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rice to its current level of 50c. per pound, ast month's action by Argus initiated a ew indus.ty-wide price move. Other proucers have not yet responded to this latest ction. PLASTICIZERS- The Rubber Depart>ent of R.T. Vanderbilt issued a new.price -hedule for a number of its plasticizers for "omers, effective August 19. lastogen" types were increased to ... per pound, "Reogen" types to 1914c. ;r pound, "Reogen HF" types 2014c., Bondogen" types to 56c. per pound and"K:ay G" types to 1714c. per pound, f.o.b. ant. RIERS DRIERS- Tenneco Chemicals will in Driers with 6 percent manganese will be lifted by 5c.. and 9 percent manganese types will be raised by 7c. per pound. Eight percent zinc types are to be increased by 2c., 10 percent zinc types by 3c. and 16 per cent zinc types by 4c. per pound. Also, 4 percent calcium driers will rise in price by 2c., 5 percent by 3c. and 6 per cent by 4c. Iron, 6 percent types, will rise by 5c. and then 9 percent by 8c. per pound. Finally, driers with 6 percent cerium con centration will be increased by 10c. per pound. This latest increase supercedes that im plemented on July 1, and the company at tributes the action to "the continuing trend of cost escalations." Other paint additives, including anti-skinning agents, loss of dry Mir i 'vJ u ItUS jJCl *,*.*.puuauo tici ft Prompt WW . K ............................. ............................. WG ........... ........ .............................. 38.39 M ..........................................................- Forward WW.............................................. :........ WG .................... .................................- M ..........................................................- N ..........................................................- Turpentine-Turpentine sales were 0 gallons forthe weekendingAugust 23, with 8,000 the previous week and 28,000 the same week last year. Vinyl Chloride Controversy Continued from Page 5 it is most important that what is done is right rather than to advance the start of a less than ideal experiment.'' Testimony that could prove damaging to the future of vinyl chloride was given the hearing by Dr. Joseph Wagoner, director of field studies and clinical investigations of the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, Department of Health, Education & Welfare. Reporting on mortality and morbidity in vestigations among vinyl chloride workers at two vinyl chloride polymerization facili ties, Dr. Wagoner said the deaths of 109 workers between 1950 and 1973 were re viewed. This was slightly more deaths (four) than would have been expected, he said, and the deaths from specific causes were not much different than expected in all but on disease category - cancer. Follow-up studies and tracing of other workers during this period at the facilities is still going on, he said, but at this stage of the research a "fifty-seven percent in crease in deaths due to cancer beyond what would have been expected has already been observed. "When one looks at the make-up of these excess cancer deaths, it is seen that they are not limited to any single organ system. An excess cancer mortality is observed for the respiratory system, the blood forming tissues, and the brain and central nervous system. The number of deaths from liver cancer in this population was almost twelve times the number expected. Strikingly, the ma jority of these excess cancer deaths did not occur until fifteen or more years after first exposure to vinyl chloride. This latent per iod is consistent with other observations on occupational cancer. "Three points in particular are notewor thy about this study. First of all. the overall mortality risk is at variance with an earlier reported industry-wide study of vinyl chlo ride employees which showed a deficit in total mortalit:. because of a disproportion ate number of eccntly hired employees. Secondly, the results of this study are consistent with a mortality study by Mt. Sinai School of Medicine at nother vinyl chloride polymerization facility showing excess cancer and excess total deaths using the same study criteria. Finally, these results corroborate the an imal experimental findings of Dr. Maltoni showing multiple organ involvement." Z o a 6 9 S Z BFG26424 tas opened this nonyl phenol ntend to see that you benefit id production capabilities. i mobieiVir, that ctiil OYiat FattyAcid Expands Continued from Page 3 reccr.t expansions were at a plant in Cincin 7 nati. Ohio, with two expansions at the Quin cy, Mass., plant. The 1,auric acid facility will be the third expansion of the Sacramento plant's fatty