Document 71dyMkq08wb0kek9yjg3ppq4B

Record cf *iss g VINYL CHLORIDE PROJECT PANiL AND RESEARCH COORDINATORS March 4, 1980 CMA Offices, Room 404 Washington, D. C. MEMBERS PRESENT: R. A. Park B. Braddle (for F. Kennedy) R. J. Abramowitz J. F. Gabbett P. Cohen w. d. Harris M. Sannerhoff (for J. Stauffer) C. A. Johnson C. P. Wen (for R. Gibson) C. Hopper Z. Bell R. M. Reed V. L. Kirkland ~ R. N. Wheeler W. Blakeslee T. R. Torkelson J. T. Seawell Firestone Plastics Co. Continental Oil Co. Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Georgia-Pacific Corp. Great American Chemical Corp. UNIROYAL Stauffer Chemical Co. Goodyear Gulf Oil Chemicals Co. Gulf Oil Chemicals Co. PPG Industries, Inc. Tenneco Chemicals, Inc. Shell Chemical Co. Union Carbide Certain-Teed Products Dow Chemical Co. CMA Staff MEMBERS ABSENT: W. M. Smith J. T. Carter W. A. Bittenbender R. W. McBumey T. J. Benya J. Lynch R. W. Laundrie M. N. Johnson R. B. Judge Air Products & Chemicals, BP Chemicals, Ltd. Borden Chemical Diamond Shamrock Ethyl Corporation Exxon Corporation General Tire & Rubber Co. BFGoodrich Co. W. R. Grace & Co. Inc. CONFIDENTIAL Subject to Protective Order in Boss v. Ccrc'c. L't.. io. 90-4837 14th 1 ', tried Court Caicaci-ti P-iO-lr:.. Louisiana CMA 014213 BFG62974 law V C^_>/' /* V- AJ- \C-' o*o rwC/.-vV' >^> yV <?-------- me* Msstir.c A overrer ^3, ^.eei-r was approved Z.& Ccnrriburicr. re r' Ccr.ferar.ce :: Peevaluate the Toxicity The Chairman reviewed the CMA/SPI joint contributions to the conference rr.ade in response to requests from !r. Infanta's office. Preparatory Work for the Five-Year Update of the Epidamtclocical Study Completed by Zcurtabxe Environmental Hea^od# Zoo* : Consideration cf this agenda item began with a review of specifications prepared by the Project Administrator in order to clarify the proposal submitted by Environmental Health Associates, Inc (EEA) on January 15, 198 0. A schematic prepared for the C>!A presentation shewed the sequence in which the interrelated investigation could progress and presented a flow diagram of the overall study. EKA will proceed immediately with an assessment and evaluacion cf the EEH data preparatory to beginning work on the brain study and the design of a protocol for the five-year update. The Chairman emphasized that, once developed, the protocol becomes CMA property and will form the basis of bid/proposal requests. As originally envisioned by EHA, their approach to the data assessment, brain study, and five-year update is comprised of five investigations. Seme of these are prerequisites for studies that would follow and all are interdependent. CMA 014214 no 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Paragraph 3 or. page 4 of the CM.-, proposal will be changed to read as follows: At CMA's option, EHA will contact the deceased's farr.ily for addiorcr.al derails. This will be decided on a case-by-case basis and consultation with the company involved. The Panel members were in agreement with Items 1 through 3 on the proposed ballot. It was VOTED that: EHA will be requested to prepare, a protocol and a cost estimate for a "case control study" of cancers of the central nervous system. h<= s= The ballot that 'formed an integral part of the CMA proposal is to be changed to reflect Item 3.3 above. It was VOTED: We recommend asking potential sponsors if they are interested in financially sponsoring a thorough case control study including clinical evaluation of brain tumor cases. EHA will prepare a protocol for the "brain case control study". This study will be open for bids in addition to the EHA bid. It was VOTED: That action should proceed on Item 4.3 of the ballot_as this Item is recorded. This Item concerns interest in sponsor ing Study Plan A. Regarding Ballot Item 4.4, Study Plan B should be modified by identifying the plants as follows: Group I - Vinyl Chloride Monomer >0 ^ Group II - PVC by Dispersion or Emulsion Processed Group III - All others CO C3 CMA 014215^ BFG62976 V S M .V. to ri s-crzx sA . -d ese -- c was * -- 5_bevar.cs f sacerac; Page 5, report c- rsf e cs n vi zn wi >-s -- *a --a 2 2, Of ar.d PVC o be earned vi 5 ss s , cf o*-- 1 al rossly 'cnderescinaced" the cost Plan 3 in a opinion cf che members of the ca. -- --. - --! a 2)T2SSw-TlS laccla livelihood chac Study ?i ion that cnere ia c will concribuce Study Plan C viil 20, or perhaps 25 Table indefinateiy Iter. 4.5 (Study Plan C) of che orcpcsec ballot. was VOTED to: Request EHA's "opinion and position" on analyzing data in terms of those plants producing (1) VCM, (2) emulsion or dis persion polymers (excluding latex), and (3) all others.- This analysis is to treat *' significant differences with resoect to mortality at a cost not to exceed $io,ooo." ITS :rd Pccord Subject to pnroval March 27, 1980 'J. T. Seawell Project Administrator Vinyl Chloride BFG62977 014216