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
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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
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Beaverton, Oregon
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Pendleton, Oregon
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