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FILE NAME: RT Vanderbilt (RTV) DATE: 1974 Oct 11 DOC#: RTV019 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: J-M Memo Stating RTV Presentations to OS HA, NIOSH, FDA & MESA RE Their Talc are Not Truthful m . Johns-iV ianvjiis 55 4 I v U i St?w 5 '".Vt S.-- WolkodcfiPromt,r . s. Lamar Dy,u` October Copies: see end of correspondence Seb*ect: youR MEMO OF OCTOBER.9, 1974 W M - ;.ORTI.GikL'.'AND TEM; COUNTING OF ASBESTOS MINERALS IN 'k:i' ASBESTINE 3 X , ASBESTINE 325,. NYTAL 200, AND NYTAL 400 . . "AS CURRENTLY PRODUCED BY R. T. VANDERBILT' CO. M :ii Thank.you. Vl-adlfor ,your. very, fine report covering your ..microscopic examiri'atibn of these camples. Your date. ;.confirm analyses 'we- have had^made on these came samples ' -by McGourty .using X-ray diffraction techniques / (Report Norm4i4:-T,-33);and byi'R." Jaunar-ajs using differen- .rct&arf&her^ - primarily for the detection of ;>is^p'4.a^lnaVmine^al. . " .These-, present samples are really no different from previous -:is'ampl.e,c^iof 'Nytai and .Achestina that I have examined Ypeiiddically:-'over the .years, '-They all' contain very sub- -'` v &. -^an^^i.anipuhtis ;of'both;,t-resblito and "chrysotile and in -it At^J-^aesh.^'bstahti^l -amounts- `of a -third -asbestos mineral, antlidpHyli its- . In numerous..discussions I have had with R. T. Vanderbilt 1people, they have readily admitted to having tremolite ..(ywni.ch ;is; not -an.;..asbestos .mineral and is not fibrous") , `i b d & `fc'heyihaye''.h'ever*'iadmilited'"'^ the presence of either . - :-a'nt5Hb|>hyili-te. 'They do admit- that years ago, ..-.when.ithey,- were' 'Soliberataly mir.-'' certain sections of the:r -.'deposits for'--'fiber','. some', of th<. product- -"'id contain^ .chrysotile, ' This, 'product, "Me '" v,\- tele as a direct replacement -for- asbestos in fcnv .raucure of vinyl tile. I;-have.;examined -"Mouidene" i n t: . past and it was an fact >lStib^tjientir^-l'yi-chyaoile; "MouLdene" is -no longer being =mSde.r.but all of the" International Talc Company and ^ . R. T. Vanderbilt Company talc products always have and -continue, to-containsqhrysotilVyas a- significant, mineral 'component {in '"addition to tremolite and anthophyllite). -- :.3S |r;' CRMC-ELS-004708 V. . .Wolkodoff 2~ October 11, 1974 It i s ^apparent,th a t, th e R. T. V a n d erb ilt p r e s e n ta tio n s to >r b ..MESA,, etc., are ,based-yon;',something l e s s ' -:I r.f i h d , i t -d i f f i c u l t to -b e lie v e th a t th ey c6,liid|>e"so g r o s s ly m isinform ed a s to what th e ir m a ter ia ls rea lly are. How-thisy inform ation i s u ltim a te ly used i s something th at .at.-higher .levels within 3~M. ^Ho^e^ixV. "''it'^^Fslimy.^b'elie'f .that R '.'T.`Vanderbilt,, with a .c<Mtirt&ance of itheilr preseht. methods, dobs nothing but 'cohfiise.yt'he issueyamong the,-talc producers and-with the vam.o^SiRed'erXi' ag.oncies. involved. Arty properly informed -kfio.w that they are wrong. .R. S. Lamar kjm cc: R. .P.. .Carter ~ 4N \Eb. M.--Fenner - 4N ; p ;'Kotin 4N W. B. -Reitze - 4N F'; J, Solon, Jr. - 4M 5 G'.? LV.tS^'M-ow ' -- 4M A C . F.. Finkbiner , III - 5W ,yJ'.iyA-v-,McKinney . ~ 5W HibRyv keefe- - - 2W P 1 A..Martin son - 2W C. J. Sulewski TM 2W W.. L. VahDerbeek - 2S R. G. Riede ~ 2S File 414-C R. T. Vanderbilt F . L. Pundsack w. C- Sti'eib J. P . Leineweber S Spe iI A. J. McArthur. CRMC-BLS-004709