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BFG26944 I Sharp Drop in Vinyl Chloride Exposure Is Ordered by Labor Agency for Workers Wall ertsvr'jovaNAt Haff Rtporttr WASHINGTON-The Labor Department ordered a uhnrp reduction in workers' expo sure to vinyl chloride, a widely used Indus trial gas that has been linked to liver can cer.

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i . 128 Annals New York Academy of Sciences In the future, periodic control examinations of alt PVC workers, especially of those engaged in VC polymerization, at short intervals employing sensitive methods should be obligatory unless it should prove feasible to eliminate com* pletely any possible air contamination.

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Manufacturing Chemists Association Minutes of Meeting VINYL CHLORIDE RESEARCH COORDINATORS MCA Headquarters October 12, 1976 Washington, D.C.

VINYL CHLORIDE TOXICITY STUDY (Figures in MM LBS/YR Capacity) ORIGINAL MCA List Tentatively Accepted Committing Support (MCA List) as of B.F.G,, Current Estimate December 14, 1971 March 30, 1972 March 30. 1972 Companies VCM PVC TOTAL % VCM PVC TOTAL % VCM PVC TOTAL % Air Products 170 170 1.75 170 170 1.97 160 160 1.78 Allied 300 140 440 4.52 300, 140 440 5.10 240 215 455 5.08 Am.

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March 15, 1974 LIVER FUNCTION TESTING PROTOCOL Interim Procedure This procedures applies to the five PVC manufa:turing plants and to the Calvert City vinyl chloride manufacturing plant.

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