRY STATEMENT \ ' * ' 4 y >-V , '* , .v'}' 'l :* * ' --i '* * * ' y-> / fc .S>/r ,* 'e -*- ,- . '"` 7 vv`,5;^;:t\-:i*" v1 - - '# - j? t. -'f`n vit y v J*? * 't-1- ' : ^ ,-1 ; ,*v -- *** -Vr IK/-v: *. *:- >' '*' * .'*_ ' ' ! i. ; ...... ,, >>;;/ *-;:*; . , i -v, _ rv.'?{*'. i_ * * " 3 - ^'jpntri ' " ' ` f t1l- c. A-*.:"' ,`*y_ ;*'' >' "*-' Vr*- , .. , , v` ' * ` ^,-y v' ` V * ? ' '> ^ ' ' ', f 'f ` * At Union Carbide's Texas - City; plant ,\ we* are committed to the -i-f"*,'. . .', 'S-?..1 ' ' "arc* vi * l- .'i\ highest standards of safety and health to protect.burVemployees ` ' .-=- -v /:,/?. ' . - '. .*-- and/the -communitywj&vWe willtcontinue to' cooperate?Fullytwith the Nations Institute ;'pf-.Occupational^ Safety and, .Health: to^dete'rrnine;if there'is' - any employee health problem we should be concerned.^ about.'1 If any ;' . ' V'!? i'' ` ' " 1 -problem at our plant- is identified, we will move quickly to solve ' it. Meanwhile,. Union Carbide will be continuing with its own ' extensive medical surveillance, epidemiological1 studies', "physical examinations, safety training and other ongoing' employee health v and safety programs.- ' ` ._i' _.V^- y. r; j Union Carbi de`s- recently compl eted cohort study of 12 employee brain tumor deaths from 1941 to 1977;among 6 ,588 em ployees found a higher than expected incidence of 'the disease. 's ' /'T* . > * j ' '. T ^ %l . A simultaneous case"control study of 21 primary'brain"tumor deaths among 450 overall employee deaths through June, 1979 ' could find no work relationship for these cases/ Both studies used Union Carbide employee work histories which,were compiled by NIOSH with other data. Union Carl/do is hopeful that NIOSM s own two-year epidemiological studies of Texas City plant employees will be completed shortly. mel and rson communications inc. PUBLIC RELATIONS ADVERTISING marketing Corporals Piai- Suite 201 6901 Corporals Dnv Houiton, 77036 713'981-4390 * 's UCC 097129