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Tlank you for the opportunity to visit the Louisville plant and examine in depth the personnel monitoring program for vinyl chloride.

COMMENTS ON RECOMMENDED HEALTH STANDARDS for MANUFACTURE OF SYNTHETIC POLYMER FROM VINYL CHLORIDE by NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH r These conments will consider five aspects of the reconmendatlon: - recognized health Impacts of vinyl chloride - reductions In exposure already achieved - need for further research and developments - residual monomer In polymer - economic Impact of the vlpyl Industry Health Impacts Vinyl chloride Is recognized now as a cancer suspect agent because of two factors: Dr.

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i * * Health & Baynards House 1 Chepstow Place Safety London W2 4TF 7elephone 01 229 3456 Executive ext i Dr J Stafford Division Manager Health & Environment Protection ICI Limited, Plastics Division P 0 Box No 6 Bessemer Road Welwyn Garden City AL7 1HD fcjt~ Your reference Our reference I/MS/4O6/225/78 6 October 1978 PVC DUST Xhank you for sending me a copy of Waxweiler's report on PVC dust and the item from Tox-Tips* Both will be discussed at the next tri-partite medical meeting which should take place in late November* Dr Elliott Harris the head of the Division of Bio-Medical and Behavioural Science, NIOSH, was here on Tuesday 3 October and told me that the study by Dr Trent Lewis had been completed and no evidence of carcinogenicity or pneumoconiosis had been found in any of the animal species* X enclose copies of the reports given to roe by Dr Harris* * Yours sincerely D B Douglas Deputy Director of Medical Services ccj Dr R Owen Dr P:S Fairweather 00 s c N BFG17394 v FVC Chronic Inhalation Toxicology Study Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is widely used in various forms.

February 15, 1974 Jim McCready - Public Relations Dept.

MEETING REPORT SUBJECT Ambient Air Monitoring et Imperial Chemical Industries OUTSIDE OR6 AN1Z AT1 ON INVOLVED Imperial Chemical Industries, England MEETING PI.ACE ALTC-ALGCP L.

> ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS Facts and Forecasts B E Goodrich /r BUSINESS RESEARCH MARCH 1974 i BFG23877 23113001 Comments on the Business Outlook The slowdown in economic activity previously envisioned for 1974 is being aggravated by the adverse impacts of energ conservation and sharp increases in energy costs on consumer spending.

Cahnsrt Publicising Company, Inc. 221 Coiumbu* Av*,, Sovtoo, Maw 02116 Owfec -7780/TWX 710-310-0632 pwloarsldtics Editorial Newsletter August, 1974 The old adage "success breeds further expanded to include a per Subsequent experimentation here success" applied to editors reads son who lived downwind of a plant and in Europe indicated that con "Tell me I've done something right that produced PVC from VCM.

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i:v; - -1V DIS REQUESTED OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH FIELD INVESTIGATION REPORT nvutig3(ion Identification - I.D.

S-isJLisfJv SZslA- Rich Kruszynski 7/8/75 Data Johnson Plastics Mixer operator Mixer operator helper Extruder operator feeder Andersen Window forman opening rail car mixer operator Cooley Inc.

NARRATIVE REPORT - TOXIC CHEMICAL RELEASE (VINYL CHI.ORIDF.) - (continued) Page 2. was then reopened and the contents of the line pushed back into the polymerizer vlth steam pressure.