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23461001 OS'!A Proposed VCPJl Pule Too Stringent Drug Firms Move Chemical industry witnesses last week warned that the proposed Occu pational Safety & Health Administra tion standard covering the exposure of workers to vinyl chloride monomer is too stringent and will cause great eco nomic consequences for the industry and its workers if adopted. The state ments came from a long list of indus try witnesses as the OSHA hearing in Washington continued into its second week. pany, the industry's largest PVC maker with 930 million pounds of capacity at five plants, as well as a billion pounds ot mono mer capacity at Calvert City, Ky., told the hearing a no-detectable level of VCM in its operations is not technically feasible'nor is full-time use of respiratory protection by workers. He says the company will be forced to shut down its PVC and monomer operations if the standard is adopted. Goodrich, he says, has embarked on a multi-million-dollar program' to generate new technology which might make possible further reduc tions in levels of vinyl chloride exposure. endorsed the "no detectable" standard. In a statement given by Dr. Stephen T. Qui gley, ACS pointed out the lack of available data establishing a safe level of exposure to vinyl chloride and concluded that "even the potential threat of exposure to vinyl chlo ride justifies the adoption of the proposed standard." Dr. Walter Harres of Uniroyal, Inc., rep resenting the Rubber Manufacturers Asso ciation, said that "no prudent manufactur er, knowing that VCM is capable of causing cancer, will expose men at concentrations likely to cause harm." However, he asked OSHA not to'overlook Their People About As Business Booms Increasing employee transfers in the pharmaceutical industry, says a recent survey, have been inode possi ble by better business conditions. In a nationwide Dun & Hradstreet study of relocation practices among major US corporations, the pharmaceutical in dustry reported one of the biggest John L. Nelson, vice-president of manu The American Chemical Society, howev our competitive system. A new criterion, he gains in employee transfers, citing the facturing for B.F. Goodrich Chemical Com er, took issue with industry spokesmen and Continued on Page 24 most progressive relocation benefit Mineral, Oil Developments Ecodyne Contracts programs of any of the twenty in dustries queried. Spur Newfoundland Growth To Supply Equipment To gel data on transfer trends and poli cies of US industry. D&B researchers sur veyed 666 firms chosen from a listing of Substantial increases in mining and off-shore drilling are expected to help boost Newfoundland's gross provincial product by 12.5 percent this year to $1.9 billion, according to a recent 46-page report entitled "The Economy New foundland and Labrador Outlook - 1974." For Water Treatment Ecodyne Ltd., in Canada, a whollyowned subsidiary of Ecodyne Corporation, has been awarded three contracts in excess leading industrial and non industrial corpo rations. including twelve pharmaceutical companies. Continued on Page 49 According to the study, production of minerals this year should increase by 15 -------------------- of $5 million for water and wastewatertreatment equipment. Marijuana a'Hot Item' percent to $<38 million, while expenditures for off-shore drilling should rise from $36 The Graver Water Division of Ecodyne, Ltd., received a contract for more than $2 For the Fuel Shortage million to $40 million over last year's totals. million to provide a water-treatment sys Noting that Labrador is rich in such min tem for a 100,000-barrel-a-day extraction Marijuana may become a "hot item" erals as iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, refinery at Canada's Athabasca Tar Sands. in the fuel shortage. Georgia-Pacific silver, asbestos, fluorspar, gypsum and This water-treatment system, designed Corporation has just used (he drug as limestone, the report points out that pro for Syncrude, a consortium of four oil com "supplemental fuel" to make steam for duction of iron ore increased by 38.5 per panies - Imperial Oil, Ltd., Atlantic Rich its pulp, paper and chemical manufac cent in 1973 over the previous year's figure field Canada, Ltd., Canada-Cities Service, turing complex in Bellingham, Wash. to a value of $325.8 million. Ltd., and Gulf Oil, Canada Ltd. - will re Some 360 pounds of bundled mariju The economic review also notes that the new oil refinery at Come-By-Chance is now V, portedly incorporate one of the largest ana and three vials of liquid hashish, all dcmincralizers ever built in North Ameri confiscated by West Coast police officers producing 100,000 barrels a day, while a ca. The tar sands facility is expected to be looking for a safe disposal site, were second facility to produce 300,000 barrels a in operation by 1980. shoveled into G-P's firebox by Sheriff day is being planned. The company's Unitech Division was Bernie Reynolds of Whatcom county in Aiding growth of the province, according