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CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION March 13, 1985 Dear Vinyl Chloride Panel Member : An article on the "Occupational Hazards of Vinyl Chloride and Styrene" was sent to you with every other page inadvertanly missing. Enclosed is a complete version; sorry about the inconvenience. Also enclosed is an other article on the "Occupational Hazards in the VC-PVC Industry." Sincerely, Enclosures Hasmukh Shah, Ph.D. Manager vinyl Chloride Program Panel RECEIVED H.S.&E SLM'PnRT INF0RMA7PH 't.: Formerly Manufacturing Chemists Association--Serving the Chemical Industry Since 1872. 2501 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Telephone 202/887-1100 Telex 89617 (CMA WSH} see 4-0690 A>. Products and Chemicals. Inc. Box 538 Altentown. PA ti05 Teiechone r2*5> ='^9' ` ___ air J PRODUCTS 1^. 7 March 1985 Or, H. C. Shah Chemical Manufacturers Association 2501 M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 Dear Dr. Shah: I am sending you a copy of a recent article on epidemiology studies among VC-exposed workers that you may not have seen. This could be of interest in connection with the EHA study. JTB:csb cc: R. Gottesman The Vinyl Institute / Attachments:' Letter to the Editor, Cancer Facts and Figures, 6 Feb. 1985 Article entitled "Industrial Hazards of Plastics and Synthetic Elastomers". Air Products and Chemicals, inc. Box 538 Allentown. PA 18105 Teleohone {215) 481-4911 6 February 1985 Editor* Cancer Facts and Figures American Cancer Society 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016 Dear Sir or Madam: The past several editions of "Cancer Facts and Figures" have contained a statement that you are conducting follow-up work on vinyl chloride-exposed workers. As a user of vinyl chloride we attempt to keep aware of the results of such studies, but we have not seen results from your program. Can you share with us your protocol, and any preliminary results you may have obtained? We wish to provide our employees with as much information on this subject as possible, and would appreciate your assistance. JIB:csb see 4-0692