John J. Magenheimer to John H. Marsh Answering Hawkins on the McGill Report, Page 2 (1974)

The second page of a March 12, 1974 Raybestos-Manhattan memo from John J. Magenheimer to J. H. Marsh, answering John Hawkins' criticisms of the McGill safety garment report point by point. Having watched the sampling, Magenheimer had "no doubt that the source of the asbestos dust is from the safety garments," and he wrote that "the samples were not crossed and 1173 was used." He said "The report was submitted to R/M for internal use and not for publication," that "we should have the opportunity to review the paper before submission to a journal," and that the report "substantiates the conclusion that asbestos safety garments expose workers wearing them to excessive levels" of dust.

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

Page 2 of J. Magenheimer's memo to J.H. Marsh, 3/12/74, entitled "McGill Study of Asbestos Safety Garments," responding to J. Hawkins' memo dated 3/6/74 (Motley Document #655). Magenheimer rebuts many of Hawkins' criticisms but does not say that the report is without fault. According to Magenheimer, Dr. Gibbs' report was submitted to R-M for internal use and not for publication. "The report for publication would be significantly different in format and tabulation of data." Magenheimer thinks that Hawkins' comments could be helpful to Dr. Gibbs in preparing his report for publication. Magenheimer also thinks that R-M should have the opportunity to review the paper before submission to a journal. In conclusion, Magenheimer states that the report substantiates the conclusion that asbestos safety garments expose workers wearing them to excessive levels of dust.

Related documents

• John Hawkins to John H. Marsh Criticizing the McGill Safety Garment Report (1974)
• John H. Marsh to P. G. Dolan and Others with the McGill Safety Garment Report (1974)

About this copy

This is document 658 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-002300 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-002300.