Degussa to Customers Announcing Sales Stop on Asbestos Thickening Agents A 14 and A 28 (1971)

Form letter from Degussa's pigments division telling customers it was withdrawing its asbestos thickening agents A 14 and A 28 from the market by 31 December 1971. It gave possible health effects of asbestos fibres as the main reason and offered AEROSIL as an alternative. The exhibit also holds a second copy of the English letter, a German version dated 29 November 1971, and a German enclosure summarizing the toxicological literature.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Degussa English-language letter to customers, Dec. 7, 1971, announcing sales stop on asbestos thickening agents A 14 and A 28
• Pages 3-4: Second copy of the same English letter (page 4 is the second sheet)
• Pages 5-6: German-language version of the letter, dated 29 Nov. 1971, listing an enclosure ('Anlage: Zusammenfassung Gutachten')
• Pages 7-8: Degussa German-language enclosure, 'Zusammenfassung der toxikologischen Literatur über Asbestfaserprodukte', Frankfurt, 29 Nov. 1971 (page 8 has no OCR text)

People and organizations

From Sauerborn (signatory for Degussa); Kress (signed 'i.V.' (by proxy) for Degussa) to Degussa customers for A 14 and A 28 (addressed 'Dear Sirs').

• Sauerborn Kress (author)
• Degussa (its organization)
• Deutsche Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt vormals Roessler (named)

About this copy

This is document UC-4596 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 8 pages.