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ATTACHMENT 4 f* I SUMMARY OF PROPOSED FLANS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC, MEDICAL, AND TOXICOLOGIC STUDIES PRESENTED AT THE NIOSH/CDC BRIEFING FOR MANAGEMENT AMP LADOR REPRESENTATIVES FROM HIE VINYL CHLORIDE AND POLY VINYL CHLORIDE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES .

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R. ,5444 In Ihe fall of 1974, the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration --better known as OSHA --set new rules to protect workers from excessive exposure to vinyl chloride mono mer (VCM), a chemical gas used in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin.

V ' * k I TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY 36, 339-352 (1976) Fate of [HC]Vinyl Chloride after Single Oral Administration in Rats1 P.

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PROPOSED OCCUPATIONAL STANDARD FOR VINYL CHLORIDE TO BE PUBLISHED IN FEDERAL REGISTER BY THE LABOR DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration [Docket OSH-36] (29 CFR Part 1910] OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD ON VINYL CHLORIDE Proposed Rule Making 1.

n SOTICZ TO MQySANTO-SRRINGFIZLD ZMPLOTZZS Recenely, you vers informed ehae Monsanco Springfield's Medical Department would be starting a special health program for employees who might have come la contact with an asbestos additive raw material used in the Rasinox Manufacturing Department.

TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY 44, 571-579 ( 1978) Hepatic Macromolecular Binding Following Exposure to Vinyl Chloride1 P, G.

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