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4 Interoffice FROM: Communlcation DATE: D. A. Penney - Austin T. G. Grumbles - Houston - Aberdeen C. M. Markerson - Aberdeen V. E. Messick October 8, 1993 SUBJECT: Questions and Action Steps from Aberdeen Employee Meetings - September 9 and September 21, 1993 I have summarized the questions from the above-mentioned meetings into general questions. Please review these. If there are questions that are not addressed by these general questions, please contact either Dave Penney or Tom Grumbles. 1. The last update of the Angiosarcoma registry was 1991. When is the next update? Please summarize the data from the angiosarcoma registry. What is the general population rate of angio vs. VCM industry rates? Are any Vista people in this registry? 2. Are there studies that show chemical workers have a higher risk of cancer? What is life span of chemical worker vs. other businesses? 3. Do we have individual plant data on the risk of career? What is cancer rate for Aberdeen? How do we rate vs. other plants? 4. How is the information on cause of death collected? 5. Why is study only on deceased individuals? Why not conduct survey of plant people and see what problems people have? 6. Do studies presented take into account exposure to other chemicals? 7. What are health effects of exposure to TCE? 8. How are animal studies used to determine cause of cancer? 9. Do we have records of exposure to employees early in life of plant? What do these records say in terms of risk of cancer? Is there any specific PPM exposure where you will get cancer? (Plant people remember some samples being taken.) 10. Why does it take so long to get data? The last CMA study was through 1982. 11. Do the studies track individuals? VAB.0001192874 .12 Have there been studies projecting how many people have cancer in Aberdeen area and causes? 13. Paul Hubbard died of liver cancer. Is this information included in the studies? How do we know he didn't die of angiosarcoma? 14. Has CMA been accused of using bad information on the studies? Who pays for the studies? How do we know the studies are not bias based on who paid for the studies? Does anyone disagree with studies? 15. What is risk of breathing PVC dust? 16. We used to have benzene in the plant What are the health effects of benzene exposure? 17. What are health effects of AMS? Dave Penney and Tom Grumbles will work to put together answers to these questions and review them before they are issued. V. E. Messick Director, Safety, Health and Environmental Olefins & Vinyl Division /mb cc: JCL A VAB.0001192875