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THf lOlKSVILif TlMfS, THURSDAY, JUNE -13, 197A B 5) . ^0 g%$ ff% 8 W %*/ %0 &ip*f is &TPZSSIS POUTS C=*T&, t>TS SiHJ SW The Enviroajscnui Prc-iecrioo Agency (E?A) eeid ycsterdsy a fousd apparently Increased cncc..raiii?? oi vinyl oticrius ia lh? sir ootsiss the Lcsuviiie S. F. Goc-irich p-isst la let* conducted ia early Us?. Th? ? '4i2j3, E?A ssid. were generally bighrr thia iris csKsyttraik-si sound ia earik-r trru ia March sad raatei up ia 33 psrts per mi-iioa si a point Twfricnihs ol * mUo from ms resist oi Uis pUat on }' - j- and tubjert to tefinmeaU e> they come y' Tbe debate between the chemical under more istcastve stud)1. The reneeru ever trahsia exposure to association od the Natteil Institute of Oetopaiiocal Safety and Health costumes vinyl chioride 1-rgar in Jessup when tee over who knew what when, aad uo told B. F. Goodrich Co. raid i; surpeetesi that . whom what in the controversy. the dessla of three oi its Metiers cS ang- , The chemical sssocislton hss said it in iesas*s were due to exposure to vinyl cliitntt?- , formed the safety riitlute of the J-sltosl stuiKa a year ago. but institute cisicjais Tfee aeeth loll from angiosartoma at B. T. Gotdrieh hu xinoe been rtlsed to five. Two oiber eiies have been (.yuna say they received no such infonratioa frtca the tbsmists instil lb* day Gooirjcii, jgssde its first asmotiacsnent. wwitrs r4 the B*dl* Uuse pUart. Both oi } those men ere still IrvinS- Giher eases have hern discovered Ssme of the debate has been carried in Irod-s rosgscKoc* ia lb* form f .resides pud tebsUiajE letlcro. ^/ is tho iisy study, ?A Rid, its ararcea around the eoustry and la Europe- ik&Z was a ecsesmint&n oi about on*- In th* Eftcnsaih of tbs initial dh- feslf pari t*r ctiiUoa. chsurcs, shoumr eontrorefsy uwe when Mws^Trile, tbs Loslsviiia red Jeffer it mas reported that t! ehtaieal ia- son Ce-coiy Air Paiiuuaa Castro) Bawd dcitry hcew at least IS somhs before said Si ,'J jccciins yesterday that tl ese the Ooesdrieh sanoancisaseat that vhy l Use the level el vinyl t-aic-rid* renewed chlorias t-tur*d esgiossrccss. - fa the air k-caiiy reached ia eatisiated The iniaxtry said it kept the intern:a- level of J ,140 teas k yt&r. tica **cr?t !>ccu that was Tbs board wia 3 1S5S57 emisipa study iboa-td that much vinyl chlorida bring rvivajeti into the air. sHst js^r which it oUsisei fee iroor* rrtiic-a tfoa Itaiisn sclenttil Genre Jdsh tor.i usd the Earopeaa chemical induary for -vhi-ib be did the studios with aaimai}. la edsilioa, she board said, concentre- itiltoni's studies showed that Ccsssure fioaJ of vinyl chloride were feusd a far to rioa lends of vinyl chibride low sf two rniki Iron tbs riant during ibid a* SSO parts per snilhon reused turaort in time. It measured taa level then i up to snail Toe iudwtj were jdsntified is *a- S3 tarts ptr siSUiaa. Ctosarroma oi ibe liter. Tries tagcibw, fbo tvw studies ro- E?A admiaishritfer Bussell S. Triin rt tcasod yesterday indicate i=a; not only leased the results to the ruaaularturers bits vinyl chiontfe been present in ifcc sir Tcesdiy. H? ureed them io reduce the ia asfeaisraKe amoitots but for a much embiioa oi tfca gss fes rsucu as pcre-sle. lodger time than lies pnrrjotisiy been HPA also baa asked tin? tasnuiactasert reported- . to supply the government by Friday with I/>?-trra erpoKire to vinyl chloride is believed to esui? the rwe liver caaeer iagkssroesas. To date, hasrerw. jcjea- tis hive cot been kbie to pinpoint at vhat level tbs evposuro cecostt dan gerous. , the unount of vinyl chloride bfid? re- leased into the air from thiir fimts and the ueount of the ebemirel ids* is lest la the asnufacittriag process. A Goodrich ipokremn said Taesdsy that it wUl .he up to the foderal govern, tstnl to evietst those figures once they . Ths . federal and stele OccapaliOBal Safety and Health Administrstioa k&s t 50 puts per million is the upper limit to which workers my he exposed over an Cicht-bCnr period, la addition, ihe federal tcescy ha proposed that notr rule* allow jjocrposttt*. are eoapkitd. Train to)d the fnenufariurtrs, "There is so KjeutifJe mdetsea to indicate that these cmissioss pose an imminent hsmd to people liriag near these pianu." *ifo'eTrr, prudence dictates that rea sonable /-Jepi should bs promptly' fa^en E?A said yesterday that it* high read to reduce vrayi cp.ioride cmissian* to the ing 35 puts per million was a ose-liffli fewest practical IcreL" be said. reifc|eg sod cspk&sfecd that its average In related developments surrounding reading i; Jc*s tsea c-ne part per xaii- the tiayl chloride situation; lk>a over the anc---rc rjsy period that it monitored the -sir jtcuikI -- but not w The Manufacturing CSiemists Ano- inside--the lorel ciaUon say* it vrill besin four pew ie- EPAsiid its ireJisgi were prthfainsjy Sfarch projects involving exposure. to vinyl chloride. r* BFG29488 24158001 fV ' A r**is E|f JfSfO s-g $S-z'Z. 2= *.-css-2> g-e g y** -5.2i 5 W ^ V--SSS_- tUc* .k2 rc5tooc "= S fc-gfieSS THE lOUISVIllS TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, *1974 f><t I si I o 8 uaH 60 5 2#. `-it.# .2Si_ - SQ 5*5J? .3.2 |='-s3's'"55 BFG29489 JO tHfc** C71 CroocO B IO