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E I. du Pont de Nemours 51 Company
Wilmington. Delaware i9*8
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
HASKCLL LAIOPATOHV rod _
TOXICOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL MCOICINC
February 2, 1970
C. L. DICKINSON, JR.
S. M. HIRSTY P. R. JOHNSON D. B. FORMAN A. F. CHAD7ICK M. F. ACKEN A. B. NASELOW
I. F. PEAKE R. W. LUCKENBAUGH D. SANTMYERS J. L. QUINN C. W. MAYNARD A. B. JENNINGS E. GONICK
P. D. GRAHAM, JR.
J. MITCHELL, JR. C. T. HANDY
- CENTRAL RESEARCH - ELASTOMERS - ELASTOMERS
- ELASTOMERS
- ELECTROCKEMICALS - EXPLOSIVES - FABRICS & FINISHES - FILM
-INDUSTRIAL & BIOCHEMICALS - INDUSTRIAL & BIOCHEMICALS - INDUSTRIAL & BIOCHEMICALS - ORGANIC CHEMICALS - PHOTO PRODUCTS - PIGMENTS
- PIGMENTS
- PLASTICS - TEXTILE FIBERS
ASBESTOS DUST INHALATION
Attached to this letter is a proposal for a Company-wide
Conference to discuss the health effects of inhalation of asbestos and the means of measuring and controlling the hazards.
This letter is an invitation to you to attend the conference and to arrange for attendance by all persons in your department who have a need to know about these matters.
There are several reasons for arranging this conference at this time.
The following quotation illustrates the concern that exists
in industrial medical circles:(1)
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"With the increasing use and indispensability of asbestos
minerals, there has come realization of some very real
hazards that must be better defined and controlled.
Present standards for dust control do not appear adequate
to prevent asbestosis over a working lifetime, and many
segments of industry aggressively, attacking the problem
have already been using more rigorous standards. The
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associations between asbestos minerals and malignancies
Asbestos as a Hazard to Health. Fact and Speculation. W. C. Cooper. Arch. Environmental Health 15. 285-290 (Sept., 1967).
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