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MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS ASSOCIATION 1625 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N.W. WASHINGTON, D. C. 20009 (202) 483-6126 August 27, 1976 TO: Vinyl Chloride Technical Panel SUBJECT: Reports and Articles of Interest Gentlemen: Enclosed are copies of the following: 1. Report on "Congenital Central Nervous System Malfor mations, Kanawha county. West Virginia", from the Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service-CDC-Atlanta, EPI-7660-2, July 26, 1976. 2. Title pages of papers supplied by Dr. Torkelson: (a) "Toxicology of Vinyl-Chloride Monomer", by J. G. Budlovsky, M.D., presented at C.I.C. Conference, London, Ontario, June 1, 1976. (b) "Gefahrdung von Konsument und PVC-Arbeitern durch Vinylchlorid", by Ch. Schlatter, Toxikologie 106, 647-650 (1976). (c) "Untersuchungen uber die Reaktivitat von Stoffwechsel-produkten des Vinylchlorid", by H. M. Bolt et al, presented at a symposium in Bonn 1976.. (d) "Untersuchungen zum Stoffwechsel von Vinyl chlorid unter dem Blickpunkt der chemischen Karzinogenese", by H.M. Bolt et al., Institut fur Toxikologie der Universitat Tubingen und Institut und Poliklinik fur Arbeits-und Sozialmedizin der Universitat Koln. (e) "Vinyl Chloride-Associated Liver Disease", reprinted from Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 84, No. 6, June 1976. RSV 0002792 2- - 3. Items supplied by Dr. Mayo Smith are: (a) "Genetic Risks of Vinyl Chloride", Lancet, page 1079, May 1976. (b) "Working Group for Vinyl Chloride Code of Practice", including papers by A. J. Fox and P. F. Collier. (c) "Summary of Presentation by Dr. W. Freiesleben on the Vinyl Chloride Issue". 4. Notice of intent by NIOSH to review certain Criteria Documents including VC. Federal Register, Vol. 41, No. 147, Thursday, July 29, 1976, pages 31585 and 31586. 5. Key pages from Midwest Research Institute report, "Evaluation of the Environmental Toxicants, Vinyl Chloride and Vinylidene Chloride (VDC), by Cheng-Chun Lee et al., Progress Report No. 9, January 1 through March 31, 1976. (VC) 6. Availability of new photocopy facilities at MCA. 7. Copy of January 1976 financial statement, inadver tently omitted from the minutes of the last meeting. MF:ec Enclosures Milton Freifeld Project Manager Vinyl Chloride Research RSV 000,2793