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Dillard, Or.

Eugene Krewson -

Sales Mgr. (503) 679-5611

Betty Rudd

Studs - Douglas Fir

White Fir

Lorenz Operations

Burney, Ca.

Ron DeWitt -

Sales Mgr. (916) 335-2902

Jim Berwick -

Sales Mgr. (Plywood) (916) 335-2794

Sugar PinePonderosa Pine

Douglas FirWhite Fir

Incense Cedar - Hardwood Plywood

Pickering Operations

Standard. Ca.

Jim Murray - Sales Mgr. (209)532-2895

Larry Fuller - Ass't. Sales Mgr. (209) 532-3704

Jim Costello - Ass't. Sales Mgr. (Plywood) (209) 532-8322

Sugar PinePonderosa PineWhite Fir

Incense CedarWhite Fir Plywood

Green Valley Operation

Myrtle Creek, Or.

Evelyn Johnson -

Sales Mgr. (503) 863-3796

Douglas Fir

Douglas Operations

Truckee, Ca. Dick Kitchen -

Sales Mgr. (916) 587-3000

Ponderosa PineWhite Fir White Fir Mouldings

The Horror of Gancer

Additional information has come to light that seems to indicate that workers exposed for long periods of time to wood dust in factories show an unusually high incidence of cancer. It is not the first time such studies have pointed to wood dust as a possible carcinogen. Several years ago American studies began tracking selected indicators to see if the theory was correct. Final findings have yet to be announced on that one.

The newest indication is a study from England among furniture workers that purports to indicate that they had developed a high rate of cancers involving the sinuses and the nose cavity.

Our feelings are several: sympathy for the workers, who if nothing else, are getting the hell scared out of them; frustration at yet another serious situation that is marked by so little information; anger that the government is doing so little so late; and, frankly, dismay that industry, which should have known better years ago, sat on its hands for so long and will now likely come out the villain if the studies orove what evervone expects.

OSHA is finally investigating the hazards of wood dust. A National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health study at Stanford University begins month after next and seeks to discover in ten months if a reasonable danger exists in the workplace. Incredibly, the Occupational Safety and Health Agency has no present regulations that can legally control the amount of wood dust and related pollution that an employer can allow in his factory or shop.

You'll recall that this is the same OSHA that has been driving the retailer and wholesaler bananas with its nitpicking regulations regarding such major industry problems as couches in the ladies' room. Somehow, the possibility of a cancer causing agent in the shop or factory has been too trifling for them to consider.

Government and industry, even now, are not attacking the problem with the vigor and sense of urgency that the horror of cancer deserves. An all-out, task force unit should be formed, turned loose and given orders to find the realities. Anything less is inadequate.