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S'\T - suK-mtwi MAR 2 4 1931 Employees treated for rashes after working in City Hail Bv STEVE GKIM.VNN A Binghamton doctor is treating five city workers for prolonged rashes and at least one ease of an acne-type rash after they worked m the basement oi City Hall. Dr. F. Keith Kennedy said last night (hat he has prescribed antibiotics for one man with the acne-like rash, and is watching others who complained of the itchy, red rashes. The Citv KjK basement showed some signs of contamination niter the fee and explosion at the State Office Building * days ago. although officials could not link the rashes wtth the toxic chemical problem in (he office tower The most frennent sign of contamination from exposure to the chemicals is a skin dis ease called chtoracne -- a rash with pimples and sores on various ports of the body Some times. the condition looks like teen age acne "These men are working in areas that were not isolated before.' but are isolated now." Ken nedy said fast mght during a meeting of docton at Binghamton General Hospital. Kennedy later identified the workers as maintenance workers and city police. The basement contains the mailroom, police lock ere and several offices ed bv police officials. Dr. Arnold J. Schecter. Broome County health commissioner, said he was stunned by the report, saying he unaware of any health Kennedy said the rashes, which he described as flat and appearing mostly on the hands, dis appear after washing and does not recur when, tha men art away from work. Tim revollton came during a meeting with Dr. Georgs Roush, medical and ifuironmenial berth director for Monsanto to. ot ?i Louis, lie., the firm that made the poiv chlorinated bi phenyls used in the transform*! that wa dameced at the state lower on Feb. 3 Roush said PCBs are mimmaik (otic and will not imtate the skin, and s*iu vhloracne was not associated with ?CS although he said he would not be surprised to find the skin problem. We have had no experience with cfctorxm at Monsanto. Roush said And wevt had lots (-experience with PCBs If 'here s an ef fect on health, it s nut very muvn. Roush said the dioxins and dibenrofuraw m the soot are more toxic than the Pi Bs. and are extremely toxic to fetuses of 'aooraiorv ani mats. Tests have shown a variety oi advene health effects in animals, including liver prob lems. weight loss and enzyme production prob lems. he told the doctors. In humans. Roush said an internal study of Monsanto workers exposed to the chemicals m 1949 showed no increase in death or cancer. Roush also told the doctors that if the signs of contamination did not appear m a week. *t was unlikely the person uosaiJevted- Hospital officials last mcht reported testme more than 47b people tor PCBs using blood and liver profiles, and more extensive* testing is being performed at Met Pstn Laboratories m Teterboro. N.J. Meanwhile, cleanup crews will return to the basement and sub-basement of the govern ment complex today to begin recteamng over head pipes that show traces of toxic dust m new health department tests. Eduard A. Mosher, the state cleanup chief, said a dozen workers will use detergent and scrub brushes to clean the pipes inch-bymch" until the work is deemed satisfactory by counts officials. In a related development, the first state agencies began moving into the Columbus School \csicrday. a process that wtU last 1*" ' the middle of next week. 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