(AP)-Hearings that could lead to an order requiring the- General Electric Co. to spend thousands of dollars cleaning up the Hudson Kiver began Monday.

We received one recommendation, which will he implemented: cigarettes taken into lead handling operations by personnel should he enclosed in plastic cases to prevent contamination, or left elsewhere.

In indicating to you that what I have said above is net merely a courteous compliment on my part, let me say that for the past year and a half I have been engaged in two types of editorial work and writing - one in preparing a series of papers on various aspects of the subject, as presented at Amsterdam, The Netherlands, some time ago (some very poorly, others quite satisfactorily, in everything but form) for publication in the Archives of Environmentai Health; the other, in preparing an article on .lead and in editing a series of articles on other trace metals (prepared by colleagues in the Kettering Laboratory) for a chapter in an International Encyclopedia of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, which is soon to be published.

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These data will be made available to the Subcommittee at the earliest possible time. 6.2 Vinyl Chloride After lengthy deliberation, the motion was made seconded, and passed that the phrase "CancerSuspect-Agent" appear in the label immediately after the leading statement "Extremely Flammable Liquid and Gas Under Pressure." 6.3 Salt as an Emetic A thoroughgoing review was presented on the reasons why further implementation of the Occupational Health Committee decision be suspended and why recommendations concerning salt as an emetic need not be discontinued immediately.

Tpntnr-e- fil,feft`l,/,m*fgc|yw*t*T%hlorldaa and chlorine) ean be evolved in riresor thia product ai i J 1 CBAN 001568 TOWOLDMONOOQ1237 Inerceen 54201 XJ SECTION Y HEALTH HAZARD DATA* *-<11-0.0 ..Oil Vt.Wt Rcsrrmnz: Not available* B*i5n0'ff`r*Kt'ion in the forts of ehlerachr.e, systematic lntoxieatlcn, ' leads to nau6a7"V6&lting,`101* t>f utigni;1 iffeud1 mJiJ-JVJa^xircT-pii: Ml (Mil tig nocio7w?

This leads me to conclude that the numbering scheme shown in the second set of reports is correct.

No. 984 is concerned with nephro pathy in chronic lead poisoning.

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Results of the evaluations were as follows: Resin 12 34 Formula: Thiokol LP 32 100 100 100 100 Carbon Black (Stalex F 12) 30 30 30 30 S-261 25 Aroclor 1254 25 g-phenoxy benzyl phthalate 25 S-278 25 Catalyst Lead Dioxide 50 50 50 50 Stearic Acid 5 555 S-261 45 Aroclor 1254 45 g-Phenoxy benzyl phthalate 45 S-278 45 Blend: Resin 100 Catalyst 15 Cure Times: Aroclor 1254/g-Phenoxy Benzyl Phthalate 4-5 hours Santicizer 261/Santicizer 278 15-45 minutes Plasticizer Shore A Hardness S-261 16 Aroclor 1254 30 g-Phenoxy benzyl phthalate N 24 S-278 ft 2, uhi kj 22 Tensile PSI 19 7 305 247 244 100% Modulus PSI 53 92 70 61 Elon gation 650 700 600 650 24 Hour Charcoal Volatility 3.3% 11.0% 1.97% 1.7% Water Absorption %% Absorbed Lost 1.50 1.20 0.60 0.46 1.77 1.78 0.83 0.67 _ "fa j U fiffrTT DS\N 588421 STLCOPCB4093757 N.

While these activities are expected to lead to timely industry participation in the proceedings on OSHA's cancer proposal, alone they are not enough. ' I urge every member company to submit views directly to OSHA on this vital matter and to participate in the April hearings.

The chemical attracted little notice until Jan. 22. 1974. when B F Goodrich, the leading producer of vinyl chloride in the country, disclosed that several of its chemical workers had died from angiosarcoma of ihc liver, a rare form of cancer.

Copies of the procedures for the Old Unit, New Unit, and Dryers have been . placed on the table between the Lead Operators* desks in the control room.

' A brief chronology of the events leading to the issuance of a revised stan dard on vinyl chloride is as follows: January 1971*: Announcement of an investigation into the cancer deaths of three workers at a B, F.

M.MK will institute h similar plan but leading to complete elimination of this product line.