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MAY 27, 197S Mi* Help forvinyl chloride workers ,K*w Emits on the use of vinyl chloride fa. gas) is tt ? iMnQfsctixre of plastics trill remain is effect. The Sa-v prone Court today let stand a U.S. Circuit Court derision HpbokEng the standards tbit prohibit exposure of workers to more than cue part vinyl chloride to a Bullion parts of ir. Before the new sUadsrbs became effective April U thelinat was $0 pamper million. Vinyl diloride has beta burned Cor at leaf two dosed .'cancer deaths worldwide. The standard* apply to about f; ; 6,090 werkm mskiii? vinyl chloride or turning ft into ; ; plastics, sod to &SG.OQO to 700.000 workers ssakiac ptastie; products. Some linns bad argued that It was sot 1 ndogjeally feasible to reduce vinyl chloride to the level. Xerox copies tot A. Vlttooe X. D. Scott J. L. Nelson X. B. Osborne X* Greene X. J. Weaver X. B. Downey B. M. G. Zvlcker G. Pow V. J. Wilcox E. W. Barrington B. Walternate X.P.Ketmey-A.L.Bet leld-C.RFlynn 24008002 ' ' 'ti i ' ' h .' - 1`. THE lOWSVlllE TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MAY Sir 197$ p3 . .Goodrich sill! making plastic for bottles The &. f. Gooiridi Chemical Oft. bat nsad to pet os* of the basises* Of p?0ri4at rrtr material* fof toe plafttoboitto todastry aft^r ail. Indeed, toe company $* that it 1m dertipped * *w rr.stf.mi fprnse in bbj> ttTartyring food and Itsuid craUiaer* that wi!} pot transmit the coairjifrsial ebemkal vinyl chloride. from the COStainer into toe product btVtg p*e*age&. . The . F. Goodrich oateidiaor ha* 'Sprue the brunt or th* safety awii.ta:i.> pwsr Tinyl chloride, a basic chemical to the plastis mdcstiy, since it to dis covered that at leu* seven of its Louis ville employes had died of a ran cancer df Um liver aftec being exposed to vinyl ` chloride tassts. Various studies also to* dicated that the chemical might be K-aklf ra<a containers into food products. White the firm had intended to set cat of the business of repaving the container tadnstry trilh materials made from vinyl chloride this month, the tompary row **ys It hsj become economically feasible to costume to provide the compounds. I j ISIS says |i has made pdn Goodrich said fc has achieved "im proved technical and production capabi-1 ' -Jltlo#"' that allow it to itmain a supplier to the plastics container industry. to odfiltiofl to becoming a newly idccU- fl<d occupational health h*s*rd for the plastics am) chemical industries as a to- i )t of the Goodrich <it*riore of Us i health problems at its Beils Lant plant j hero, the problem of vinyl chloride leech- i tog into food products hi* raised fears in i the food and beverage iocastrie*. The government ordered distillers to j Stop <JS plaslia to the packaging of ! .. ll^oor after it was found that vinyl chlo-! ride was torching tnto it after periods of } trend months. I At least two dozes chemical worker* tfe knows to h*re died of the tare liver ttfiftr, JliOJMtci*. worldwide. Seven ' : . Of toe wexien were employed at tbs t .Louisville Goodrich plant and ttro mare * -v' -> local Goodrich workers are bents treated .Mi 'tAow s,um Jwt ***P"* Mav"n*l** Uw.14, >r 2*4008003 *v~ V . i' *i me COCWOWOUE5AI, TBt-'ESPAT, MAT , 1*7* B 13 Jb , . J Stricter rules %4 * ,,*/' on vinyl gas <.: . . jf ;4 . - ? * - tobe enforced -V t The Supreme Coon's refusal to svriar >v. federal vinyl ctrtrid* stisdvdr'nen*' thit the sute treat he active ta this cnA 01 law enforcement, both state.MidWP- t s* > ** . jl al officials said ytstenisy. The Supreme Court* action aeons that * : * -i the federal custards will be left ia force, and trill be the suntanit in Kentucky -. `vr <' * ... -V '* / "''--v. < '-V.-, : --v\* ... ; `v tine* the; are ictich stricter than the cur rent 4Ute standards. . Under federal stal- eot state standard*. 