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ALBERT E. LEVY (1976 Ret.) WILLIAM V. MARCUS (1976 Ret.) LARRY' ^VY KENNE1 LEVY S. ROBERT PRINCIOTTO RUSTINE TILTON MICHAEL B. SILVERMAN* DAVID L. RUTHERFORD HARRY STEINBERG Member N.J. St Fla. Bar MARCUS & LEVY ^ ATTORNEYS AT LAW March 21, 1986 Valley National Bank Bldg. 80 Broadway (Route 4) Elmwood Park. N.J. 07407 (201) 791-8500 Uniroyal Chemical Co., Inc. c/o Prentice-Hall Corp., Registered Agent 1 Exchange Place First Jersey National Bank Jersey City, NJ 07303 RE: Memice, et al v. PPG Industries, Inc., et als Civil Action No. 86-740 Gentlemen: Enclosed please find, copy of Notice of Voluntary Dismissal which is being filed with the Court in the federal action. Please advise your attorneys of this prior to the filing of an Answer. Be advised that we are pursuing this matter in the State Court and that an Answer should be filed in that matter. Should your attorneys have any questions with regard to this matter, please have them contact this office. URL 21819 Very truly yours, MARCUS & LEVY ^ S. ROBERT PRINCIOTTO SRP same Enclosure Certified Mail #P328 776 597 R.R.R. URL 2 1820 CONFIDENTIAL REGISTER OF CASES OF ANGIOSARCOMA OF THE LIVER DUE TO EXPOSURE TO VINYL CHLORIDE - REVIEW DATE X JANUARY 1986 PREFACE: Acknowledgments, significant changes and comments 1. The new cases in the Register are the following : France Germany UK l8 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 11, 12 2. There are amendments from the previous Register against the following cases: Germany 21, 22 US 36, 38 3* 1 would like to thank Dr De Sloover, Dr D H J Williams and Dr Friedel for informing me of new cases. 4. For the casecorrections I would like to thank DrFriedel, MrJ T Barr and Mr R W Erase. 5. For othercorrectionsand information, thanks to Dr D Forman, Mr J T Barr, Mr T H Sutherland and Mr N F Humphry. 6. I should be very grateful if all recipients of the Register could continue to keep me fully informed of any new cases, or, if they should hear of other Companies who have acquired a case of ASL, it would be much appreciated if I could be notified by the appropriate person. It is extremely helpful if new information is supplied in tabulated form, using the headings in the Register as far as possible. 7. 1 would like to thank the many people who have suggested research topics, and should be grateful if I could be kept up to date. 8. I shall be happy to supply to any recipient of the Register a copy of the Paper "Exposure to Vinyl Chloride and Angiosarcoma of the Liver: a report of the Register of cases" by Dr David Forman, myself, Dr John Stafford and Sir Richard Doll, published in the British Journal of Industrial Medicine, November 1985 (**2: 750-753) Dr Brian Bennett Medical Department Imperial Chemical Industries pic Hillhouse Site P 0 Box 4 Thornton-Cleveleys Blackpool FY5 4QD England February 1986 w Index Table Sequence Belgium Canada Czechoslovakia France Germany Italy Japan Norway Sweden UK USA Yugoslavia Incidence of Cases per annum (Table l) Distribution of Cases by Country (Table 2) Pattern of Cases by Factory (Table 3) Latency Periods (Table 4A) Distribution of Latency Periods (Table 4B--All) Annual Geographical Incidence (Toble 5) URL 2162> IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC LIVER ANGIOSARCOMA CASES (REVIEW DATE - 1 JANUARY 1986) WPX/ASL 2 - LANGI0CASES.4 lJ3 l 2-3 4 5-8 9-14 15 16 17 18 19-21 22-28 29 30 31 ASL Case Numbers by year of Death (Table 6) ASL Case Numbers by year of first exposure (Table 7) Western Europe PVC Producers - Start-up Dates vs ASL Cases (Table 8) USA PVC Producers - Start-up Dates vs ASL Cases (Table 9) Canadian PVC Producers - Start-up Dates vs ASL Cases (Table 10) East European PVC Producers - Start-up Dates vs ASL Cases (Table 11) Japanese PVC Producers - Start-up Dates vs ASL Cases (Table 12) South & Central American PVC Producers - Stsrt-Up Dates (Table 13) Australasian PVC Producers - Start-up Dates (Table 14) Page 42 43 44 45+46 47 48 49 50 51 32 33 34-40 41 URL 21623 Page 31 Distribution of AST, Cases by Country TABLE 2 USA W Germany France UK Canada Sweden Yugoslavia Italy Czechoslovakia Japan Belgium Norway 35 *** 26 ** 18 *** 11 10 5 **** 4 ***** 4* 2 2 2 1 (Review pate - 1 Jan 1986) Total 120 * Omit ItOl - atypical case of PVC bag extruder. ** Includes GE03 aerosol can filler. *** Includes case US 24 which was diagnosed as Cholangtosarcoma & US 33, and 36; and F 15 who are alive. **** Includes one monomer worker. ***** Includes two monomer workers. i.e Western Europe North America Rest of World 67 45 B WPX/ASL 2 - LANG10CASES.36 Total 120 \ Page 32 Pattern of ASL Caaea by Factory TABLE 3 (Review Date - I Jen 1986) (a) W Europe OF the 67 cases in W Europe, 57 have occurred In clusters at 11 factories. Of the 26 German cases, 23 have occurred In clusters at 4 factories. ASL Cases Dynaroit, Troiedorf, Germany Chloe Cliiraie (Formerly RP) , St Fone, France np, Barry, UK Hacker, Burghausen, Germany Kemanord, Sondsvall, Sweden PCUK, Brignoud, France CWH, Marl, Germany ICI, Hillhouse, UK Solvay, Tavanx, France Lonza, Ualdshut, Germany Solvay, Jemeppe, Belgium 11 8 8 7 5 5 3 3 3 2 _2 57 NB: There are 32 pre 1962 PVC plants in W Europe; 18 of these have had ASL cases (Ref Table 8) (b) N America Of the 45 cases In N America, 38 have occurred at four factories out of a total of 54 factories:- In N America 43 plants have not had ASL cases. ASL Cases BFC, LoulBvllle, US BFG, Shawlnigan, Canada UCC, S Charleston Goodyear, Niagara 14 10 10 4 38 NB: There are 28 pre 1962 PVC plants In N America; 11 of these have had ASL cases (Ref Tables 9 & (c) Rest of World The 8 ASL cases are believed to be in 1 cluster of 4 and 2 clusters of 2 cases. WPX/ASL2 - LANGIOCASES,37 rage 33 URL 2 1 825 TABLE 4A Latency Periods (Years from first Exposure to Diagnosis) (Review Date - 1 Jan 1986) W Europe Country Belgium No of Cases . 2 Total Years 35 Average 17.5 France Germany 18 459 25.5 26 495 19.04 Italy Norway A 74 18.5 1 22 22 Sweden 5 122 24.5 N America UK 11 254 23.09 67 1461 21.80 US 35 886 25.31 Rest of World Canada 10 204 20.4 45 1090 24.22 Czechoslovakia 2 30 15.0 Summary Japan Yugoslavia 2 A 8 39 19.5 85 21.2 154 19.2 U Europe 67 1461 21.80 N America A5 1090 24.22 Rest of World 8 120 154 2705 19.2 22.54 * Of the countries with > IU cases, France UK and USA have an average latency period above world average, Germany and Canada below world average* Wrx/ASL_2 - LANGIOCASKS,38