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FILE NAME: Union Carbide (UC) DATE: 1970 Oct DOC#: UC034 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Call Report RE Asbestos Toxicology & Various Products C C if (Zi7 (^M7 7a*mJ 7a 15NEM SAQDS33 @ 3PSStS@ "J F . B ankert-M oorestow n R. 0 . M--.'s*3n Q G. L. D ickson R. O. r. veer Q J . JL. M y e r s T. P. N o rris H. B. R hodes 6 ? CAM?- Cr ' Btft T-- T . T K -ci'-'v ts B. E. lAny R. Groc-.n . Q T. D ougherty Caio:. 1 0 /1 4 . J. A. R id d l ^ " J. M. Andersen F. J. Shortsleeve G. L. V essels E. J. K leber N F -F ile foil Warao A r m s tr o n g C o rk Co. A.A. An'J'sCa Q K. A. Wocd G: L Vessels K. West II vera htfefVKiwcd (Gh/c^uil r.zizot end linos} D.DMarSord-fflP T e c h S er. Address J. W. W ilkinson-Purchasing D ir. J . M. R obinson-M gr. -Raw M at. P u r. Mir. of D. D. B row ning-A sst. D ir. R esearch R. S. H udson-M gr. B oard R s. R. H. B v e rs -M ag. Coating R es. A. E. Booth-Re se a rc h 1 0 /2 2 JLM TOXICOLOGY Hudson, B y ers and Booth w ere a ll in te re ste d in HP a sb e sto s, Hudson and Booth for m in e ra l wool aco u stical b oard and B y ers for coating. H ow ever, none of th ese gentlem en could co n sid er w ork on asb esto s w ithout toxicology c le a ra n c e fro m m an ag em en t, ie . , Brow ning who w as not th e re . O ur toxicology data sheet was left. R obinson arran g ed a m eeting w ith Brow ning for the 22nd. Dwight Brow ning gave a flat no on a sb esto s in m in e ra l wool board, for toxicological reasons: 1. A r m s tr o n g an d 11 o th e r m a jo r m a n u f a c tu r e r s of a s b e s to s insulation, including JM , a re defendents in 3 su its filed by individual m e m b e r s of th e A s b e s to s W o rk e rs U nion, eac h h aving 20 y e a r s o r m o re of union s e rv ic e . The union is backing the su its, two filed in Houston and one in Phoenix. Follow ing these p re lim in a ry su its, A rm stro n g 's atto rn ey s expect a C lass A ction suit to be filed in the nam e of all the union m em b ers. . R o b ert S. T rig g , head of A rm s tro n g 's Law D epartm ent would be the man to contact if our legal d ep artm en t w ants fu rth e r d etails. 2. U ntil the above su its a re settled , A rm stro n g would not co n sid er new u ses for asb esto s u nless th ere w as som e com pelling reason. 3. A rm stro n g h as had to adopt s trin g e n t, a lm o st r e s tr ic tiv e , p recau tio n s in th e ir E nglish plant, b ecau se of action by the E nglish unions and a B ritish docto r. T hese am ount to the use of p ro tectiv e clothing "sim ila r to space su its". 4. A rm stro n g is not only concerned about asb esto s in th e ir p la n ts, but in th e ir p ro d u cts - even to the point of dust w earing off vinyl asb esto s floor tile . 5. T h eir p resen t em p h asis is to try to "elim inate asb esto s w h erev p o s sib le " . A.Q7092 Report of C all - 2- A rm strong C ork Co. 10/14, 10/22/70 D wight a g re e d that th e re w as m uch h y ste ria and o v e r-re a c tio n on the asbestos question - but p ointed out it w as an atm osphere in w hich they had to o p e ra te until c la rifie d . H a rry R hodes Toxicology S tatus re p o rt w as review ed, p a rtic u la rly D r. S elikoff's v erd ic t th a t c a n c e r is not caused by products w here asb esto s is bonded into the m a te ria l. Dwight ag ree d that asb esto s bonded into paints o r p la stic s m ight be OK. WET END - Insulation B oard A rm stro n g now u ses no a sb esto s in th e ir m in e ra l wool in sulation b o ard , unlike som e other p ro d u cers. As discussed above, th ere is no chance of even trying asbestos in this application. The b oard is m ade at th e ir P en saco la m ill. B ro ch u res w ill be sent to H udson for possible future use. COATING AND PA IN T Dwight B row ning w ill probably ag ree to w ork in coatings, paint p r p la stic s. B y ers and Booth w ill receiv e the coating b ro ch u res. We hope to introduce the paint data through R obinson when it com es out next m onth. - CA B-O-SIL D ata on R G -144 and 244 w ill be sent to R obinson fo r consideration as C ab-O -Sil s u b stitu te s . PAPER A rm stro n g p u rch ases p ap er for in co rp o ratio n into som e of th e ir products. D ata on H P and T -135 w ill be sent to R obinson for his tra n sm itta l to John B aym iller, who w orks in this a re a . Typed 1 0 /29/70