John L. Myers to R. F. X. Fusaro Transmitting SPE-RETEC Presentation on Calidria Asbestos Marketing, with Press Clippings and OSHA Letter (1973)

A one-page internal memo from John L. Myers to the Law Department enclosing a copy of his oral presentation to the SPE-RETEC and its transparencies, and asking for review for possible presentation to other groups. Attached are a Plastics Technology editorial (March 1973) on press coverage of asbestos, an AP news clipping on Dr. Irving Selikoff's Senate testimony, and a September 1972 OSHA letter on medical examinations. Several pages are duplicates.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Memo, J. L. Myers to R. F. X. Fusaro, April 6, 1973, enclosing SPE-RETEC presentation (Bates 03975)
• Page 2: Plastics Technology editorial 'The Familiar Aroma of Panic' by Malcolm W. Riley, March 1973 (Bates 03976)
• Page 3: Page with only inverted/garbled text; apparently a rotated copy of a clipping header
• Page 4: AP news clipping on Dr. Irving Selikoff's Senate subcommittee testimony on asbestos (1973)
• Page 5: Second copy of the Plastics Technology editorial 'The Familiar Aroma of Panic'
• Page 6: Rotated or upside-down page with garbled OCR, possibly a clipping header
• Page 7: Second copy of the April 6, 1973 Myers to Fusaro memo
• Page 8: Second copy of the AP clipping on Selikoff's testimony
• Page 9: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA letter of September 1, 1972 to V. J. Meyers, Western Electric, on medical examinations for asbestos exposure

People and organizations

From John L. Myers (Research and Development Department, Mining and Metals Division) to Mr. R.F.X. Fusaro (Law Department, New York, New York).

• John L. Myers (author)
• Robert F. X. Fusaro (recipient)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Associated Press (named)
• Center for Science in the Public Interest (named)
• EPA (named)
• Food and Drug Administration (named)
• Law Department (named)
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Plastics Technology (named)
• Research and Development Department (named)
• Senate Commerce environmental subcommittee (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)
• U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) (named)
• Western Electric Company (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · EPA · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-1582 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages. Production numbers 03975 to 03976.