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March 23, 1971* TOE lOUlSVillE TIMS, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1274 symmons cancer, Piwa tMm* t>r h*W ** Av'btwolrtaa Dr. B. Cujier.Haiuinon, society vitt* GK AWVms-B, FI*. -- A Now Or- , president for epidemiology, said five }tn* KdeatisJ today said be and fellow more deaths have been reported in otber^ reseurchss hare discovered. a mry in plants in the United Stales. ~ tbr. body function H to want'of . cancer &C-4 ntkiller c-clls against it. Projection* sums! that eventually 5 out of 100 vinyl-chloride workers will *' of the liver disease compared with a gen : ioF* Y^F). In esimal-experiments and In e._ral incidence of l in 50,000, . T> 'beginning wort with patients, RF added Of further concent, be said, 1* U ef S*-As tha body ><**..' boosted miitasoe to fect on consumer* of vinyl plastic, a ma St^ser. M%. p^iuarfj :~v .-,J oRh-caseer ^ hire much lew terial that it used, age froth meat. for example, to pack ' 5J|5Fr scientists iiad. The-mere advanced this disease is, the less lie Amount of RF, Vinyl chloride also is rued as a propel-. -5J8ut the HP level csn bounce back if Jant in pressurized cans of consumer - \ m-ich of the cancer ha* bm removed products. f.Fur$it*ily or otherwise treated effective vstjjy.. . . . ' " Hammond said the liver deaths could trolaUes of SP -- * protein from Use have been prevented had vinyl chloride t- .Wood plasm* -*.** reported to cn* been tested fin* in animals. He called for -- mr for sthsss reportem sponsored by a registry of ail new chemical* in iitbeAteertesn Gsaeer Society. troduced in iftdustir. |^5t- &i Jiicfcoia* fk UlLurio. protestor and I'fftaannan of the Department of Physfv eh& at Tulane University Medical School, said that when RF is injected directly into patieni*' tumors, there is a An earlier seminar report teamed of possible cancerous effect* from the ex panding sea of chemicals man has spread around the planet in the put 40 years. ., fedocUonln the sire of the cancer. "The air we breathe contains gases _JV In addition to recojairins the first end particle* that never before entered aliens of cancer growth. RF has the capw* the human lung. Our food has chemicals >ity to mobiHro thousands of killer ceils, designed to improve its taste, freshness, toons as macrophages, Those summed appearance -- but which are strange to . .- the cancer and destroy it. 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LOUISVILLE TIMES - KWCH 22, Stricter standard ahead? L .S. to rules on vinyl chloride , #y dennis mrr& UMtvnte TtfM* *S ffffttr fects at exposure levels of 90 parts per million. Tbe allowable amount ef exposure ol Today's announcement said that, under workers to vinyl chloride fumes will be the law. the temporary standard serves reduced from 500 parts to 50 parts p:r as a proposed ptnrsiaeat standard. motion part* of air by the federal Oc- Implication* from OSHA spokesmen, cupsUosal Safety and Health Adminis however, are that the permanent standard tration (OSEA). could be even tougher. 1 Tbe new level* conform to Use staa- The announcement said OSHA'* con \jard art last month by the Kentucky Oc- sideration of a permanent standard would cppativiml Safety and Health Adminis include recommtadilions from the Na tration. tional Institute of Occupational Safety Fedm OSSA ofHeists announced the and Health fNIOSHS- noon-tobc-implementcd chance today In a A spokesman for XIOSH. which serve* statement from Washington. The federal van advisory body to OSHA. said earlier standards are considered "emergency, this toonib that the institute could not r?E ^temporary" ones, and can remain ja ef say any level of exposure to vinyl chlo fect for up to six months before a per ride is "safe.", manent standard must be set, officials LU t)R . The mew federal standards also call for woritplace monitoring, and, "where ex Oat part mSUca* It recommended that protective equip posure is greater than the 50-psru-prr- ment be worn when monitoring devices mfllioa Jttri. personal protective jsmj- found the level of vinyl chloride at one ures and equipment," part per million parts of air. .* - <The Kentucky standard calls for pro XIOSH also recommended specific jective equipment when tbe level reaches work practices and that certain medical T3 parts per million. The federal standard 8l prevail- however.! screening tests and ssr-sampiing proce dures be made a part of fbe permanent standard. A federal OSHA spokesman y*ld the (When NIOSH consulted with Industry Stance of the emergency sisrfiad fol before making it* recommendation to lows disclosure earlier this year that fits OSHA. the Industry indicated it wanted a B. F. Goodrich Co. employe* at tbe Sft-oarta-per-tnlllicn standard. B. F. Good Remind ydsst here hsv* died of angio- rich and other chemical companies tbai easeema, a rare User cancer, in the put use vinyl chloride have raid they sow 10 years and iwo workers who are still maintain radi x level ti their faeilitieO' tiring have tbe disease. All bad worked Mar tiny] chloride. Slender said tbe permanent standard cobid be Id effect as early as Tune. Fri* other deaths, two today, have The permanent standard will not be been reported from other chemical com- adopted until the public has bees given a paafc*. r , V. -- . chance to comment os the measure, and Thi*'might ratafia Public hearing on the __rtlme da-ng _ers...^. tsC' ' -'* -e iaaoe, an OSHA spokesman said. "The emergency! standard will nnt tl>< aocgfct to protect workers from the grave das ters ere know exist" the announcement In addition to tbe fact-finding hearing Quoted Asst. Secretary of Labor John R. held by OSHA, the spokesman said. Slen Stcoder as raying. Slender is bead of tbe der and other high OSHA officials have federal OSHA. Strader said the new standard will go l&to effect titer nest week's publication is the Federal Register. made visits to plants to determine pos sible means of limiting workers' exposure I f to vinyl chloride, a substance used in the ; manufacture of certain kinds of plastic*.! Dr. J. Bradford Block, medical consult- : Ha said the evidence presented at as OSHA fact-finding bearing in Washington on Feb. tS led to the emergency ceiling of 50 parts per million, averaged over as eight-hour period, ant to the Kentucky Department of: Labor, said he was 'very pleased vnlh the ; (temporary! standard." Block said be feels the standard will afford protection to workers and at the > same time allow industry to continue to An Italian stiroUrt, Cesar* Msltonl. operate. hu said he observed vinyl chloride to Labor spokesmen had been critical of be cancer-causing in animals al exposure OSHA in not setting a temporary stan levels of 230 parts per million. Slender dard while it considered * permanent ' said, but there were no apparent ill ef one. ' . - . *- ** / - J ;-' . : r-\: V_ ':V- ' =V-:-' '-'v:7;/. '.' ; ''"''A'.'.',.'--' - - SSISilR- /"'-I!''/-" ;v ^ v. - . -i. V' ;- - - ------ . - - --MV - --:V:VV ' ri . "i r-T::; Z-S&iY.J?:!-/:-:-. - .- -' s' '- _'V - ' ' ` 'J-?.-.--^ "S'...... -XV"-;'-Jr-