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r The Society ot the Plastics industry, Inc. Volume 4 Number 12 June 25, 1984 Additional information about any item in thie issue of the newsletter may be obtained by contacting Aileen Goraehman, Editor*, Public Relations Department, The Society of the Ptaetic8 Industry, Inc., 355 Lexington Avenue, New fork, NT 7001? (212) S7Z-9400. SPI PETITIONS EPA TO EXCLUDE STRUCTURAL POLYMERS FROM TSCA INVENTORY REPORTING RULES... Petition includes inorganic glasses among structural polymers; also requests that inorganic glasses be deleted from a "note" that Improperly classifies them as "mixtures" in the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)... "It is SPI'a position that all chemical substances that are used for their structural properties should be excluded from the Inventory Rules," stated SPI president L. William Sessions... "Under the current regulations, the only structural materials not already excluded are organic structural polymers"... Petition seeks to correct this and establish a justifiable exclusion for all structural polymers on basis that they are not used in commerce as chemical substances, per se... For additional information or copy of petition contact Fran Llchtenberg, assistant technical director, SPI/Nev York. NEW SPI DUES SCHEDULE FOR PLASTICS OPERATOR WITB UNDER 85-MILLION ANNUAL SALES V.. Recent dues schedule action by SPI Board of Directors "provides ~a greater opportunity for more small-to-medium-eized plastics firms to participate in our Society *8 activities,n according to SPI president L. William Sessions... In addition, SPI is offering special introductory membership at SO percent off regular dues for all companies that join Society before May 31, 1985... Information on dues schedule and membership available from Beverly Gray, membership manager, SPI/New Fork, and from SPI section offices in Totowa, NJj Framingham, MAj Dee Plaines, IL, and Norwalk, CA. VINYL CHLORIDE ROUND ROBIN TESTING CONDUCTED... Vinyl Chloride Analysis Task Force of SPI's Food, Drug and Cosmetic Packaging Materials Committee conducting testing... Objective: to develop test method end prelsent results to U.S. Food and Drug Administration prior to proposal of regulations for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) packaging materials (expected to occur in October 1984)... Test method sensitive to 1 part per billion (ppb) for measuring vinyl chloride in food simulating solvents... Anyone Interested in participating In round-robin oust set up analytical procedure, calibrate two food surrogates for analysis (corn oil and 50/50 ethanol/water) and analyte round robin samples... Analytical results should be submitted in sufficient time to allow statistical evaluation prior to July 16, 1984 meeting of Task Force... Information and 'i submissions: Taak Force chairman Arthur Roeldl, Occidental Chemical Corp., Grand Island Research Center, Long Road, Grand Island, NY 14072, telephone: (716) 773-8646. * *** ** ROGER G. BERNSTEIN JOINS SPI AS DIRECTOR OF STATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS... Appointment effective June 18, 1984... Bernstein will be based in SPI Washington office, reports to Lewis B. Freeman, a.'* of government affairs... Bernstein previously with Glass Packaging Institute, tWnere he conducted liaison work with external public interest groups, served as director of tecemmicaticms, and as legislative director... Work with GPI involved state relations, activity J35 states, and focused on direct state lobbying and coalition building... Prior to joining served as political consultant, newspaper editor, and instructor at University of ^Maryland... Bolds* undergraduate degree from Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, PA) Sewa M.A. in English frcm Northwestern University... Bernstein and wife Fran have two children. SPI-26843 CALL ISSUED FOR POLYURETHANE HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS... Both SPI members and nonmembers eli gible... Nominee need not be a member of polyurethane industry, can be from academia, govern ment, research or communications... Nominations can be made on basis of leadership, technical achievement, marketing innovation, research and development, contributions in education or production or machinery processes... Hall of Fame established in 1983... First honoree was Dr. Prof. Otto Bayer, generally recognized as "father" of polyurethane chemistry... Nominations must be submitted by September 15, 1984... Applications available from H. Patrick Toner, ******manager. Polyurethane Division, SPI/New York. SPI FILES COMMENTS WITH EPA ON EFFLUENT GUIDELINES FOR MOLDING/FORMING. . . Corments submitted to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Effluent Limitation Guidelines for the Plastics Mold ing & Forming Industry Category (SIC 3079).., Proposed guidelines published in Federal Register (49 FR 5862-5883)... Guidelines cover direct discharges of nprocess water" (any water that contacts plastics product or shaping equipment surfaces, such as molds, that have been in contact with plastics product)... SPI believes data does not support need for effluent guidelinee and direct discharges should continue to be regulated on a case-by-case basis under existing National Pollution Discharge Elimination System procedures... Copies of SPI's corments available from SPI Washington, DC office. SPI/SPE PLASTICS SHOW A CONFERENCE - SOUTH; ATLANTA, OCTOBER 8-10, 1986... Vill be held in Georgia World Congress Center... Thomas J. McGrath, SPI vice president, divisions and trade shows, reports June 1984 mailing resulted in responses from 17S companies requesting almost 52,000 square feet of exhibit space... McGrath observes that such willingness by leading companies to make commitment two-and-a-half years before event acknowledges optimism for industry's future, and recognition of immeasurable value show offers to plastics and plastlcs-consuming Industries. EPA ADOPTS NEGOTIATED TESTING PROGRAM FOR DOTP... Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Announced its decision not to propose a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 4 (a) rule to require environmental or health effecte testing of bis (2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate, also known as dioctylterephthalate or DOTP... Used as plasticizer in plastics industry... EPA accepted comprehensive testing program proposed by Eastman Kodak Co.... Agency proposes to adopt negotiated testing programs for several other chemicals of interest to plastics industry; six fluoroalkenes (all used as precursors in manufacture of polymers and elastomers) and trie (2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate, also known as trioctyltrimellitate or TOTM (a primary plasticizer for vinyls). ****** SPI STAFF DIRECTOR JULIE CAHN PRAISED FOR ROLE IN VINYL SIDING SUCCESS... Writing in May 1984 issue of trade monthly R.S.iV -lloVfing/Slding/Insulation, John, Ingersoll, a journalist who has covered the remodeling industry, for over 33 years, notes that altered language in standards meant that as of January 1, 1984 vinyl and aluminum sidings ware no longer banned for rehabili tation of certified historic buildings in the U.S.... Ingersoll writes that the battle was carried to the Interior Department by Industry representatives "but by none more fiercely than ******Juliette Lang Cahn... If blue ribbons were handed out, she would deserve a fistful." EPA ISSUES PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON FORMALDEHYDE... Environmental Protection Agency announced two simultaneous actions on formaldehyde (49 FR 21870-21898), covering two exposure categories: use of formaldehyde in apparel manufacture and certain formaldehyde resins used in mobile and conventional home construction materials... First action is designation of formaldehyde for oriority oonsideratior. un<dr .~e-c-tio" 4(f) of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)... Agency may jive priority attention to a chemical if it has reason to believe that chemical may pose "unreasonable" risks to society... Section 4(f) designation usually followed by an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) if regulation of chemical is warranted... In this case, EPA has determined it had enough information to propose the AflPR simultaneously with 4(f) designation... Announced ANPR will begin an investigation of regulatory options on formal dehyde. .. Comments on proposed rulemaking to EPA by duly 23, 1984. SPI-26844 The Society of the Plastic* industry, Inc. I Volume 4 Number 20 October 15, 1984 Additional information about any item in this issue of the newsletter may be obtained by contacting Aileen Gorschnan, Editor, Public Relations Department, The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., 355 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017 (212) 503-0600. SPI CALLS FOR MORE DETAIL FROM SIC SYSTEM,.. SPI proposal filed with Office of Management and Budget requests that designation of plastics products be expanded from one to eight categories in next revision of Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code, system of nomenclature by which U.S. government measures domestic Industrial activity, scheduled for 1987... Current SIC Code category for Miscellaneous Plastics Products, 3079, not revised since 1947... SPI submission points out that just since 1958, value of shipments of plastics falling into this category has Increased by 1,500 percent... Proposal calls for establishment of following new categories for data collection on plastic products: 3071--film and sheet, unsupported; 3072--piping; 3073-- bottles; 3074--foam products; 3075--moldad products; 3076--extrusion (except film, sheet, piping); 3077--reinforced plastics; and 3079--miscellaneous... Copy of complete SPI proposal available from SPI Washington Office, 605 14th St., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 ******(202) 628-0270... Additional information also available from Howard Klbbel, SPI/New York. EPA DENIES SPI STRUCTURAL POLYMER PETITION... Environmental Protection Agency has denied SPI request that polymers ueed to make plastics be considered "structural polymers, " thus distin guished from chemicals in inventory-reporting rules under Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).., SPI citizen's petition, filed in June, rejected (49 PR 36844) on following grounds: V EPA finds no factual evidence in petition supporting SPI'e contention that structural polymers are not chemical substances per se for inventory purposesj 2) Inorganic glasses (which are excluded) and thermoplastic polymers exhibit significantly different properties in way they are formed and in their respective structures and physical and chemical propertiess and 3) Inventory exclusion is inappropriate... SPI subsequently has written EPA indicating it will await agency's final rule ******under Section 5(h)(4) exemptions before considering further action. RCRA GIVEN FINAL APPROVAL BY BOTH BOOSES.. Conference report on H.R. 2867, bill providing for four-year reauthorization of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 strengthening con trols on handling and disposal of hazardous waste, overwhelmingly approved in both houses In legislative session's last days... Only major environmental legislation to pass 98th Congress... Bill now awaits President Reagan's signature to become law... Requires Environmental Protection Agency to adopt standards for generators of between 100 and 1,000 kilograms of hazardous waste per month by March 31, 1986.,. Standards may vary from those for large quantity generators, but would have to "protect human health and the environment"... Also requires that hazardous waste generated in quantities between 100 and 1,000 kilograms per month be accompanied by a uniform manifest and disposed of at RCRA-approved facility... Because of impact H.R. 2867 will have on small business. Congress authorized funds for EPA to conduct educational ^rograa to alert sr.all generators that they will be regulated... SPI currently reviewing legislation to ascertain pos sible Impact on plastics industry. ****** PARTICIPATION IN SPI GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PLAN PROVES BENEFICIAL... 22 percent dividend check recently sent to all participants in SPI-sponsored Group Life and Accidental Death and Dismember ment Insurance Plan... Due to extremely favorable claim lose experience for policy year that ended January 31, 1984... Approximately 85 member firms currently enrolled... Details and indi vidualized company proposals may be obtained from Herbert L. Jamison 8 Co., Plan Managers, SPIInsurance Trust, 90 Park Ave., New York, NY 10016 (212) 686-2233... All inquiries will be handled promptly by Robert J. Conway or Mark R. Jamison. SPI-26845 yrj--ITD--TTgo--i~i,FrfA^LY CLI^S, C?NG'RESS_- Souse and Senate passed October 9 omnibus trade While full aapi e/frt dating from previous Congress to amend nation's trade laws... Question that its " usefulness of measure must await further scrutiny and experience, little *ures of bill Zir tlZ nLlT- ^ have far-reaching impact upon American industry... Major feer, P^^'-^sident's authority expanded to respond to foreign Ji- rnents %tZ ZL ^ _______ resident granted authority to negotiate tariff agreeof Preferences (GSP) program. providing for for selected imports from some 140 developing countries; trade remedies; 1*% d*UetUd descriptionof bill available from SPI e* 505 24th St., NW, ?th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 628-0270. lected imnr HEDUCTIQWS- International Trade Commission announced / probable economic effect of providing duty-free treatment for se- behalf of Prefiidl? anada*** Action follows request from U.S, Trade Representative Brock, on reduction or eliminationPAftff-i^lateral trade taiks between U.S, and Canada concerning mutual HJ focus on MuMST ' of tariffs on sectoral basis... Recently passed omnibus trade bill, 5en?ral authority for these negotiations... Investigation will 50 petrochemical***!*^* T?rif5 ?de items ln petrochemical category, among others... More than nitrile* t ?IaCed fr SfUdy include: styrene; polystyrene; vinyl chloride; acrylo- reslns SlltcTlw <unsaburat*d), polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, polyethylene, and ABS 70? E Si* ^ bennf It f"vtigation set for January 15. 2955 in Washington. DC at ITC, bv Januarv fi * p 1Qning ^at 10 a.m------ Requests to testify should be filed with ITC Secretary numbers*to bI* -edfra* notice (49 FR 40199) on investigation and tariff item Washington,, DC 20M5 SPI Waahln*ton 01"> 605 14th st-. Floor. ffJLlf' C?^miiCJj`ACJCAGII(i MA!rE!iIALS, COMMITTEE SEMIANNUAL MEETING... Vedneeday- ?*ati Sarasota, PL... Program highlights include re- ^comnd-tuT)-fllTT% foroe* (Part f Committee 's Technical Information Sub- -- rr.In7 n-m--rg Art Boaldi, Occidental Chemical Corp.; Colorants--Ned Bleteo. Cood~ J C:\ Little Report Taeh Vn^-pJr Ketierer, Termeoo Polymers, ino.... Details; Fran Lichtenberg, SPI/New ?or,----------------- ****** E'GpOoVxEyRNR--M-e--Es--Ni-n-TFAoFn__Fn_Au__IlR_a_St_o,_r_sS__MD_A_Li_vL_is_B_iUo_SnINFESaSllmAMNuDe; eTi.tnHinjELgE,EPJNOVoXAYvi emKRSEbSSeJr.IMN1F2U-1ttM5,UL1A9T8O4R' THEME OF SFI MEETING.. . (Monday-Thureday), Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel, Arlington, VA... Program will include aeries of seminar/workshops on regulatory affairs, industry issues, technical subjects, environmental affairs, and small busi nesses... Featured dinner/breakfast speakers: Alan Baron, political analyst and editor/pub lisher of Baron Report. "What the Voices Hava Told Us"; Bruce Davie, chief tax economist of House Ways A Means Committee, "Outlook for Tax Legislation in the 99th Congress"; Rep. Claudine Schneider (R-Rl), member of House Science and Technology Committee, "Issues Facing the Upcoming Congress"; and Mark Jones, small business ombudsman of Environmental Protection Agency, "Small Business Interest in Environmental Regulation"... Details: Ron Frano, SPl/New York.______ WOLFGANG A, MACK RECEIVES 1984 SPI EASTERN SECTION ACHIEVEMENT AWAW... President and a director of Werner 4 Pfleiderer Corp., Ramsey, NJ, Dr. Mack honored for significant achievements in plastics industry ae well as numerous contributions to various industry-affiliated professional societies and organizations... Member of SFI national Board and recently elected director-at-large of Eastern Section Board of Directors for two-year term... Award presented by last year's winner, John Peib, president of Conair Corp,, at Section's 10th Annual Conference recent ly held in Boca Raton, FL, which had record-breaking attendance. CONGRESS PASSES FIRE-fiAW CIGARETTE STrmv *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ legislation authorising study ot feasibility Sena? both bava given final approval to less likely to ignite if dropped on upholster** deve*optlg flr~saf* cigarettes which would be hailing it as important step in improving fire* furniture-*- SPI has supported this legislation, ?Uld CJ*ate ntragency task force to bS CyV' H*R* 1880 (H. Rpt. 98-917), along with U.S. Fire Administration and D*,-ired by U*S* CoQ8Uar Product Safety Commission Reagan expected to sign bill. P *meat of Health and Human Services... President SPI-26846 SPI-26847 f Vinyl Chloride Limits, Due Jan. 1, lay BeDelayedby Feder luling Jocejm. gt*g Htftrim- coma had flpBgiated'Wtde. But in* jTMSW Y P.K - Impototloo of Inkor De- durtry challenged atiwB stage, a one* to itfwly Hmlt expo- partpar-mllten Matt, due to begin Jan. 1, ine at wrr<n to vinyl chloride, a gaa tameeetaartty strict and tmpoeelbl* to wwfcxi with more than two doom mho of a aaet rmro liver ancer. might be delayed by Bt addition to the Society of the Plaatice Moil apj- la panel'* decbricn. Induetry, ite ooncerne participetlng a the Pennant : standards developed by tb* appeal it the permanent *tami*nli are the Labor Department** Occupational labty Hooker Oiemlcot Carp., a subsidiary of Oc* and Health Administration,' which would re rtdanfal Petroleum Oorp.; Union Carbide gain coir-ponie* to bold vbiyl chloride Oorp.; Air Products A Chemical* loe.; B. F. level* in the air worker* breathe to one part Oooditdi Oo.; Untroyul Inc.: Dow Chemical vinyl aged cUor ie over i i per etght-tKNw part* of air, averperiod, at* acted* Od.; pirootone naeo Ine. Tire A Rubber Co. and 'Pen* tried to go mto effect Jen. l. Bat a aperlal tbre^judge -and ottbe fltrend Qrwdt Court of Appeals nere granted a atay tmtfi It eeold decide the merit* of an appeal by Me Sod* ety at the P.aetlca Industry and eight earn* Vinyl driodde is a widely ueed Industrial gaauaad mabilj a make polyvinyl chloride, a FVC, a piastie with many applications Use at the gas as a propeller* in aerosol pardee that oppose tb* new standard*. pruduolo baa bean banned. The judge*, retired UA gupteme Ooort About 4,000 workers ere employed hi Jutatoe Tbm 0. Clark and Judges Predaxiek plates that make vinyl efalortda gas amtor van pelt Br.