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A( OC. i.OVUt <-<(* |T| $ f l\t` iUilii nr. ft. m. wobr -' Qtt November 14, 1955 To Mr. H. B. Patrick Mwmm At Kruamrich Plant Sub|t DEPARTMENT 246 (ARQCL0R3) It Is ths opinion of ths Msdlcal Department that the eating of lunches should not be allowed in this department for a nunber of reasons. (1) Aroclor vapors and other process vapors could con taminate the lunches unless they were properly pro tected. (2) Vihen working with this material, the chance of contami nating hands and subsequently contaminating the food la a definite posslbllty. (3) It has long been the opinion of the Medical Department ' that eating in process departments is a potentially hazardous procedure that could lead to serious diffi- cultles. While the iroclors are not particularly hazardous fro our own experience, this is a diffi cult problem to define because early literature work claimed that chlorinated biphenyls were quite toxic material* by ingestion or inhalation. In any pas where a wertaan claimed physical harm from any contaminated food, it would be extremely difficult on the basis of past literature reports to counter such claims. STLCOPCB4026058