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

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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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