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View-Master Factory
What's New
- Report calls for full investigation into health effects to former View-Master employees. See Jan. 12, 2004 Press Release
In September of 2001, the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) entered into a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to determine both the need for and the feasibility of an epidemiological study of the View-Master site. In this report, ODHS compiles the findings of the feasibility investigation of worker exposure to TCE at the View-Master factory.
View-Master Report: Worker Exposure to TCE (pdf)
Overview
- Congress authorizes $100,000 to begin health study among former workers at View-Master plant. See Press Release
In March 1998, chemical analysis of the View-Master factory supply well in Beaverton, Oregon revealed the presence of the degreasing agent trichloroethylene (TCE) at concentrations as high as 1,670 micrograms per liter (g/L). The contamination at the View-Master plant has been covered extensively in local news media, and former workers and their families have raised concerns about cases of cancer and birth defects. Read more about the DHS Health Services (SHINE) View-Master investigation.
- Public Meeting Q&As: This document contains responses to questions that were gathered at a public meeting that Oregon DHS held with former View-Master workers and concerned citizens on January 28, 2003, at the Elmonica School in Beaverton.
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Worker exposure to TCE in drinking water