It is also apparent on noting that the Dow mate rial lacks fire resistance, that this leads them to assume that fire-resistance either is not needed or that it does virtually no good.

The routine analytical service for this month required the following measurements: 174 blood lead 111 urine mercury 15& metal dust personnelexposure 744 organic vaporpersonnel exposure Polymer Processing and Physical Testing - F.

,By this time, producers and users of vinyl chloride monomer must feel that the "little drops of water" represented by isolated reports of health hazard are beginning to show signs of developing into the mighty ocean of the same verse. jAnd it is not idle to speculate that the pile-up of purported evidence damning VCM on health-safety grounds could yet lead to severe use restrictions that would chop huge holes in the projected growth of rigid and flexible PVC--and not only for foods/beverages packaging.

Time pressures and distractions lead to hasty action in some cases and the legislative process becomes all the more unpredictable.

Since it takes 15 years and more for an angiosarcoma tumor to develop, it is important to know whether' the 20 or so cases' of liver cancer that have been identified as orginating from vinyl chloride exposure date back to a dark age of the plastics industry that has already'passed away, v v7- :v :iV f; 7- : The trouble is that adversary proceedings in which'the advocates of extreme positions face each other in Washington will not necessarily lead, to a scientific settlement In Europe.accredited technicians set .7 standards without indulging in passionate arguments-and incriminations.: But in thelLS., opposing value *; * * -l * : ; >..

., which leads New York's l:n\iron- mental Conservation Commissioner.

,r.. is a back drafting hood 23" x 13" for weighing of lead at th -- ccnd floor.

It is evident from the sequence of events leading up to this incident that our control falls short of our needs.

Our lead scientist for this effort is Dr.

Our lead scientist for this effort is Dr.

The studies of risks for the employees and for the community in connection with studies on the metabolites of VC are very exciting and seem to lead to the conclusion that there is a concentration limit for increased endangement by vinyl chloride exposure.

Bus bar clean-up and tinning section HCl troughs Copper chloride for clean-up Metallic tin \ JMetallic .antimony for tinning bars in furnace Metallic lead, formed into bases of cells .for- electrical conductor

The current nonasbestoe paper facing ranks equivalent in cost, - performance, and processing, An eight week lead time is required for production capability. .

Orders oust be in 100 bag minims and the shipping plant mast hayp^at least one weak lead time.

"With regard to all of these actions,* Train said, *1 wool again like to caution that thi y will not lead to a quick and easy reduction of the current levels of PCBs in our environ ment and particularly in the commercial and sports fish taken from those waters most contaminated.