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m CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION December 30, 1993 Dear Vinyl Chloride Research Coordinators: The December 9 Record of Conference Call and a December 2 letter to Donald Whorton of ENSR Health Sciences are enclosed. I will send you Dr. Whorton's response as soon as I receive it. If you did not participate on the December 9 conference call, please mark on your calendars that the next VCRC meeting is scheduled for February 14 at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at the CMA offices in Washington, D.C. This will be an important meeting to discuss the vinyl chloride industry's future course of action with respect to a further update of the epidemiology study. Therefore, please make every effort to attend the meeting. To date, commitments for $3,000 have been received from: Borden Chemicals and Plastics Dow Chemical Formosa Plastics Vista Chemical Company _ _ ...... Commitments still are outstanding from: GE0N Georgia Gulf Corporation Occidental Chemical Corporation PPG Industries, Inc, JAN A If your commitment form is outstanding, please send it in as soon as possible. Shell and Monsanto, who have ceased their vinyl chloride business, are considering joining the VCRC but will make their decision by mid-January. I am looking forward to our February 14 meeting and I wish you a very happy new year! Sincerely, ( Enclosures Hasmukh C. Shah, Ph.D. Manager, Vinyl Chloride Panel SL 107183 ..... ... J 2501 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037 Telephone 202-887-1100 Fax 202-887-1237 Responsible Care* W APublicCommitment