-an and Kevta T. Dotty of the polyvinyl chloride, bat the permanent stan* oa_. District Court at the Southern Dtotrfet deeds would also effect workers who fatal at Mow York, have beard ail tte srgusMtealeaU PVC Iteo a wide variety of Ipatented by the companies and by the Juo- products. The number at worker* to lope Department, njrwntlm the Labor PVU fabrlcettcn todoetry has bero iDapartmcm. end could eonmtvuHy rule on bsHuurtail at ate.000 to 700.000. I the merit* o< thy appeal by Jan. L at they don't, tyjwum, teudartyfe a*. : since Ja?t Am of vinyl n, the panel ruled; lte ab-perte-per-TBinion ttasfttwas teued labor egaocy unit- asu temporary standard lam Marte* of the flint report*, that wotl lor several year* vinyi ddocida gat lad stra, a rare bat;to*aitoHrJBtfl The em _ __ fjaat April. " 'lor to the rnipanof w mHhn Mtet, 'of viryi eAioridt te thatoty sdr " considerably Mghar,-) often 'houaand parte tempo "* SPI-26848 WALL STRE /P75 Dow Jonet IS Company, Inc. All Mf" fleitrved. BMTtON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19T .t's News World-Wide 1 Housin Starts "ami* imam rv V SI f ASpecij Of last FOM> U CONCERNED about Soviet If tea* terventtea la Angela- Irate, a 6% The White House said the President is "seriously concerned" about Russia and indicates Cuba "supplying large quantities of men if i IL * 1 the caare are More are sett process, r's fraffil- and equipment" to the African nation. The to ths Tax] up 35% Senate was maneuvering to end reported click. So U.S. aid of up to million to two antl-Com* York muniat forces in the civil war. Ford sent CIA and State Department officials to brief lUnned ter Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee iUftgftl behind closed doors. The full Senate, which the pos^prU. was to most in secret session today, has de ferred action on a SU2.3 billion defense ap propriations bill. i fL |1973 1973 1174 1975 tng wr a bar groii| cases proi Incentive diaceviragt came the wtth a res 11.9 Interna* by the Thd ddmtfUefmttcm, which Mid if /sored damage to lAS.-Soviet detente, woe believed to be hopmg for a military stalemate that *ootid lead to a coattfton government in Angola. In the HOUSING STARTS in November fell to has uphelt a seasonally adjusted ratal rate of 1.- about 375,000 UBits from a revised 1,407,000 unit* The court I in October, the Commerce Department re po*es of ports. (See story cn pan *) keeps a " Ite Foreign Itetstieae subcommittee a case ta) later voted to stop military aid asid to urge and year's ah foreign nations to withdraw. The panel agreed that diplomatic efforts abouid be toarted. Chairman Hubert Humphrey (D., by Hina.) said the seven-member subcommit , President tee unanimously adopted two measures that would bar aid but that would glee Ford tbs option of seeking authorisation.* Philadelphia Plans A Moving Occasion though al than trt mouUie. mlUicto. telsi in This New?Year*s Eve of!* >a BaateWeet Africa, a South African rs British territory bordering on Angola, a major coo* [die UX Astt appearad to be developing betweeu could white government troops and black guerrilking independence. Johannesburg an storm, nounced that 1 insurgents and three South up any* Africans died in a recent clash, the highest guerrilla toll ever reported In the mineral' rich land. affili* The usaslmillua-ptatotlag MO mightn't manage* Its major company be seat immediately to Ford because of the possibility of a pocket veto while Congress is is recess. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D., Mont.) Indicated. The head of its af- the AVlrCIQ Building Trades Department Ci jraens Thouj Has Id Have & Ball, :he Bell of the Ball ,dy Been Chosen [GAIL SBONSON ttag Aegerti | fn Waul 8ntn Jouhval PHOLADl I--TVs city plana a trt- ^barreled ['ebration this New Tear's It wiu; Wng out, eld year. 3. Ring in aid he had "no doubt whatsoever" Ford would resist pressure and sign the which broadens union rights to picket an -expected tin site. fourth *** reo- Owimerctel beaks participating, <i dhauiy. la the Arab boycott against "*r be violating federal or state las Reserve Board said. One . ~ .te--Mewed by Fed Chairman BQtnfcis issuing letters of credit th, SPI-26849 ttporter to certify It isn't tied in A e /7-/f 7?r uses missions Would Be Cut mdard Proposed by EPA IK f , iica WA8HINaT($ rtak exists far vinyl-chloride ,28 poaed requiring a of the caac Reporter public exposure to the gas. Vinyl-chloride] a health production U up about 900ft- from is to 20[ living near years ago. eat pre In October 1974, after months of fact-find cut in air emissions ing and bearings marked by bitter contro versy, the Labor Department ordered a cut jiayed The etandart gipoaBa by be Environ la worker exposure to vinyl chloride within mental Protecting Agency would require tbe plant to one part per million from the ILikely that the CO or Vcstetliif mamfecturere of previously allowed ao parts per million. In two tiater compounds, dustry officials had warned that the rule and polyvinyl chloride, was so harsh it could lead to a total close rt*r available" technokgy to limit down cf plants making PVC plastic vinyl- Service's I their plants. Oo^entratkma chloride gas. 28 wu of th< 4n air around the pianta 8o far, however, only Uniroyal Inc. has Erica, than ooa part per announced plans to close a plant rather than #*t fO op million,' EPA aald. The new rtamtard meet the worker-exposure standards. It would lbs* level to about 0.1 part per plans to close Its Palnesvble, Ohio, PVC res by the million. ins plant by March l. Appeal*, Vlnylly block, tbe in flrst- chloride, 10 cent* uaed In cofetuaer, It bee .bees infer the ser- bt peltby aB.F : fe* for in Jawbaq tm haddMtmn i expoNxeaatfae ia uaed primarily in The new EPA standard won't be adopted I to make polyvinyl formally until after a 4Way period for pub- \ plastic Oat ia widely Uc comment and a public hearing. Mr. and ccnstructkm. Train aald he hopes to complete the process] scrutiny, apumtf by late spring. Manufacturing plants would | Co. unit report then have 90 days to Install the emission- several of its employes control equipment or to apply for an exten liver cancer linked to sion. Tbe agency could grant extensions of | up to two years. EPA that me levet mwin m Runell ftain aaidi Industry spokesmen agreed* on the need prwsfpriy what to restrict plant emissions of vinyl-chloride afiy cancer gas but at tbe seme time denied there was i rn^mseflijiiajuilard any known risk from such leaks into the canoer cases traced atmosphere. eoe to bycaeea of "In fee Pwktte tsSeeeat" frviclntty "We don't believe that there Is any cur-| .heeah^; rent, nor bee there been any pest, risk to the] health of tndtyldaali residing in tbe proxim meeting 3fae new ity of vinyl-chloride gas and polyvinyi-chlor-| ^MMfneturera about ife-rerin planes, but the VCM-PVC produc 170 mUBon each ers agree that rigorous amission controls are m the public interest," said Ralph L. Harding Jr., president of the Society of the ,kroi oould force bur Plastics Industry Inc. dM-nmoetry, to The society represents makers of *ft of) "rMo the the vinyl-chioride-monomer and polyvinyl chloride plastic made in the U.S. Mr. Hard- liaMOncp pd] mpci, Callt.; Tuckerl j^HJ. The plants mas and lug said his group views the EPA's action as "primarily a precautionary step." But he {-noted that the EPA'a proposed standard han't been studied in detail by industry rep Hr- Trainaald the resentatives and that further comment will he made within the normal rule-making pro that eminioati beUllmlaata en cedures preceding imposition of the require llv but feared that eucfl a stringeafr'riko' ment. niid effectively cleat the A spokesman for B. F. Goodrich Chemi **------- the lapse cal Co., a unit of B. F. Goodrich Co., said in and the Akron, Ohio, "We recognise that there ia a rmneb as ao, need for control requirements and emission .'t Maorithe- limitations." He said tbs company expects to be able to meet the requirements, eriea to* meat tbe rest wittai nthe EPA'a time Hw Me Me Overriding Problem Goodyear Tiro h Rubber Co., another major maker, said the proposed standard is attainable "and poaee no overriding problem [hit Goodyear, which already is well along '& Way to meeting U." A spokesman said in Akrcn that the company expects to make I Ourdt the lard from cd ... tr aviatiol But! knowlf ina//ol added! industd In av grounc control! manual aircr lOSS' SPI-26850 Westernews Los Angeles, California Vol. 5, No. 3 Nov. 6, 1974 OSHA ZEROS IN ON VCM PVC FITTINGS AT THE LOCAL HARDWARE STOftE. What future is "down the pipe" for the PVC industry? Some are worried following the recent OSHA standards Since the OSHA standard on vmyl chloride was released a month ago, processors and suppliers alike have been busy monitoring their operations. Lee Pitchforth, OSHA hygienist who monitored some 50 plants in California in May, 1974, has commented that he was impressed with the diligence of some of the processors in their monitoring. He suggests that plant managers compare then data to determine how difficult conformance will be in various parti of the plant. Most smaller processor are using outside laboratories as monitoring services. Results in general .ue running below "permissible exposure limit" (one part per million eight-hour average, with 5 ppm ceiling). Many processors are even below the 0.5 "action level.'' Employers should initiate a program foi determining the exposure of every employee. If an\ employees aie exposed over the 0.5 "action level," the employer must detcimme horn repeated monitoring data whether the employee is exposed above the pci missible exposure limit. A brief memorandum descnbmg how these and other aspects of the OSHA standard affee ts vm\ l J-ilui ide fabneators was recently sent to SPI members last month and num ,nc available. Copies of the standard are available from the SPI office. Immediately following the issuance of itie OSHA standard. SPI filed a petition for review of the stand.u d m the L S Cucuit Court of Appeals FTC Rules on Cellular Plastic The Federal Trade Commission, m closed door deliberation, is nearing final action on a consent order which was provisionally announced July 29. The order, which covers cellular plastics used in construction and in furniture, would require manufacturers to (!) stop using terms which could mislead users regarding performance under actual fire conditions, (2) notify users and the fire, insurance, and building code communities of fire hazards associated with cellular plastics, (3) establish a five-million-dollar research program, and (4) establish a committee to administer the research program. The consent order applied primarily to major suppliers. At the same time the FTC also proposed a trade regulation rule covering the entire industry. Comments on the proposed trade regulation rule must be filed no Later than December 10, 1974, and oral hearings are scheduled to commence on January 13, 1975. At the present time SPI is formulating comments on behalf of the industry, and every step is being taken to limit the scope of the regulations to avoid unduly severe marketing dislocations Some effect has aireadv been 'el: One municipal inspector in California has reacted by prohibiting the use of a polyurethane foam-molded product, according to the manufacturer of the product. CHET MeCLOSKEY (NORAC) inspects printer's proof copy of upcoming organic peroxides wan safety Dulle:in tSee page two i SPl-26851 UPCOMING CHAPTER EVENTS Southern and Northern California Speaking to both chapters on the same day will be Don Bryan (Mobay Chemical) of SPI's national Public Affairs Committee. The day is November 21 - in the evening to the BRYAN Northern California Chapter, and earlier the same day in Southern California. Bryan will explain how SIP's public affairs program is addressing the vitally important topics of combustibility and vinyl chloride. (See In the Mold for details.) Pacific Northwest Do you like an evening when you get involved m an animated discussion and come away with a head of ideas; if so, join management consultant and motivational training instructor John Shaw in his three-hour afternoon seminar on '"Effective Management Communications. ' According to Shaw, this psycho-cybernetics-oriented roundtable offers a chance to adopt new communications skills and learn how to exchange ideas more effectively with middle and top-management plastics people VISUAL PREVIEW OF COMING WESTERN SECTION CONFERENCE, April 23-25, 1975. Moving this year from our familiar San Diego surroundings, conference goers will enjoy this spectacular view of one of the most unusual buildings, the San Francisco Regency Hyatt Hotel, in a city of already distinctive skyline. The Northern California Chapter heard Shaw in October and was highly stimulated. In the evening over dinner, Shaw deals with the fascinating topic, "New Memory Techniques." After the meeting in Northern California, Paul Rossi was heard to comment, "That was a tremendous meeting; I just can't remember .what he said!" (See In the Mold for Pacific Northwest details.) PFT Conference Committee Calls for Papers Preparing for their coming |oint SPI SPt spring conference in San Diego, the conference committee is seeking otteis and suggestions for papers. Focusing on the Design of Plastic looting for the technical meetings, there are also plans for concurrent live demonstrations of tooimaking techniques hosted by member companies and students from the university. Paper suggestions should be directly to Dr. Gerald D. 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California President, to Northern I California President Paul Rossi. The losing board memoers now have to attend the next major event of the 1 Northern California Chapter. That's the i kind of spirit we like to see, even if it j was the Dodgers fault1 Contributors to the Fall Frolic Comments following this year's Fall Frolic, featuring amateur boxing, were outstanding. Part of the evening's success was also due to contributions of: {Color TV) Cincinnati Milacron, Rakar, Nissei of America, Moselle insurance; (Refreshments) Plastech : Alloys, Polychrome, Hercules, i Monsanto. IMPCO, I.M.S.; {Golf Clubs) ! P.M.S ; (Radio) C & G Plastics'; (Tickets) |. W. Plastics Equipment. FISTS FLY AT THE FALL FROLIC. 10 amateur events, organized by Joe Kiernan IP.M.S.I highlighted Southern California's annual social frolic. Pacific Northwest Chapter Meeting with |ohn Shaw on Effective Management Communications J. ,,.rsonsi and, following dmn v>w Memou iT'cnnijjt-v uni/ti- fhunderbird, Portland, Oregon. So. California Chapter Meeting with Don Bryan, on SPI's role in combustibility and vinyl chloride, Marriott Hotel, Los Angeles. Mo. California Chapter Meeting with Don Bryan, on SPI's role in combustibility and vinyl chloride, International Inn, San Francisco. Conference on plastics and the fire problem sponsored by Technology Conference in cooperation with SPE, Hacienda Hotel, El Segundo, California, o. California Chapter SPI/5PE Annual Holiday Balt, Marriott Hotel, Los Angeles. Mo. California Chapter Annual Holiday Ball, Menlo Country Club, Redwood City, California. 32nd Annual Western Section Conference, Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, California. 1 ho lie ' i o i n Reinforced Plastics CumpoMlos Institute already has a rcpuljtitm for high-quality conferences That \ v*nv members of the group arc alrcacv focusing their attentions on an in-depth, basic information program for end-users of corrosion resistant plastic structures for an April 2_-30, 1976 Convention In a recent meeting, the executive board approved Caesar's Palace as the site. Dr Frank Cassis (Amoco), conference chairman, says that the two-and-a-half-dav technical meeting will present the advantages of corrosion resistant plastic products from actual case histories. Today, as plastics often come under close scrutiny from the public, positive examples of their superiority over natural products, should be a definite contribution. Special mailings will be designed with the intention of attracting engineering firms, contractors, and other end-users. The idea for this type of focus comes mainly from the success of RP/C's 1972 conference featuring reinforced pipe. 111V 111: 'Ilali-C stage, and readers' suggestions are encouraged. A call for papers will be the next step. Dave Dubbeii (Goldsworthy Engineering), RP/C chairman, says plans are initiated early to ensure the depth of quality everyone really wants in such a conference. SPI-26854 --------.