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^fabrication. m wmw m r..ry rarer iiwmr i i *h m*w wmww.t ww. imr tivhyhas b^`So@MC*wJ*co of an fmminsnt hazard Jo pooptf Mag near and heavy on moKy'^onb, F&r on* companies are turn 16 monitor f> A-l-35 .dt v cam "<*T maalmmmtS'lS located *p to li $0<tigi ona'overtjjp.^; v concehtrotion at eoch sartipfe point on a s#ff &' '*& ^frfce ofthis system rum $15^a0>2000qi, depeodh* onthenumber of sample points. The DoteIt -.- ^ IBdhardson Testing Institute, Enfield, Conn., also ' provides a service in this area, analyzing VCM in air, resins and products. Less than 1 ppm is detected by /gas chromatography, says the company's Dr. Myer Ezrin, manager of analytical service. >o/ At the same time, B. F. Goodrich, Akron, announced "the most intensive" R & D program in its history--a muhimiliion-dollar effort involving over 100 experts--to reduce "to the lowest possible level" lows from and thus exposure to vinyl chloride in manufacturing operations. According to Goodrich's Chemical DW. president, Anton Vittone, "The proposed standard of no detectable level of exposure does not appear to be possible with the current state of technology and, if imposed, could displace not only the 6500 vinyl chloride monomer and PVC production workers, but also hundreds of thousands of other employees in the companies which use FVC." Along these lines, A. D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., just released preliminary fimfingsof an SPt-sponsored economic impact study an the vinyl business in its time of crisis. More than 1.6-nuiiion workers could lose their jobs if vinyl . .. chloride and FVC producers hod to shut down because they could not meet the OSHA-propestd*no V- -- detectable level" of mcpdi6re]!npfetfi Sir. Should this would be in did ^ faho^r il44>ffl6ninthe coaHhuCnon ntanuBp vMff too wn> comm top by several of the i 29), Monsanto now adds its name to die fist. The company has boosted natural GP PS by 4%/lb to 29f/lb, medium-impact PS by 4%/lb to 3Q?/ib, high-impact PS by 3%f/lb to 304/lb and high-impact/heat-resisfant PS by 3%/lb to 31 $/lb. All prices are for natural resin in bulk hopper-car quantities. At the mm time, says a spokesman, natural SAN in tl bag shipments rises 5*/tt> to 36%/lb.. Cosden has also gone along with the price boosts, it was learned at press time. Here are this company's new prices in hopper-car quantifies.- GP PS, 284/fb; medium-impact, 29c/tt>; high-impact, 30c/lb; high-heat/high-impact, 31</lb. Phenolic Compounds Rise 3%-6%; Resfns Up 6-18{/Lb Following an overall industry-wide increase in the cost of phenol, Reichhold Chemicals, die Dure* Ofv. of Hooker, and Union Carbide have all raised the price of GP phenolic molding compounds by 3144-5%/lb, leaving these grades at a new high of 414/lb far all three companies,.Additionally, Durez hiked the price other 5pe^ofty*""^s1e:5*age'mptASg compounds byr' 6% to 42*/lb, An kicrease of 8-lW/l oaelfK resins brought typieofgrode toS3$and 57%,1`espectiv.ly. rr' d< IF I ,m ,H- PVCproducers, it seems, could perhaps soon live with VCM exposure levels ef 25 ppm, ahhough they are said to be experiencing some dMficubies in meeting even die temporary standard of 50 pps&.; . ` t r- Not only OSHA, but the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has also gotten involved. A recent SPl report said that EPA moy be considering a standard. . *-- rot moss infosmattom citCt-E i:t *sab*s- sEkWc; ca*o JULT 1S74 . 1 ui 11 in ini eppwwsmwsaefswrew them in Bne w$iGP-fype phenoftcs). At press time, spokesmen for Atted and General Electric said they anticipated no price hikes in this area. ' As for other materials likely to be affected by higher priced phenol ftp word from major suppliers (Allied and GE in epoxy, and GE and Mobay in polycarbonate) is that prices sse.m stable ct present. ^ BFG25622 isssa ''yJSfii 2ft