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How a rare cancer changed the workplace and environment : PVC and angiosarcoma
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April 17, 2018
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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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