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OREGON COMBAT MILITARY DEATHS IN 2006 Army Sgt. Brennan C. Gibson Tualatin, Oregon Cpl. Billy B. Farris Student at Chemawa Indian School in Salem Spc. Douglas C. Desjardins Scio, Oregon Worldwide cancer epidemic being ignored A worldwide epidemic of occupational cancer is claiming the lives of an estimated 600,000 workers a year, but it’s being ignored by regulators and employers. This stark warning comes from a global union coalition, which last month launched a “Zero Cancer” campaign to address the issue. At least 1 in every 10 cancers is the result of preventable, predictable workplace expo- sure, according to the International Labour Organization and the International Metal- workers Federation, which published a new guide: “Occupational Cancer/Zero Cancer: A Union Guide to Prevention.” “Today, more people face a workplace cancer risk than at any other time in history. It’s just that most of them don’t know it,” said Marcello Malentacchi, general secretary of the IMF. Malentacchi was in Portland last month attending the Machinists Union Aero- space Conference and to launch a global al- liance of unions representing workers at Boe- ing Co. The guide, which outlines steps unions can take to protect workers in the workplace, was produced as part of an international cam- paign involving 11 global trade union organi- zations representing over 300 million mem- bers in more than 150 countries. “We’ll be calling for widespread work- place mapping, inquiries and surveys, and a big drive to get rid of the top killers, such a achieving a global ban on asbestos,” Malen- tacchi said. The guide can be downloaded from the IMF Web site at: www.imfmetal.org/cancer. U.S. Army Private First Class Dean R. Bright Roseburg, Oregon U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Derek W. Jones Salem, Oregon $BODFSTBTTPDJBUFEXJUIXPSLQMBDFTVCTUBODFT U.S. Army Corporal Chase A. Haag Portland, Oregon U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nathaniel B. (Brad) Lindsey Troutdale, Oregon U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Paul The Dalles, Oregon U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Richard J. Henkes II Woodburn, Oregon U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Randy L. Newman Bend, Oregon U.S. Army Private Joseph R. Blake Portland, Oregon U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Marc A. Lee Hood River, Oregon U.S. Marine Captain Christopher T. Pate Portland, Oregon U.S. Staff Sergeant Jason M. Evey Attended Corvallis High School U.S. Army Specialist Robert L. Jones Milwaukie, Oregon U.S. Army Private First Class Thomas L. Tucker Madras, Oregon U.S. Army Specialist Jeremy M. Loveless Estacada, Oregon U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Marques J. 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