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/. OHC-56 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH COMMITTEE Minutes of Meeting Monteleone Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana September 20, 1971 MEMBERS PRESENT: N. V. Hendricks, Chairman M. V. Andresen E. E. Christofano L. B. Grant, M.D. J. Hogan, M.D. M. N. Johnson, M.D. K. S. Lane, M.D. J. E. Long W. E. McCormick K. M. Morse C. F. Reinhardt, M.D. T. R. Torkelson K. D. Johnson GUESTS PRESENT: L. E. Cassidy, M.D J. Jorgensen F. L. Oglesby F. L. Lyman, M.D. S. Schreiber N. G. White MEMBERS ABSENT: M. R. Gasque, M.D. W. j. Martin, M.D. W. McNab Standard Oil Company (N. J.) American Cyanamid Company Hercules Incorporated PPG Industries, Inc. Gulf Oil Corporation Monsanto Company Union Carbide Corporation Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. B. F. Goodrich Company U. S. Steel Corporation E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. The Dow Chemical Company Manufacturing Chemists Association Canadian Industries Ltd. Rohm & Haas Company Tennessee Eastman Company CIBA-GEIGY Corporation Allied Chemical Corporation Shell Chemical Company Olin Corporation Cyanamid of Canada Ltd. BASF Wyandotte Corporation CMrt 012831 1. Minutes of the Meeting of May 6, 1971 The subject minutes were approved with the correction to item 10 to indicate that the subcommittee reporting on the vinyl chloride project should have been designated the "vinyl chloride- subcommittee", rather than the "epidemiology subcommittee." CCITriSESTlAL Sul;err u? riuts'tiv? Order in F.oss v. ' : ~c, Ir.'i. , No. 9C-4S37 14th LisTrict Court Calcasieu Ttrr^T";1 fJUiblam OHC-64 ' 5 Pol w 1 '/" !ysi*J Raq.i/.iy The Secretary relayed Dr. Dinman's plea for wider and more prompt responses to his requests for the submission of pertinent data to the Registry. He also alerted the Committee to the im pending exhaustion of currently authorized funds for maintenance of the Registry activity, and asked them to determine the wishes of their companies in regard to any refunding. CONFIDENTIAL Sub.ie t t: Protective Order In Pegs T I-'.:., lio. 90-4837 -K--h f"T.Tstrict Court Lr . Louisiana CMA 012832 OHC-65 12. Vinvl Chloride Monomer Study Mr. McCormick reported for the Vinyl Chloride Monomer Sub committee that they had selected the research proposal from Industrial Biotest as technically adequate and most advantageous from a cost standpoint. The subcommittee recommended that their proposal, with a possible reduction in scale of effort.(if neces sary to accommodate available funding) on study of acetylenederived VCM, be presented to the vinyl chloride manufacturers and users as a suggested protocol. This recommendation was moved, seconded and carried and the Secretary was asked to proceed with plans to hold a meeting of representatives of the vinyl chloride industry to consider these matters. He was also asked to ascertain the current status of Dr. Viola's research and available results before any such meeting. The question was raised as to whether an epidemiological survey of vinyl chloride workers to determine the incidence of cancer or other lesions suggested by Dr. Viola's work might be in order. It was decided to delay any decision on such a survey until more lab oratory data was available from lower level exposures. CMA 012933 OHC-66 14. Future Meeting Schedules The next regular meeting of the Committee was scheduled for Wednesday, April 5, at a site to be determined later. If necessary to expedite the vinyl chloride research program, the Committee expressed an interest in an early December meeting, subject to the call of the chair. Their attention was called to the December 13-14 schedule of the Safety and Fire Protection Committee. Respectfully submitted Secretary Occupational Health Committee Minutes Subject to Approval December 3, 1971 KDJ/cj CMA 012834 r