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Old Sun Apr 19, 2015, 03:47 PM
MikeG MikeG is offline
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MDS in Veteran Medical Lab Technician

The challenge I have is in demonstrating that the xylene I was exposed to on a daily basis was contaminated with benzene. Xylene today no longer has benzene as a contaminant and is marketed as benzene free but in the 1960-70's, it did contain benzene. I'm looking for a way to prove that forty five years ago xylene was contaminated with benzene. If I had a material safety data sheet for xylene from that time period, I could support my case. That's why I'm seeking lab techs from that period who were exposed to xylene and were later diagnosed with MDS. Today, the fact that MDS is a malignant cancer is not in dispute.
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Myelodysplastic Syndrome High Grade, R-IPSS intermediate risk, complex cytogenetics - 45XY, -5,-9,add12(p11.2), -15, -17, -5, add(19), +4mar[2]/43, idem, add 12(p11.2), -17 [2], 46XY [16], Diagnosed 8/4/2014, Allogeneic stem cell transplant: 02/03/2015
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