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FILE NAME: Union Carbide (UC) DATE: 1970 Sept 9 DOC#: UC033 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo from Union Carbide Medical Dept RE Concern About Using Asbestos in Cigarettes JC 143-2 in tern al. CORRS3 pONOENCB U i IO i CARBIDE CORPORATI ON r* <Natl Company location M r. J. A. Riddle Mining & M etals King City, C aliforn ia O fi n a d if O**. Aiwvwiitf Mtr d 270 PARK AVENUE. NEW VORK. September 9, 1970 JR ?.. c Medical Department M. P. Ballmer F. J. Shortsleeve K. V.-'csr R. Rlvsra Dr. Lane and I have m tV rs^ w T in rice paper for c i g a r e t t e s a n c x g concern. While it is p o ssib le ' u se with a very con siderable am that asb esto s in a cigarette lite r could with other m aterials thrQUgh the c ig a r e tte , so that none could escap e ^ t o t h e a i r st ^ eacaping and being drawn there would alw ays be the p developm ent of cancer to the into the lun gs w here it m ight .l * * r e s e r io u s by v irtu e of the-fact that lung. This p o ssib ility is " stQ8 w o rk e rs in the United S ta te s it has been dem onstrated th uni e s s they a lso sm oke apparently do not ^ - ' " V e ^ 'i t u I u o n T n w h i c h an individual is ceixgpaorseetdtetso. a sSboeys tooushaanvd c ^ a r e t t e s.mm ookkes a^t tehe sam e tim e ._ The im plications fo r dev.lop.ng cancer of the lung a As far a . the question of asb esto s in th . . concerned we think it should cigarette would J J ," ric contamination of a room concerned with th . potential r t r o r a e m a l contam ination which^wuld s u i t c i g a r e t t e p U - w. do no, believe it is an appropriate use for asbestos. Very truly yours CUD: lk C U. Dernehl, M. D. Associate Medical Director ' f0 8 ;