W. G. Hazard to Arthur J. Vorwald on a Kaylo Health Brochure (1950)

A one-page letter of December 12, 1950, from W. G. Hazard of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company's Industrial Relations Division to Dr. Arthur J. Vorwald, director of the Saranac Laboratory. Hazard wrote that the company's Kaylo Division wanted to put together a brochure "on the health aspects of Kaylo dust" and might publish some of Saranac's experimental findings. He asked when the final report on the animal experiments would be written, raised two unpaid invoices of $1,250, and asked that a Saranac engineer first visit the Sayreville plant and "take some gross air samples for composition analysis."

What it shows

By this time Saranac had told Owens-Illinois that Kaylo dust caused asbestosis in animals (Vorwald's letter of November 16, 1948). The letter shows the company planning to use the laboratory's findings in a brochure about Kaylo's health effects. Hazard also asked whether Saranac's general asbestos work was being written up for publication. Vorwald answered on December 18 (his reply) that the brochure should wait for the final report.

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:

W.G. Hazard letter to Dr. A. J. Vorwald, 12/12/50, regarding Saranac Kaylo studies. Hazard states that OIG is interested in the results of the study because it wants to publish a brochure on the health aspects of Kaylo dust. Hazard states that before the study is written up in final form, Dr. Vorwald should have one of his engineers take dust samples "for composition analysis" at OIG's Sayreville plant.

Related documents

• Arthur J. Vorwald to W. G. Hazard on Waiting for the Final Kaylo Report (1950)

About this copy

This is document 230 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies, pages CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001341 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001341.