Re: [CPEO-BIF] View-Master workers, TCE, and cancer

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

The report described in this article may be found at
http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/eoe/viewmaster/tcereport.pdf

LS

Lenny Siegel wrote:
> 
> Higher cancer level seen in View-Master workers
> 
> A state study urges more research into toxic exposure among former
> workers at the Beaverton plant
> 
> RICHARD COLBY
> The Oregonian
> January 13, 2005
> 
> BEAVERTON - State epidemiologists studying death information among
> former View-Master plant employees found higher levels of some types of
> cancer causing the deaths than would be expected in the general
> population.
> 
> The preliminary study released Wednesday by the Department of Human
> Services recommends more research among the former View-Master employees
> to determine their potential exposure to trichloroethylene, or TCE, at
> the Beaverton plant between 1951 and its closure in 1998.
> 
> The latest findings add to studies released two years ago that showed
> the dangers vary by the health and age of the person exposed to the
> chemical, which was used as a de-greasing compound. The earlier work
> said TCE is suspected of triggering illnesses from nerve damage to
> cancer.
> 
> With limited funding from a recent federal appropriation, more research
> is about to begin, a state epidemiologist said. The effort aims to find
> more ex-View-Master workers and interview them to establish further
> study procedures.
> 
> In the latest study, the elevated cancers included six times more deaths
> from kidney and urinary-tract cancers in women who worked at the plant.
> 
> ...
> 
> For the entire article, see
> http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1105621212102671.xml
> 
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> Lenny Siegel
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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