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SOUTH CHARLESTON PLANT UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS p.o. eox ioo4, south .charleston, w va. 2sms May 27, 1976 Dr. Rudolf Praefke Abeilungs - Direktor Chemische Werke Hula Aktiengesellschaft 4370 Marl Kreis Rechlinghausen Federal Republic Germany Dear Dr. Praefke: Attached are a series of items related to vinyl chloride that may be of interest: , 1. Summaries of recent studies published by the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky. Copies of the papers are available if you wish to have them. 2. Canadian Regulations and tests for PVC food packaging as reported by the Society of the Plastics Industries. 3. Medical Check Items for PVC Plant Workers from Denki Kagaku Kogyo K, K. 4. Report on a Mortality Study Covering Employees of PVC Fabricators. (Final Report) Organization Resources Counselors Inc. , February 1976. 5. Handbook for Sequential Sampling Plans and Decision Theory for Employee Monitoring of Employee Exposure to Industrial Atmospheres prepared for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health May 1975. The U.S. governmental regulations for PVC food packaging and for environ mental protection are not expected to be issued until the last quarter of 1976. Very truly yours, R. N, Wheeler, Jr RNWJr. /db ucc 031263