H. E. Vanherle to Sir Neville Stack, and Stack to J. H. Marsh, on Labeling Calidria Asbestos (1978)

Two letters of the Asbestos International Association. On December 20, 1978, H. E. Vanherle, secretary of its European Economic Community (EEC) Advisory Council, told Sir Neville Stack, its director-general, that the European distributor of Union Carbide asbestos had "dropped the idea" of asking for the St. Andrew's cross on bags, but that the maker, Calidria Asbestos, now meant "to put the OSHA label on bags shipped to EEC." He asked whether the North American association could get Calidria to use the industry's label instead, "or, if this is not in line with U.S. regulations, to use both labels." Stack then sent the letters on to J. H. Marsh of Raybestos-Manhattan, asking whether Calidria could "be persuaded to use the label which has AIA's blessing," so "helping to avoid the danger of the skull and crossbones."

What it shows

The letters show the international association working through its American members to steer a U.S. producer away from the U.S. government's OSHA warning label on goods sent to Europe, in favor of the industry's own label. Vanherle's covering letter enclosed his letter of December 19 to the distributor and refers to Stack's letter of October 11.

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:

H.E. Vanherle letter to Sir Neville Stack (A.Int.A.), 12/20/78, entitled "Labeling Request by European Distributor of Union Carbide Products." Vanherle states that the manufacturer (Calidria Asbestos, a subsidiary of Union Carbide Corp.) of asbestos-containing products which Grace Industrial Chemicals distributes now intends to put the OSHA label on bags shipped to the EEC. Vanherle asks whether or not the A.Int.A. could obtain from Calidria assurances to use the "EEC label instead, or, if this is not in line with U.S. regulations, to use both labels." Sir Neville Stacks' letter to J.H. Marsh, 1/2/78, entitled "Labeling - Calidria Asbestos." Sir Stack asks if the Calidria company could be persuaded to use the A.Int.A. label. "In this way we can make a little more progress towards getting our label generally accepted, thus hopefully helping to avoid the skull and crossbones."

Related documents

• H. E. Vanherle to A. E. Dambach on Labeling Asbestos Bags for Europe (1978)
• Sir Neville Stack to J. H. Marsh on a European Label for Asbestos (1978)

About this copy

This is document 707 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies, pages CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-002571 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-002572.