-i'll i, J O IV L* X, t>/4 nuitmu rAinilMi New Cancer Cases Widen Fears on Vinyl Chloride JMJV, 21, IS Ki IN DEPOT ARC Traveled abroad* - i-- -- Marlborough Head Cites Trips to Liechtenstein >By EDITH EVANS ASBURY ' J^'Untitled, 1954," a Mark .Jgothko painting that rose jn puce from $18,000 to $180,000 within six months after it ljfas acquired here by * Marlbor ough Gallery, went through the Kinds of two Liechtenstein cor- pocations and traveled to Tor- irtito and back within three weeks after Marlborough's InlJial acquisition, according to testimony yesterday. '."The testimony was elicited from Frank K. Uoyd, head of t)ie international complex of f^arlborough galleries and compfenies by Edward -J. Ross, lawyer for Mr. Rothko's 23ijtear-old daughter Kate. She and `her 10-year-oid brother, Chris topher, and the state's Attor ney General, Louis J Lefkowltz, .peek to cancel contracts by which Marlborough A.G, a `.Liechtenstein corporation, bought 10Q Rothko paintings >nd Marlborough Gallery, Inc., Hew York obtained consign ment of 700 to be sold at SO By JANE E. BRODY Four new cases of angiosar coma of (he liver have just been uncovered. They raise for the first time the possibility in (he minds of public health of ficials that this fatal cancer hazard that has been linked to vinyl chloride may extend to hundreds of thousands of work ers and to members of the gen eraI public. Heretofore, the cancer risk associated with vinyl chloride, a basic chemical in the plastics1 industry, has been confined to the approximately 6,500 Amerl can workers who make vinyl chloride or convert the chemi cal to Ita polymer, polyvinyl chloride. Since January, when the hazard was first revealed, 19 cases of this Invariably fatal cancer, which is extremely rare in the general population, have been uncovered among vinyl chloride workers hem and abroad. Among the newly revealed cases of angiosarcoma of the liver--three in New York State and one in Connecticut--are a worker who for 30 years made electrical wire insulation from polyvinyl chloride resin and a woman who for nearly 30 years lived lour blocks downwind from a polyvinyl chloride manu facturing plant. Public health officials are currently intensively investi gating these cases because of their potential implication of a much more widespread hazard than previously suspected. Although precise numbers are not known, informed sources estimated that hun dreds of thousands of workers are engaged in the processing of polyvinyl chloride, generally known as PVC, into countless consumer and industrial prod ucts, including paints, furniture, floor tiles, clothing, food pack ages, dentures, garden hoses, pharmaceutical products con struction pipes and insulation. In addition, countless individ uals with no occupational ex posure to vinyl chloride or its polymer live in the vicinity of the ] 4 plants that make vinyl chloride and the 35 plants that make PVC. The Environmental Protec tion Agency estimates that 300 million pounds of vinyl chloride escape into the environment each year as a result of this manufacture. Yesterday, the agency asked the 27 manu facturers involved to submit "process, emission and air quality data" to help it develop air pollution control standards for vinyl chloride in accordance with the Clean Air Act of 1970. The agency has deleted vinyl chloride up to half amile from a PVC plant, as wd as along a highway in Pasaena, the heart of the largest inyl chloride producing regia in the United States. Other potential source of exposure to this chemicahave been the dozens of aerosolconsumer products, Indudinghair sprays and household esticides, in which for years dnyl chloride was used as a pipellant. Nearly all such prducts have been recalled in th< last month. The new cases of aitgrsarcoma of the liver turned ip in a search of records of tncer registeries in New York State and Connecticut. The New York registrjcou tains a total of six cass of this disease, all six havinilived in the Buffalo area, near 'here a large Goodyear plan has been making PVC since(946. There is also a preliminy re port of a seventh case i the Buffalo area. Three of thNew York cases are men who worked at the Goodyearplant in Niagara Falls, but thother Ihee are all women wh had no .known occupations ex posure. Case in Connection According to officers t the try, told The New York Times One of those. A man who died last July at the age of 60. had worked for 39 years at the1 General Electric plant in Bridge port. According to a company spokesman, for the first 30 years of the man's employment, he operated machines that pro cessed plastic (``quite probably PVC"), rubber and other ma terials into insulation. The company, which this week notified the National in stitute for Occupational Safety and Health about the case, has' begun medical tests, including liver function studies, of all employes exposed to any known level of vinyl chloride, the spokesmans aid. The institute said it was consulting with the company about further studies, and the Center for Disease Control is investigating the other cases in the cancer registry. Dr. Irving J. Selikoff, direc tor of the Environmental Sci ence Laboratory at Mount Sinai Hospital here, com mented that "any one case could be a coincidence and more information is needed to define the precise risk. How ever, the new cases point to the urgent need for research to clarify the situation." A 21-year-old man t den. N. J., was siabbe* early yesterday during menl in a men's rooi Port Authority Bus Tei The police identified tim as Robert Munson and said his body was t a porter shortly after I a lower-level men's roon terminal on Eighth Ave> tween 40th and 41st Strv According to the pal argument fn the men's ri. to the stabbing, but the i the dispute was not km At 12:15 A.M., before th dent in the men's room, Nettle, a suspect in the bing, allegedly quarreled u man in the 1ND subway si at 23d Street and, accordi. the police, pushed him o!. platform. The man, idem only as Dario Correru Queens, sustained minor juries, the police said. Mr. Nettle is 27 and liu the Adeiphi Hotel, 470 We,i Street, lie was seized by police following a fight Eighth Avenue and 23d Sii Because he had a seven hunting knife in his posses he was questioned about stabbing in the terminal. The police said the sm/ had admitted having an at merit with Mr. Budd in the i minal rest room. ?ijwr cent commission. They seek cancellation of the contracts and dismissal of the Jhree executors who made it on the ground that the price of sl.S-miiiion for the lw paint ings--an average of $18,000 each--and 50 per cent comrtiis* ; sion on the 700, fraudulently wasted the assets of the estate. "Untitled. 1954," bought by Mrs. Paul Mellon for $180,000 the estate," he commented. "If I had to recall ait of these The panies two Liechtenstein com through which "Untitled, things, 1 couldn't do any ness,'' Mr. Lloyd said. In York, he added, he has busi New more 1954," and the 71 other paint than 20 employes to take care ings passed are among nine of office operations. .there, four in Switzerland, and Mr. Lloyd said he kept in alleries in Toronto, Montreal, daily touch by telephone with urich, Rome, London and the New York gallery except [Tokyo controlled by Mt. Lloydwhen he was traveling in Asia, 'through family trusts, accord where he said telephone com ing to his testimony. munication was difficult. When Center for Disease Conti , one of the New York womei who died in January at the je of] 62, had lived four blocksoutheast of the Goodyear plansince the end of World War . She also had her hair dom each week for at least 20 ye;s, al though the beauty sale she patronized told official they did not use vinyl chloric-con taining hair sprays. OVER 1,000,000 BOOKS! SECOND HAND & OUT-OF-PRINT FOR SCHOLARS. COLLECTORS & READERS dCnDUCJMUII.- eTtrMnUtSwAImiOSsS-tF*1sEmVICsWaCItSkewmimfle IDT RAftlfC- VERY URGE DISPLAY Mil DUUny at GREATLY REDUCED MIOES in November, 1970, was among That control is absolute, he he is at his home in Nassau, The Connecticut regisy has 72 paintings on an invoice iden made clear, but he brushed off the Bahamas, Mr. Lloyd said, accumulated a total oi eight STRAND BOOKSTORE tified by Mr. Lloyd on his sec- questions about day-to-day op he sometimes telephones twice cases of angiosarcoma >f the 826 BROADWAY (N.E. CORNER I2tfSTREET) , and day on the witness stand erations of individual compa a day, "if it is rainy, and I am liver since 1935, Dr. Irbara <A in Surrogate's Court. Sixty-one of the 100 Marl nies. borough A.G. had bought May bored." Christine, director of thiregis- M.Y. (MIL--Gl M453--HIUISi StM TR liH 2tIo 21, 1970 from the Rothko estate were also on the invoice. o> It showed that on June 12, 00 1970, the 72 paintings were on sold to Marlborougn Gallery o! <71 npiv 'u' Socidtd Anonyme Beat theHigh Costof *' or liechlen- 1 company tOf; S'P / Ttvo More Deaths Reported Vinyl Chloride Cancer Probe Widens; Vast Threat Feared By Jane E. Brody NEW YORK, June 2 (NYT>.-- Four new case# of angiosarcoma of the liver have Just been un covered. They raise for the first lime the possibility in the minds or public health officials that this fatal cancer hazard that has been A Neiv Twist In Fish Tales ORICK, Calif., June 2 (APi. --Fishing enthusiasts gather ed here today to unveil a fiveton redwood sculpture in memory of a one-pound salmon. The dedication ceremony was staged in front of the Humboldt County Prairie Creek Fish Hatchery. It was there, 10 years ago. that a silver salmon nicknamed In domitable defied both proba bility and modern plumbing by swimming from a stream through a maze of drainage pipes back into the hatchery s rearing pond where he was born. Gunmen Yield Jinked to vinyl chloride may ex tend to hundreds of housands of workers and to members of the general public. Heretofore, the cancer risk as sociated with vinyl chloride, a baste chemical In the plastics In dustry. has been confined to the approximately 6,800 American workers who make vinyl chloride or convert the chemical to polyvlny chloride. Since January when the hazard was first reveal ed. 19 cases of this invariably fatal cancer, which is extremely rare in the genera] population, have been uncovered among vinyl chloride workers here and abroad. Among the newly revealed case# of angiosarcoma of the liverthree in New York state and one in Connecticut--are a worker who for 30 years made electrical wire insulation from polyvinyl chloride resin and a woman who for nearly 30 years lived four blocks downwind from a poly vinyl chloride manufacturing plant. Intensive Investigation Public health officials are cur rently intensively Investigating these cases because of their potential implication of a much nwre widespread hazard than previously suspected. Although precise numbers are not known. Informed sources es timated that hundreds of thou- SAFETY FIRST as he leaves N< and tennis racq? Kennedy Princeton, n.j.. j --A Oallup poll lnd Sen. Edward Kenned would outpoit Vice-P SO percent to 39 pt presidential election now. The remaining 11 p F The Sun S P l-2 6 8 5 6 Ju U.S. Alter chloride, generally known, as I*VC, into countless consumer Into the and Industrial products, Includ TV Interview ing paints, furniture, floor tiles, clothing, food packages, dentures, RANCHO CORDOVA. Calif., June 'i < UPI i--Two teen-aged gunmen stormed into a crowded bank Friday, took 24 hostages, collected gl-milllon ransom, then surrendered when police promis ed to put them 011 television. The hostages, including three men. 18 women and three small children, were released un harmed. in the television lute1view, the gunmen, Michael Madigan, IB, and Brian James Young, 19. said they had no food or jobs and needed money. A television reporter and cam eraman were allowed Into the bank five hours after the two .young men went In. The televi sion crew came out 30 minutes later and said Uie bandits promis ed to give themselves up If they could tell their story on televi sion. The reporter, Bill Harvey, said. -They wanted to tell their story to the community.1* Only minutes before the news men were allowed in the bank, an unarmed policeman pushed three grocery carts full of cur rency--$1 million--up to a night deposit slot of the bank and dropped in bundle after buudle of cash. Madigan was described as a h.gh school dropout. Police said both of the youths had minor juvenile records but had not com mitted any major offenses. One of the freed hostages. Mrs. Guerrina Akley, 31, said the ban dit? taped a shotgun to her neck and .forced her to lie on the floor. "They said they wanted money and they said they wouldn't hurt anyone if they got it." Mrs. Akley aid. garden hoses, pharmaceutical products, construction pipes and insulation. In addition, countless Indivi duals with no occupational ex posure to vinyl chloride or its polymer live in the vicinity of the 14 plants that make vinyl chloride and the <35 plants that make PVC. The Environmental Prqtectlon Agency estimates that 300 mil lion pounds of vinyl chloride es cape into the environment each year as a result of this manu facture. The agency has asked the 37 manufactures Involved to submit "process, emission and air quality data" to help It de velop standards for sir pollution control of vinyl chloride In ac cordance with the Clean Air Act of 1970. The agency has detected vinyl chloride up to half a mile from a PVC plant, as well as along a highway In Pasadena, Calif., the heart of the largest vinyl chlo ride producing region In the United States. Cither potential sources of ex posure to this chemical have been the dozens of aerosol con sumer products. Including hair sprays and household pesticides, in which for years vinyl chlo ride was used as a propellant. Nearly all such products have been recalled In the last month. WASHINGTON. Ju* --The Supreme Cour finally entered the affair. For all the b four-sentence ruling, that the court wou expedited hearing to Jaworskl subpoena Implications were poU The questions were 1 Friday's ruling woulc why the court Issued Technically, the meant that special Leon Jaworskl, who 1 hearings, had made that the dispute ov poena was of "such public importance" 1 "Immediate settlenn court Mr. Jaworskl had 1 expedited hearing on that It was necessar* of the Watergate o were to start on eel To a number of l> ever* this waa tu reason for the court normal procedures s effect a speedy-h designed for emergei Moreover, some ob that the ruling wo have far more im: presidential Impest ceedings than on trial First QiH 6 Uie on Spanish Train TOLEDO, Spain, June 3 <AP). --Six persons were killed and 17 were injured Prld y when a pas senger train hit the rear of a train carrying explosives and W8r materiel, the Civil Ouard reparted. The first questlo tilling---the questlf --was Impossible Wtely. But there of potential ansa on the court's evi on the case. The court might of Mr. Jaworskl, a Ident Nixon to cc subpoena. If it U.S. Navy Accused of Hiding would have seve could comply wit Ignore It, or, as , 0 14(inunman c-- vl 01* F- s of Yale Law 8< telephone inhe- spedal SPI-26857 nrrp wkii weaner man mat ot or^anlKd labor which makes plastic trim tor several big and various scientific groups, which back auto makers, warned that the new rule* , the tough rules, .. , , [\. ^ At f.'I' could out oil it* supplyvef RVOAeestnarendf fi Doom for the Industry? " l" - ing its production and causing ltto risk lew*',`l At this week's hearings, however, the In wits by Detroit for failure to fulfill supply dustry is expected to argue strongly that the contracts. - The firm, an officer wrote, "no-detectable" exposure plan would spell doom (or the several dozen plants that make "would undoubtedly ruptcy." be forced into bank vinyl chloride gas or turn it Into polyvinyl Hubbard Apiaries, a beekeeping com chloride powder or resin, and for most of pany in Onsted, Mich., wrote to declare that the hunMi of plants that turn polyvinyl It couldn't remain In business if PVC sup chloride Into plastic products. plies were threatened because Ks honey la Tbs standard would require that most sold in PVC bottles aqd glass bottles are operations la the production of vinyl chlor scarce as a result of a soda-ash shortage. ide and polyvinyl chloride, which employs In fact, many of the letters contended an estimated 1,000 workers, be conducted In that PVC la already In abort supply, highly closed-off, regulated areas where expoeure versatile and absolutely necessary for a va can be controlled by ventilation devices or riety of important uses. other methods. In addition, some operations Spokesmen for the record industry in of plants turning polyvinyl chloride Into sisted that the plastic Is vital to its opera products, which are said to employ up to tions. MCA Records Inc. contended that If TOO,000 workers, would be subjected to simi lar stringent engineering rules If those oper Woodworkers' Pactations could cause the polyvinyl chloride Sipowder or resin to release trapped quanti ties of raw vinyl chloride gas. ' BLast week the Society of the Plastics In dustry, a trade group, asserted that suffi cient technology doesn't exist to meet the proposed standard and warned that much of the vinyl and polyvinyl chloride industry i might have to close if the standard goes into I effect The society predicted that l.t million Jobs and "at least |H billion" in sales and production could be last. tern Briti a tei Ralph Harding Jr., president of the soci ety, said that the proposed standard "Is try 1 were technologically Infeasible to achieve, even be rt` coast* Ge IJERVIS B.I memb executi tative y SPI-26858 i- $P) 40 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Tuesday, June 25, 1974 Debating Health vs. Jobs r ' Castle & ( To Buy F Plastics Industry Mobilizes to Thwart By WallStbbbt HONOLULU--Ca Tough Rules on Handling Vinyl Chloride plans to purchase fc gate-Callfomia Ooq Ashing fleet of It Gann fleet. I----------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- 1----------------------------- The proposed pu By Walts* Kouaan with the highly sophisticated methods of In- the standards forced PVC production to end, cash and the assump. Staff Raporttr of Thb Wall 8ms*t Jouxnal plant control that have been developed by "our industry would be forced cut erf busi gages. Included in the WASHINGTON -- As the federal govern the industry over the yean. 11 the proposed ness." be a marine-bardwart ment move* closer to adopting atrtngaot 'no-deteotabU*level' standard la adopted, The National Association of Hpnt Build frigerated tuna-carryln controls over handling of the ubiquitous In* the vinyl chloride and polyvinyl chloride ers said the standards could drive the rising The purchase,'- off*. duatrlal chemical vinyl chloride, manufac resin producing Industries will be foreed to costs of housing even higher by forcing C. J. Trone