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FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1956 Feb 6 DOC OC270 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter from The Saranac Laboratory from Dr. Schepers with Cover Letter " 7 <" CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION COMPANY CORRESPONDENCE Attention of From Subject General Offices Ohio h February 8 1956 - Charles Bishop - Newark Medical Department John D. Black - Toledo CC Mr. M. D. Burch - Toledo . Mr. W. Allman - Toledo -- Dear Dr. Bishop Enclosed is a copy of a letter received today from Dr. Schepers of Saranac Laboratory Wish you would read this and give me your thoughts with regard to its contents certainly not what had in mind when This is I I asked Dr. Schepers to give us a letter incorporating favorable statements based upon past experiments with Fiberglas in the laboratory I personally do not like the general tenor of this letter It is certainly nothing that ve could show customers or a union rgj Enclosure Legal Patent Department RETAIN 1 Year Destroy 91 501 1312 WHY FILE THIS : tos . ~~ e 4 re. oo The SaranaC LABORATORY For the Study of Tuberculosia Occupational Ditazam and Industrial Hygiene Founded by Zomus Livinaton Trumbau in 188s 7 CHURON ST SABANAS LAKE NEW YOLE ot A 37 B^"n , Referenssi Vobora 4 15 e Telephones Laboratory 612 DirectLaboratory o6r12 s P. Be i Personnel Director of Personnel and Industrial Relations Corning Fiberglas Corporation Toledo Chio DEPOSITION EXHIBIT Dear Mr. Prpni Peele 17 1-70 * of On the occasion their recant visit here to inspect our . with the studyon the pathogenicity of fiberglas Dr. progress Bishop and genMr. eHraalcksumpeenrtviiosnieodnto me that this research project falls under your . our To facilitate your tank of to lay personnel, who , be interested in the results of our experiments j v . ae atent dhe A sementa Flease Kikte A sementa Flease do herewith a few prelimin hesitate to call for not as need arises I do my best to further elucidation will you fully inform ne- attata e about what we Af our own and alao other researches limitations Ks tho<tu fioulty with miblished statements Sits, Flease feel fove hava you. help Vai G00uG SUGA Galtera you balisve I can be of to consclt ce ac to Firstly, the fiberglass tellowing on; 1s the status of our current experimentation Product Stud ed 1 Fiberglas with . 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' f ce 4 ce M.D. Burch * Corning Fiberglas Corporation | Fabruary 6, 1956 Ts from animal 3% ta dust also that we deteraine how raplaly and if Pet fiberglas dust is eliminated tissues and oer whether if it in expelled after dust exposure has stopped this is accompanied by reversal of those tissue reactions we have algeady observed No doubt ee readily perceive the medico importance of such you information will He *{ should also prolong the exposures for at least another year the should avorable also prolong exposure asse avorable results sometdaga enated exposure remained in abeyance previously een he exposure he lunger A fourth avenue yet to be explored more satisfactorily would be study on the capacity of the fiberglas to lungle ungr er 2: .. much propaganda over the issue of lung cancer today that one a There is so siz thie in over to clear the product of all potential blasecannot emit cover in time whether it holds such a danger I or ta dise that asbestos is suppose you already know with fairlywell incrimnated incriminated incriminated as carcinogen various , share ths e by start various polyester polyester ite and the asbestos shares with the start Sihars already 3 various polyester resins have already been ? wee ee carcinogens so that one must remain critiqua fiberglas resin until it has been cleared . , the o ; . ; = * facilitates in view of the evidence we already have that the vr is , dust facilitates the develoment should tubers this study should be .. to me the third > a.) expanded superimposition phase of the tuberale > as: expanded to determine Reference superimposition exposure to the dust will study culosis Reference to the foregning tabulation reveals stdmiate that tubsre instituted the investigation on the simultaneous we have alrea4Y ote phase Such a large proportion of our rabbits phase died in and the reactivation we believe the studies on the dust room that then repeated we t due to an intercurrent epizootic and not Deaths may have been due to the fiberglas dust It a nceawusesdettohfe daenaitmhaslsofcotuhled be studied the suspicion that the dust may have None of the rabbits would either be verified or rebusted ' believe . the guinea pigs died spontaneously and we are inclined to : . rabbits died of causes other than the dust but unless we this phase of the study, the record will remain we can repeat a, . 1 Took -ema nottr eu at see " th : future hope the foregoing informationinformation will be of nct toetoe diatans neanwhilo. some value to you . CoS es Tears sincerely, : Duschefen : g..^Schspars Y. V.Sc. Director . : . . . ev %, tC) . a . * . . 1. aa Ss. . @. :, -,* & * ~ . a i . , . ae . fy wey * 4 , : we i] ry " . ; . - ; * 4 a wee . ; ry ; 6 L we ' ' . . 1 +, 08 Abas . Stave Layer - 2/26 , wat den Kens, 4.3, : wi 29wi 29 1372 . t ; Lf. . a we. ot et . . . A . ee os oh, oS under trademark Carporati hes for nmy years marketed ete 12 '" ~ + te under instalation trademark calcim sillente amamtratime abertos 7 installation . aihdatl > mbestno \ - ae _ 2. 80- installation high temperature produst. Daring the aenufastare and ", of KATLO products airborne amamtratime of = amtaining dust an mereted Mecause embertes is "Snow te cause a Sidrosis of the lung called anbastosia, eaneinons of the lung tissas ad sallgnmt masothelions of the yo 8. maiteriag ss Fe chts : eoveringor pleura of the lung extensive, stringuat and cantly .tq *;", emetnceriag. cantrols and pedical of exposed eaployees Baas : : has been necessary, . f orals faible c;h:as InIn areas where engineering we res the plant ay et the site of -, pote Wem not application, it hes been either in secussary - , to wear protective respiratory equipment Respirator 429 43 ' ~~ pour_seedpour_seed ahoice for protection of the worker Largely verkare for reasons of health of exposed mbestos free KATLO has been developed The asbestos has been replaced with fibrom glass To date observation of vorkare - som of whom + eve bees exposed for ever thirty years = has act demmstreted enronic, adverve pulzcoary from a wedical etandpaiat, effects fibrouw exellent frou. vo Morow glass. giasiss ay exellent substitute for abertos in the XATLO product If you have my questions or comments mourning the abov statomat vould you please contact mm.