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Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc. --_ Minutes of Meeting "" Environmental health advisory committee MCA Conference Room Washington, D. C. October 19, 1966 EH26-1 ambers present j. H. Sterner, M.D., Chairman E. J. Bock, Vice Chairman C. U. Dernehl, M.D. j. T. Gormally A. L. Kling j. H. Rook T. C. Runion Carstens Slack (AM only) Jerome Wilkenfeld J. A. Zapp, Jr. George E. Best, Secretary ASSOCIATE MEMBER PRESENT H. w. Fisher GUESTS PRESENT F. H. Carman (AM only) G. j. Hawkins (am only) R. C. Johnson (AM only) A. E. Settle F. G. Stephenson (AM only) MEMBERS absent E. M. Adams C. K. Banks C. F. Hagan Cleveland Lane Eastman Kodak Company Monsanto Company Union Carbide Corporation Pennsalt Chemicals Corporation Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation American Cyanamid Company W. R. Grace & Co. Phillips Petroleum Company Hooker Chemical Corporation E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. ^ MCA staff Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) MCA Staff s CONFIDENTIAL MCA Staff Saifject to Protective Grier in MCA Staff Jtoss v. Conoco, Inc., Uo. SO-4337 MCA staff 14th judicial Court MCA Staff Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana The Dow Chemical Company M&T Chemicals Inc. Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc. Goodrich-Gulf Chemicals, Inc. Note: Subjects not necessarily discussed in the order in which they appear in these minutes. CMA 015593 '.iftlilC ,ri4 * i C. i ,i. J 1 til 7. Polyvinyl Chloride Resins "Ufc'e- Rossss_ 7. C:-- ^ t '"5? :a ;-. 14th Calcq34au , . '"' ' Ji-t * - 'sh- ^ulsiant Dr. Dernehl reviewed a special meeting of polyvinyl chloride resin manufacturers held on October 6 to discuss medical observations of terminal bone lesions in the fingers of certain employees, appar ently associated with polyvinyl chloride resins production. This matter was brought to attention by B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company, the meeting having been held under the auspices of the MCA Occupa tional Health Committee. Subsequently, recommendations for in-plant medical studies, industry-sponsored toxicological research (possibly $100,000), and an open symposium -- summer 1967 if technical findings justify it by that time -- were taken to the Executive Committee. These recommendations were favorably received, and the Occupational Health Committee was requested to proceed with plans, subject to future approval. ;< 4 'l iluiAiJiti; CMA 015594 1 EH36-: Manufacturing Chemists Association Minutes of Meeting ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE MCA Conference Room Washington, D, C. November 16, 1967 (FIBERS PRESENT j. H. Sterner, M.D., Chairman I E. J. Bock, Vice Chairman W. G. Ball, Jr. I e. E. Christofano 1 J. T. Gormally Carstens Slack (AM only) A. J. vonPrank J. S. Whitaker N. G. White Jerome Wilkenfeld J. A. Zapp, Jr. George E. Best, Secretary ASSOCIATE MEMBER PRESENT M. P. Granville f t > Ijj `0 o > BO o3 WESTS PRESENT c. u. Demehl, M.D. R. L. Moore (AM only) R. F. Philpitt A. E. Settle ?. G. Stephenson MBERS ABSENT A. L. Kling T. C. Runlon !"* I .2 S _ A. rarJ3"3 3 *5 03 Mg at r<-oJ4 Eastman Kodak Company Monsanto Company Ethyl Corporation Hercules Incorporated Pennsalt Chemicals Corporation Phillips Petroleum Company Allied Chemical Corporation Union Carbide Corporation-; Shell Chemical Company Hooker Chemical Corporation E. I. du Pont de Nemours S# Company MCA Staff Texaco Inc. Union Carbide Corporation W. R. Grace Ss Co. Olln Mathieson Chemical Corporation MCA Staff MCA Staff Olln Mathieson Chemical Corporation W. R. Grace & Co. HSH * - i.j u * /aUVd CMA 015595 Occupational Health Committee (C. U. Demehl, M.D. and E. E. Chrlstofano) inaire :ause in 1 4,. i'*h f Pllzzzi ,.,T . J 70 I"f0- , **+ A report is expected around the end of the year on the University of Michigan study of bone damage in certain occupational exposures in poly vinyl chloride manufacture, in which x-ray examinations have been made of 6500 employees. This project is being funded by contributions from polyvinyl producers totalling $85*000. HOOEUi * * 1 U i 3 um CMA 013596