How a rare cancer changed the workplace and environment : PVC and angiosarcoma

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• Personal Author:
  Falk, Henry ; Landrigan, Philip J. ; Lemen, Richard A. ; Thorpe, Phoebe ; Iskander, John K.
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Science.
• Description:
  March 8, 2018, 1:30pm ET
  
  On January 22, 1974, the deaths of 3 employees of a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant in Louisville, Kentucky, were reported to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The deaths were caused by a rare type of liver cancer, hepatic angiosarcoma. At the time, only 27 Americans a year were diagnosed with it.
  
  CDC and NIOSH investigators suspected a link between the rare cancer and the PVC produced in the plant. Learn how an investigation that started with a small number of cancer deaths led to a dramatic revision of global PVC production, strengthened occupational protections, and spurred new thinking about environmental health and links to cancer.
  
  Speakers for this session include: Henry Falk, MD; Philip Landrigan, MD; and Richard A. Lemen, PhD, MSPH.
  
  Facilitated by Phoebe Thorpe and John Iskander.
  
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• Subjects:
  CDC--history Hemangiosarcoma/chemically Induced Hemangiosarcoma/history History, 20th Century Humans Liver Neoplasms/chemically Induced Liver Neoplasms/history Male NIOSH--history Occupational Diseases/chemically Induced Occupational Diseases/history Occupational Exposure/adverse Effects Occupational Exposure/history Polyvinyl Chloride/adverse Effects Polyvinyl Chloride/history

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• Series:
  We Were There
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Genre:
  Lectures
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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