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FILE NAME Allied Signal Bendix ASB DATE 1966 Sept 12 DOC ASB048 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to Johns Manville with Attachments Newspaper Article & Answers to Interrogatories BENDIX September 12 1966 Mr. Noel Hendry Canadian Johns Manville Asbestos Quebec Canada Co. Ltd. Dear Moel Just to be sure you have a copy an article that appeared in Chemical Week magazine is inclosed So that you'll know that Asbestos is not the only contaminate^ N a second article from O.P. & D Reporter assess share of the blame on trees My answer to the problem is if you while working with asbestos products got to be some cause have enjoyed a good life why not die from it There's EAM MAC FEC Director of Purchases E. A. Martin Taking Giant Steps Two chemical process companies took giant steps toward diversifying into the oceanography field last week and two paper companies with comhined sales of nearly $ billion reached a tentative agreement 10 merge 1 Bendix Corp. Detroit expanded its oceanic activities by acquiring for an undisclosed amount of stock Marine Advisers La Jolla Calif producer of oceanographic instruments for petroleum and utility companies state and federal agencies and firms engaged in scientific pro- grams 2 Fluor Corp. Los Angeles and B. L. McFarland and Associates Fort Worth and Midland Tex a group of five companies involved in offshore and onshore drilling operations have agreed to merge subject to stockholders approval The Mc- Farland group operates five offshore drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico 3 A tentative agreement to merge has been reached by U.S. Plywood Corp. New York and Champion Papers Inc. Hamilton O. It is subject to both directors and stockholders approval The corporate identities of both companies will be preserved Reducing Gas Rates The Federal Power Commission has ordered El Paso Natural Gas Co. and Transwestern Pipeline Co. to reduce by 17 million the price of na- tural gas in the southern California market The rate cut stems from the July 26 decision in which FPC turned down the application of Gulf Pacific Pipeline Co. a Tenneco subsidiary to supply gas to the Los Angeles area CW Aug. 6 p 20 Gulf Pacific last week filed for a rehearing El Paso and Transwestern were told they would have to lower their rates to reflect the lower costs result- ing from the bigger deliveries possible in the expanded system At the same time FPC said it would conduct further proceedings to decide if cus- tomers should get additional benefits resulting from more liberal depreciation allowances FPC has given the companies 45 days to show cause why the reduction should not take place Sources of airborne asbestos Asbestos ducts used in centrally conditioned buildings Asbestos ducts and insulation in home heating plants Motor vehicle brake linings and clutch plates - Auto undercoatings Asbestos ceiling and floor tiles Asbestos shingles and sidings Construction and demolition cutting Fitting and removing asbestos flooringsppipiingping piping and Insulation wallboards and Incineration of asbestos scrap } Improperly filtered effluent from asbestos processing plants Asbestos Awaiting Trial The asbestos industry end products are valued at more than 500 million may be in for a shake- up It could come in the form of federal legislation limiting the use of asbestos because asbestos has been acthough not yet convicted as a significant health hazard Prob able contender for asbestos markets plastles Recent studies have convinced U.S. Public Health Service specialists and other medical authorities that about 40 of all Americans have mild chronic cases of asbestosis even though most of them never worked directly with asbestos Unlike other airborne dust particles asbestos fibers have the ability most as much as activated carbon- to absorb polycyclic hydrocarbons and arsenicals Furthermore says USPHS in the past 30 years the asrelated cancer rate has increased sixfold The Inferences While the average ashestos worker is well protected the man on the street is not The 3x1- micron asbestos fibers in his lungs can come from a variety of sources table above And medical experts say there's no way to assess hydrocarbon content in those lung deposits American Cancer Society researchers feel certain there is a synergistic relationship among airborne asbestos smoking and lung cancer They reason that the nondegradable hydrocarbon- soaked fibers may well be a constant source of lung irritation PHS officials think it may take them up to five years to establish asbestos true role as an air pollutant However Congress may act before the research is finished Says Repre- sentative Robert Watkins R Pa We've seen enough evidence already Asbestos will never get a clean bill of health With just a little more data we'll move for controls and strict ones Some form of asbestos control is in the offing public health officials are certain if only part of a larger ambient program However there is the danger that Congress may enact rigorous controls on the quanti- ty of asbestos that could be used In that case both Canada and U.S. asbestos = products = manufacturers would be hard hit Of the five forms of asbestos mined today chrysotile asbestos holds the predominant market position because of its insulating and processing qualities Canada produces more than 80 of the chry- sotile asbestos used in the U.S. In both countries a number of serious dislocations would occur At present there is no known material that could fill all of asbestos strategic roles On the other hand should federal controls merely call for higher standards for binders and shieldings that would spark a rise of new products with plastics taking the lead Reason say industry spokesmen present polymer technology could easily turn up products to replace as- bestos in most uses . 