CMm CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION August 15, 1994 Dear Vinyl Chloride Health Committee Members: The American Cancer Society's response to our August 1, 1994 letter is enclosed.

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Health Effects Division Standard Evaluation Procedure Reproductive Toxicity Studies Health Effects Division Office of Pesticide Programs United States Environmental Protection Agency Draft July, 1993 R&S146953 AUTHORS Gary Burin, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.

PVC AND ENVIRONMENT 'MAY 1991 PVC91067 S908nS'8H O Ui Austria Belgium Denmark Prance FRG Italy PVC-updates - Plastic Waste Management no ban on PVC-packaging expected for the moment waste bill adopted with emphasis on reduction and recycling recycling companies started for PVC and expanded PS collection system for plastic bottles in operation (Flemisch region) Voluntary PVC-agreement between government and industry: PVC-waste not incinerated together with ordinary waste; PVC-waste shall be recycled instead dumped; . reduction use of lead stabilizers and chloroparaffines in PVC; . environmental assessments according to "cradle to grave principle"; targets for PVC-packaging/ recycling of PVC-building products. ecologist groups and industry worked together in collection scheme for (PVC-)bottles (operation Pelican, school program) Dunkerque: 80% return of PVC--bottles recycling scheme for PVC-flooring in action since December 1990 by PVC-flooring producers; target is to recycle 300T till end of 1991 PVC less discussed than before, much attention for recycling; in some federal states pressure and action for total prohibition of use / application of PVC (Green party conservative party) targets for plastics packaging officially approved: 01.01.93 collecting 30% recycling 10% . 01.01.95 collecting 80% recycling 64% mandatory deposit on plastic bottles packaging waste management law (no. 475) being implemented national consortium of public bodies, industry and trade for collection and recycling of waste packs and for every type if recycling a minimum' is fixed: for plastics 40% min., in period 1990-1992 financial resources 10% of cost of raw materials if target is not reached, containers will be taxed R&S 148066 Netherlands short product life application of PVC (a.o. packaging) under strong attack recycling projects developing convenant on packaging between packaging industry and government: packaging waste in 2000 90% of 1986 recycling in 1995 40% in 2000 60% landfill in 1995 40% in 2000 0% incinerator in 2000 max. 40% Norway only environmental impact of production facilities is an issue Sweden pressure against use of PVC fairly moderate proposal of forbid use of PVC for foodpackaging has been withdrawn combustion of PVC in municipal waste is no longer an issue Switzerland pressure to trade and industry to withdraw from PVC on the Swiss market on municipal level problems regarding PVC-building materials recycling projects for all plastics U.K.

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Dow GUIDELINES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TEAMS FOR DOW OPERATIONS JANUARY 1992 GUIDELINES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TEAMS FOR DOW OPERATIONS The Dow Chemical Company January 1992 GUIDELINES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH TEAMS FOR DOW OPERATIONS INTRODUCTION The protection of employee health and safety in the workplace is a core value of The Dow Chemical Company.