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FILE NAME: Union Carbide (UC) DATE: 1967 Nov 30 DOC#: UC171 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Union Carbide RE Asbestos Toxicology W ork in the U.K. Barry Castleman's Union Carbide File CD-ROM Document # UC Type of Document DATE Undated=0 - published report from peer-reviewed journal - published article from trade publication - published article from newspaper - proceedings from annual meeting - published abstract from conference - unpublished report - unpublished presentation - meeting agenda minutes report letter - memo - government report standard - industry warning information - patent - legal____________________________ U N I O N C A R B I D E B E L G I U M N . V, o //. FRANG: 1415 /T JK /M L F BRUXELLES 5 O. AV Nut l..OtJ I 30 N o v em b er, 1967 M r, F . D exter Union C arb id e C o rp o ratio n New Y ork O ffice D e a r F r a n k : : '' , ' . . ' ; ' . . A s you know v/e h av e b e en try in g to k eep c lo se to th e asb e sto s toxicology w ork in the U. K. F re d M um pton at N iag ara F a lls a rra n g e d fo r som e w ork to be c a rrie d out on a sam ple and gave us a re p o rt on th is. Ian P ayers took th e re p o rt to th e la b o ra to ry group in th e U. K . w hich ir co o rd in a tin g th is w o rk . I a m e n c lo s in g ^ 'c o p jn b F h ii; h a n d ......... w ritte n ro p o rt fo r y o u r in fo rm a tio n . \Vheh they com e back to us fo r additional a n aly tica l w ork wo w ill p a ss jt on to you. T h ere continues to be a g reat am ount of co n cern about this su b ject and we a re going to have to le a rn to liv e with the problem in the U .K . So fa r th e re h as been no indication of it being p a sse d on to the continent. /\ . In this re p o rt Ian p a sse s on th e req u est fo r p erm issio n to p u b lish o u r data and I would lik e y o u r com m ents on th is. E ven if you a g re e we would try to find out in m o re d e ta il the c o n d itio n s u n d e r w h ich thiG d a ta w ould b e p r e s e n te d b e fo re ag reein g d ire c tly w ith th em . P e rh a p s it w ould be b e tte r to have this so rt of publication firs t approved by C arl D ernehl b efo re we finally a g re e . A lso I w ill ask Ian to follow d irectly on obtaining the epcctrographic an aly sis m ethod. If you o r any of the other receiving this le tte r have any co m m ents I would w elcom e th em . B est re g a rd s , . . -'^v. A -A'v V ery truly yours UCC 020805 THOM AS J . HA U L