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FILE NAME: DuPont (DUP) DATE: 1966 May 19 DOC#: DUP082 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from DuPont to Dr. John A. Zapp, Haskell Laboratory < L .IM * *. >) r r mi aai E. I. du Pont oe N emours & Company P. O. Bex *06 W lLM jN O TO N . D ELAW AR E 18BM ela sto m er Ch em icals departm ent elasto m ers laboratory May 19, 1966 cc; R. A. Kurt* - DISA, Gene S. D i x o n - Kernel Hemps te; F. H. Frit* - B ias., W i L J. S. Rugg/R. L. F o s k i t p OR. J O H N A. ZAFP, DIR. HASKELL LABORATORY NEWARK, DELAWARE ASBESTOS/LUNG CANCER Our attention has been called to this British article which is concerned with the health hazards in handling asbestos. *r . *'lnce the Elastomers Laboratory handle asbestos and are ' frequently making recommendations for the use of our polymers in binding asbestos, I wonder if we should be calling the possible health hazards of this material to our customers' attention as well as reviewing our handling procedures in the laboratory? W e are attaching a copy of an article .which appeared in the British Journal of Industrial Medicine. Will you please give me your thoughts and any recommendations which you may have. I-A i | A. C. STEVENSON, DIR. v \ elastomers laboratory ~* n -- T'/ ~ 4 wm krnm - " v* ACSsewb Attach. - '* OOP 0 0 5 0 9 5 b e t t e r t r in o s f o r b e t t e r liv in o . .. rmrouorchemistry J 02341 ' 116986