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11 M Environmental Control
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11 MjCorporate Risk Management/3064
v b . New Primex Realty vs The Sherwin-Williams Company
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I trust you are aware of most of the circumstances involving the above
captioned matter. We have been named as a third-party defendant in
this lawsuit. filed by,
husband. She died of her alleged
occupational chemical leukemia on?7-3-82.
Mike Reilly, the attorney hired by our insurer. The Aetna Casualty and
Surety Company, has requested several items of information to assist
him in preparing our defence of
claim. I have been able
to provide him with some of the information he has requested; however,
I would appreciate either one of you providing me with a written response
to the following technical questions:
1. Attached is a copy of the hygienist's report. Since we do not use benzene in our paints, what could have caused the hygienist to find traces of 'it in the survey?
2. Why, and/or how, is ethyl benzene different from benzene itself?
3. 1 previously advised Mr. Reilly that if benzene was present in the alleged cancer causing products (Opex R7K.84 and Polane P63) that it was there as a contaminant. He has asked us to elaborate on this point. In short, do we mean it was present in the product by mistake or was it a part of the component elements of other manufacturers' products?
4. Mr. Reilly has also requested the names of our suppliers of the following chemicals used in the manufacture of our above products. (These chemicals were obtained from MSD sheets you provided me with earlier)
Mineral spirits Butyl Acetate Isopropyl Acetate Methyl Ethyl Ketone Z-Methoxyethano1 Toluene Z-Ethoxyethy 1 Acetate Ethyl Alcohol Isopropyl A&cohol Isobutyl Acetate VM & P Napththa Ethyl Benzene Aromatic Naphtha Me thano1 Acetone
Chromium VI (As Cr; in pSgment) Lead (as PB; in pigment) Antimony (as SB in pigment) Xylene Lead Chromate (as CR) Aliphatichydrocarbons Z-Butoxyethanol Isobutyl Alcohol Aliphatic Lacquer Bilvent Chromatic (CRO3) in pigment
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