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SEP 2 41975 THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY September 22, 1975 BENNETT BUILDING 2030 DOW CENTER MIDLAND, MICHIGAN 40640 Mr. Milton Freifeld Manufacturing Chemists' Association 1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20009 One of the companies sponsoring the studies on vinyl chloride re ceived the following information in response to an Inquiry "on the various studies of vinyl chloride (VCM) being conducted as recom mended by the Vinyl Chloride Task Force." The Office of Toxic Substances has completed the preliminary in- * vestigation for EPA's epidemiology study, which will be started soon. In EPA, the Office of Research and Development's Health Research ^r Laboratory in Cincinnati, Ohio, 45268, is sponsoring a study: "Toxi cological Investigation of Vinyl Chloride with Relevance to Non-Worker Populations, with Emphasis on Transplacental Carcinogenesis and Co- factors" (Contract #68-03-2148, Project Officer, Dr. Jerry Stara). No data have yet been derived. Another study, "Sampling of Auto mobile Interiors for Vinyl Chloride" (Contract #68-02-1404, Task 1, Project Officer, Dave Benny), is now underway, being sponsored by the Control Systems Laboratory, ORD, EPA, Research Triangle Park, N.C., 27711. Several studies are being sponsored by other agencies. You should contact them for specifics: Consumer Product Safety Commission, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, DC, 20014 (Contract #72-2084, Project Officer, Dr. Robert Hehir). National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research . Triangle Park, NC, 27711 (Contract #210-75-0051, Project Officer, Dr. James. J. Woods). The Center tor Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, is an alysing 300 reported cases of hepatic angiosarcoma, to determine all pbsslble correlations. Dr. Henry Falk is managing, this study. Please attach a copy of this letter with your next mailing to the sponsoring companies. Sincerely, / ;R ,x - Theodore R. torkelson Corporate Medical Department C X) --i u<i> CJ