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UN ION
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39, NO.

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Texas City . Texas//

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March 14 , 1979

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Cooperat'i-on'Key to Carbide ,NfégH ,OgfiA Investigation
Medical Perspective

Managment gpdate
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DAMONENGLE
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by
DEDAVID GLENN “ ‘
Gulf Coast Modiul Dir-clar-

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map: Ila! bean mailblz, m I

On February 13. Dr. GLENN and ,l

and l wuld

Since Ill! loin letur max DAMON

ENGLEuadla-ayouonFaonaaryla,

news coverage. i": in: In jam-up

haw liked “I ad'n Ionic of all Madlinu.
 n addillon to [he lonl pun, link my
has had :xunsive coma: in the Olanemn
W. Va. aru and in CHEMKZAL WEEK. in

ch. lhav: add Dr. DAVID GLENN.-UCC

I": WASHINGTON POST, in Dallas, and

mmmhynakxwm [in
mun 0' m: ml OSHA/HIDE“ invaliglion a: In: plant. In lip“ of theexmive

Gllf Coax Medical Dirulm, ID disc-m villi
you name of I11: "Idlfll w in Ill!

accompanying aniele. In general. me new:

law In" M find 'n,

I'll: ban inmiflled “vie: by ABC NEWS

in New York, in addition an 1042! TV
coverage 0' me nory.

The following summer-u may pill Joint ol the new: comments in pennant: for

you. and com a lew anon:

. Lilian (abide, Nlcsn nl os-lA .e mm nary. We are noi arguing Iith
oaen Mhrr and we" nol quoting laws and repulaiions. Benn agenda haw: made
available lop level qualified people [0 work with in, We also luv: the dim invulv-

we have Men neural man-ans 9mm

the media-l W than you plobablv

Canun

ofllilulinl in am: «runs can

and u m“ no me brain. 11m:
mulpn'anlqhinnlm mlypen'
tun-w which fit! apparently occumd more

muld lie In km.
Briefly, I will Dink In m as well
as Inland inqliriel I have had an mi- nwlc

mommy man eaoomd ia glioolanmm
mullilnrmt la is a malignam :umoramin;

from cmFonIu in due pan three weeks

invariably raxal.

hum the llial all: ol It: main Ind 'Is

.

Min] Vim

While medial xience doun‘: know (he

OSHA and NIOSH, appnaximnely one
month an, I! informed them pnen cane-

qua: cl meal, we do know mal certain

A: me flint of our

when, bued on me hen infurmuion Ivailv
able, 3 mailman! bn'ln minor was lined
as Ill: Imdfllvinl CIVIC of dial)! on of tII:

455 known deaxns 01 former emvloyeea

It!!!“ I! album-u: haul: the risk. We
alw kmw "In an iflml M llmc clams

(mm die aim at eapoeuie In on develop
mem of me amen 71m latency prn'od my
law from 5 la zoyoala or marl. The levels

al this Phnx IIMZ 1941. We have subua
quenfly leaned [fill one DI "test it!!! VII

of upoaun In all chmiulx hen al Texas

mtrll ol UCC'x Alsatian COMI’III Madical Divcclor, Dr. H. MICHAEL D.

a oa-iign brain mmor and bent! should

UTIDJIAN, who .omed ucc lan year and WM naa a naiional repumion in me fields
of caldemlology and ioxlcology.

no! be included.

“J's. 50's, and 60's. W: an ill wmvllan“
with OSHA, EPA and mmnlm Standards

. we at: no! man» In 1117le this issue lo yinyl :hlom‘le. or any omer planl
exam-m. M daft lemme I"; m do: Nlm'l nor M Thll's wily

we're making me sipdy rne memon ma. yinyl chloride can be manned wielglioblanomaa naa appeared in me medical liiemwe. The It“ IS “gum oy
usoclzlmn" » we :an only wall and Lee,

