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FILE NAME: Dow Chemical (DOW) DATE: 1969 Dec 9 DOC#: DOW007 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Problem at Dow Chemical [Defense of Asbestos Content in Product] Ftt Severrtrea - tal o/23 Bert CbaacLcjl Joba Vyvarberg * Hew T ort Bocanber 5, 15W B.C. CIm m t - Talodo/13 . De. J .L . Incoen - TeLoo/11 y A l Cpeng - Detroit tL O . Veber - tol*Ao/23 t m n l weeks age you c a l l e d n e a n th a p ro b le a a t Dew Chowicel m 4 a ls o Max Weber s e n t am copy o f k l* l a t t e r o f B o r d e r 2 h th . I aada several suggeetieoa to ycu covered la the follow iag: 1. E rr* Csrsytenp oaslyeed - no t Ju st fo r tha asbestos content (o r Lack o f a sb esto s) bo fo r th a b aalc in g re d ie n ts. S ian ask a u r c h a d a te and Dr. X m im i f cay o f th a baalc raw a t t r i a l a ad l a a s k in g G a r s y to p a r a t c x l e . P o in t o u t r e s a le s to Dow. A lso d e te rsln a b at type o f eoBonts P h illip Caray s a ils . Thay a ra In th a asb e sto s b u s in e s s , k I m ascusdjig th a y a ls o s a i l c o a e n ti made of asbestos. * 2 . T a lk to D r. lo o s e n co th a p ro b lo a and a sk f o r h i s h e lp . Ha i s p erso n ally acquainted w ith th a in d u s tria l h y g ien ists and n e d ie a l s t a f f a t Dow. Ha can be b a l p f o l l a g e tt in g th a n to l i f t th a b a a . 3. Kaka good u se o f th a HIXA p a n p h la t TlUeoasaeaded H e a lth S a f a ty P ra c tic e s for Handling cad Applying Thera* 1 In su la tio n Products C ontaining A sbestos". P o in t out tb a ra i s no m ason fo r th a oxposura to he above a th resh o ld H a lt i f nornal cars Is token. A. Sow C h a rte a l - o f a l l p e o p le - h av e no m a so n to ban 'p r e d i c t s v because of a sn ail eenteut of asbastos. host of the ch caicals th e y n o rs n fa e tu r o e ra to x i c and c e r t a i n l y th a y know bow to h a n d le . P u r th a r a o r a , we a r a b u ying t h a l r p ro d o c ts cad n o t b anning th a n J u s t because ebesdcala am b a rs fu l i f handled im properly, P rc n k ly , P e r , Z t h i n k i t l a u n jw s tif io d f o r Dow C h s n ic a l.to e l i n i n a t e C a le ia t I llic a ta th a t lncln d es a sw ell aoatost of asbastos fre * ch a ir s p e c i f ic a tio n s on now c o n s tr u c tio n a n d /o r n a in tc a so c o w ork. I t oppanra to ne th a t P h illip G aray 's aalacwan here dsns a Qoodj jo b o f c e l l i n g , and I th in k we cbowld " p a l l a l l sto p s" i n o v ex ccaln g Sow 's o b je c tio n s . ( P le a s e l e t ne know v h e ra you sta n d and ^dist e ls e I can do to h e lp . m /iii / John Tyvsrberg