John L. Myers to B. L. Ingalls on Samples from Dr. Earl Flowers' Asbestos Detoxification Process, with Flowers Letters (1982)

Internal memo from John L. Myers to B. L. Ingalls (copies to Kapral, Klotzbach, Marsten, Thurber, Woolery) transmitting four bags of material extracted from a tailings sample by Dr. Earl Flowers, who claimed to have invented a process to reduce the toxicity of asbestos. Attached are a sketch of Flowers' process, his February 2, 1982 letter to Myers proposing a visit to the Calidria mine, and his March 22, 1982 letter reporting results on a tailings sample. A handwritten note on page 1 asks D. Kapral whether this is a dead issue.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Memo, J. L. Myers to B. L. Ingalls, May 14, 1982, on samples from Dr. Flowers' process, with handwritten note to D. Kapral
• Page 2: Handwritten process sketch by Earl S. Flowers, Ph.D., dated 2-19-82, copied 5/13/82
• Page 3: Letter from Earl S. Flowers, Flow General Inc., to John L. Meyers, Feb. 2, 1982, proposing a mine visit and nondisclosure agreements
• Page 4: Letter from Earl S. Flowers to John L. Meyers, March 22, 1982, on evaluation of ore tailings sample and proposed Niagara Falls meeting

People and organizations

From John L. Myers (Operations Manager, Calidria Asbestos (title as shown in Flowers' letters); signed the memo) to B. L. Ingalls (Metals Division, Niagara Falls, NY).

• John L. Myers (author)
• Blair L. Ingalls (recipient)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Calidria Asbestos (named)
• Flow General Incorporated (named)
• Metals Division (named)
• Ontario Research Foundation (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-2215 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages. Production numbers UCC 004476 to UCC 004479.