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John L. Myers to M. Kanno (Tomoe Engineering) on RG-144/RG-244 Sales, Degussa and Asbestos Toxicology Questions, with Kanno's Letter of November 10 (1971)

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Letter from John L. Myers to M. Kanno of Tomoe Engineering, Tokyo, replying to Kanno's letter of November 10, 1971. It discusses Degussa's resale of RG-144 and RG-244 in Europe, U.S. sales growth despite asbestos toxicology questions, and a planned change of European distributor. Kanno's letter of November 10, 1971 is attached, reporting Hitachi Kasei's switch from Aerosil to RG-244 and Degussa's Dr. Fratzscher raising a possibility of mesothelioma from asbestos.

Author
John L. Myers (Marketing Manager); M. Kanno (Manager, Group III, Union Carbide Products Dept., Tomoe Engineering Co., Ltd. (author of the attached Nov. 10, 1971 letter))
Published by
Union Carbide Corporation, Mining & Metals Division
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-4593
Date
November 15, 1971
Library no.
ACL Doc 19143 · asbestosclaims.law/library/19143
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  • Pages 1-2: Letter from John L. Myers (UCC) to M. Kanno, Tomoe Engineering, Nov. 15, 1971, on RG-144/RG-244 sales, Degussa and Europe
  • Pages 3-4: Letter from M. Kanno, Tomoe Engineering, to R. E. Byrne, Jr., Nov. 10, 1971, on Hitachi Kasei's use of RG-244 and Degussa's mesothelioma remarks, with handwritten annotations
  • Page 5: Page 5 has no OCR text; content not identified

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From John L. Myers (Marketing Manager); M. Kanno (Manager, Group III, Union Carbide Products Dept., Tomoe Engineering Co., Ltd. (author of the attached Nov. 10, 1971 letter)) to Mr. M. Kanno (Tomoe Engineering Company Ltd., Tokyo); Mr. R. E. Byrne, Jr. (Area Manager, Marketing and Technology, Union Carbide Corporation (addressee of the Nov. 10 letter)).

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This is document UC-4593 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 5 pages.

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John L. Myers (Marketing Manager), M. Kanno (Manager, Group III, Union Carbide Products Dept., Tomoe Engineering Co., Ltd. (author of the attached Nov. 10, 1971 letter)). “John L. Myers to M. Kanno (Tomoe Engineering) on RG-144/RG-244 Sales, Degussa and Asbestos Toxicology Questions, with Kanno's Letter of November 10.” November 15, 1971. Union Carbide documents, UC-4593. Union Carbide Corporation, Mining & Metals Division. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 19143. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/19143.

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