Jr., truete turers who use K are mobilising to try to dose down Immediately." bulldert to abandon economical PVC hous fornia In reorganisation stow that the controls would'prove economi A number of labor-union and occupation ing components. It warned that such a de to approval by the fed* cally disastrous. al-health axperts are expected to dispute the velopment could MSut^sorely needed hous San vDiego and compJ Hie rules would be utterly unworkable, society's claim at the hearings. They con ing would be > beyood the - reach of. an in- ether requirements. Jud the companies say, and industry would lose tend that it Is possible to meet the standard creaaingly large segment of the public." set July 1 as the date ii aa esscotial manufacturing material. In without closing the industry. Norton Co.'s plastic* and synthetics divi the offer, Castle ft Cook conaequence, they add, makers of plastic But hank predictions are contained In sion, which makes, tubing for medical uses, The Ashing fleet wo pipe, auto ports, phonograph records and many of the more than US tetters from plas warned that if the new rules curbed supplies the Bumble Bee eeafoot many more products would be driven to the tics firms already on file with the Labor De of PVC, desperately needed equipment used Castle A Cooke foods di) wall. And. they contend, thousand! of Jobe partment. The totters, representing the writ in kidney dialysis end heart surgery might agreement would suppl. would vanish. ers' formal `'comments" on the planned become unavailable. And Grmnltevllle Oo. of nle with substantial quu This gloomy picture Is likely to dominate rules, give an Indication of tbs probable GranltevlUe, 8.C., a maker of fire-retardant labor Department hearings, beginning today, on planned standards for eliminating the exposure of plastics-Industry workers to the chemical, which la suspectedof causing cancer. Exposure to vinyl chloride, a gas, has been linked by researchers to lb cases of a rare liver oencer, angiosarcoma, among workers . handling It in the U.S, and other countries; In 11 of these cases, death resulted. In' addition, angiosarcoma has recently been blamed for the death of two emptoypa In U.S. plants handing polyvinyl chloride, the powdered derivative of vinyl chloride that Is fabricated into .a wide range of plastic products. (Two other deaths from angiosarcoma have been dis covered among people living In the vicinity of plants using polyvinyl chloride.) In April, the labor Department's occupathoial safety and health adidzdstraUQU Imposed e temporary emergency standard limiting workers1 exposure to vinyl-chloride gas to SO parts per million In tbs air they breathe, a sharp reduction from the previous tone of this Week's hearings. Although,most letters concede that some controls are needed on vinyl chloride, most that the proposed measures would mean mMhtng lees than the collapse of their Industry. Almost all the letters come from users of polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, and not compa nies directly handling vinyl chloride itself or those turning ft Into PVC. In most cases, they explain that their suppliers of PVC have told them the standards will make It impossible for them to continue producing the raw plastic. Urged to write to the gov ernment, the PVC users have done so, fore casting Uielr financial ruin. "Unless a reasonable approach is taken," wrote Frank Groeneveld Jr., presi dent of a jdastlc-plpe-extruding firm in Flor ida, "it could mean the destruction of many small businesses such as ours where we have Invested our life savings." R. J. Clayton, chairman of Louver Drape Inc., a California maker of PVC window blinds 'and folding doors, wrote that "*7 years ego, at the depth of the depression, I tents -and tent material, called PVC "the most Important component" ,in its products. What's more, Arthur Culbertson, a Flor ida plastics executive, 'and Gerald Kessler, an offlcsroAr ageOhiffvpIastlcs company, urged modification ortthe proposed stan dards on the grounds that they themselves had had long personal exposure to vinyl chloride without ill effect*. Most of the latter writers acknowledged the need to protect workers from the possi bility of liver cancer. But they urged delay In Imposing such harsh restrictions, both to give edentlete time for further research and to allow the. budneeeea to phase In the new controls. I 1 But one writer took a decidedly (esa sym pathetic view of the dangers of death from vinyl chlorifleWarneson Crane, of Crane Plastics Iwf.V'in^Oolambus, Ohio, wrote, "We continue a M impressed with the com parison of tbe number of deaths annually due to iulct4? prompted by lose of Jobe, ver sus the II enginesreoma deaths world-wide over fa years of PVC production."' limit of 600 parts. Now, the agency la pro- started a one-man buslnese which has 'posing--and witnesses at this week's hear* grown today where we do approximately |7 bigs will debate -- a standard cutting ex mUllcm worth of buetneee and entploy over posure permanently to "no detectable" level MO people." If the new rules are Irapwed, at all. he eakl, "we'd be back to a. one-man busi Although the plastics Industry ocooeed ness overnlxbt." SP1-26859 - > l t Pan Am Reaches last Sept- 1, Increases tilt pay `of tainted Agreement reached earlier this year with mechanics a six steps from 10.80 an hour to United. In that agreement, mechanics re Accord on Contract $7.69 an hour as of Nov.'l, 19TB, a Jump of ceived pay increases and coet-of-11ving ad nearly 17%. In addition; Eastern's employes justments totaling about 17% spread over 28 would receive two cost-of-living increases of months t+wigti Oct. 81, 1979. \ For 11,300 Employes 10 cents each during the agreement, Which runs through Dec. 31. 1975. Rossmoor to Get Settlement to xnak Ibe 'bank A Wall Stuit Joummal .Vuc# R<m*dvp The Eastern lier settlements pact baaicaSy foBows ear between United Air Lines, Of $4.3 Million From U.S. Pan American World Airways and the Northwest Airlines and American Airlines, LAGUNA KILLS, Calif.--Rossmoor Carp, er secre- Transport Workers Union agreed on a new and their mechanics, with the Exception of a said it will be paid about $4.2 million by the lao prasi- ww**" ------------winlca, two-month delay in one step increase and a federal government under stipulated settle two-month longer duration which' includes a ment of a 19*7 claim filed by the developer ected five-ceat-an-hour increase. . of retirement and adult <**"*"<1^^** with aid* Nonunion Boosts the U.S. court of claims. . , In addition. Eastern told its 18,000 nan- That claim said the Department of the l, but unton employes that they win receive pay Navy and the El Tbro Karine Corps Naval stood increases effective -July 1-tids year. Eastern Air ttuflon had, in effect, blocked develop ree* previously had troxen salaries of TMnT.iwn ment of son* property earned by Rossmoor y the employes during 1974. The - company said at its Leisure World development hem by of these increases win cost abet* gg inifilqa Imposing restrictions on its use. The larr* i sub- over the final six months of this year. The lies beneath a approach path *' jh. a increases vary according to Job categories, Toro. ^ said. but appear to average 6% to 8%. . -Roawnoor demanded compw'' the government and was b*> SPI-26860 :>p / >* -TBB NEW YORK TIMES, THURSDAY. AUGUST 22. IBM NEWPERttFEARED I DT VINYL CHLORIDE 1 Doctor Say* Data Hint Link With Canatic Dam&ga < ' 9j DAVID BURNHAM [ HMrikntMttMllM WASHINGTON, Aug. 21--A ' mpected medical reaetrchcr t twtlftod today that there was growing evidence that vinyl chloride, the raw material from which many plastic products are made, might cause both ' geoetk damage and birth de fects. -Dr. Irving J Selikoff, pro fessor of environmental medi cine at die Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City Uni versity of New York, gave the testimony at bearings of the Senate Commerce Subcommit tee on the Environment. A second witness, Dr.Joseph Wagoner from the National Iostituta for Occupational Safety and Health, further tes tified that recent tests strong ly suggest that vinyl chloride might heighten the risk of can cer in the respiratory system, th Wood forming tissues and! the brain and central nervous! system, | The chemical has already! been shown to cause an unusually high rate of a rare! kind . of liver cancer among1 workers exposed to it during1 the manufacturing process. ( The hearings, headed by Senator John V. Tunney, Demo crat of California, were held | in a'week when House and! Senate conferees ended a nine- month stalemate and began try ing to work out compromise vla;nnguage foifi't`o xJic substance Purpose of Legislation This legislation is designed to provide a mechanism for test ing industrial chemicals, con sumer dieraicals and all agricultural chemicals with the exception of pesticides before they are sold in the market place. The technique of changing vinyl chloride into polyvinyl chloride was discovered about 50 years ago. Since the end of World War II. polyvinyl chloride has become the second most used plastic in the United States, in such items as up holstery materials, automobile interiors, electric cable insula tion, water pipe, film, tiles and floor covering and phonograph records. At present in the United States, 14 plants employing 1,500 workers produce vinyl chloride, 37 plants employing 5.000 workers transform vinyl dhioride into polyvinyl chloride and hunreds of thousands of workers, are employed m comiourdin* the polyvinyt chloride Into useful products. * Last January, Government Scientists learned that a num ber of employes at the B. F. Goodrich viny' chloride plant in Louisville, Ky. had died of the ! fare form of liver cancer. Since l then, several studies have been nitiated, hairsprays and cosme tics using vinyl chloride as a propellant have been banned, and rules reducing the exposure f workers to the chemical have been proposed. * During today's hearing by the Sivironmental subcommittee, r caiH that ir had Bow been .proved that vinyl jhloride, long assumed to be genign, was not. ^ ^ { "I regret to say, tne re searcher added, "that early findings indicate that vinyl jhloride may be mutagenic, as pvell as carcinogenic." < Noting that the evidence was limited and required extension and confirmation. Dr. Selikoff kaid laboratory tests conducted tn New York and Sweden had indicated that vinyl chloride *may affect the strands of , material that carry the contin uity of the human race from ge neration to generation, i Dr. Wagoner, director of field studies of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, said the initial studies pad found that death from liver cancer among workers exposed to large amounts of vinyl chlor ide occurred 12 times more fre quently than would normally be j expected. v I But Dr. Wagoner added that] the most recent results indicat- i gd that the unusually high level! of cancer were not limited to the liver. "At this stage of our research, a 57 per cent increase fn deaths due to cancer beyond what would b expected already jas been observed," he said. SPI-26861 THIS IS THE SANEST ARTICLE I HAVE READ OH THE PVC CANCER SCARE SUBJECT W.T.C. WILLIAM T. CRUSE A COMPANY European Plastics News July 197 4 Liver cancer risks associated with the processing of PVC very low .PI s'*3' the recent discovery of a link between inhalation of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) and a rare form of cancer--angiosarcoma of the liver--is primarily due to research work initiated by a group of manufacturers from Western European countries and started in Italy in 1971. This correlation has led to a degree of sensationalism relating the use of pvc and its contact with humans as a hazard to be avoided at all costs. In truth, the hazards to consumers and users of pvc products are virtually oil; very small risks may be apparent to workers in poorly ventilated processing/com pounding plants; whilst the safety standards in polymerization plants are now much higher than existed some 20 years ago when it is thought excessive contact with vcm may have initiated deterioration of the human liver to cause Hrh by angiosarcoma that are only now being verified Following a paper published in the Journal of Cancer Research in 1971 suggesting that vc monomer could cause cancer of the lung in rats, four European manufacturers of pvc sponsored a research programme by Professor Maitoni at the University of Bologna. A few months later an epidemiological study of workers at major pvc polymerization plants in GB commenced and this has since been extended to cover all GB manufacturers. The GB study ihowed oo increase in cancer of any sort amongst vcm workers although Maltoni's work began to show this very rare form of liver cancer, angiosarcoma, in rats. This presided tome data for consideration but at this stage there were still no signs of any risks to human beings. Despite this the experiments of Professor Maitoni were in creased and inter-Governmental authorities informed; par ticularly those in the USA who were then able to organize a much large]' epidclmiological survey than that possible in Great Britain. Since more widespread investigations began luring mid-1973 there has been, to date, 18 *tagw/\ of angiosarcoma in process workers on pvc plants in the US and Europe of which 16 have proved fatal. Of this total, 12 cases were in the US with seven having occurred on a B F Goodrich plant and three at a Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co location. The average exposure time to vc monomer of the individuals bad been about 20 years at very much higher exposure levels than that normal by general standards in January 1974. More risks are apparent on pvc polymerization plants rather than during vcm manufacture as only one case of angiosarcoma has been confirmed amongst the latter type of worker. There seems to be a definite link between pvc autoclave workers particularly those involved in scrubbing ut autoclaves--and confirmed liver cancer diagnoses. Ex posure levels on early production plants up to about 1935 are estimated to have been 1000 parts per million (1 OOOppm) of vinyl chloride in the atmosphere. Safety standards have obviously been since.thgt. that average leveis of exposure for process worken in 1973 were 300ppm. At the present time average exposure levels are down to 50ppm and further improvements by major plant modifications should get levels down to lOppm--or on very new plants even 5ppm. Thus for pvc production from vcm there is a large safety area between levels now and in the future when compared to those conditions when it i$ thought angiosarcoma was first contacted by workers. However, whilst it was the very rare nature of angiosarcoma that provoked the epidemiological research it must be pointed out that levels of 50ppm are not known to be a safe concentration level---just much improved from 1 OOOppm. Rats, in fact, do contract liver cancer at an exposure level of50ppm but there is no proven link between animals and humans. Whilst safety conditions for pvc process workers have undergone significant improvement and are also being further dramatically increased, the issue is much clearer and far safer for processors, fabricators and the general public. Tests have shown that average exposure levels in the fabrication industry are about 5ppm and where this is exceeded, mainly in com pounding areas, improved ventilation should ensure reduction to a level of 5ppm or below. The quantity of vinyl chloride ab sorbed in the average diet is 0,001ppm ofthe diet which would necessitate a life span of 1 800 yean to absorb lg of vinyl chloride. Thus, in summary, it can be seen that the incidence of angiosarcoma is low; particularly if the 10 deaths from two US plants are separated out---but not ignored. The incidence has only occurred amongst pvc polymerization process workers (with one exception on a vcm production unit). Safety conditions on plants have been dramatically increased for present day workers in comparison to those accepted at the time of the 18 angiosarcoma cases and are being still further improved in the next six months. Exposure levels to vcm in processing and fabricating plants are significantly jelow those generally accepted on polymerization plants to day and it should be pointed out that animal experiments have ihovm a very marked dose/response relationship. Finally, whilst it is impossible to prove zero risk, the concentrations of vcm being absorbed by the public horn handling pvc and sating food wrapped in pvc film are so low as to be negligible. In GB the Chemical Industries Association published last month an advisory notefor the guidance ofpvc processors. This summarizes all data now available concerning operations which may involve the release to working at mosphere of residual monomer in pvc polymer. It indicates where suitable ventilation should be considered (\fnot already installed) to remove as much aspossible ofthe small quantity of vcm which may be present. The note coverage includes general background information; warehousing pvc xmpofditBng operations andpvcfabricationprocesses. 