1/31 Johns-Manville Sales Corporation Ken-Caryl Ranch Denver, Colorado 80217 .----. (303)979-1000 July 26, 1977 Gentlemen: Subject: TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT JOHNS-MANVILLE ASBESTOS FIBER Proposed rules under the new Toxic Substances Control Act will require all manufacturers and processors of a chemical substance after January 1, 1977 to report such substance to the EPA.

FILE NAME Household Contact HC DATE 1978 Aug DOC HC016 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Journal Article - Familial Mesothelioma After Intense Asbestos Exposure at Home |.

FILE NAME Insulation Contractors & Distributors ICD DATE 1974 Aug DOC ICD031 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Trade Journal - NICA Outlook Vol 19 No.

FILE NAME Manville JMA DATE 1979 - 1980 DOC JMA388 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Warning Lables RE Asbestos Fibres with Relavent Correspondence COPY TO J.

FILE NAME & JAJ DATE 1972 Aug 3 DOC JAJ223 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to & research lab from Barry Castleman BC Notes 1972 BC letter to & cites Kleinfeld 1967 and Henderson 1971 papers accepts as apparent that Johnson's talc is free of asbestos Barry Castleman Comments - 1972 BC letter to & cites Kleinfeld 1967 and Henderson 1971 papers accepts as apparent that Johnson's talc is free of asbestos Dr.

FILE NAME Keene KNE DATE February 19 1975 DOC KNE042 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION 1975 Feb 19 Memo regarding Shipments Containing Asbestos > PLAINTIFF'S VT PLAINTIFF'S XHIBIT KN106 Jeane Bope L.

FILE NAME Keene KNE DATE March 21 1975 DOC KNE039 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION 1975 Mar 21 Unpublished Internal Report on Meeting between Gilbert Chua and Dennis Tan PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT 174 MAR 26 1975 Date Report By 21 March 1975 R.

FILE NAME Kelly Moore KM DATE 1978 June 1 DOC KM046 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo RE Asbestos Containing Compounds - Must be Sold Prior to Ban Deadline MOORE MEMO TO See Distribution DistributioDnistriDistbributuiontion FROM SUBJECT CONTAINING COMPOUNDS BBiillll Harrison Harrison DATE 6-1-78 6-1-78 Federal law bans the sale of certain containing compounds textures effective June 16 1978.

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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 June DOC NMA161 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION The Environment Monthly Article - Asbestos - How do You People Against Such an Omnipresent Health Hazard THE ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT June 1970 MONTHLY ASBESTOS YOU DO PEOPLE AGAINST SUCH AN OMNIPRESENT OMNIPRESENT HEALTH HAZARD The new technological man carries strontium in his bones iodine- 131 in his thyroid DDT in his fat and bestos in his as- lungs When Dr.

FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1974 Sept 22 DOC NMA089 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Newspaper Article - The Viking Press Expendable Americans ProQuest Historical The New York Lines Pg 358 Current uesep 12 1914 Newspapers The New York Times 1851 - 2002 A little bit of crud Expendable Americans ' By Paul Brodeur 274 pp New York The Viking Press 8.95 Muscle And Blood By Rachel Scott Illustrated 306 pp New York E.

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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1971 DOC TALC149 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memorandum of a Symposium Asbestos and Talc Aug 3 1971 with Cover Letter from the FDA i, a ed ~ DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FDUCATION AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON DC 20204 Catch^r_6 Catch^r_6 1971 To Participsats in Asbestos and Talc Discussion Session at FDA on August 3 1971 Attached : in a summary of our recent Discussion many of you know I have proceduzca from all ofof At work this writing proceed with the LynthesisLynthesis of circulatedcirculated for comments these into into a are package package package package package package package con Thank you once again for your assistance and pasticipation Sincerely yours Wester Alfred Wester Wester Alfred Alfred Wester Wester Alfred Alfred Wester Wester Wester Wester Product TechnologyTechnologyTechnology Technology CPC2-00000001 MEMORANDUM OF A SYMPOSIUM August 3 1971 ASBESTOS AND TALC Held at the Food and Drug Administration 200 C Street S.W.

FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1972 Sept DOC TALC144 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Unpublished Report - An Examination of Italian Mine Samples and Relevant Powders pi }, J 3 e H = } aoc. he - *

FILE NAME Brakes BRK DATE 1975 Aug 8 DOC BRK052 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter from Dept of Health with Attachments DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL August 8 1975 NATIONAL FOR OCCUPAT OCI CUO PAN TIA ONL AL SAFETY AND HEALTH 5600 FISHERS t ANE ROCKVILLE MARYLAND 20852 Dear Colleague This communication is intended to alert you to recently gathered information indicating a potential health hazard for persons exposed to asbestos during the servicing of motor vehicle brake and clutch assemblies On July 21 1975 the National Institite for Occupational Safety and Health convened a meeting of government and university scientists industry representatives and labor union officials to discuss the present state of knowledge with respect to this problem Data was presented by investigators from the Mount Siani School of Medicine in New York City indicating that workers engaged in the maintenance and repair of automobile and truck brake Linings are exposed to potentially hazardous levels of airborne asbestos dust Specific brake servicing operations studied included blow of automobile drum brake assemblies grinding of used truck brake linings and bevelling of new truck brake linings Average peak asbestos air concentrations for these three activities based on personal samples taken within ten feet of the operator were respectively 10.5 3.75 and 37.3 fibers 5 microns in length per ml An analysis of samples of brake drum dust revealed that almost all of the asbestos fibers found were shorter than 0.4 microns in length Previous studies of the extent of asbestos emissions from automobile brake lining wear showed that only a very small fraction of the original asbestos content of the brake lining is found in brake drum dust Ref 1-3 It was presumed that this is due to thermal degradation of the fibers during braking The present findings indicate that enough asbestos is preserved to produce significant exposures during certain brake servicing procedures The full extent of asbestos disease in brake servicing personnel is not known at present because not been studied systematically this particular occupational group has up to now However a review of the scientific literature on the association between asbestos exposure and mesothelial tumors of the pleura and peritoneum has revealed at least four cases of these rare tumors in persons who were employed in jobs involving automobile brake servicing Ref 4-6 36 Page 2 For your information and guidance we are enclosing pertinent references estimates of the population at risk a NIOSH interim recommendation for brake and clutch servicing procedures and a copy of the Department of Labor standard covering exposure to asbestos in the work place The environmental studies of brake lining servicing operations outlined above together with observations of mesothelial tumors in persons so employed affirms the necessity for instituting and maintaining recommended control measures in this industry so that the health hazards of asbestos are minimized Sincerely e f yours .