Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-89-116-2094: Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Bloomington, Indiana

Sinks, Thomas; Smith, Alexander B.; Rinsky, Robert; Watkins, Kathy; Shults, Ruth; Steele, Gregory

doi:10.26616/NIOSHHETA891162094

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Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-89-116-2094: Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Bloomington, Indiana

1991/01/01
By Sinks, Thomas ; Smith, Alexander B. ; Rinsky, Robert ; ...
Series: Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Description:

NIOSH conducted a retrospective cohort study of workers manufacturing electrical capacitors with known exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (1336363) (PCBs) in an effort to further evaluate the carcinogenicity of PCBs. The study cohort manufactured electric capacitors in the midwest United States beginning in 1957. PCBs were used as a dielectric fluid until late in 1977 when they were replaced with isopropyl-biphenyl (25640782). Aroclor-1242 (53469219) was used through 1970 and Aroclor-1016 (12674112) was used afterwards. Included in the analysis were 3588 men and women employed for at least one day between January 1, 1957 and March 31, 1977. The results provided some evidence for an association between PCB exposure in an occupational environment and mortality from malignant melanoma. There was an increased incidence of brain cancer among workers who had more than twice the estimated cumulative PCB dose than the comparison group. The authors conclude that this brain cancer observation suggests that this outcome be carefully observed in further followup of this cohort.
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Nervous System Nervous System Diseases Occupational Health Safety
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Aroclor Brain-damage Brain Cancer Central-nervous-system Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Electrical Industrial Apparatus Epidemiology Hazard-Confirmed HETA-89-116-2094 Malignant Melanoma Mortality Mortality-data NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 5 PCB Polychlorinated-biphenyls Polychlorinated Biphenyl
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Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
Subseries:

Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA891162094
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Indiana ; OSHA Region 5

Indiana ; OSHA Region 5 Less -
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Division:

DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

25 pdf pages
Contributor:

Dill, Patricia; Hornung, Richard; Steenland, Kyle; Meinhardt, Theodore; Halperin, William; Fine, Lawrence; Herrick, Robert
NIOSHTIC Number:

00199122
NTIS Accession Number:

PB91-212613
Citation:

Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 89-116-2094, 1991 Jan; :1-28
CAS Registry Number:

Polychlorinated biphenyl(s)-PCB(s) (CAS RN 1336-36-3) ; Isopropylbiphenyl (CAS RN 25640-78-2) ; Aroclor 1242 (CAS RN 53469-21-9) ; Aroclor 1016 (CAS RN 12674-11-2)

Polychlorinated biphenyl(s)-PCB(s) (CAS RN 1336-36-3) ; Isopropylbiphenyl (CAS RN 25640-78-2) ; Aroclor 1242 (CAS RN 53469-21-9) ; Aroclor 1016 (CAS RN 12674-11-2) Less -
Federal Fiscal Year:

1991
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

3629 - Electrical industrial apparatus, not elsewhere classified - (SIC 1987)
Resource Number:

HETA-89-116-2094; HETA 89-116-209
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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