77 RIVER STREET. HOBOKEN. NEW JERSEY 07030 TELEPHONE <201) 686.4871 5PI-26862 / HfiTop o Tough week for vftiy Suspected hazardous effects of vinyl chloride continued to be a prime topic of concern on several fronts last week. The Senate Commerce Committee Subcommittee on the Environment-ex pects to use new data on vinyl chloride toxicity, reported at its hearings last week, to press for quick agreement with the House on a toxic substances act For months, two versions of such legislation have been lodged in a House-Senate con ference dispute over premarket screening of chemicals. Senator John V, Tunney (D., Calif.), who seeks a tough bill, is expected to Lean heavily on last week's testimony by Irving J. Selikoff of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York). Selikoff main tained that vinyl chloride "may also be mutagenic--that is, may affect the strands of material that cany the continuity of the human race from generation to gen eration." He declared that an exam ination of chromosomes in a group of 11 workers exposed to vinyl chloride showed chromosome changes to "be present con siderably more frequently than ex pected." In addition, Selikoff detailed the find ings of an Ohio State Dept of Health study, which he said indicated increased birth malformation rates in three Ohio counties where vinyl chloride plants are located. Much of the other testimony at the subcommittee hearings focused on the suspected link between exposure to vinyl chloride and angiosarcoma, a rare liver cancer. Joseph Wagoner, director of field stud ies for the National Institute for Occupa tional Safety and Health, noted that the number of deaths attributed to liver can cer, out of a sampling of medical records of 109 vinyl chloride worken who died in the 1950-1973 period, was "12 times the number expected." Theodore R. Torkelson, a Dow Chem ical toxioologut, explained to the sub committee some of the vinyl chloride re search the Manufacturing Chemists Assn, is conducting. He said that two types of vinyl chloride studies are being contem plated, in addition to those already under way. The first would try to ascertain dose-re sponse relationships for vinyl chloride. The second would investigate the poten tial for long-term, delayed responses to single, massive exposure to the chemical "The known potential of harm from vi nyl chloride justifies stringent precautions August 28, 1974 CHEMICAL WEEK 13 Top of the news NEW PVC PLANT is being built by Fire stone next to existing Perryville, Md., unit. A vote for PVC Firestone Plastics reported last week that it has begun construction of a "multimiUion-doUar" dispersion-grade poly vinyl chloride resins plant adjacent to its PVC installation in Penyviile, Md. When the unit is completed in mid-1975, its out put--along with some improvements at Firestone's Potmown, Pa^ PVC unit--will increase the company's PVC capacity to 450 million lb*,/year from the current 400 million, a spokesman says. The new plant will employ the emul sion polymerization process. The existing Perryville operations, built in 1968, use suspension polymerization. Firestone's move to increase PVC ca pacity comes as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration continues to study the possibility of imposing a "no detectable level" standard for exposure to vinyl chloride in all VCM and PVC in stallations. Firestone's plans, like B.F. Goodrich's decision last month to build a new PVC plant, would seem to be an af firmation of faith in the continued profit ability of PVC manufacture as well as a hint of confidence that OSHA will not promulgate its proposed rigid exposure standard (CW, July 17, p. 20). Firestone asserts that the new Perryville plant will "incorporate the latest and safest equipment and production pro cesses," including an improved ventila tion system. The company falls short, however, of saying that the new unit will be able to meet a no-detectable-level standard. "The plant is being engineered to keep the exposure level as low as is technologically possible," it adds. August 28. 1974 CHEMICAL WEEK 15 SPI-26863 SefcT s 7-/97 V Vinyl Chloride Air-Pollution Limits'^ J To Be Established by Environmental Unit' By Wall Snutrr Jooamal. Staff Jt#ert*r chloride has strsngthsd medical suspicions WASHINGTON - Tm Hnviroumental that the gas can cause caneer. Indepen Protection Agency Mid it will establish sir* dently of the EPA action, the Labor Depart pollution standards for vinyl chloride, hut ment's Occupational Health and Safety Ad- zt agency official Mid a formal proposal on mlttlatrattoa currently is consldsilug tough the cancer-linked gas still is six to sight ening Its vinyl-chlorlds standards to protect months off. workers Inside plants. Although the standards under ocostdera- When the BPA *the' atmosphere i don are still tentative, they would add 4%, around selected vinyl-chlortd# and PVC ' or one cut a pound, to Oa pries of poly* plants earlier this year, none *of the vinyl vinyl chloride, the white resin produced chloride concentrations detected were as from vinyl chloride that la used,in thousands high u the 00 parts per million considered ct plastic products, the EPA estimated. dangerous to health. However, agency offi EPA administrator Hresell Train .an cials believe eome of the levels measured nounced the decision to limit vinyl-chloride left too narrow a safety margin for persons emunioos into the atmosphere after an EPA living close to the plants. task force found that industrial sources may Bernard BtaUrerwsid, the EPA deputy as- be releasing over 300 rafflUm pounda'of the ftstuft administrator in charts,' of develop gas tnto the atmosphere each year. The task ing alr-quallty standards, said Industry, in force concluded that emiaatasvs from the ns- addition to meeting vinyl .chloride ceilings, tian's'ld vinyl chloride monomer pleats can would be required to tmdertake additional be cut ao% and from the *1 plants that use maintenance, adopt new processing prac the gas to make the polyvinyl chloride resin, tices and Install additional equipment. As by T8%. ' -- sessment of the needed requirements end Whether to regulate emissions from the other technical questions will take six to 8,000 that fabricate polyvinyl chlor eight months. Hr. Stelgerwald sald- ide, or PVC, into a wide range of plastic According to the EPA'a preliminary cal products han't been decided yet, the EPA culations, compliance with oantrol require added. These fabricating plants acoount for ments will require5vinyl* chloride end PVC only about 8% of the total vinyl chloride re produosn to make' capital lavesUoeot* to leased into the air. taling about $80 million and aptbd M0 mil- Vinyl chloride has beat^undar govern- bon in annuel control ooets. Borne c< these meat icrutiay since last January when B. outlays already .are under*way, though, 7. Goodrich Co., dm nation*! largest pro either by companies noting vohngarOy or to ducer of PVC redo, reported that four work meet the Labor .Department requirements ers at Its Louisville, Ky,, plant apparently already in force, the EPA said, had died of a rare liver cancer. Reports of other worker deethe and the'high incidence of cancer in laboratory rata exposed to vinyl ----------------H-------- r----r. --------- " ate* rittNfclM i' ri 3 j .____ /Si // V,-rt 7 ^,C; 1/ -/<;/ [ ` Goodyear, Borden Sued for $284 Million Over Polyvinyl Chloride Meat Wraps ------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- ii 9y wall Stucst Jol-s.val stuff Reportrr i of inhalation of the highly toxic (Urns" from CLEVELAND -- A class-action suit;cutting the meat wrap, "plaintiffs have in- against Goodyear Tire St Rubber Co. and curred extremely irritating damage to the Borden Inc. asking 1281 million in damages skin, eye, nose, and throat along with short resulting from supermarket use of polyvinyl ness of breath, coughing and general respi chloride meat wrap was filed In Cuyahoga ratory distress, which eventually leads to County common pleas court here. serious skeletal deterioration with perma The complaint was brought by Florine nent cardiac and bralnal injury," Scholia, a former meat wrapper for Piek-n- Mrs. Schultz's attorney cited a Univer Pay supermarkets, a Cleveland-based sity ol California at Los Angeles study re chain. It asks Si million In damages for ported last November linking fumes from Mrs. Schultz and at least 383 other meat PVC wrap to respiratory ailments. I1 wrappers employed at n Cleveland-ares attorney said that others exposed to Pick-n-Pay stores since the chain begani*?0 op vinyl-chloride fumes In use or man- using polyvinylchloride wrap In 1WT. 1*"*?"* la*er * .. .,, _ _______ ,be added as plaintiffs In the suit. He also We suit charges that the meat wrappers^ other majiufacturers ot PVC products "endured chronic exposure to dangerous air,ml ht ^ ad(jed ,, dcfendantST but dicatedi, contamination from thermal decomposition iM,, achultl ,,y interest the'i of polyvinyl-chloride Aims as it passed overiptck.n.p chain. a of ^ook ! an electric heat wire being used to cut *tidjUn{ted ^ ^ currently prt.j wrap for packaging." and that the exposure vateIy F, ha. caused respiratory, skeletal and cardiac, ln Chicayo, a spokesman for the Amal-1' Injiiries. The markets, the suit states, have gamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workused Prime wrap a Packaging film made m#n of North Am#rtca ^ ^ unlon ^ by Goodyear, and Resinlte. a Borden prod- ^ concer71ed for Hme ttme abouc p^i- uct- lble dangers connected with wrappers and. In Akron, a Goodyear spokesman said.:has discussed PVC products with several "Although we haven't K *n presented with a ^manufacturers. 1 copy of the complaint, we are prepared to| Robert Vandervort, an administrator fori; vigorously defend suits of this type." A Bor-the National Institute for Occupaticr.a!; ,f|den official also Indicated the company;Safety and Health, said Institute studies hadn't received a copy of the complaint, and, have linked use of the film to minor upper aid public statements by Mrs. Schuler's at-:respiratory ailments, but that a connection: toroey that there Is a medically proved link)hasn't yet been established between the,; between use of the wraps and physical In-[wrap and more serious respiratory injury er| jury are "without foundation." [other major illnesses. i The federal government this spring im-: Mr. Vandervort also indicated that PVC poeed strict regulations on exposure to vi-irepresents only a small proportion of fumes nyl-chloride fumes in plants making PVC, a I given off when the wrap is cut. and that rl solid plastic with many industrial and con-|much of the gas is a plasticizer, DI-2-ethyl e sumer applications, after exposure to the:hexyl adipate. He said that studies haven't gas was linked to liver cancer among work-pinpointed what chemical causes injuries, era at certain plants. The supermarket meat.but that "probably both" axe deleterious, wraps are made from a PVC resin. The institute is preparing recommenda- [ The suit alleges that "as a direct result cion on use of the wrap, he said. j SPI-26865 sfi TV CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED PAC Sponsors Test to Upgrade Public's Image of Plastics ACTION REPORT Vol. t, No. 2 Sept.-Oct. 1978 SPI BLASTS H.E.W. CANCER STUDY; INDUSTRY LEADERS FAULT CALIFANO The estimate of excess cancer deaths in the U.S. from occupa tional exposure to vinyl chloride, as quoted by Health. Education and Welfare Secretary Joseph A.Califano from an unpublished study, is "ludicrous to the point of absurdity." said SPI president Ralph L.Harding. Jr., in a state ment to the press following the Secretary's remarks before the AFL-CIO National Conference n Occupational Safety and Health on September 11. Other industry leaders also have chastised the HEW official and condemned the study. "If the vinyl chloride estima tes are any indication of the accu racy of the rest of the report," Harding added, "the document must stand convicted as an em barrassment to medical science and to the government agencies that produced it." The study was prepared for HEW by the National Cancer In stitute and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sci ences. It indicates that at least 20 percent of cancer deaths each year are due to occupational fac tors. Vinyl chloride is cited as being responsible for 1.940 ex cess deaths. Contrary to the report, only an giosarcoma of the liver has de finitely been linked to vinyl chloride exposure. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) con firms a total of only 23 such deaths in the last 16 years. Ronald A. Lang, executive director of the American Indus trial Health Council, strongly criticized Mr. Califano "for his arbitrary statement quoting an unreleased study." Robert A.Roland, presidentof the Manufacturing Chemists As sociation, has accused Mr. Califano of taking "a cheap shot at the chemical industry" by indi rectly blaming synthetic organic chemicals for the estimated 20 percent of all cancer in the (J.S. SPI NEWS BUREAU FILLS NEWS GAP A new editorial service is now available through SPI's recently created News Bureau, The Bureau will provide member companies with feature stories and corresponding illustrative material on the plastics industry that will be of interest to a general readership. The need for such a service was evidenced in a poll of SPI's voting representatives, which Continued on page 4 For the first time in its history. SPI is using television to further advance the interests of the plas tics industry before the consumer public. A three-month pilot TV advertising campaign, sponsored by the Public Affairs Committee and designed to improve public attitudes toward plastics, began September 25 in Atlanta. Ga. The series of seven 10-second "spots" will run for 13 weeks. The objective of the test cam paign is to build awareness-- rapidly and with maximum visual impact--of those applications where plastics perform an essen tial servtce in contributing to the health and welfare of people. Complex issues such as toxicity, pollution and energy consump tion-in the manufacturing process are nor included in the campaign. Two Research Surveys Public reaction to the cam paign will be measured in two surveys of 500 individuals rep resentative of the total adult male and female population in the test market viewing area. The first survey was taken approximately one week before the campaign began. The second one will be taken Immediately after it ends in mid-December. Questionmg will be identical in both rounds of research. It w ill concentrate on these areas of in formation: Attitude toward plastics as (a) basic and important to American life; (,b) valuable, but not essential; or (c) un important. Immediate, unaided identifi cation of up to three products made of plastic. Awareness of any recent ad vertising of products made of plastic. Belief that government at all levels is exercising too much, too little or the right amount of regulatory control over the plastics industry, Reasons for that belief. Awareness, on an aided re call basis, of specific pro ducts made at least in part from plastics 3nd seen in the TV campaign. Data on the sex. age. income, home ownership, education level and employment status of the re spondents also will be obtained. A report on the impact of the campaign and research findings will be made to SPI four to six weeks after the second research round. Emphasis will be placed Continued on page 2 Volcs-ovar in TV commercial state*: "His horn might ba lust a memory if ws didn't have plastic racords. Ptaatlca... think about that,1' Record* ara on* of savan Important usas of plastics covarad in ths ad campaign now tasting in Atlanta. SPI-26866 AS / SEE IT by Kenneth Schoen. Chairman SPI Processors' Committee The largest companies realize they can't protect themselves and the plastics industry alone. So they support SPI and take an ac tive role in its affairs. It is cru cial that we processors take the same acKannath Schoen tlon. This is so obvious to me that any question about the advan tages of SPt membership seems redundant. To put this in focus. I as ours, family incomes in :heir state as well as ours, and the ef fect upon these jobs and families of legislation that they must con sider in Washington. Even when the scene of action is in Washington, the small businessman can be important. The OSHA hearings on cancercausing agents showed that. Some very effective testimony came from processors. They brought the "big pic ture" down to its effect upon a real-life business, with jobs, pro fits. and perhaps even the exis tence of a whole business at stake. Annual Report Issued TV AD TEST UNDER WAY Continuedfrom page I on shifts in attitudes toward govemment controls and on the es sentiality of plastics. Network Affiliates Used The SPI commercials are seen several times daily on WSB-TV (NBC affiliate). WAGA-TV (CBS affiliate) and WXIA-TV (ABC affiliate). They are aired during the local portions of such network programs as "Today." "CBS Morning News." and "Good Morning, America.'' Also. "Tonight," "P.M. At lanta" and the early and late ac casts. In addition. >ome soots are seen during prime daytime Mew. ing hours. Atlanta has a base total of 893.500 TV households reaching an estimated audience of 2.09 million viewers within the test market area. The TV commercials were prepared by Young & Rubicam Special Marketing Division. Inc. The company is a subsidiary of Young Sc Rubicam International. Inc. SPI's Public Relations Com mittee reviewed presentations made by two other agencies be fore choosing Y&R. The TV ad campaign is being supervised by a PAC television subcommittee headed by Robert B. Downey. suggest that each processor in the tion news, and weekend news- B.F. Goodrich Chemical Co. plastics industry, inside SPI or SPI's annual report for fiscal outside, decide for himself how 1978 was issued on September Midwest Section Tackles State Agencies many of these major problems he 25. It includes a full review of the can handle by himself: Public Affairs Committee's ac While the plastics industry been instituted. SPI members are Action by federal and state tivities for the year, works on Washington and Fed working with the state agency to regulatory agencies. [n the area of legislative and eral-regulations, the states have simplify requirements. Anti-plastics legislation. regulatory activities, PAC moni become the new battlegrounds. Michigan: Members partici Consumer safety, combusti tored nearly 300,000 proposed or Each time a new federal regula pated in writing the state safety bility, worker safety, introduced bills at both state and tion is suggested, the state agen standards now adopted by Michi Product liability. federal government levels. Ac cies seem to jump on the band gan OSHA and were successful These are only a few of our tion was initiated where legisla wagon with "md too" proposals. in obtaining reasonable require problems. but even so the answer tion posed serious problems for And. to prevent possible federal ments. The members now are should be obvious. the industry. PAC's successful pre-emption, these always