Monona Rossol on sun 15 nov 98
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 02:20:14 EST
From: Tom Wirt
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: Granola Fascism
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> Karl,
> Reminds me of 15 or 20 years ago when 2 teachers came down with a strange
> malady in, I thnik it was, Montana. same town, same rare disease.
> The only thing that the attending physician could trace that these 2 did in
> common was teach art and use 3Mspray cement. So prompted by an article by
> the physician, 3M had to pull ALL spray cements off the market for a time
> while testing was done. <
>
> Net, net was that we as consumers paid millions for what was later
> clinically proven as a non-issue in the disease these 2 contracted. It was
> pure coincidence. But, if I remember right, at the time, the screaming was
> intense. < SNIP
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I don't know about "Montana," But 3M was affected by two artists who were
partially disabled by a disease 15-20 years ago.
On artists sued 3M in the early 1980's for nerve damage from the n-hexane in
their spray adhesive. She got a very good settlement. N-hexane causes a
disease similar to multiple sclerosis except that the type of damage to the
peripheral nerves can be attributed to n-hexane on biopsy. It is one of the
few solvent-exposure illnesses that can be diagnosed and proven this way.
Another suit at about the same time was against Nazdar. Nazdar also settled
considerable funds on a graphic artist for the same disease. Both lawsuits
were described and reported in the Art Hazards News and several other sources.
These and other suits, combined with decades of data from industrial
exposures to n-hexane caused 3M and Nazdar to replace n-hexane in their
products with other safer solvents. So did hundreds of other manufacturers
of rubber cement, paints, etc.
This was the only time that 3M recalled its adhesive, so it an an outright
falsehood to say that 3M pulled their spray adhesive off the market over
a "non-issue." I worked with the Center for Occupational Hazards then
(1977-1987) and we had a 3M representative on our Board.
It is possible glazes adversely affect recall? Try granola.
Monona
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