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May 15, 1974 Manufacturing Chemists Association .ty. ^ ^ may 2 o i97^ Minutes of Meeting VINYL CHLORIDE RESEARCH COORDINATORS Delmonico Hotel New York, New York May 11, 1974 MEMBERS PRESENT; T. R. Torkelson, CHAIRMAN z. G. Bell, Jr. W. D. Harris M. N. Johnson, M.D. H. L. Kusnetz for R. L. Maycock W. E. Rinehart W. M. Smith R. N. Wheeler K. D. Johnson GUESTS PRESENT: R. E. Joyner D. P. Duffield, M.D. The Dow chemical company PPG Industries, Inc. UNtROYAL, Inc. The B. F. Goodrich Company Shell Oil Company Ethyl Corporation Air Products & chemicals, Inc. Union Carbide corporation MCA Staff Shell Chemical company 1CI, Mond Division, England The meeting was held to consider suggestions and comments on proposed experimental protocols for the animal inhalation studies contemplated to be conducted by industrial BIO-TEST Laboratories. With respect to the chronic, low-level studies, the following actions were taken by motions duly made, seconded and carried: (1) The exposure times were confirmed as seven hours per day, five days per week. (2) The exposure duration was confirmed as nine months exposure, followed by nine months observation before sacrificing surviving animals. ASI 000011997