are a looking at proposed product lia We are parr of a basic and exp defeat of Minnesota's proposed bit more onerous. bility legislation to formulate a losive industry that will continue ban on non-returnable plastic Following the successes of SPI position, and urging revision of to grow and to attract difficult milk containers is a case in point. state groups in Massachusetts and workman's compensation laws. problems. The pressure will ease PAC's technical activities in Oregon. SPI's Midwest Section Minnesota: The Plastics in only when our competitors, polit cluded the 7th Annual Combusti has made state response its prime Minnesota Action Committee has ical opponents, and the general bility Symposium, conducted by objective. Highlights of what's been the busiest of all. Recogniz public recognize that plastics are the Coordinating Committee on happening state by state are re ing Minnesota as a bellwether a better material, safer, lighter, Consumer Safety; also, the com ported here by Midwest Section state and one that has been un more economical, and require pletion of a two-year study of Manager Robert W. Sherman: usually anti-plastics, this group less energy than the traditional toxic gas levels in building fires, Illinois: SPI members pro set an objective of acquainting materials used in the past. jointly sponsored by SPI and the vided economic and employment the state legislature and various Too many people still consider National Fire Prevention and impact statements toward the de environmental pressure groups plastics something we could do Control Administration. In addi feat of proposed legislation to in with the positive contributions of without if we had to. We know tion. a ifcajor Warehouse Fire crease electrical rates for industry plastics to lifestyle and the Min this is mistaken judgment and we Test Program was completed. while reducing consumer rates, nesota economy. A sound/slide must make them see it, too. A total promotion program stres and pushed for passage of pro presentation was put together and As we look down the road, sing the essentiality of plastics duct liability legislation. A wa a directory of the Minnesota plas there's no end in sight for the was undertaken by PAC during tered down version was finally tics industry by legislative district need to act in the public arena, the year. Program elements in submitted, so this issue will be is being developed. Plant visits and SPI is essential for that clude a Speaker's Bureau, a re-opened next year. and special presentations are also reason. There is no way for an communications seminar and Indiana: Members plan to ad being planned to make all the individual company to fight and new literature addressing com dress the inventory tax and are pressure groups aware that plas win its battles alone. When we talk to our Represen tative or Senator, we are talking mon criticisms of the industry. The annual report also contains reviews of SPl's operating unit watching Wisconsin's tendency to copy Minnesota. Kansas: A new consumer bill tics are important. Ohio: Major activities in Ohio relate to the state's codes affect- aboutjobs in their districts as well divisions and committees. calling for insulation labeling has Continued on page 4 SPI-26867 rON'T JUST VOTE! by E.S. Nuspligr. SPI Governmental Affairs Director PRESS REPORTS ON SPI TESTIMONY Vote, by all means. But I'm afraid that just voting is not enough. All too often, the conscienti ous businessman looks over the ballot and finds that in most cases he's voting for the iesser of two evils. Nowhere does he ftnd a candidate whose background and record indicate an understanding of and dedication to the free en terprise system. In the main, it's our own fault. Where were we when the candi dates were being selected . . . when the planks in the platforms were being chosen to appeal to the most attractive constituen cies? How hard have we worked to be sure that candidates realize that business' viewpoint is impor tant. too? Have we volunteered time, a personal check or per sonal support to a person with a business interest? Have we even found out whether more such per sons could be induced to run for office with our support? Have we done anything to improve the quality of the candidates and their attitudes toward the business community? We are approaching the season when this phrase becomes popular--"I don't intend to vote. They never give me anyone worth voting for. " It usually sets this writer off on a lecture about how we can become "they" if we are willing to become involved in the political process for longer than a few minutes a year at the polling place. 1 realize that most business men are disinclined to participate in politics. It's sort of "dirty bus iness" in their minds. But 1 sub mit that politicians have long since sensed this attitude on the part of business and have long resented it. And I further submit that this impression and this re sentment are strengthened whenever a legislator is intro duced for the first time to a con- A stream of news stones re- circulations in southern Missouri economic hardships" on the in- | j porting the industry's opposition and southern Illinois reported dustry was also the subject of an ; to OSHA proposals flowed out Christensen's testimony, and it editorial in the Oklahoma City j of the hearings after SPl's tes appeared in a UP1 newswire story Times, following the testimony j timony in July. that was published in newspapers of E.D. Edmiston. president of Local and regional press in St. Louis and other cities Fibercast Company. Sand , coverage of individual members' throughout (he state. Springs, and Wayne R. Soren- : testimony was part of a publicity An AP newswire interview son. of Continental Oil Com effort organized by the SPI Public with Adolphe J. de Matteo. prior pany, Ponca City. Relations Department. It focused to his appearance at the OSHA Other examples of publicity I on 17 states where members are hearings, was widely published generated to promote the indus I headquartered or maintain plant in New Jersey newspapers. De try's position on the OSHA issues | | facilities. Matteo is vice president of included radio interviews with ; ] "Our local CBS affiliate. Thielex Plastics Corp., Piscata- Daniel P. Hidding, president of KFVS-TV, which covers por way, and has been successfully Dana Molded Products. Inc.. Ar- j tions of four states, carried a story treated for thyroid cancer. lington Heights, Illinois, on Sta- on my testimony on two news SPI technical director John R. tion WMMM; with Wayne L. casts on July 13 and on the July Lawrence took the opportunity of Carrick, Chempiex Co., Rolling 14 morning news," reports M.L. a radio interview on Station Meadows, Illinois, on Station "Les" Christensen, president of WOSU, Cincinnati, to discuss WBBM, Chicago; and with Rob Atlas Plastics Corp.. Cape Girar the economic impact proposed ert Poet. Filmar Division, Vis- deau, Missouri. OSHA regulations would have on tron Corp.. on Station KNEW, Two newspapers with large the plastics industry. "Terrible San Francisco, to name a few. stituent businessman voicing bit ter opposition to some legislation being considered. Now is a good time for all businessmen to get to know their candidates. Right now we're not suspect--virtually no legislation is being proposed. Candidates will never be more eager to meet constituents--they want some thing from you instead of vice versa. It's a good time to let them know that you are an interested constituent, that you represent a business that is important to their districts, and that you have an active and continuing interest in the political scene. You'll find candidates anxious for plant tours right now (they need to meet your people) and this gives you an op portunity to "register" with them. Personal campaign con tributions are very timely, of course. And actual elec tioneering--taking an active part in a campaign--is the best way to make yourself known. Why not try it? Chances are you'll enjoy it--many of our members have. In November, we will be elect ing the state legislators who will be making the decisions for the next biennium. They won't be running next year, they'll be legislating. Now is the time to get to know them. Shouldn't you--and your friends, associates, employees and suppliers--be doing more than just voting? Think about it. SPI-26868 PROOUCT LIABILITY COMMITTEE FORMED In a continuing effort to . broaden its service to the mem bership, SPI has formed a com mittee to recommend future pol icy on product liability and serve as liaison with other related ac tion groups. recommending the types of reform needed. Continuing the successful product liability and product safety seminar and other edu cational programs. Monitoring workman's com pensation reforms and action in such areas as industrial safety and occupational dis SURVEY SHOWS LOW LOST WORKDAY BASE A broad-based SPI survey of the plastics industry shows that its lost work-day base is lower than the average reported for American industry as a whole. Days lost because of accidents or illness, however, is higher than W.J. Norria A.J. d* Matteo The new Product Liability Committee is sponsored by the Public Affairs Committee. It es sentially will make recommenda tions to the SPI Board, through PAC, on such issues as: Speci fic legislation relating to product liability and follow eases. In view of PAC's current re sponsibility as the external arm of SPI. the Product Liability Com mittee will have equal responsi bility for establishing liaison with such organizations as the U S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers, Retort and others which have es tablished some form of product liability programs or action groups. William J. Norris, Gatto Machinery Development Corp., Hauppauge, New York, was ap pointed to chair the Product Lia the national average. Some safety engineers had as sumed that the accident/illness rate was worse. Better or worse, there has been a lot of guesswork in this area. The Safety Survey Subcom mittee of PAC's Committee on Occupational Safety and Health organized a survey to bring out the facts. Questionnaire replies came from 312 member com panies with a combined total of more than 70.000 employees and more than 120 million hours of work exposure. The data showed 17 incidents per 200,000 hours of work, and up as needed. Addressing the insurance is sue. bility Committee for two yean. Adolphe J. de Matteo. Thielex Corp., Ptscataway, New Jersey, 6.4 lost work-day cases per 200,000 hours. Four incidents re sulting in death were reported. Reviewing the need for tort will serve as the Committee's The reporting companies were reform at the state level and issues coordinator. representative of the industry as to size, materials processed, Wanted: Voting Reps to Beef Up types of processes used, and types of finished products pro Fed Gov't Relations Activities duced and shipped. More than one-half were companies with Q. How can member company voting representatives help make the views of the plastics industry known and felt in the federal gov ernment? A. Volunteer today to partici pate in SPI's Federal Govern ment Relations Committee (FGRC) expansion program. Under the guidance of the Pub lic Affairs Committee, the FGRC is broadening its activities to re spond quickly and forcefully to anticipated critical issues that will affect our industry. It will focus on Congressional and legis lative developments, and assist in tance in presenting of industry views to government officials. No cost is involved in program participation. Volunteers will be requested to assist in Congressional contacts, tetter writing, educational efforts and similar activities to enforce the plastics industry's views. As a participant in the SPI legislative support system, voting reps and their companies will receive spe cial reports on key issues for plas tics, and take part in collective responses when and as they wish. For complete details contact 100 or fewer employees, also representative of an industry where the majority of firms are termed "small businesses." Recent developments were re flected in replies to questions on what information/safety aids the companies need from SPI and on specific safety topics. OSHA, latest statistics and re ports on agency actions, led the list of information needed from SPI. On specific safety topics, the companies named safety motivation, fork lifts, personnel protective equipment, and pro duct liability. special regulatory matters. In addition, the FGRC will be available to all SPI divisions, sec tions and other operating units for advise, counselling and assis- Dick Titus. Manager, Federal Government Relations Commit tee. SPI, 1101 17th St., NW. Washington. D.C. 20036. Tel. (202) 331-0340. SP! ACTION REPORT is produced bimonthly by the Public AfFain Committee of the Society of the Pluin Indueoy. Inc. 355 Lexington Avenue, New York. N Y 1001"? Address all inquiries to the Director of Public Relations. GAP FILLED Cmuntied from page I drew better than a 10 percent re sponse. Of the 165 companies who completed the question naire, 149 asked to receive copies of the stories as they are issued. The News Bureau stories are intended for use in company pub lications. including employee newsletters, and for distribution to newspapers serving the com munities in which the companies are located. They will be generic If you wish to receive the described materials, send your request on company letterhead to the SPI News Bureau. Be sure to include the following; 1. Name and type of publi cation (magazine, newsletter, other). 2. Audience, circulation. 3. B&W or color photos preferred. 4. Name and title of person to receive the materials. 5. Areas of editorial interest and desired length of stories. in nature (company names and trademarked products will be omitted) and written from an in dustry viewpoint. Companies using the stories can edit them to incorporate their own statistics, and other corporate information. Asked to name article subjects of broadest interest, a majority of the respondents listed (1) gov ernment action to regulate the plastics industry; (2) new market potentials, and (3) industry trends and growth. Midwest Section Conrtnued from page 2 ing everything from insulation to plumbing. An SPI strike force will participate in hearings on whether Ohio should adopt sepa rate codes or follow other states in adopting model codes. If you are not now involved in your state, give Bob Sherman a call (Tel: 312 297-6150). He can tell you what's being done, what's needed, and what your role might be. SPI-26869 SPI ACTION REPORT BULLETIN Below is the text of a news release issued by SPI. acknowledging OSHA' s recognition of SPI's recommendations for a performance-based standard on acrylonitrile. It is followed by the text of the O'.5. Department of Labor announcement, also issued on September 29. SPI CITES OSHA FOR ADOPTING PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARD ON ACRYLONITRILE IN WORKPLACE WASHINGTON (September 29, 1978)--A new work place standard for exposure to acrylonitrile announced today by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration '' will protect worker health and recognizes the concepts recom mended by SPI. " according to Ralph L. Harding, Jr., presi dent of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. By calling for a performance-based standard, as recom mended by SPI witnesses, OSHA recognizes these advan tages: improved worker conditions, speedier industry com pliance, reduced compliance costs, simplified enforcement for OSHA and a standard which will not become obsolete as technology changes. Mr. Harding said. Basically, a performance standard mandates levels of safety and allows individual companies to choose the appro priate methods for compliance. In the case of acrylonitrile, SPI testified, a worker expo sure level of two parts per million, averaged over an eighthour day. is the lowest feasible level from the standpoint of technology and economic feasibility. This is the level that OSHA has now recommended. Mr. Harding also said OSHA heeded the industry's re commendation to exempt fabricators, based on data showing that those workplaces present no safety hazard. "While we will have to study the full proposal," Mr. Harding said. " it is our beliefthat OSHA has drafted a tough but realistic standard." FINAL STANDARD SET TO PROTECT WORKERS EXPOSED TO ACRYLONITRILE Worker exposure to cancer-causing * acrylonitrile (vinyl cyanide) has been set at two parts per million parts of air (2 ppm), the same level allowed under the January 1978 emergency temporary standard, the U.S. Labor Depart ment's Occupational Safety and Health Administration an nounced today. Assistant Secretary of Labor Eula Bingham said the final standard of 2 ppm averaged over eight hours also sets a ceiling level of 10 ppm for any 15-minute period. The new rule calls for periodic monitoring, medical surveillance and other activities to begin at an "action level" of 1 ppm, and prohibits skin or eye contact with liquid acrylonitrile. The final standard for acrylonitrile is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register October 3, 1978 and be come effective November 2, 1978. Data from laboratory tests on animals augmented by the preliminary results of a study of workers exposed to ac rylonitrile have established that airborne exposure to this volatile and highly toxic chemical poses a potential car cinogenic risk to humans. "This standard is intended to minimize the potential for cancer among the 5,000 workers most directly exposed to acrylonitrile," Dr. Bingham said. "We chose the 2 ppm level because of evidence obtained in the rulemaking process that a 2 ppm level is the lowest feasible level that can be achieved through a combination of engineering controls and work practices." The new standard requires compliance through engineer ing controls and work practices alone by November 2. 1980. Training programs must be implemented by January 2. 