given a contract for more than $2 million by four minutes. ^r m to the survey, is the Upper Churchill Falls hydro project, which has a capacity of 5,225,000 kilowatts annually. The provincial \o government is also evaluating the possibili Ol ty of a second hydro project on the Lower v, \ Canadian International Paper Co. for the supply and erection of a black liquor evapo rator used to concentrate liquids. The evaporator, part of a $40 million ex pansion of CIP's La Tuque, Quebec mill is That's $25,000 a minute for fuel. G-P officials computed, even though the sheriff worked at taxpayer expense. The company is conducting "some what more realistic" experiments \O \u Churchill Falls, which would cost about $1.2 Continued on Page 21 scheduled to come on line in late 1975. j Ecodyne, Ltd.'s other contract, in excess of $1 million was awarded by Stadler Hur- aimed at expanding fuel sources at vari ous plant locations, including use of old auto tires and air-classified municipal CQ GAF EXECUTIVE: Ronald M. Schultz, control ter Ltd. of Montreal to supply equipment garbage. DOT Asks Changes ler-secretary of GAF (Canada) Ltd., who has for the Gilan Forest Complex in Iran. _______________________________ in Polystyrene Rules been named vice-president and. ganeral manager of the Canadian subsidiary. II Ions Materials Regulations Spanish Fertilizer Makers Well Placed BFG25635 *n p\ r>ra l3 lOl /e/fun Essential Oils, Vanilla Products and Aromatics Felton International Inc., 599 Johnson Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11237, (212) 497-4564 Caramel coloring shipped from six plants to all the world \Vl\VIWCARiAlMliEaL mCOLsOoRINnG 1901 Payne Street, Louisville, Kentucky SOMEONE'S ALWAYS NEEDING A NEW SOURCE NO ONE KNOWS WHEN OR WHY. WHY NOT BE THERE WHEN ... IN Chsmical rJbrfcsSfcg Reporter Ij' iax and Irona. Mr. Kliff contends that "because these products are commodities consumed in large volume by a few customers, captive production by end users is high and oppor tunities for profit ore limited". Those industrial minerals used mainly for their physical properties are specially tailored to the requirements of a variety of end uses for a diffuse group of customers. "Thus," concludes Mr. Kliff. "captive pro duction is low and opportunities are rela tively good." world markets. Additionally, the bank is lending some $79 million to Algeria to help finance con struction of a new port at Bethiona for the export of liquefied natural gas to Europe and the US. In the Far East, a loan of $35 million has been approved to help Pakistan expand fer tilizer output. It will be used to help finance the $102 million expansion of the natural gas fertilizer factory at Multan in the Pun jab. Structural minerals are the largest group of minerals valued for their physical properties. They represent approximately !K) percent of the tonnage and 60 percent of the value of all industrial minerals . Other major applications for the physi- cal minerals are: extender and filler pig ments for paper, paint, rubber, plastics and carpet backing; process aid is for the chemical, food, oil drilling, and iron ore in KEMAMIDES dustries; foundry molds; abrasives; gems, and electronics. The importance of world trade is tied to the scattered locations of the higher valued industrial minerals. For example, says Mr. Kliff, the chemical mineral fluorspar is shipped in large tonnages from Mexico, Thailand and South Africa to such highly industrialized countries as the US and Japan. Similarly, kaolin, the leading extender and filler pigment, is shipped from Great Rritain and the US to Europe, Japan, Cana da and other advanced countries. Mr. Kliff predicts increased activity in industrial minerals by large multinational Send forTechnical companies, on the scale of that already in practice by such firms as Jolins-Manviile Brochure and English China Clays. for Fragrance PERFUME OILS COVER ODORS ESSENTIAL OILS EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 410 E. 62nd ST. NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. 10021 SKOKIE, ILLINOIS 6007$ SAN FRANCISCO 94080 OFFICES IN ALL PRINCIPAL CITIES. AGENTS IN ALL PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES. 24 CHEMICAL MARKETING REPORTER July 15, 1974 OSHA Proposed Rule Continued from Page 4 explained, has entered the marketplace and the energies of the large companies will be turned loose to solve the problem. He asked what is available to take the place of VCM and urged OSHA to keep the stan dard as simple as possible. Richard P. Carter, director of govern ment relations, environmental affairs, for Johns Manville, fnc., expressed concern about two distinct goals of the standard. On the one hand, he said, there is the recognized necessity to protect workers ex posed to potential hazardous amounts of VCM and on the other hand that PVC resin has become "a critical component in an enormous variety of products upon which a 23461002 HosdvsHsd Chemical White Station Tower Memphis,Tennessee38101 Operation of Kraftco Corporation