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oksahto Chemical Compant rSt. Louis . . < e ^ e Mr. E. w. licbtn Mr. R. M. Weo&er rco;;r;oi::Ti.-i Gitt November 14, 1955 Hr. H. B. Patrick *'"* jQPUHBTlch Plant SubiK! DEf&RTMEHT 246 (AB0CLCR5) It 1* ths opinion of the Medical Department that the eating of lunches should not be allowed in this department for & number of reasons. (1) Aroclor vapors and othar process vapor could con taminate the lunches unless they were properly pro tected. (S) When working with this sattrial, the eh&nes of contami nating hands and subsequently contaminating the food is a definite posslblity. (3) It has long been the opinion of the Medical Department that eating In process departments is a potentially hazardous procedure that could lead to serious diffi culties. While the iroclors are not particularly hazardous from our own experience, this is a diffi cult problem to define because early literature work claimed that chlorinated biphenyls were quite I.' toxic materials by ingestion or Inhalation. In any <~s.m where a workman claimed physical harm from any contaminated food, it would be extremely difficult ' on the basis of past literature reports to counter such claims. JKIsSm ck T. Oarrett I exhibit no. /CgA-- EXHIBIT HO. -S& n&-/yy^ MR OO4*4*1* a oooaosa HARTOLDMON0025961