Document 6BVvqbr5DjgzDnGgaqLz6kE2m

FILE NAME: Asbestos Cement Pipe and Sheet (ACPS) DATE: 1967 Dec DOC#: ACPS0 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: hZZ - The Cancer Scare, Asbestos-Cement Pipe CONPIDCN'.l'I/\L D. L. Hinmon ~ "L :d::;:."-- .__: t,-1_~:'---,,,-,-t::'.f"-- Division Hcu.dquartc:rI s December 14, 1967 The cancer Scare Asbestos-Cement Pipe Today we had officials from Fairfax County, Virginia visit our plant. After we showed them our process and product, they brought out a copy of the articles that appeared in the Nashvill12 papers. They asked what work JM had done to prove that asbestos was not harmful to public health in asbestos-cement water pipe. We are fairly sure th.:it they received these articles from the Nashville papers from representatives of the cast iron pipe companies. Therefore, it;n.s our belief that these articles will be spread much further by our competition, and that we will need to furnish, as quickly as possible, official statements to our District Managers in the field whenever and whercvei:- this question is raised. I, therefore, request a meeting of you and Mr. Solon a~ quickly as possible as to what information we can immediately send to t~e field. We could keep this information up-to-date as we gain more information on the program that is now underway for the development of more information on this subject. Hugh Jackson was notified by the Cincinnati Office of the u. S. Public Health Service that they arc going to completely investigate this problem and render an opinion. They hcivc asked Hugh what work we have done to help guide them in their work. Therefore, it will also be necessary to s_et up the best type of communications with these people in Cincinnati for the work that they will be doing 1o develop their answer. In addition, I think that we should inform the Certainteed Company, The Flintkote Company and the Cement Asbestos Pipe Com~any of the information that we have clcvclopcd so far. l\lso, to keep them informed of :idditLon;:-il information <1s wc (1cvelop it. I :rnggcst we phone thc:;c comr.:rnicr, ::ind t.:i:y to set up et clcltc in curly Jo.nL10.ry for them to com0 l:o Ne\/ York o.nd hc.:tr the s l:ory tho.t ..,c PRODUCED JM . 83 , I D. L. Hinmon - 2- December 14, 1967 presented to the City of Nashville people. Further, to discuss their ideas on how the problem should be attacked, and possibly for them to share in any costs incurred on the development of the necessary information. I further recommend that I inform the Sales Managers of the~e companies (Ed Kock of Flintkote, James Reichel of Certainteed and Lee Taylor of Capco) of our intentions of holding such a r meeting and try to arrive at a mutually satisfactory date. At the same time, I would like to inform that we will have an attorney present and a court recorder that will record all of our deliberations, and that we will confine our discussions to this subject only. MH/jc CC: C. B. Burnett F. J. SoloO--H. Jackson J. F. Baker file M. HARRIS