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r \H-6 K M .tM t * C V . S'Tf <a&QSx>^cs*?*m*<***01 E.1. bu P o n t de N e m o u r s & C o m p a n y inconponatco W i l m i n g t o n ,D e l a w a r e 19B98 EMPLOYEZ RELATIONS DEPARTMENT CC: B. W. Karrh, M.D. V. A. Brewster, M.D. S. Pell W. A. Bower-PP&R-Parkersl B. Dyer-PP&R-Parkersburg G. A. Ploeger-PP&R-Parker R. M. Shepherd-PP&R-D-12( boHU 'DUHM-- 1*1 PERSONAL fi. CONFIDENTIAL August 28, 1979 Y. L. POWER, M.D. MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT. PP&R DEPARTMENT PARKERSBURG, W. VA. STATUS REPORT ON WASHINGTON WORKS LIVER FUNCTION SURVEY AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE MORTALITY STUDY B. W. Karrh asked me to look into the liver function test results for workers with C-8 exposure, and Y. L. Power* asked me to examine myocardial infarction cases and deaths at the Plant. S. Pell and R. M. Shepherd agreed that these items should be in vestigated. bAt{ 'My preliminary results suggest that C-8 exposed workers may possibly have positive liver function tests more often than the plant population as a whole, and that the number of active wage roll employees.^ having myocardial "infarctions from 1974 through 1977 was somewhat higher than was expected based on Company-wide experience. As a consequence of these preliminary findings, the following steps are being taken: (1) Liver function survey Y. L. Power is having every tenth active employee's most recent SMA-12 test results photocopied and sent to me. Included on each worker's SMA-12 sheet wi'll be name, the date the blood chemistries were done and the worker1s age .j? /nj( - G. A. Ploeger is gathering exposure history records for every worker selected by Y. L. ^ Power above (over 220 workers). These exposure histories will contain the worker's name, social security number, birth date, . sex, payroll rlass, date hired, dates in and out of the Teflon area, and the job . titles held during each period spent in Teflon area. EID080214 "000166 cc V 2 - Ploeger and Power will construct a list of everyone who is currently potentially exposed to C-8. SMA-12's and exposure histories for these workers will be sent to me. Ploege^ and Power estimate that it will*be two to three weeks before all SMA-12's and exposure histories can be supplied. (2) Coronary heart disease mortality* - R. Dyer is seeing if it is possible to con" ^ struct a list of pensioners who were receiving \ a pension in 1957. If he can make such a list, he should also be able to make lists for the years 1958-1978, in which case we could study coronary heart disease mortality among active and pensioned employees. A" MEDICAL DIVISION W. E. Fayerweather Epidemiologist WEF:msd *\ AJP001400 EID080215 000167 i WORK HISTORY fc.220 EMPLOYEES WORK HISTORY -