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CC< Ur. Beesehenstein i Toledo, uuo, April 22, 1959 HEMOSiSDU * REt EEA1TI FBGGRAU ...................... S, On the nomine of fhursdey, April 20, 1999, 1 arrived in Columbus, Ohio,, to meet with Messrs* Sirth and Satard and Dr. OnrAaeri These gentlemen had met the oftornoon bofero and had spent tho evening together* We drove to Sewark, Ohio, and there introduced Dr# Gardner to Ur* Zimmerman, Ur* Boyd, Ur* 0'Belli and others* ur* C'Selll took oar party around the Laboratory and Plant and we sav all the operations inelading the Chemical Laboratory, the Uaehiae Shop, the Curly Wool Soon (not in operation}, the Batoh Souse, the filter operation (not in operation), the aetal me ah operation, the tuft wool operation, the P-F Uaehiae {not la operation), the Club Rooms, the marble, staple, eontinoous, twisting and wear ing operations, and finally the pipe covering and asphalt expansion joint operations* We vitaessed both the charging and foralng ends of the furnaces and explained to Dr* Gardner how the fibers are nade, and in a gjmefal v*J their dimensions and some of their ehemieal and phyaloal charaejfceristios Dr* Gardner was most Impressed with the eleanliness of the Batoh Bouse, and in general with the cleanliness and lack of dust in all our operations, especially the tuft wool mao'hine which Ur. Easard informed him was our dustiest operation. Dr. Gardner from time to time would rub hia fingers upon an unduated sur- / Of 500 00H WZJ31160 i *ro4ve4 iAot it arfl.r of 1` S>Tsc*dto3Jo..tpt,t-,tiUejJOi;my, 1* ^Maninoo*n *.?. ~ratL HB HEALTH FROGHig 4/22/39 face to see the- quality and quantity of do at accumulated. < Za only o&o operation - as4 that la the asphalt ex pansion joint machine - were any of the worker a taking any precautions, and hero Sr. Gardner noted the workers had tied towela around the haoka pf their seeks* At lunch, Hr. Hirth emphasised to Dr. Gardner the praotloal laportanoe of any health hazard and that It would Immediately he seised upon by our competitors to our great disadvantage, unless we had convincing proof to refute it* Ye then explained to Dr Gardner our Health Program*, . including physical examinations and the taking of X-ray pic tures* Kr. Hirth then asked Dr. Gardner for any oritioisas he had to offer and his opinion as to the possibility of a Health hazard, and what he would recommend in the way of gathering proof. Dr. Gardner brought out that several years ago when he nade his original tests he and people generally were thor oughly convinced that there was no health hazard in glass wool. Sinoe that time, however, - mostly of late - he has noted a gradual trend in^ioatl^g a serious doubt as to whether the substance is or is not harmful. His own opinion is still that the material is harmless, but without inhalation teste his opinion lacks definite proof. In reoent tests Dr. Gardner bas noted ,aa unusual reaction in connection with asbestos, which he theorises is a meohanloal aotionof the fiber, and accordingly is wondering whether glass fiber has a similar reaction Gi 500 0012 r *tdc4 i_a g.w.n 0.r * sy otee oi P*i *i;.y .< Centon .. oetoe.r it, ism. la .ftanaa v. n...?... ( i. O.UJJ9 HEi HEALTH ROSEAU 4/22/39 To eeoure definite proof. Dr. Gardner thought' that we should hare accelerated inhalation teat* on animals* A negative result here would ho of groat ralue * and If tho test* shewed up positively wo would then hato a& early opportunity 0 study suitable precautionary measures. Dr. Gardner stated that to supplement this an autopsy on sons one who had boon exposed to FIBEBGLAS for a number of years would he of great assistance to bin in his studies* fhis oould be arranged with Dr. Campbell* Kith v*ch. a procedure, we we^ld be attacking the problem from all angles and at the conclusion of the tests I should know quite definitely whether or not there is a i hasard* Dr. Gardner also thought that he oould study the problem in oonneotice with particle sices. That is, it may be that those FIBERGLAS partloles which are capable of float* ing in the air are sot the sic of particles which can pass into the lungs* Dr. Gardner thought sruoh tests oould be made fairly simply is his Laboratory* Attention was also called to the great diff arecoe s 'i* solubilities among our t arious glass'* and the general foot that our glasses are besoming more and more resistant to solution* It was Dr. Gardner's thought that this may account* for the rapid death of those guinea pigs which had glass wool inserted in their peritonea. This reaotion was similar to that expe rienced with sodium silicate. qj 5 00 OOi 3 I " | fraeoeW ia * .! tr orer at | p.[ *Ur &oreon ***. 1 e * . t-bis>eI oetoMf it, i**</ i# *-- * &.... HE HBAtlS PBOOBAM -f 4/22/59 Dr* Gardner then ft*tad that fee feed one aaiaal feotiee free at the pretest aam eat vfelofe fee feed bees hold ing open again** hie el IX for another compony end weald auofe prefer working on our problem, if we to decided* The cost of tfee tape will be the ettabliefeed rate of #8000.00. It will be aeoeaeary, feoirefer, toaoilfy pr. Gardner within three day# or io is order to engage tfee asiaal feeute. if the other eoapaay teoaret the eniael feouee ve will hare to wait an indefinite tine for another. We said we would let Pr. Gardner know at toon a poielble. CAS eaf t 0| 500 OOiM