.MnmwmnTmmyM'aWMm-m
m, Indudmg vinyl mlonde, I! N All me has mu OSHA and
UCC have say dial the present [link of cm pan per million TWA on Vlnyl enlonde

lully prolem our emplovm.
. Wmmdmmm,mn olyou knowlha: wedorm

n was also reooned w you mar we had
lnmed of an atlvve employee VIM" had been

diagnosed as having a brain mmoi. Re
yemply, [his employee upired tau week.
One o1 our neighbors down me mad,
Manama. has also idenlified several tax:
of fame! employsts who dld n! a brain
tumor. 0"! 0' that individual! was brieIIV
zmnlavcd hut in me 1940': below having
Io loin Manama.

you may be min; why we and me
govemmrm game: m «normed Mow

I969. We used leg ymyl allonde lasi ynr in Ih: plan can any Yul HM: 1958

ml deem a] farm" employeex Mar are
lured pm a number ofyeurs Why an me

ln 1973, the 'mrual mmwm “antenna-tum a rare

figure: ugnlfitanl’ This question can be

lonn oi In!" Cancel Tn daie ima-rgeuduaidn is low mm

anweeed by non; munty and am: incidenee [‘1le Our Papulannn had had appmxi-

W W M M by

h. We did Muhnure n from 1948 unnl

a fun: Tu unfit-chm
on: nun nnry menuoncd acrylnnixrill. We luv! nave! made or used Ihal Dlodun

in me plam. we did rodlmibuxe Wm! "119614968.
. ll will be a long and mffizuh mk In [rare ave: 7.000 people who have been em-

nloyaad hue om me am wars. and lo ambush men won. nmonea The fun. we
m Fl Inmugn me oubllc discussion phase and [El m um an axde

MAIEWUMMII hem-m.

ll you have minimum» which you mm. W a 711 lucgmze
lhlnk would be uu‘lul lo we Mrdlcal Depan- lllal we I! mllrg me smile laud
meni. whether you are an employee or a lo all summed carcinogens to W
zoneerned :lllxen. dime land 0. GLENN m and m m E em low;
a mm. 0' .4 you am no um, call me ma: u: will lakr .mmedule anion on any
Extension

5377

The bznrr

me .nlorrnanon, me more halo we will
naye ll’l our scam lnl an answer

and guidelines. The pram! leveb of eapomre l0 memicals here do no: mnemure
a knmvrl llama! to anyone.
And lanly the" is no pricll‘lI means

a! screening or examini g employzes whn
lea: iney may be developing a on”. “man.
Diagnosis 5 deoendem on aenes ol mu
indudin; skull

X-nys, brain mm. CAT

scam and anenolrami, 77!!!! prudeduru
one not mmmended fur palmm who”
up“ In Iympwnu
If ahe! reading mo amele you nill
have any dumiona, please leel tree m tall
clmu Di. HIGGS or myself In the Med-cal
Dflaflmtnl. Ealtnmn 5377

maul» mnl: (hr numb" of deal" due to

a primary mp... rumor no: you would
"peel Ia findm a pap-damn 9/”le xizt.
mamas»: and (mm all preaenily
develonmg a plan for an epidemiological
mum It all non well In eapen io sun

Austin Repoit

on the "canary can collenmn within the
“(II Inv mks. Allhnugh the prru qu

Meanwhile, I have all at ya: in me

Dlspenaan.

City have been greatly ieduood lance xne

ntw dixoverles. m Ihal vi: lull m We
lam: of me epidemiolopul mady pun:

imam. lndlrnled ml any! chlarlde may
ha» been me rulpnl. only Maul one-null

Video

o/ all! use: And any known "palm Ia Ihu
rhrmlral We mun await [ht full Sludv lo

deiermme mi, ll any, chemlzal suomnee
may have been the (lust.
Lei me now sow up mm! M me
medlul quesilons l have had on Um IODK
Ivom employees fl" can Iew mks.
Flm I luv wove: am hra'm lumen.

m 'n ls m

Tney are classified as eilhu htniln (noncancunus] o! malignani leaneeroni)

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an Iht m:me dill contain-n Within 
nun iew weeks. Although nu- prru hm
:rrnn?l- that any." chlarnd'r may
haw bun the culprit only anon: ant-half
of am- rnr: nu! any known {Immrr In nus
rhrmiraf. ?it mu? await full nudv 

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