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M f ' X uicr^cV t B.F. Goodrich Chemical Company Inter-Organization Correspondence To A. L. Hatfield Location CLEVELAND Department Subject .vx From J. T. Norman Location VOORBURG 'Department xX ref: 2/11 - JTN/fak Date 4 Feb. 74 \ v=; Dear Al, r - i'TT''' i I am enclosing a newspaper clipping based upon an I.C.I. announcement which first appeared in a London newspaper dated 29 January. Cancer risk // I probe - by ICI A WARNING went out from I.CJ. last night about a possible cancer risk in the production of PVC plastic. A single suspect death at a plant in the North West to being investgated. And tests on rats made over the past three years, show cancer can be Induced by pro* longed exposure to vinyl chloride monomer, a highly concentrated vapour used as the start of PVC production. I.CJ. added that am American company investigat ing deaths among employee* has found four cases of a rara form or liver cancer in mem who worked at a plant which used the vapour. An I.CJ. spokesman said last night that records of its own employees up to the and ! of 1973 gave no Indication they were at risk. About 380 employees work with vinyl chloride monomer. And a spokesman for the Department of Health said there was no evidence of harm from finished PVC products. IT*-f9t49.A Sincerely, J. T. Norman, W g O oo 1* BFG22668 T