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INTERNAL CORRE PONDENCE
BAKELITE COMPANY
To (Nam*) Mr. h. D. Harris Company Bakelite Company Location 1 Hew York, Hew York
RIVER ROAD, BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY
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Ur. O. G. Bimmler - B3
Mr. T. *. Hale - 60 E 42 Mr. G. T. Scriba - 1901 Mr. K. B. Tibbets - BB
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Vinyl Film for Sanitary Napkins
This confirms our conversation of April 21, 1958, regarding a suitable vinyl film to be used in 0.003' max thickness as a moistur barrier in sanitary napkins. Usona Trading Co., Inc. will export to a Swedish firm who will produce and market the finished item.
It is the opinion of the Medical and Toxicology Department that a stabilizer and plasticizer system should be utilized that would not act as a skin irritant or skin sensitizer. This would prohibit th use of any organic tin stabilizer. Plasticizers which have been found not to be irritants or sensitizers include "Flexol DOP, 426, C-55, 10-10, R2H, and 8NS,
Mr. G. G. Himmler suggests the following vinyl films, which meet th above requirements:
1. KDA-2070 General Purpose Film. Although this contains 1.5% ERL-2774 which is a skin sensitizer, on the basis of the successful band-aid application it is expected that there will be no difficulty here.
2. KDA-2936, the low extraction baby pants film having a 2$/lb. premium and proven low extraction characteristics.
3. VBAA-9402 cast film if a glossy transparent film should be necessary. This could be reduced to a 0.0015 inch thickness.
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