'Under federal siarate, the stair Gras- jsatwaal Safe!; and Health Administra *' u' .,. ,.' *hV. tion (OSHA) is to have enforcement pow *4 ; er when its dastards are it strict ar Stricter than federal roles. Otherwise ttm ' . x federal OSHA b in chares of enforce ment i .. - / -* . The sew standards till! liadf cjipuune to one part vinyl chloride per irnHise juris of air. Seven tityiiijM of the BT. Goodrich plz.trt on Bella Bane in Louisville have -rf- V *^ ^**,? -v -s* c .* - V> --. : *' A f4 + / ' ' . * died of a rare liver canctr thought to be caused by breathing vinyl chloride, a (as used to nisic plastic. i, ' . . ** - k : , I %;. Goodrich has s*>d the standards will sot affect its operations. - The company also announced it w3| . > - * V - * ;: - -* V r stay is the business of supplying raw plastics to cube bottles and other con- * - 4 ; *. I taiom o! polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plas tic. Earlier, the company had announced U weald withdraw from the market. "Current jnsnufacttiring ctU and our improved technical and prcduwiotr ca-1 pabfUtia nvifct it attractive for os to coo- tinoe to eifer quality general-purpose and food grade compounds for clear PVC bottles," the company said. .The company said the new materia} doesn't leach vinyl chloride into food or drink packaged in the container. The Supreme Court action ends aa; possiblitj of company appeal of the feder al roles. a-.'-. : .0 X < > . :^ ' 'i 24008004 Xerox copit* to: a. Vlttone X. 0. Scott J. L. Nelson E. B. Osborne X. Creene P. J. Heaver X. S. Dovney >. M. C. Zvicker C. tw W. J. Wilcox`S E. V. Harrington H. Ualtenate k.P.Kenney-A.L.Hatfield-C.R.FIynn  '1-^ i. Itoi eopl toi , A. Vittoue - L D. Scott . J. L. Sclson $ :- I. >. Osborne | I. Crecne r. J. Heever SHE COOUEE-JOtaKAL, FRIDAY, HAY St, 19TS t. 1. Downey . 1. M. G. Zwicker * a- J . t Official asks I'.-' - *?;'* C. Few V. J. Wilcox * ?* E. W. Barrington . H. Belteeate . Ke P .Kefm*y-A.L. KatfIcld-C. R. Flynn Goodrich bond *-- *- > ;*. ' * 4 * \i ym - r ' ? Mutw Corner Atty. J. Brace MTVr . . .. , v .? .. * ? saidT yesterday be will recommend -- 5 fdoyw of B.7. Goodrich and other per ;*c * *** * vV-\ ** ^ * v. ' t wan in the plant's neighborhood be p * * * aatecd certain pTotertisss before the eocnly teats pbUalion abatement bonds for the company. The coanty plans to scthorixe 9&5 nO* -V -. . *. _V_.*/ **' . .f* i*v...-\.F .1*<i*V. *T_l**. .* . ,r* 4. #-.<-ft<"""> *. ' / /. .e^K*...t * ,- .*'1#-o,'.;*- i : *2 ..*\.*., ; , * # * , . Bee worth of boodj. f Distillery Worker* (SniMe lubber i' ~ Workers) Local 71. the tmioa that repiw- oaott the majority of the employe* at the piast ea Bells Lane, hat asked the eon* pony to goaraniee that no Jobs will be . Scot become of the potlatioo-wntrol project and that toy employe car other person suffering lU health becanse of ex posure toxbenncals at the plant will be | comp*as*led. t HlQer said yesterday that after meetf lag with the tmjos's attorney. Beth Segal, f be woold rcconuntad that the company set up * trust fond to aid anyone, whetl* I r n employe or wot who sullen bef came of txpaaan to chwairalt at the * Sma former emrdoyes of the plat I f tew* died of a rare lire cancer thought `-i t te earned by eapmauw at work to a ebeariral eiayl Chloride. BGSer said, "If IS yean down the road dtheu Is the area hare soiMthlnjt beppca to then they need protecUon. If the eompasy agrees to the trust bad U wonH estahSh their good faith.*. 1I , SCBer adso said that be agrees with the l Idea that no Jobs shcmld be lost But he | atrrwed that he is recommending sach eondiuons be written into the bonds withCewt really knowing bow it might affect nek things as their salability. He said be t wtU tan the recofluncodatten over to the I cewntys hood attorney, Spencer Harpeft | for feather study. Miller said the company lias pome Item of respotsibiUty' to nuke sock Caaraatees because it plans to ose *mbI1 hsW>a-e--c*u*bBona.da. s." te haild its polhttioneoatrnl ** /*-1/J,* ^ I * * *V; -`w%'.%.* " . "* . -l#._ ; . :-w\vP*- t * - - - - - _ '* 4-. * . -1 ... tJ; a , . , 4 ' *' ,..J i\ ' `t. ** *'S.-'-c c V , X . ** i' ^ t :\ ----rxxet: <i