32 CHEMICAL WEEK September 10 1966 100 100 Bayard Handelman & Murdoch es _ IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE In Re Asbestos Litigation 1 Master File No. Misc 85-100 Limited to C.A. No. 85-688 Fortugno C.A. C.A. No. No. 85-581 85-580 Kracyla DiMedio ) C.A. No. 85-673 Paris ANSWERS OF ALLIED CORPORATION TO PLAINTIFFS STANDARD SET OF INTERROGATORIES AND REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION TO ALL DEFENDANTS LIMITED TO JURISDICTION AND PRODUCT NEXUS PREFATORY STATEMENT Please take note that more than fifty per cent 508 of the voting stock The Bendix Corporation Bendix was acquired by Allied Corporation Allied as of December 21 1982. As of January 31 1983 Allied was the sole common stockholder of Bendix On April 1 1985 Bendix ceased to exist as a legal entity Bendix was incorporated in the State of Delaware and haa its principal place of business in the State of Michigan The successor in interest to Bendix is Allied which was incorporated in the State of New York in 1920. Allied has its headquarters at Morristown New Jersey The answers Interrogatories responses to Defendant and have objections to plaintiffs been prepared on the basis of information supplied by employees of Bendix or documents which were in the possession of Bendix up to and including March 31 1985. The answers herein similarly reflect information or documents acquired by or known to employees of the Automotive Sector of Allied after March 31 1985 the business unit within Allied which continues the Bendix friction materials product lines demanded in answer to Interrogatory No. 1 Beyond the undertaking to respond as described in the preceding paragraph Defendant objects to all Interrogatories calling for subsidiaries information and alleged about affiliated predecessors these companies portions of plaintiffs Interrogatories are overbroad and unduly burdensome as there is no indication that action were exposed to products any of the of any such plaintiffs in entities as a this part of their employment with the Railroads 1. Describe in detail with specificity and particularity each product mined produced manufactured or sold by the answering defendant or its predecessors in title of NOV 13 1986 subsidiaries which contained asbestos for each until 1980 and for each such product describe year from 1936 a Its chemical ingredients b State the manner in which it was intended to be used i.e. in the construction and insulation of buildings and equipment etc c For each ingredient contained therein state 1 The name or chemical composition of each substance what harmful effects if any are known that it produces in man or mammals and whether it produces its harmful effects through ingestion inhalation absorbtion or a combination of these ii When that the substance produced effects were produced you determined harmful effects and learned and how such iii Identify each individual who participated in such determination and obtained = such knowledge iv Identify each document that refers reflects or relates to any information pertaining properties of each of the ingredients and how the to the harmful effects are produced as well as your determination of those toxic effects and the manner by which they are produced v As to any information received orally in answer to this interrogatory identify each person who supplied such information and state the full substance of the information supplied vi which products mined which were manufactured and which answering defendants or ingredients were were distributed by ANSWER Bendix has manufactured sold and containing distributed the following friction material processed chrysotile asbestos fibers products ns Brake lining segments Marshall to present . Eclipse Bendix to present to present Master to present EDF 1946 to present FK Friction King | 1955 to present i 1960 to present _ Disc brake pads Bendix Friction King FK II Brake blocks Bendix 1966 to present 1979 to present 1947 to present Clutch facings Bendix October 1974 to early 1979 sold only to Borg and Beck All of the preformed friction material products are presently on the market except Bendix woven brake linings which were used in industrial nonvehicular applications and which were withdrawn from the market in 1959 because of decreasing market demand Clutch facings are no longer on the market they were sold only to Borg and Beck for use in Borg and Beck service clutch assemblies for light trucks these were first sold in October 1974 and they were withdrawn from the market in early 1979 because of poor market penetration a The composition of the Bendix friction material brake linings disc brake pads brake blocks and clutch facings are trade secrets and therefore proprietary This Defendant objects to this interrogatory insofar as it requests proprietary information However in an effort to provide a good faith response the following information is provided fibers in the the percentage by weight brake lining segments of chrysotile brake blocks asbestos and disc brake pads varies from 25 to 50 depending on the particular composition and in clutch facings approximates 49 1/28 vehicles driving or b As to brakes to stop or as to clutch facings to connect 05 a driven part of a mechanism smoothly slow motor disconnect a c Objected to as beyond the scope of discovery permitted by Case Management Order No. 4 2 If any product identified in answer to Interrogatory No. 1 and was produced manufactured and sold under a trade name identify that trade name and state the time period that each such product was sold under such trade name ANSWER The trade names are identified in the response to Interrogatory No. 1 3. For each product identified in answer to Interrogatory No. 1 state a The address of each plant where it was manufactured processed or packaged manufacturer b Whether you and distributor of were the the product sole and if producer not i The name person firm or other entity manufacture and distribution companies which rebranded for the and address of each other engaged in the production of the product including answering defendant produced you ii the product by Whether virtue of any other a franchise or manufacturer license from product for iii distribution The persons or firms in the United States who produced the product for iv distribution The person or firms who in the State of Delaware produced the c All products the answering defendant manufactured mined or sold which it would relabel for others and the names of any entity such relabeling occurred for including when where and with whom defendant dealt with d Any changes answering defendant made in the product or packaging for others of its products and any changes answering defendant requested be made in products or packaging of products others rebranded for the answering defendant ANSWER Defendant objects to this interrogatory on the grounds that it seeks information which is neither relevant nor calculated to lead to the discovery of relevant evidence is overbroad unlimited in scope and unduly burdensome However in effort to response and without waiving the provide a foregoing good faith objections defendant responds that it has manufactured friction material products containing processed chrysotile asbestos fibers at the following facilities Friction Materials Division Troy New York plant arcuate brake lining segments disc brake pads brake blocks clutch facings 1939 to present 1966 to present 1947 to 1964 1974 to 1979