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FILE NAME Talc TALC
DATE 1974 Oct 11
DOC TALC015 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Manville Memo RE Asbestos in RT Vanderbilt Products
Castleman Asbestos File on TALC
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To V. E. Wolkodoff
From R. S. Lamar
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Subject
YOUR MEMO OF OCTOBER 9 1974
OPTICAL AND TEM COUNTING OF
ASBESTINE 3X AS CURRENTLY
ASBESTINE
ASHESTOS MINERALS IN 325 NYTAL 200 AND NITAL
PRODUCED BY R. T. VANDERBILT CO
400
Thank you Vlad for
microscopic
your
examination
very fine report covering your of these samples Your data
confirm analyses we have had made on these
by J. P. McCourty using ray diffraction same samples
Report No. 414
tial thermal
and by K.
techniques Jaunarajs using differen-
serpentine miannearlaylsis - primarily for the detection of
really samples samples different These from samples
apnetrihoodpihcyalllliyte of chrysotile substantial They mineral stantial amounts both previous two
present
samples samples samples samples
of
of
Nytal
Nytal
Nytal
over
cases
and
and
the
are
Appealing
Appealing Appealing Appealing
Appealing
Appealing
years
no
that
that that that
tremolite amounts of a
hav
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et
. Sha
all contain very sub-
and
and in
third asbestos
In numerous discussions I have had
people they have
with R. T. Vanderbilt
which is
readily admitted to having tromolite
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not an asbestos mineral and is
but they have never admitted to
not fibrous
chrysotile or anthophyllite
the presence of either
They do admit that
when they were deliberately
deposits for fiber some of
mining
their
certain
years sections of
ago tmiz
chrysotile This
products did contain
replacement for
product Mouldene was sold as a direct
I have examined asbestos in the manufacture of vinyl tile
Mouldene in the past and it
almost entirely chrysotile Mouldene is
was in fact
made but all of the International Talo
no longer being
R. T. Vanderbilt Company talc products Company and
continue to contain chrysotile as a siganliwfaiycsanthamvienearnadl
component in addition to tremolite and
anthophyllite
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V. E. Wolkodoff
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October 11 1974
It is apparent that the R. T.
OSHA NIOSH I'DA MESA etc. Vanderbilt presentations to
than the truth
I find it
are based on something less
difficult to believe that they
could be so
grossly misinformed as to what thoir
really arc
materials
How this information is
will have to be decided ultimately used is something that
However it is
at higher levels within M
continuance of my belief that R. T. Vanderbilt with a their present methods does
confuse the issue
nothing but
various Federal
among the talc producers and with the
person would
agencies involved Any properly informed
know that they are wrong
R. S. Lamar
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R. P. Carter
E. M. Fenner
P. Kotin
W. B. Reitze
F. J. G. L.
Solon Jr.
Swallow
A. C. F. Finkbiner J. A. McKinney
H. R. Keefe
P. A. Martinson C. J. Sulewski W. L. VanDerbeek R. G. Riede
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File 414 R. T. Vanderbilt
F. L. Pundsack W. C. Streib
J. P. Leineweber S. Speil
A. J. McArthur