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FILE NAME: Union Carbide (UC) DATE: 1971 Nov 30 DOC#: UC214 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Call Report RE Discussion of the Toxicological Aspects of Calidria Asbestos Products and Their Safe Handling CC f i r r Blankfard * Cleveland P. Norris w. W. Rawlings , King C ity - F ile ^ Niagara F alls - F ile B*0* / 7 7 ____ C 2 o 19?^ UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION Box 579 N iagara P a lls , N,T; 14302 G. B lankfard, B. t . In g a lls and PLAINTIFF'S hi EXHIBIT Union Carbide 183 By J- L.fly e r s ______ D a te 11/30/71 P u ll Name Address Glidden-Durkee Cleveland, Ohio Mira. o f -a Interview ed Charles Dunn - Mkt, Mgr. Polyesters Herb Holkesv i g - Prod. Hgr. Polyesters Bob L o t t ig - Tech. R&D Jack Canning - Supv. Polyester R&D OBJECTIVE fo r tile p J 5 o s e ^ ft d l f Cu ^ Z dt h f ^ ^ " la s t of Messrs, d ia rie s Duns and Jack Canning and t h e if s lf e h a n d in g ^oxlcologrcal aspects o f oor CAUDRIA asbestos products observations in ^ wi th nr ` unn and Hr. Molles vi g at t h e ir Corporate headquarters w e ll^ a r e t h lt TM S dn f ?ened thmeet1n9 b* saying that they (Glidden) were U LT ; ^ o fJ^he h^s t e n a associated with the to x ic properties o f asbestos J!:dl a e t a l * ??*iSJ *n f a c t * nothing more than that "h y s te ria ." DurkIahanHSf h J r^ P 00^ 1*IJty and o b lig a tio n to both personnel o f Glidden- a" d th e ir customers to assure themselves on the p o s itio n o f asbestos and the fS a S r o i^ t i^ s h a?rS ? i V h e i^ Ppl Cati ? S- Person ally wanted to be prepared at l sht ?n s e e ith e r by th e ir production people or union, e tc . f l i h l r i Mm w??hhL Wen ? ? . say E at t0 date the only inform ation that Carbide has Wlbb r^ a rd to th is subject in p rin t is our Asbestos Toxicology report HdA?If+ha+i>r natA0K cnceI n il?9 methods and equipment fo r determining dust le v e ls . i nantiestionsactuall^nndn^h01^ure$.rt h found atrocious and rather than answer ed t en,` He fe lt that shoold such a report fall into the E r o l f v i n h k f h 00 Pf 5 1?h l 4 WOu1d cause considerable concern to say the least. n ^ w ? l ! ! 9,-!rS+P2ln t he noted th a t we make reference only to c ro c id o lite and y e t o / th r ^ n o r t^ m iiw " 'V 0*0 asbestos which is c h ry s o tile . This obviously on the basis our recommendations fo r saf5eUrpfraHc tic ee. 3lso f e lt th a t * should be more s rp e c if ic in For the next hour or so we discussed various aspects concerninq the to x ic o lo a ic S n T S f r w ^ S S ? 1ncludl nJ the handling o f in a p p lic a tio n , l i a b i l i t i e s , medical 9 f e 9 n.In a l l 1i l ?" a` we ln t e r Pre . them at the present tin e . In general both 5 seeJ . sa t1 sfie d with our answers and we promised them a copy our asbestos safety inform ation package as soon as i t was a v a ila b le . CALL REPORT - 2- Glidden-Durkee C le v e la n d , Ohio 11/30/71 Research and Deveioprent^roup. ^ A a a in ^ h e ^ ? anf J 5ck Can'?in 9 o f H id d e n 's Mr. Canning's approach to thePsubject was sonewhat1essLh 11CUSS1" Was t0 x ic o lo 9y- o f a fro n ta l attack. He was D a r t ir . n ^ ^ . subtle and more in d ic a tiv e p o sitio n that the Federal a o e n c ill TM ! ^ f ncer" ef ^ th product l i a b i l i t y and the asbestos, s p e c if ic a lly OHSA and the EPA. I tJ'nHvtb i ake*in -5he f ?ture concerning Mr. Canning is a recent emDiovpp n f be c o in c id e n ta l, however, a few months ago worked fo r PPG I n d u s t r i e s " " i M ^ i n P i 6s ' Ut to h is J o in in 9 them lin e o f questioning bore considerable 1 ?Zt t s ?Vr 9h* a ttitu d e and Mr. Dennis Bridge o f PPG's Environ to the objections put forth by Mr. Canning's questions i t ! S ^ Health Committee. On the basis o f 1n communication with PPG recentfy ^ S a i T i ^ 3^ - assume that he has been at the e a r lie r meeting in the ro m in o 9 i 2 , E , i erated rauch o f which said Mr. Canning was s a tis fie d with o u r Hier.ce-?W0U^ presumptous to say that ably put i t , " i f M a n a g e r s S t i s f l S i S f 11,6 ^ je c t ; ^ e r , as he so Personally, , "e" that Is in a G1i^dden-Ourkee^es?n^system ' S 0TM 101* m o u lts with RS-244 also discussed the use o f nOT-loniS s ir f L ? M ? s w1th the *ta. systems. Mr. Canning was immediately in tctraefaJi s p e c if ic a lly Tween 60 in is o -re s in along th is lin e . W e a r e c u ^ n t l v f ? da.ta that We have t h e ir 1$o-resin systems and we D ronrisfTihfm ^ 0^ 61* laboratory study on one o f P le tio n . Mr. Canning seered e x t f e r e lv ^ W p d S T C ? ^ ensive n ^o rt uPn Its com- to win h is confidence. ^ ^ eased and th is may affo rd an opportunity RECOMMENDED ACTION g b / b l i Maintain frequent contact with Mr. Canning and Mr. Dunn. BLI I n m a t e RG-244 1so-res1n study ASAP and report back to Canning. JLM s^s*a'SsS^i- Typed 12/10/71 bsn