MEETING NOTICE Vinylidene Chloride Program Panel Tentative_A gends DATE: TIME: PLACE; Wednesday, December 2, 1987 11;15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

JOSEPH E.

SAB WARNS EPA USE OF NEW VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE DATA MAY SPUR OSHA DISCORO EPA't Sdence Advisory Board last week warned then-administrator William Ruckelshaus that EPA may find itself at odds with the Occupational Safety A Health Administration if it places much credence, on Italian data showing vinylidene chloride causes cancer in mice -- data that OSHA did not consider in setting its workplace exposure standard.

AS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD Louii A.

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TOTAL Q8HA STATISTICS FOR 1988 BY SELECTED INDUSTRY GROUPS NUMBER PLANTS LWDI RATE INCIDENT SEVERITY RATE RATE PROCESSORS (By Process) Blow Molding Casting Compression Molding Extrusion Foam Molding Injection Molding Laminating Reinforced Plastics Thermoforming 7 5.67 10.82 84.03 3 2.06 11.21 33.63 6 2.77 8.79 71.34 22 5.73 13.93 112.53 9 5.84 12.44 134.65 51 6.65 13.04 148.91 4 8.44 15.78 187.47 14 4.79 15.53 83.13 9 10.15 23.16 125.83 PROCESSORS RESIN/MATERIAL SUPPLIES MACHINERY/AUX EQUIPMENT MOLDMAKERS TOTAL REPORTING 128 133 17 19 459 6.42 2.49 4.40 4.68 4.27 14.37 5.81 13.48 12.90 9.93 124.14 54.02 78.75 95.40 81.11 NUMBER of EMPLOYEES 0 - 50 50 - 100 101 - 200 201 - 500 501 - 1000 OVER 1000 NUMBER of LOCATIONS 156 108 102 67 20 6 TOTAL REPORTING 459 # OF COMPANIES 223 BY LOCATION SIZE LWDI RATE 4.62 3.90 5.41 4.48 3.16 3.53 INCIDENCE RATE 13.00 11.23 11.28 10.37 7.44 7.16 SEVERITY RATE 97.20 69.88 93.78 95.46 58.85 55.33 TOTAL TOTAL HOURS EMPLOYEES 9,785,523 4,484 15,992,622 7,774 30,994,301 14,986 42,083,808 20,400 26,734,042 12,929 15,955,989 7,639 4.27 9.93 81.11 141,546,285 68,212 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES 0-50 50 - 100 101 - 200 201 - 500 501 - 1000 OVER 1000 NUMBER OF COMPANIES 75 30 34 59 15 10 LWDI RATE 4.27 5.87 7.44 5.21 5.32 2.58 BY COMPANY SIZE INCIDENCE RATE 12.81 15.81 15.04 11.47 13.83 5.90 SEVERITY RATE 81.88 116.16 114.82 116.08 86.74 46.59 TOTAL HOURS 5,198,013 4,566,283 10,773,378 40,420,478 20,956,290 59,631,843 TOTAL EMPLOYEE 2,264 2,262 5,234 19,604 10,299 28,549 TOTAL REPORTING 223 # OF LOCATIONS 459 4.27 9.93 81.11 141,546,285 68,212 CTL021221 The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.

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CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION January 25, 1982 Miss Christy Habermehl Augusta High School Third and Bracken Streets Augusta, Kentucky 41002 Dear Miss Habermehl, Your letter concerning a proposed science fair project on the effect of vinyl chloride in rats reached me today.

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TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY 62, 1-10 (1982) RECEIVED APR 8 1982 The Effect of Repeated Vinyl Chloride Exposure on Rat Hepatic Metabolizing Enzymes1 Julie T.

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