Memorandum Engineering Department San Francisco, California December 30, 1983 NON-ASBESTOS GASKETS <5c PACKING INFORMATION & TEST PROPOSAL File: N28.10 and N28.13 TO: DISTRIBUTION Health hazards associated with asbestos products have resulted in the development of non-asbestos gaskets and packing materials.

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FILE NAME: Garlock (GAR) DATE: 1983 Nov DOC#: GAR068 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Unpublished Report - The Actual Contribution of Asbestos Fiber Exposure During Gasket Removal from Pipe Flanges Aboard Ship f V \.I < / T I E ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION O F ASBESTOS FIB E R EXPOSURE DURING GASKET REMOVAL FROM P IP E FLANGES ABOARD SHIP C A R L A .

Vista Chemical Company 15990 N, Barker's Landing Rd.

Vista Chemical Company 15990 N, Barker's Landing Rd.

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received DEC 1 5 1980 Chemical Manufacturers Association VINYL CHLORIDE PROGRAM PANEL PHASE VIII COMMITMENT On November 14,1980, an ad hoc group of vinyl chloride industry representatives approved with some modifications, a proposal by Environmental Health Associates (EHA) to update an epidemio logical study of vinyl chloride workers (per attached minutes)* A $300,000 budget is projected for completion of the study.

Int Arch Occup Environ Health (1989) 61: 261-270 InternationalArchivesof OeUpaionalnd Environmental Springear-Verlag 1989th Springer-Verlag 1989 Mortality study of cancer risk among oil refinery workers PierAlberto Bertazzi l, Angela C Pesatoril, Carlo Zocchetti 2, and Raffaele Latocca2 1Institute of Occupational Health, "Clinica L Devoto", Via San Barnaba, 8, Universith degli Studi di Milano, I-20122 Milano, Italy 2Clinica del Lavoro, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, 1-20122 Milano, Italy Summary The mortality experience of 1595 male workers employed in one of the largest Italian refineries in the period from 1949-1982 was examined From the comparison with national and local death rates, increases in mortality owing to lung and kidney cancers, brain tumors, and leukemias emerged No definite trends according to duration of exposure and years since first exposure were apparent The increases regarding cancer of the lung, kidney and brain appeared to be associated with the early period of operations Analysis by exposure category suggested an association of the increased mortality from leukemias with working in production (observed = 2; expected = 0 61) Kidney cancer mortality was elevated among maintenance workers (obs = 2; exp = 0 18) Small numbers prevented firmer conclusions Workers in the moving department had a significantly increased mortality from all cancers (obs = 22; exp = 11 7), and lung cancer (obs = 11; exp = 3 6) Confounding by smoking could be excluded as sufficient explanation of the three-fold increase in lung cancer deaths.