1979. Other requirements such as measurement of employee expo sure. medical surveillance and recordkeeping have November 2, 1978 as their startup date. The standard calls for employers to develop written plans for compliance programs. Such plans must include a descrip tion of each operation or process resulting in employee expo sure to acrylonitrile above the permissible limit: an outline of the engineering controls and work practices to be applied to the operation in question: a schedule for implementation of engineering and work practice controls: and other relevant information. Written plans must be available on request to the Assistant Secretary of Labor. NIOSH Director, and employees or their representatives. The plans must be revised and updated every six months to reflect the current status of the program. The standard also calls for respirator use until engineering controls can be implemented, and in areas where engineering controls are not feasible. The standard applies generally to all occupational expo sures to acrylonitrile. Acrylonitrile is widely used to produce man-made fibers, synthetic rubbers, plastics, and other goods. The standard provides exemptions for certain processing, handling and use of acrylic and modacrylic fibers. ABS/SAN and nitrile barrier resins, and nitrile rubbers when such mate rials are in the form of finished polymers, and certain other materials containing or made from acrylonitrile. The exemp tion provisions of the final standard contain both a listing of materials which are exempted, and a peformance basis upon which materials not specifically listed can be exempted. The proposals for today's final standard was published in the Federal Register last January. Public hearings were held March 21 though April 4 with post-hearing comments and briefs received through May 19. (Ralph L. Harding, Jr., and representatives of 10 SPI member companies presented direct testimony at these hear ings. In addition, more than a dozen written briefs, ranging from 50 to 100 pages in length, were submitted.) *Editor's Note: This has not been substantiated by any human studies, but was arrived at on the basis of animal data. SPI-26870 SPI Cites OSHA Optimistic Picture Presented for for Adopting Plastics Industry in '78 Annual Report Performance-Based Stanford H. Shaw, Immediate Past the Society's various operating SPI Chairman, is optimistic about Units showed considerable pro Standard on AN the plastics industry, based not gress," according to Mr. Shaw, only on past achievements, but "Reflecting both favorable busi A new workplace standard for ex posure to acrylonitrile announced September 29 by the Occupa tional Safety and Health Admin istration "will protect worker health and recognizes the con cepts recommended by SPI," ac cording to SPI President Ralph L. Harding, Jr. By calling for a performancebased standard, as recommended by SPI witnesses, OSHA recog nizes these advantages: improved worker conditions, speedier in dustry compliance, reduced com pliance costs, simplified enforce ment for OSHA and a standard which will not become obsolete as technology changes, Mr. Harding said. Mandates Safety Levels Basically, a performance stan dard mandates levels of safety and allows individual companies to choose the appropriate methods for compliance. In the case of acrylonitrile, SPI also on future growth prospects. ness conditions and stronger in Commenting on the state of the terest, attendance at many of our industry in the SPI Annual Report meetings was up substantially." for fiscal 1978, published in Sep The Annual Report also includes tember, Mr. Shaw said: "Looking a preview of N PE/79, and a com to the future, we have every plete financial statement. reason to be projecting growth. In Closing out his two-year term as every market our p/ocessor mem Chairman, Mr. Shaw, president of bers have new opportunities. New Shaw Plastics Corp., said that and improved resins and improved plastics have some special neg machinery are contributing to fur ative image problems in the areas ther expansion." of combustibility, energy, product The Society's 1978 Annual Re liability, environment and toxicity port includes full reviews of the which, under other circum activities of SPI's operating Units. stances, might dampen our opti Coverage of the Society's most mism. "However, there is not only visible and far-ranging activity, the potential and momentum, there is Public Affairs Committee, in recognition that plastics will be cludes these areas: legislative/ come more and more the essential regulatory, technical, combusti materials of our economy," he bility, occupational safety and added. health, toxicity, resource recovery In concluding his remarks in the and material conservation, infor "Chairman's Letter," Mr. Shaw mational programs, and Washing turned the Chairmanship over to ton activities. Iver Freeman, noting that, "In addi "Although less publicized, the tion to being in good shape, your regular or traditional programs of Society is in good hands." testified, a worker exposure level of two parts per million, averaged over an eight-hour day, is the low est feasible level from the stand point of technology and economic feasibility. This is the level that OSHA has now recommended. Mr. Harding also said OSHA heeded the industry's recom mendation to exempt fabricators, based on data showing that those workplaces present no safety hazard. "While we will have to study the full proposal," Mr. Harding said, "it is our belief that OSH A has drafted a tough but realistic standard." SPl-26871 SPI Condemns Government Cancer Report as `Embarrassment to Medical Science' The estimate released by Health, Education, and Welfare Secretary Joseph A. Califano on September 11 of excess deaths in the United States from occupational ex are any indication of the accuracy of the rest of the report, the docu ment must stand convicted as an embarrassment to medical sci ence and to the governmentagen- the National Institute of Environ mental Health Sciences purports to show that at least 20 percent of the cancer deaths in the United States each year are due to occu posure to vinyl chloride is "ludi cies that produced it," Mr. Harding pational factors. crous to the point of absurdity," said. Vinyl chloride was cited in the said SPI President Ralph L. Hard He called upon "responsible sci study as being responsible for ing, Jr. Mr. Harding spoke follow entific bodies such as the World 1,940 excess cancer deaths each ing the Secretary's statement Health Organization and the year. Contrary to the report, only quoted from an unpublished study American Cancer Society...to angiosarcoma of the liver has def before the AFL-CIO National Con stand up and condemn this docu initely been linked with exposure ference on Occupational Safety ment for the travesty that it is." to vinyl chloride. The federal Cen and Health. The report prepared for HEW by ter for Disease Control (CDC) has "If the vinyl chloride estimates the National Cancer Institute and confirmed a total of only 23 such cases in the last 16 years in the United States. CCCS Annual Conference to Reflect New Directions on Consumer Safety A preliminary program for the scope to include broader activity Eighth Annual Conference of the in ail areas of consumer safety as "Based on the CDC tabulation," Mr. Harding said, "past heavy ex posure to vinyl chloride has been responsible for these 23 deaths in 16 years, not the 2,000 per year quoted in the report, and even this actual low rate will decline as a SPI Coordinating Committee on well as continuing emphasis on result of the extensive engineer Consumer Safety, scheduled for combustibility issues. "In the ing controls installed by the in March 28-29, 1979 at the Sham past, our efforts were directed dustry over the past few years." rock Hilton, Houston, was an toward supporting fire research nounced by SPI's CCCS Chairman programs as well as responding to AJHC Denounces Study Dari Kent, B.F. Goodrich Chemical critical issues already existent, Co. such as Federal Trade Commis Ronald A. Lang, Executive Di The theme of the Conference is sion action and concerns raised rector of the American Industrial "Getting Results--What's Been by code bodies," Mr. Kent said. Health Council, also denounced Done and What's Being Done to While the Committee will con the study, criticizing the HEW Sec Save Lives and Property." tinue to respond to these issues, retary's premature release of the The two-day meeting will open "The situation is now under some draft summary. "The summary Mr. with a general session on safety, degree of control," Mr. Kent said. Califano refers to tells us nothing. including discussions on "Product "In addition to supporting pro All we have are some arbitrary risk Liability: Case Studies and Les grams toward developing safer ratios multiplied by some.equally sons," ``Product Design for materials, we're now putting in arbitrary exposure levels," Mr. Safety," and "What are Fire Loss creased emphasis on a systems Lang said. Statistics Telling Us?" approach--development of al Industry's figures of from one to There will also be Technical, ternative programs such as sup five percent of human cancer inci Transportation, Furnishings/Ap pression and detection devices dence being attributable to occu pliances, and Construction ses and educational and public rela pational exposure are broadly sions. Speeches pertaining to tions programs.'' accepted by government and in these areas are planned to in Michael Roby, Rubbermaid, dustry as well as by the scientific clude the following topics: "Status Inc..Chairman of the Eighth An community," Mr. Lang said. "If of Fire Toxicity Testing," "Toxic nual Conference, pointed out that there is new data, it should be Gases in Real Fires," "The Role of this year's meeting reflects the published and critiqued by these Plastics in Transportation Safety," Committee's new direction toward groups before HEW alarms the "Lessons from Full Size Room consumer safety. In the past the public unnecessarily." Burn Tests," "Life Safety Prob Conference had been called the The AIHC director said that Mr. lems in Buildings," and "A Review Combustibility Symposium. Califano's statement "spotlights of SPI/Plastics in Construction The Conference program com the need for a uniform national Council Fire Safety Programs." mittee is currently lining up speak cancer policy...and the creation in announcing the preliminary ers. For more information, contact of an independent scientific panel program, Mr. Kent stated that the Jerry Carroll, Safety Director, SPI/ to identify potential carcinogens Committee has expanded its New York. and assess their potency." 2 SPI-26872 Workshops PIA Sponsors Graduate Fall Courses Announced for The Plastics Institute of America "Effects of Government Regula has announced several graduate tions on the Plastics Industry." Financial Manual courses offered in the fall of 1978. On November 7 to 10, "Rheol A five-day executive course on ogy of Polymers; Its Relationship Volume III "Technology and Business in the to Processing and Properties" will Plastics Industry" is scheduled for be held at Northwestern Univer A series of two-day workshops has been announced to introduce Vol ume III of the Financial Manage ment Manual tor Plastics Proces sors, which covers "Planning." The major topics covered in Vol ume III include a Profit Planning and Budgeting Overview, Gather ing Data for Profit Planning and Budgeting, Establishing Profit Goals and Sales Forecasts, Devel oping the Profit Plan/Budget De tail, and Flexible Budgeting. The volume also contains sec tions on Zero-Base Budgeting, Capital Investment Planning, a Cash Management Overview, De veloping Cash Forecasts, and Managing Cash Flows Effectively. Six workshops have been October 30 to November 3 at Airlie House, Warrenton, Va. The theme will be the development of inter relationships between technolog ical problems and the business of making a profit, treated in a con ference/workshop format. Featured speakers will include Joel Frados, publisher of Plastics Focus, on growth predictions for the plastics industry in the 1980s; Dr. William J. Burlant. executive engineer, Ford Motor Co., on "New Markets and Plastics Tech nology in Transportation"; SPI President Ralph L. Harding, Jr., on the "Relationship of Technical Societies to the Industry"; and Richard Titus. SPI's manager of Federal Government Affairs, on sity, Evanston, HI. "Introduction to Polymer Sci ence and Technology" will be of fered on November 13 to 14 in Houston and on December 4 to 5 at Stevens Institute of Technol ogy, Hoboken, N.J. A course on "Thermoplastic Elastomers" is scheduled for No vember 15 to 17 at the University of Southern California, Los Ange les. Molecular structure and prop erties, special processing charac teristics, and unique engineering use will be covered. For more information, contact the Plastics Institute of America, Inc. at Stevens Institute of Tech nology, Castle Point Station. Hob oken, N.J. 07030. scheduled as follows: November 1-2,1978, Holiday Inn Convention Center, Cleveland (near airport); November 16-17, Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago (O'Hare Airport); December 6-7, Hyatt Regency Moldmakers Division Publishes Labor Survey Annual Labor Survey Under Way SPI's Financial Management Cambridge, Cambridge, Mass.; The first labor survey of plastics Committee advises that the ques January 10-11,1979, Del Webb's moldmaking companies, con tionnaires for the Fortieth Annual Newporter Inn, Newport Beach, ducted under the auspices of Labor Survey for Plastics Proces Calif.; January 23-24, The Key Bis* SPI's Moldmakers Division, has sors were mailed to SPI voting rep cayne Hotel and Villas, Key Bis- been completed. Information sub resentatives of plastics process cayne, Miami, and February 7-8, mitted by 333 moldmaking shops ing firms on September 15, 1978 Houston Oaks Hotel, Houston. in the United States and Canada is and the due date for completed The registration fees for each summarized in the Division's questionnaires was extended to workshop to SPI members are newly published "1978 Labor Sur October 27. $195 for the first person and $170 vey of Plastics Moldmaking Com As in the past, the survey for each additional attendee from panies." measures hourly rates of pay for the same company. The fees for The report is arranged geo some 50 positions in the plastics nonmembers are $245 for the first graphically and by job classifica processing industry. The effective person and $220 for each addi tion, providing typical salary date of the survey is September tional attendee from the same ranges for beginning to advanced 30, 1978. The survey also at company. Checks should be made moldmaking shop positions. tempts to determine what the payable to SPI and sent to A! Fringe benefit policies are report practices of the plastics process Evans, SPI/New York. ed as well as average work week ing industry are in regard to fringe The Financial Management Manual for Plastics Processors has been coordinated and edited by Ernst & Ernst under the guid ance of SPI's Financial Manage and average size shop. The survey is available from Moldmakers Division headquart ers, SPI, 3150 Des Plaines Ave,, Des Paines, III. 60018. The cost is benefits, paid holidays, bonus plans, shift premiums, and other forms of compensation. Participants will automatically receive a copy of the final report. ment Committee. Volumes I and II $10 to SPI member companies Nonparticipants will be able to cover, respectively, Manufactur and $25 to nonmembers. purchase a copy at a price yet to ing Cost Control and Cost Estimat The Division plans to conduct ing and Pricing. The fourth vol similar surveys on a regular basis be determined by the Committee. For more information, contact Al ume, to be published in 1979, will to monitor changes in wages and/ Evans, Financial Management be on Materials Management. or benefits in the industry. Committee, SPI/New York. SPI-26873 3 34th RP/C Conference to Examine Effects of Technological Advances on Market Areas "Reinforcing the Future" is the theme of the 34th Annual Con ference of the Reinforced Plas- tics/Composites Institute, which will be held in New Orleans at the Marriott Hotel, on January 29 to February 2, 1979. This is the first time in years the Conference has been held outside Washington, D.C. In keeping with the theme, em phasis throughout the five-day Conference will be on relating de velopments in processing, in the newer materials, and in advanced composites to more and broader market areas. The adaptation of aircraft and aerospace com posites technology to automotive design and production and the use of graphite and aramid rein forcement and high-strength SMC in the marine market will be ex plored. Refinements in resin sys tems will also be reported. Processing advances will be covered in depth, including automation of the SMC process, micro-computer-controlled fila ment winding, linear and nonlin ear controls for thermoset pro cesses, and practical and new ap plications of hot mold coating. Engineering Course Offered The Conference will also feature a one-day Design Engineering Seminar which was developed to familiarize designers, product en gineers, and manufacturers who may be knowledgeable in one or two areas of reinforced plastics with the full scope of the industry and its widening range of mater ials, processes, and uses. The morning and afternoon seminar sessions are the only ones sched uled for opening day, Monday, January 29. The morning session will give an introduction to the design of rein forced plastics. Two concurrent sessions will be held in the after noon, one on Open Mold process ing and the other on Closed Mold processing, where the specifics of reinforced plastics' many produc tion methods will be considered in depth. The Open Mold session will focus on the marine and building and construction industries, and on corrosion-resistant products such as tanks and large pipe. The Closed Mold session will empha size such current "in-the-news" systems as reinforced RIM, elas tic reservoir molding, and injec tion molding of thermoset poly ester BMC. The cost of the Design Engi neering Seminar is included in the conference registration fee, which is $80 for SPI members and $90 for nonmembers. Automotive Day Another highlight of the Confer ence will be largest automotive program in the Institute's long his tory. Louis R. Ross, executive vice president of Ford Motor Co.'s Di versified Products Operations, will be the featured Automotive Day speaker on Thursday, February 1. Three sessions and 21 papers will be devoted exclusively to the transportation industry to reflect the prominence of this market for RP/C, and other sessions, notably Advanced Composites, will pre sent at least 10 additional automotive-orlented papers. The Conference will also have unique Personal Contact Periods on Tuesday and Wednesday after noons, when no regular sessions Louis R Ross, Ford Motor Co. Automotive Day Speaker are scheduled, to provide for di rect contact among end users, designers, engineers, molders and fabricators, and materials and equipment manufacturers. Design Information Service Center(DISC) booths open throughout the five days offer further opportunity for person-to-person exchanges. For details on registration, con tact the RP/C Conference Admin istration, SPl/New York. Fifth International Urethane Conference Announced The Fifth International Urethane Conference, sponsored by SPI's Urethane Division and Fachverband Schaumkunststoffe E.V., Frankfurt, Germany, will be heid in Strasbourg, France on June 9-13, 1980. Endorsed by the Urethane Asso ciations of Canada, England, France, and Japan, plus other in dustry groups around the world, the Conference will have techni cal, application, and marketing presentations on cellular and noncellular urethane plastics world wide. Emphasis will be on the automo tive, construction, and furniture industries. The Conference Committee is now developing the program for this important international meet ing, which is expected to attract about 1,000 industry, govern ment, and university representa tives from 30 countries. For more information, contact Dr. Samuel Steingiser, Confer ence Chairman, SPl/New York, or Dr. F. K. Brochhagen, Conference Co-Chairman, Bayer AG, 5090 Leverkusen, Germany. 