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FILE NAME: Philip Carey (PC) DATE: 1961 Feb 17 DOC#: PC014 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to PC from Indiana State Board of Health V Snliirw Reply to: adxxB3 Sate Board of Health 3330 'West Michigan Stm t farinnapulii, Indiana S ta te of In d i a n a State Board o f Health February 17, 1961 IASo . lfr. L. A. Pechstein Assistant Secretary Philip Carey Manufacturing Company Cincinnati 15, Chio Sear Mr. Pechstein: This vili acknowledge., vith thanks, your letter of February 1A, 1961, regarding the chemical composition of your product "Careytemp Insulation". The information you provided vill be most helpful in our evaluation. As indicated all information vill be held in strict confidence and used only 'to evaluate any potential health hazards associated vith the use of this solvent. tfe appreciate your fine cooperation in this matter lours very truly,. AE;cm Albert Edvards, Industrial Hygiene Engineer e \ February 21, 1961 HOTE. TO PILE On 2/17/61 Mr. Edvards phoned and thanked me for my letter of February lit.- He said the only ingredients we use in our Careytemp which is toxic is the asbestos fibre, and he asked that we furnish him the amount of fibre used in our formula tion, either by weight or by volume. He said the workmen had been sawing the material in a confined unventilated area, using no masks nor a dust collector cn the saw. He said the complainants were our own contract department workers acting through the Indianapolis Local.