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A one-page letter of January 28, 1964, from Dr. Kenneth W. Smith, Johns-Manville's medical director, to Dr. Lewis J. Cralley of the U.S. Public Health Service's Occupational Health Research and Training Facility in Cincinnati. Following up a phone call, Smith enclosed two formats of possible labels that J-M planned "to use on asbestos-containing products which, when handled, cut or machined, may liberate some fiber in the air," and asked for Cralley's comments. Products such as putty or floor tile, "from which the fiber cannot be liberated," would carry no label.
- Author
- Kenneth W. Smith
- Sent to
- Lewis J. Cralley
- Published by
- Johns-Manville
- Date
- January 28, 1964
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 11685 · asbestosclaims.law/library/11685
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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What it shows
Smith said he had followed the format recommended by the Manufacturing Chemists Association and the one Cralley had suggested for J-M's Celite products (see the 1952 Celite caution), while knowing "that this may not conform to the federal or some state labeling acts." Cralley was then leading the Public Health Service's survey of the asbestos industry.
In Johns-Manville's chronology
Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows:
Dr. K.W. Smith, in a letter to Dr. L.J. Cralley (USPHS) dated 1/28/64, indicates that J-M plans to label asbestos-containing products which, when handled, cut or machined, may liberate some fiber in the air.
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“Kenneth W. Smith to Lewis J. Cralley of the Public Health Service on Caution Labels.” January 28, 1964. Johns-Manville. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 11685. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/11685.
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