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FILE NAME: Firestone (FIRE) DATE: 1950 Feb 20 DOC#: FIRE014 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter - Eastern Mg Talc Co. notes that a Firestone Safety Engineer advised that 'the use of pyrophyllite talc & tremolite was harmful [BC Notes on FIRE001 after Ex. 302] EASTERN MAGNESIA TALC CO., Inc. M>H-C-O A.MD MILLS At JOMShON. VT. W M ERPUW V.VT. B U R L I N G T O N , VT. J O S E P H T- SM ITH, e u e e n e w. m a g n o s ,v c c *** . O V L . f A T B t C H . 'T * C * U * i . * February 20, 1950 Mr. Harry B. Ashe, Director Industrial Hygiene Division Barre City Hospital Barre, Vermont Dear Mr. Ashe: I just had a communication from one of our customers who uses talc for dusting brake linings and thi3 particular customer bad been advised by a Firestone Safety Engineer that the use of pyrophyllite talc and tremolite va3 h a m f u l . Our customer wanted some statement regarding our Ver mont talcs, so I am sending him an excerpt from the report which was written by Messrs. Hogue and Mallette. I wonder if you would give me a statement of your own findings which ve might use vrith any company using our talc who h&3 any doubt about the presence of free silica. And, of course, I look forward to your sending me a copy of Mr. M a l l e t t e ^ answer to your letter. Cordially yours EASTERN MAGNESIA TALC CO., INC t E. V. MAGNUS, VICE PRESIDENT Protected Document-Subject to Protective Order J&J-0042765 JNJH29W 000009826