John Hawkins to John H. Marsh Criticizing the McGill Safety Garment Report (1974)

A two-page memo of March 6, 1974, from John Hawkins of Raybestos-Manhattan's North Charleston, South Carolina division to John Marsh, on Dr. G. W. Gibbs' report "Asbestos Fiber Release From Safety Garments," which came with Marsh's letter of March 1. Hawkins wrote "that overall the research was poorly done, and I am disappointed in what the report is in comparison to what it could have been." He objected to the British counting method, unidentified fabrics (29 of 45 tests were on unknown materials), the sampling technique, results showing the company's treated fabric as dustier, and a count of 26.2 at Plant 2 that "sounds unreal." He concluded: "I do not think that the report is worthy of being published in its present form."

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

J. Hawkins memo to J.H. Marsh, 3/6/74, entitled "McGill Study of Asbestos Safety Garments," responding to the report entitled "Asbestos Fiber Release from Safety Garments" by Dr. G.W. Gibbs of McGill University, which was received by Hawkins on 3/1/74. Hawkins states that Dr. Gibbs' overall research was poorly done and Hawkins is "disappointed in what the report is in comparison to what it could have been." Hawkins then lists his criticisms. Hawkins does not think that the report is worthy of being published in its present form.

Related documents

• John H. Marsh to P. G. Dolan and Others with the McGill Safety Garment Report (1974)
• John J. Magenheimer to John H. Marsh Answering Hawkins on the McGill Report, Page 2 (1974)

About this copy

This is document 655 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-002265 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-002266.