Document byq5a41Nx4yGM62LKVn8KNEOO

7V-J "7^ TOE GENERAL TIRE k RUBBER COMPANY Comments on the Department of Labor, OSHA Proposed Permanent Standard on Vinyl Chloride 29 CFR 1910.939 ft GENC 000022 ( Die only new exposure level data set forth In the Introductory material to the proposed permanent standard is the preliminary report from Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories wherein 2 of 200 mice exposed to 50 parts per million concentrations of vinyl chloride seven hours per day, five days per week for approximately seven months developed angiosarcoma. Dius, on the basis of 2 mice, and without .any correlation to human experience, itvis now proposed *thatithej-permissib1e exposure..^, vinyl^chloride.be-dropped. from `5QcPar*tamper? million'- to no' detectable level'"withoutpregard? to technicaljfeaaibility socialogical or economic ramifications. iBuchrar course.of action has no basis lm science- or factr as recognized in tne permanent standard wherein it is stated: "... tha*qttestlons3>7.a? saferlevmflnof^exposusa for^htaians'nannot^.-betrdetermined^atoithlsttlme, f and may continue as a matter for scientific deliberation ior many years." DiemGeneral^Tire'4*RubbenCompany would,-, in^the interestsof everyreasonable>and feasibler precaution,^ support a -permissible expoaure^leveihStandard^consisting of: a-,,time- weighted,average.of 25sspa?;ta. per^million<.,and ,a.celling level, of 40 partB per million. Diese levels are technologically feasible, and scientifically and medically reasonable based upon present data and technology. It should be further noted that we submit and support these levels without regard to cost in achieving the same. In addition, The*:0nerali->Tired*'Rubbero-.Company--is dedicated tothesceventualvelriminationr'Of; expoBure^to^ vinyl chloride- in-the RrydUQ!tlo^o^polyylnyLvchlorldetresinemrand'ttOAther,eliminatlon \ GEHC 0000