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EH36--1 J Manufacturing Chemists Association Minutes of Meeting ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE MCA Conference Room Washington, D, C. November 16, 1967 <rMBERS PRESENT j. H. Sterner, M.D., Chairman , E. J. Bock, Vice Chairman W. 0. Ball, Jr. 1 E. E. Christofano J. T. Gormally Carstens Slack (AM only) A. J. vonFrank j. S. Whitaker N. G. White Jerome Wllkenfeld J. A. Zapp, Jr. George E. Best, Secretary ASSOCIATE MEMBER PRESENT M. F. Granville QUESTS PRESENT C. U. Demehl, M.D. R. L. Moore (AM only) R. F. Philpitt A. E. Settle P. G. Stephenson AMBERS ABSENT A. L. Kllng T. C. Runion I 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 & Company MCA Staff Texaco Inc. Union Carbide Corporation W. R. Grace & Co. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation MCA Staff MCA Staff Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation W. R. Grace & Co. 1 Minutes of September 14, 1967 Meeting With the following amendment of the first two sentences of the entry under "Labels and Precautionary Information Committee" (page EH35-2) Bas recommended by Mr. Gormally, the minutes were approved as distributed: CMA 015595 EH36-3 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Chemicals Committee A (Time ran out without discussion of this committee at the meeting, this is to record the essence of a letter dated November 14 from Mr. W, E. icCormick, FDCCC chairman, as follows: Budgetary requirements for the coming ,,ear are the same as previously indicated -- $20,000 for a position paper on ;arcinogenesis, in an attempt to refute the Delaney Clause philosophy. This ^11 be difficult, maybe impossible, but because of the possible extension of -nis philosophy into other legislative areas, such as atmospheric pollution, t(CA should be concerned and make a real effort. The idea is to retain the services of a group of experts on carcinogenesis who believe that threshold ievels apply in this field as in other aspects of toxicology,) Occupational Health Committee (C. U. Demehl, M.D. and E. E. Christofano) In the current year. Dr. Demehl said that a. survey by questionnaire |3f MCA member company medical services was considered, but abandoned because It seened the information would have limited usefulness. A newsletter-type publication of generally useful information is in "prospect, as a 4 to 6-page quarterly initially, possibly becoming monthly in !ihe future. This is the only item for which project funds will be sought Sin the 1968-69 budget, with $1500 to be requested for this purpose. It is not expected that a like amount for Publications (OH-l) in the current year's budget will be expended. The first Occupational Health Workshop in Detroit was well received, although there was some feeling that its scope was too broad. A second work shop will be held in Philadelphia in February 1968, with the morning session on general subject matter, and the afternoon divided into three concurrent sessions on occupational medicine. Industrial hygiene, and toxicology. 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 65OO employees. This project is being funded by contributions from polyvinyl producers totalling $85,000. A discussion meeting has been scheduled for November 20 at which producers of fluorcarbon gases are to consider whether further toxicological investigation is warranted, pursuant to misuse of such material as an in halant. Labels and Precautionary Information Committee (R. F. Philpitt and J. T. Gormally) Mr. Philpitt reported that revision of Manual L-l is expected to he completed in the next 12 to 18 months. He commented that of the 175 individual chemicals covered by specimen labels, toxicological back-up information is generally available on only about 75- The LAPI Committee has under consideration the recommendation of a temporary staff addition |io seek out what data can be wltndrawn from private sources, and plan a Program of research to fill the information voids. A specific proposal ''ill be forthcoming. ^ m J2 o <c g Mr, Phllnltt sooke briefly about the recent field trip to Common