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AR 226
December 5, 2003
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Dr. Charles M. Auer Chemical Control Division Officeof Prevention, Pesticides
and Toxic Substances
UniAtgeedncSytates Environmental Protection
1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Room 3166A
`Washington, DC 20004
Jennifer Seed
United States Environmental Protection
Agency
1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Room 6334A
Washington, DC 20004
Oscar Hemandez Director, Risk Assessment Division Office of Prevention, Pesticides
and Toxic Substances
UniAtgeedncSytates Environmental Protection
1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Room 6220A
Washington, DC 20004
John Wheeler, Ph.D.
ATSDR
1825 Century Center Blvd.
Room 2129
Atlanta, GA 30345
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Re: Human Health Threat Arising From Releases Of PFOA/APFO/C-8 In
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As a follow up to our letters ofFebruary 3, April 4, April 11, May 6, and May 21, 2003
(AR-226-1216, 1307, 1308, `Washington Works Plant of
1495, and 1493), regarding the health threat to those living E.I duPont de Nemours and Company ("DuPont") located
near the in Wood
County, West `evaluation of
Virginia, the health
we have enclosed copies ofthe following condition ofworkers at that DuPont Plant
documents relating to DuPont's where PFOA has been used in
tdhreinmkainnugfwaactteurr:ing processes since the early 1950s and has been present in the air andplant
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Dr. Charles M. Auer Oscar Hemandez Jennifer Seed John Wheeler, Ph.D. December 5, 2003
I. DuPont Internal Memo, "Washington Works Cancer Incidence and Overall
Mortality Rates" (12/14/89) (EID521382-92);
2.
DuPont Internal Memo, "Washington Works - Surveillance Data: Mortality and
Cancer Incidence (8/28/92) (EID521393-401);
3
DuPont Internal Memo, "Washington Works - Surveillance Data: Cancer
Incidence" (9/28/92)(EIDS521402-3);
4.
DuPont Internal Memo, "Mortality and Cancer Incidence Surveillance Updates"
(9/26/92) (EID521404-5); and
5
Several internal DuPont Washington Works documents regarding claims of
infertility among male employees at DuPont's Washington Works Plant (1984)
(EIDS523009-21).
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GeralJd. Rapien, Esq. (w/o encls.)
Mary Dominiak (USEPA, OPPT) (for inclusion in AR-226) (w/ encls.) (Fax &
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Severalofthe pages are marked "Redacted" by DuPont to indicate that employee names
or other personal identifying information was redacted from the document prior to production.
As a Defendant in aclass action lawsuit pending against DuPont in the West Virginia State Court
in which we serve as Class counsel, DuPont also has the right to mark documents produced in
that case as falling under the terms ofa Stipulated Protective Order that allow parties to limit
distribution of documents,ifthey qualify as documents for which "Confidential Business
Information" (CBI), protection would be available under, among other provisions, 40 C.F R.
Part 2, Subpart B. None of the enclosed documents have been stamped "confidential" by DuPont
underthe termsofthat Stipulated Protective Order.