H. B. Rhodes to G. L. Dickson and Others Transmitting Briefing Package on the HEW Asbestos Information Campaign (1978)

Internal Metals Division memo from Harrison B. Rhodes sending a Briefing Package on the HEW (Secretary Califano) asbestos information campaign to sales and technical staff. The package summarizes the campaign, which it calls emotional and misleading, and attaches HEW's April 26, 1978 statement, a Surgeon General physician advisory, an NCI question-and-answer paper, the Selikoff-Hammond article on asbestos disease in U.S. shipyards, an Asbestos Information Association memorandum, and a Johns-Manville statement.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover memo from H. B. Rhodes, July 18, 1978, on the governmental information campaign on asbestos hazards
• Pages 2-5: Briefing Package: summary, background, extent of the medical problem, and the July information campaign
• Pages 6-13: Attachment I: HEW press release and statement of Secretary Califano, April 26, 1978 (pages 7, 9, 11 and 13 OCR garbled)
• Pages 14-16: Surgeon General's Physician Advisory on health effects of asbestos, April 25, 1978 (page 15 OCR garbled)
• Pages 17-29: National Cancer Institute, Questions and Answers About Exposure to Asbestos, April 26, 1978 (alternate pages OCR garbled)
• Pages 30-42: Selikoff and Hammond, 'Asbestos-associated Disease in United States Shipyards,' CA-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, March/April 1978, with tables and references (page 41 not sent)
• Pages 43-44: Attachment II: Asbestos Information Association memorandum to members on the HEW public awareness campaign
• Pages 45-46: Attachment III: Johns-Manville statement responding to media reports on Califano's press conference (pages 45-46 are consecutive but the text between them appears incomplete)

People and organizations

From Harrison B. Rhodes (Originating Dept.: "Calidria" Asbestos, Metals Division) to G. L. Dickson (Niagara Falls, NY); E. J. Kleber (Niagara Falls, NY); T. P. Norris (Long Beach, CA); J. E. Walsh (Atlanta, GA).

• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• Gordon L. Dickson (recipient)
• Edward J. Kleber (recipient)
• Tom P. Norris (recipient)
• Jack E. Walsh (recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
• CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (named)
• Calidria Asbestos (named)
• HEW (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• National Cancer Institute (named)
• U.S. Department of Health (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-3670 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 46 pages. Production numbers UCC 008716 to UCC 008761.