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oksaSto Chemical Com pant ^ . . * e e - .* Mr. . w. H(Dn r"St.s,L-o,ruisr,rpf CUui l !** Mr. R. M. w#oner Oitt November 14, 1955 Mr. H. B. Patrick firuanrlch Plant Uimmat DEPARTMENT 246 f AHDCLCR5) 'It 1* the opinion of the Medical Department that the eating of lunches should not be allowed in this department for a member of reasons. (1) Aroclor vapors and other process vapors could con taminate the lunches unless they were properly pro tected. (f) When working with this material, the eh&nee of contami nating hands and subsequently contaminating the food is a definite possibllty. (3) It has long been the opinion of the Medical Department that eating in process departments is a potentially hazardous procedure tnat could lead to serious diffi- cultles. While the iroclort 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 toxic materials by ingestion or Inhalation. In any <*& 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. jrassm ck T. Oarrett /Cgj^L-- m.exhibit R.G../yV-^ exhibit no. cL MR ooeeie A 00030S3 WATER PCB-SD0000033554