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FILE NAME: RT Vanderbilt (RTV) DATE: 1975 Jan 7 DOC#: RTV220 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: J-M Memo RE Memo on Jan 1, 1975 to P. Kotin - "Talc & Asbestos" m n: |^a .paraar Copies: gee q f c o rre s p o n d e n c e :1 '.Ibeaim at helpbut..fiefe.l; that^sarae a d d itio n s !' in p u t from R esearch' is- needed h e re . S ev eral points-: " : . 'l l T he! N a tio n a l,,P a in t, and.-'C oating .A s s o c ia t io n i s -sim ply. ' ' . a:> tradp;^ p rg a n i:a a t i o n '. ;' ; ; i t ^ c a r r i e s / h o ille g a l, w e ig h ty . ; W e ; - a r e h q u h d v b y - ;t h e l i a w - a ' s ?/ d e s c r i b e d i n OSHA ' - -docum ents*; /ltiseem s'-bo-::.m e;-that.;.S :tehder/ -in h i s ' l e t t e r 'o f ^O ctober'S V / l;9?'^ / ,'d e s t r o y s :his;.vown.'., .l.q r^ a h 'iq atib n ;--.; phitii'.- th is ! c p iifu p ip n lw ith i- n ,' OSHA./is. . . rdbpivedy^'.we- /havevno- c h o ic e '; b u t .to -.domply. ^ivith- t h e ' law- a s w ritte n -. 2 ., -'"As ' X r e a d - 'th e 1MP&CA. B u l l e t i n Ho. 20, ' X " g e t. tw o/ strong im p ressio n s: a h /R ath er .th a n c l a r i f y i n g ' tl ztter: -is s t a t e d , ' th e y ' o n ly add. t o my c o n f = - b* : .'A shes t o s :.i s n o t :.r e a ily a s w c v to s , b u t it...c a n be .'a n y th in g "tf&ix- i t > ;- <e;.,,g*"bbiftmerblaX-. ;t a l c - . . 3.. X am greatly concerned with vhs point raised by .A* Firrkbiner at our last'meeting. This has to do specifically with the we are "sitting" on information which shows quite conclusively that .R. T.. -.Vanderbilt1s tsuc tproducts cont.h.i-if. r|q.t;:;'dnl'^; . t f e i a o .i 'i t e .b u t s ig n e t.le a n t-, a b o r t s ; b f l :c h r y s o t il e ''c .n d . a n t h o p h y l l i t e a s w e l l . .What m ig h t be J-M*s l e g a l .' r e s p o n s i b i l i t y by v Jith h o 'id xy/( such in f o r m a tio n ? R e fe r -.to-: \ CRMC-ELS-004702 K eefe J arm ary. :Memo;p c t o b e r . /B,:197-4/V*. E.- W o lk o d o ff t o k , s , Lam R e p o rt No*. .,414~T~3'3,. O c to b e r "4 . 19 . -.Memo-. .O c to b e r;' 1 0 , 1 9 7 4 K, -L. J a u n a r a j s . .to R. Lamar '.O c to b e r ' 23 1974. V. E . 'W o lk o d o ff- t o R. S . L am ar O c t o b e r .11 y 1974 R. S . Lam ar t o ' V / E , .W o lk o d o ff we s t i l l in te n d to p r tio h - .o n V a n d e r b i l t *s t a l we.' s h o u ld p r o v id e t h i s i w ith th is inform a'.o d u c ts y - ... X '.'also. f e e l t h a t t o Eh -T,, V a n d e r b i l t . 47 F i n a l l y , t h e <rel - - ;q u p t i n ' . i i s - . . - e.. From in f o r m a t i o n ' 'I h a v e -from K o tin and' f e n h e f , t h e r e is. m ore th a n -'a m p le r e a s o n why we .should l a b e l 'r e g a r d le s s o f . vihat'-..fche-' law . .-m ight .s a y . A n d ? t h l . s - :co u ld '" i n tim e .h a v e . . . -a ';.g re a t ..cleai-.-':.to. d p -w ith l e g a l ' a e k w e l l its .I:'._giie;s:s ; .w h a t . 1 - l a m / r .e a l l y ; t r y i n g , : t o . s a y , . : , . H a r r y i s - . t h a t : t h e i^ ^ d a r^ P sh d v ld e h Q p '^ e '^ sh b fe c t if o r r e c o n s i d e r a t i o n * We -h a v e to --'i e a f r ? '. . t o ''l i v e l w i t h - I t .'in a bdCi'i'Bf.b'-'''ieh r e g a r d l e s s ' o t ' how . d i f f i c u l t t h i s a p p e a r s . R. S. .L am ar attach m en t c c ;;... ,]?7" 'Kotin ;F . J i -S o lo n m . - All. E . M, F e n n e r ' - -- 4 N A/ ip. Ch F in k b in e r .' M a r t i n s o n ' -~" . 5W .grfpi H-. -Kr a n i'c h ' - ' -- 2W ' Wr C . St r e i b F i l e s - 2S '3-6hl ; nUd. 1\^/" (~ c . \ K / 1 5 /' \ i CRMC-ELS-004703