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FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1966 Oct 27 DOC OC333 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo RE Health Hazards C. G Staelin o Toledo Bayne Johnson 'Bev York FEATLE FALSE / October 27, 1966 - F. L. Edvards - Toledo D. W. Ladd Jr. - New York . You asked for our recomoesdations on bealth barards which are shown below, Before we get {ate chen, hovever, you should understand eoos of the backgramd. This is more than a union dispute between the asbestos workers and the sheet metal workare over who is to put in the insulation on duct systers We kno of ievestigstions being carried on by the Univess(ty of Callfornis and Mount $inal Hospital (both with Feceral Sots). These is rumor of coe at MIT} Congress has been {nterested; and the entire problea of exv{romectel hazards is receiving a new look So far as we are able to determine there is no evidence that glass fibers of any size or diameter case cancer Img disease etc. Oe the other hand, there {9 ensogh eroke about asbestos so that it fs our Lry~ wtn's opinice a fire is involved, Surveys of unice locals im Cincimmati, Bev York and Mew Jersey reveel a andctantially higher incicexce of cancer than the gecrrsl popolstion, and gp te2zson bas been brovght forvard except exposure be ashe 5258. OC7 cannot disassociate itself from asbestos as we buy nearly one million dollars worth a8 reinforcesent for Ksylo. It is comcefvable that there will be etate or Poceral legistation restricting che cse of asbestos im inpulating ar terials Already Bath Iron Works has notified the Navy they will not use is sulation with more than 29% asbestos fiber because of the dasth of an employee. Bev England Lasviation has reported cue iret etate cla{m agaicet Exyle. A work engaged in making fittings from Kaylo has allegedly contracted asbestosis and is claiming Workman's Compensation on that basis We brve good evidence of the sefety of glass fibers but fit bas mot been polled together, edited and published by # recocaired medica] authority woo is ast ase eociated with, er hired by, Ovess-Corning. In our epinion, ve sbould do three things: . 1. Ask e repotable, intepentent medical authority te review eur recorts, and any others be may need, acd publish his findings om glass fibers, 2. With this background of medical fact, we shocld lanch a publicity cam potzan om the safety of glase fiders. Ba 210 ao -.- .. - by .4 0 eS a No . Gs G. Staelia 3 22e October 27 1966 x 3. We aboeld agelia tevest{gste the use of other reinforcing materials ia . ry After you've read this over, please telephone axd discuss farther. po domdt, bas another point of wicw ebich you will wish te obraia. Mr. E^'varvs, : . There Le urgency in this etter ~ branches axce; cur fraschired Contrscicra are asking we ary well tart losing apecificetiocs. A Biistien fe reqetred. are calling or writing {fm for guldadvice oa wast they should do; ant program with due dates and respocate d \ ea , BI sdt Vayas Soiases e 211 211