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FILE NAME DuPont DUP
DATE 1967 Feb 10
DOC DUP051
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo to J.A. Zapp Jr. & J.W. Clayton Jr. from G.J. Stopps RE The Medical Aspects of the Use of Asbestos and Asbestos Products within the DuPont Company
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FROM a J. Stopps Examiner
PRONTO THE MEDICAL ASPECTS THE USE OF ASBESTOS
AND PRODUCTS WITHIN THE DU PONT COMPANY
we
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A Bemorandum with the above title was prepared in early November 1966 reporting the discussions discussions held at Haskell
Laboratory on October 25
Certain of the proposals made at that meeting are being carried out by the Engineering Department but in general the medical recommendations have not been implemented
A survey of plant physicians by letter suggedsitsseastehatamaotng
least
we
do
not
have
an epidemic
of
respiratory
but
I
regard
this
those with an obvious exposure to asbestos the end of the
as only useful prTheelrieminaare ry fionufrorrmeaatsioonns - wnhoyt the proposals made
investigation
in the memorandum should be implemented
2 The data developed to date is suggestive but not
conclusive and both from the humanitarian and
legal points of view the data must be convincing
not only to ourselves but if necessary to a
court of law We must be able to demonstrate
that not only do we not have a bealth problem due
to asbestos
but
that
the
research methods used been uncovered
were such that a problem would have
if it existed
80,000 8 The long incubation period that may exist between
and the development of cancer
asbestos exposure
on the
requires that we focus o eu mr ploayteteesntiionn the period
exposures occurring to
the number of employees
1922-1952
At that period employees 1940 53,000
HS smaller 1930
37,000
employees and the potential
exployees 1950
exposure may have been much less
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j
2
of Point 2 above it is reasonable to
3 Because
that due to the increase in the use of
paossbteusltaotse and the size of the population at risk
that it will be in the years ahead that the
problem will develop rather than necessarily being
present at this time
4 If we can demonstrate that at present there is no
undue incidence of carcinoma due to asbestos this
will be very gratifying but it does not mean that the study should end It will be important to continue monitoring the exposed populations and a suitable control group to see whether because of Point 3 an occupational disease develops at a
later date
1966
into
If we considered the points made at the meeting in October valid then they remain valid today and we should put them operation subject always to modification in the light of
further information
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY G. J. STOPPS
GJS
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