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STATE OF MICHIGAN \ # *> James J. Blaricfiard, Governor CENTER *O R w c tiA W O .-T flfttn 'iC M r GoTt^rnor D EPARTM EN T OF PU BLIC HEALTH -0n.tft> a*^ tK B ft:'3 R " Ffrf)r,"M'.P.h.7 0frect6r ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH i 3500 N. Logan. PX). Box 30L XLansing, Michigan 48909 G lo ria R. Smith, .`h.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.N., D ire cto r N. Ju ly 8, 1933 TO: G lo ria R. Smith, Ph.'D., Director s F.A.A.N. FROM: John L. Hesse, Acting Chief Center for Environmental Health Sciences SUBJECT: Contact with Dow Chemical Company Representative I As per your request of June 21, 1983, fo r us to record any contacts we have with Dow Chemical employees regarding the proposed case control study pn s o ft connective tissu e cancers, I want to report a meeting in.-my o ffic e John U lrich of Dow Chemical Company on J u ly 7, 1983. \ ~~ * r > ~ ^ ' At approximately 3:30 p.m., Mr. U lric h came to my o ffic e unannounced'just to check on the status of our Department's acceptance o f the $250,000 o ffe r from Dow Chemical Company to fund che case control study. I told him that we have not been able to o f f i c i a l l y accept the money, but tha t our most recent communicatjon with the Attorney G e n e ra l's O ffice would ind icate that we should be able to : accept the money w ithin the r e la t iv e ly near future. ^ I advised that our protocol is nearing completion to a stage were we w ill soon be able to release i t fo r peer review in a general format. We hope that th is would be p o ssib le in time fo r a meeting which is te n ta tiv e ly planned to be held in Midland la te r on this.month to describe State/federal stu d ie s being planned. Mr. U lric h indicated that he had a lso spoken with Mr. Jager on the same afternoon. Mr. U lric h indicated that Dow Chemical Company i s anxious to have each of th e ir 6-p oint proposal fo r Dioxin studies progress toward implementation. cc: Mr. Jager Mr. Bloomer Mr. Paterson'