4 SPI-26874 Processors'Safety Awards Presented The winners of the 1977 SPI Safety Awards Program for Pro cessors in the Plastics industry have been anounced. The awards, given to companies with an out standing record of safety and health, fall into two categories: the Achievement Safety Award and Merit Safety Award. Winners are determined on the basis of an an nual summary of Occupational injuries and Illnesses reviewed by SPfl's Committee on Occupational Safety and Health. The Achievement Awards are given to member companies in recognition of the absence in an entire calendar year of lost work days due to illness, injuries, or deaths resulting from the work en vironment. The Merit Awards are given to those companies with a 1 5 percent or less frequency of such lost work day cases in the same calendar year. The following companies earned the zero-frequency Achievement Safety Awards: Aero Plastics Inc.; Charter Supply Div., Consolidated Foods Corp.; Dick- mont Plastics Corp.; Eimcomet Plastics, Enviratech Corp.; Ethyl Corp., Federal Tool & Plastics; Ethyl Corp., Films Div., Carbon- dale, Pa.; Ethyl Corp., Films Div,, La Grange, Calif.; Excel Mold, Inc.; F & S Central; Fairway Molds, Inc.; G.P. Plastics; General Tire; Hook er Chemical; S.C. Johnson & Son; M & T Chemicals, Furane Plant; Master Containers; Mil Bar Plastic Inc.; Piers Plastic Molder Inc.; Plast-O-Meric, Inc.; Rakar Inc.; Resinite Dept., Borden, Inc., Compton, Calif.; Resinite Dept., Borden Inc., Griffen, Ga.; Resinite Dept., Borden, Inc., Ifliopolis, III.; Sterling Plastics; Teetz & Baur Plastics; Tempo Plastic Co., and Vernon Plastics, Borden, Inc. The following companies re ceived the Merit Safety Awards: Cai-Moid Inc.; Citation Plastics Co.; Foam Moiders & Specialties; General Tire, Lawrence, Mass.; General Tire, Odessa,' Tex.; Gen eral Tire, Reading, Mass.; High land Plastics, Inc.; Hooker Chem ical Ruco Div., and Pro Brush Div., Vistron. Literature Catalog Keeps Pace with New Publications The 1978 SPI Literature Catalog, listing more than 200 article re prints, booklets, training manuals, statistical reports, speech mater ials, and other plastics industry literature, has been updated to include the latest SPI publications issued. The new catalog, which was mailed to the full SPI mem bership in August, will be period ically revised as additional SPI lit erature is published, and is offered free to members and non members alike. The 1978 list is organized alpha betically by subject, ranging from Building and Construction to Vinyl Dispersions. Classifications in clude Cellular Plastics/Urethane, Engineering, Environment, Food and Drug Packaging Materials, Moiders, Plastics Pipe, and Sta tistics. An extensive list of Plastic Bottle institute publications has been added. Copies of the catalog may be obtained from the Publications Sales Department, SPI/NewYork. SPI Members Assist in Planning College Plastics Program Four SPI member company ex to industry managers. ecutives were appointed to serve The SPI members senring on the on the Advisory Committee of the Advisory Committee are: John Central Connecticut State College Harkness, general manager, Har School of Technology to assist in vey Hubbell Inc.; Steven Meachplanning a plastics Industry edu am, technical service manager, cational program directed at cur Reichhold Chemicals Inc.; Theo rent personnel in the industry. dore S. Stoughton, president, The Society members are work Curtis Plastics Co.; and Wesley M. ing with five other industry exec Villo, director of training and safe utives and school administrators ty, New Britain Plastics Machine. and faculty in designing the curric The first course, which began in ulum, which focuses on the tech September with 32 registrants, is nology of the plastics industry and considered a huge success, and is described as unprecedented in the Committee is currently plan the northeastern United States. ning future courses. The purpose of the program is to Industry managers and execu train middle management person tives interested in the program, nel for the plastics industry by offered primarily in the evenings providing background in machine and on Saturdays, should write to tool design, tool and die process Mr. Robert Crevier, coordinator of es, line supervision, safety reg the program, at the School of ulations, marketing and sales, and Technology, Copernicus Hall, other areas of particular concern CCSC, New Britain, Conn. 06050. Around the Industry John J. Bachner, president of Chi cago Molded Products Corp. for 21 years, has relinquished the presidency, but remains its chair man. On his recommendation, Henry Bachner was elected presi dent by the board of directors. John Bachner, an SPI voting representative, served on the So ciety's board of directors and was chairman of its committee on molding in 1953. Henry Bachner was previously vice president and secretary of Chicago Molded. #** John K. Moffett, Jr., an SPI alter nate voting representative, was named vice president and director of the chemicals and plastics busi ness group of U.S. Industrial Chemicals Co., a division of Na tional Distillers and Chemical Corp. The chemicals and plastics group is one of three business groups formed in a restructuring of the company. SPI-26875 s Financial and Operating Ratios Survey Released SPI's Financial Management Committee has announced the release of the results of the Fif teenth Annual Financial and Op erating Ratios Survey of Plastics Processors covering the year 1977 or closest fiscal period. This survey, conducted annu ally, reflects data on two bases: as a percent of total Assets and as a percent of Net Sales. This marks the first time that SPI survey re sults are shown this way. Accord ing to Leonard Golden of Colgate Plastics and Chairman of the Fi nancial and Operating Ratios Sub committee, "The data should be much more meaningful than in the past" and it should be "far easier to fill out the questionnaire." One hundred fifty-two firms par ticipated in this year's survey. The figures are shown separately for Custom and Proprietary Molders, Injection Molders, Reinforced Molders, and Extrusion Proces sors. The figures are shown for processors with sales of less than $5 million and sales of $5 million and more. Copies of the 1977 Financial and Operating Ratios Survey (No. 16) are available at $20 each to SPI members and $40 to non members. .Orders with checks made payable to SPI should be sent to the Statistical Department, c/o the Financial Management Committee, SPI/New York. U.S. PLASTICS RESINS PRODUCTION (millions of pounds) JULY 7 MONTHS TO DATE RESIN TYPE 1978 1977 PERCENT CHANGE 1978 1977 PERCENT CHANGE Thermoset Resins 325 297 + 94 2.458 2.272 + 8.2 Thermoplastic Resins 2.268 2.096 + 8.2 15,614 14,266 + 9.5 TOTAL 2,593 2,393 ' + 8.4 18,072 16.538 + 9.3 Source: SPI Committee on Resin Statistics Monthly Statistical Report, as compiled by Ernst & Ernst. U.S. PLASTICS RESINS SALES & CAPTIVE USE (millions of pounds) JULY 7 MONTHS TO DATE RESIN TYPE PERCENT PERCENT 1978 1977 CHANGE 1978 1977 CHANGE Thermoset Resins 315 294 + 7.1 2.388 2,223 + 7.4 Thermoplastic Resins 2.062 1,940 + 6.3 15.510 14.361 + 8.0 TOTAL 2,377 2,234 + 6.4 17.898 16.584 + 7.9 Source: SPI Committee on Resin Statistics Monthly Statistical Report, as compiled by Ernst & Ernst. U.S. PLASTICS PIPE, TUBE, CONDUIT, AND FITTINGS SHIPMENTS (millions of pounds) APPLICATION Pressure 1978 107 JUNE 1977 107 PERCENT CHANGE 0.0 1978 514 8 MONTHS TO DATE 1977 PERCENT CHANGE 494 + 4.1 DVW (Drain, Waste, & Vent) 31 41 -24.3 167 193 -13.5 Conduit 33 24 +37.5 157 119 +32.0 Sewer & Drain 36 30 +20.0 151 126 +18.0 Other 12 11 + 9.1 63 46 +31.3 TOTAL PIPE TOTAL FITTINGS 219 213 + 2.8 1.052 982 + 7.1 18 18 0.0 90 31 + 11.1 Source: Plastics Pipe institute Monthly Statistical Report, as compiled by Ernst & Ernst. 6 SPI-26876 Calendar of Events Oct 18-21 Moldmakers Division Annual Conference. Sahara Tahoe, Stateline, Nev. Contact: SPI Moldmakers Divi sion, 3150 Des Plaines Ave., Des Plaines, III. 60018. Tel.: 312-2976150. Oct 19-20 Insulation Commit tee, Plastics in Con struction Council. Houston Oaks Hotel, Houston, Contact: Joe McDermott, SPI/New York. (Mem bers only.) Oct 24-25 Society of Plastics Engineers "PVC Per formance in Various Environ ments" RETEC. Howard John son's Motor Hotel, Toronto. Con tact: Douglas R. Winter, A. Schulman Canada Ltd., 240 Duncan Mills Rd., Don Mills, Ontario M3B 1Z4. Oct24-27 Urethane Division Technical Confer ence. Colony Square, Atlanta. Contact: Bert Monteil, SPI/New York. Oct 25-27 Board of Directors Meeting. The Ocean Reef Club, Key Largo, Fla. Con tact: Christine Benton, SPI/New York. Oct 31- Society of Plastics Nov 1 Engineers "Decorat ing Plastics--Savings, Process ing, Environment" RETEC- Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dearborn, Mich. Contact: Alan H. Chapel, EPC In dustries, 2084 Latimer Dr., Mus kegon, Mich. 49441. Nov 1-2 Reinforced Thermoset Press Molding Conference. Stauffer's Inn on the Square, Cleveland. Contact: Joe McDermott, SPI/New York, Nov 3 Expanded Polysty rene Block General Membership Meeting on Federal Trade Commission Thermal Insu lation Trade Rule. Hyatt Hilton Head, Hilton Head Island, S.C. Contact: SPI Midwest, 3150 Oes Plaines Ave., Oes Plaines, lit. 60018. Tel.: 312-297-8150. Nov 7-9 Reinforced Plastics Corrosion - Resistant Structures Committee (Nov. 7), followed by Western Section Sem inar on "Fight Corrosion with Fiber Glass Reinforced Plastics." Caesar's Palace. Las Vegas, Nev. Contact: Joe McDermott, SPI/ New York for Committee meeting; Alton Drew, SPI West, Saddleback Square, Suite 124, 12440 Fire stone Blvd., Norwalk, Calif. 90650 for Seminar. Nov 9-10 Epoxy Resin For* mutators Division Meeting. Dearborn Inn, Dearborn, Mich. Nov. 9: Technical/Regula tory Committee Meeting. Nov. 10: Division Meeting. Contact: Pat Toner, SPI/New York. Nov 9-11 Plastic Bottle Insti tute Semi-Annual Meeting. Innisbrook Country Club, Tampa, Fla. Contact: John Malloy, SPI/New York. Nov 13-15 Society of Plastics Engineers "Plastics in Packaging" and "Acrylonitrile" NATEC. Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago. Contact: Eugene E. Wil son, SPE, 656 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich, Conn. 06830. Nov 14-16 Western Plastics Ex position. Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif. Contact Norry M. Hastings, Hastings Plastics Co., 1704 Colo rado Ave., Santa Monica, Calif. 90404. Tel.: 213-870-6683. Nov 28-29 Reinforced Plastics Panel Council. Royal Orleans, New Orleans. Contact: Joe McDermott, SPI/New York. (Members only.) Nov 29-30 International Com mittee. Hyatt Regen cy Hotel, Washington, D.C. Con tact: Al Evans, SPI/New York. NBS Seeks Research Associates for Three Fire Programs The U.S. National Bureau of Stan gram supervisor suggested that dards is seeking several research the candidate best suited for this associates to work with NBS staff project, a combination of techni in three different areas of the fire cal analysis and laboratory experi program at its Center for Fire ments, would be a recent college Research. graduate mechanical or chemical One area involves the study of engineer. the dynamics of room fires and the The third associate will work on development of predictive mod a fundamental study of the mech els. The candidate for this com anisms of ignition and pyrolysis of partment fire program should polymeric materials underthermal have some experience in the radiation. NBS would like to ex thermal and fluid sciences with a tend the present program to study preferred background in engi the effects of the chemical struc neering and a knowledge of com ture of polymeric materials and of puter programming. The term of chemical additives on ignition and the appointment should be prefer pyrolysis. The candidate should ably two years, but not less than have a background in chemistry or one year. The associate should chemical engineering and prefer derive from the program the ability ably a Ph.D. or equivalent exper to conduct full-scale room fire ience in the research. The term of tests, including a knowledge of the appointment should be at temperature, velocity, and heat least one year. flux instrumentation. Interested parties should con Another research associate is tact Dr. Lowell R. Perkins, Dupont needed to assist in the final devel Experimental Station, Building opment of a new flame spread 353, Room 117, E.I. du Pont de method which NBS has been Nemours, Wilmington, Del. 19898 working on modifying and improv (tel.: 302-772-3613) for more ing for more than a year. The pro details. SPI-26877 OCOZO PN uaqoqoH asni3 *l metfxTS lililli nvw ssvno isaid 999* Oist uud so i'W rttio itjij ZLOOt. VOX M9N `VOX Mafsj snuaAv uojfiuixai SS ou| 'Aijsnpuj soijseid Ml jo Aieioog aqi SPI Welcomes SPI would like to welcome the W. 1100 South, Salt Lake City, following new members: Utah 84144. Expandable poly styrene foam, EPS. Altainer Co., 8640 E. Slauson Ave., Richard J. Marshall, "28314 Dan Pico Rivera, Calif. 90660. Alta- vers Ct.. Farmington Hills, Mich. Pak loose-fill dunnage. 48018. Individual associate. Charles A. Breskin Associates, Pedro Calzada Pinto, Design Con- Inc., 6 Corporate Pk. Dr., White suitor Eng., Mar de Los Nec- Plains, N.Y. 10604. Profession tares #10, Fracc. Los Olivos, al membership / Consulting Mexico, D.F. 22. Individual pro corporation. fessional. Enflo Corp., 315 Lake Ave., Bristol, Pollyfoam Inc., Providence Rd,, Conn. 06010. Polytetraftuoro- Northbridge, Mass. 01534. Ex ethylene. panded polystyrene--custom Fisher Co., 498 N. Main St., Cen molding. terville, Utah 84014. Corrosion Raven industries, Inc., PO Box resistant polyesters, spray up 1007, Sioux Pails, S. Dak. and filament wound. 57101. FRP tanks, custom Foam Plastics of New England/ molded FRP parts, polyethylene Division of Lewis Construction tanks. Co., Rte. 69-New Haven Rd., PO G. Whitney Saidla, Whitney & Co., Box 7075, Prospect, Conn. 11 Commonwealth Ave., 06712. Molding and cutting of Boston, Mass. 02116. Individual EPS for industrial and residen professional. tial perimeter insulation and flo Robert W. Simoneau, Minuteman tation. Reg. Vocational Technical GKN Windsor Limited, PO Box 19, School, 758 Marrett Rd., Lex Redditch, Worcs. B98 OTA, ington, Mass. 02173. Individual England. Plastics machinery. Hunter Plastic Sales, Inc., 6520 Powers Ferry Rd., Suite 200, Atlanta, Ga. 30339. Custom processors. ICC Industries, Inc., 720 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10019. PVC resins. Inmont Corp., 3221 W. Big Beaver, Troy, Mich. 48084. associate. Southwest Insui Bead, Inc., 3524 Broadway, SE, Albuquerque, N. Mex. 87102. EPS block molder. Sunbeam Plastics Corp., PO Box 4038, Evansville, Ind. 47711. Plastic caps. Wonder Pak Corp., 15080 Goldenwest Circle, Westminster, Calif. 92663. Cushion Lok material for Marko Foam Products, Inc., 2500 packaging. Molders Guide Updated A manual designed to identify and explain the commercial and ad ministrative trade customs in the plastics molding industry, pre pared by SPI's Molders Division, has been revised. Entitled "Stan dards and Practices of Plastics Molders and Plastics Molded Parts Buyers Guide," it contains the important points that pur chasers have traditionally consid ered in specifying and purchasing molded plastics parts. The manual includes sections highlighting areas of concern which manufacturers might encounter relative to contractual obligations, production and handling of tool ing, production costs, packing and shipping, inspection practices, and claims for defects. In addition, there are sections that discuss inserts, component parts, and materials, and patents. The guide also covers engineer ing and technical standards of plastics custom molders for the most commonly used plastics materials, and provides a glossary of terms. The 1978 Molders Guide is available from Publications Sales, SPI/New York at $5 per copy for SPI members and $8 for nonmembers. 8 SPI-26878