A. E. Pufahl to Sales Distribution on Asbestos Toxicology Publicity, with Attached Articles, Dernehl Report and FDA Correspondence (1966)

A September 1966 memorandum from A. E. Pufahl to sales personnel, attaching two press articles on asbestos health hazards, and advising them how to respond to customers. It tells them to keep using Dr. Dernehl's Asbestos Toxicology Report and the FDA statements, to stress that Union Carbide asbestos is used in modest amounts in ceiling and floor tiles, that it uses no jute bags, and that it supplies pelletized fiber. The attachments are the Chemical Week and London Sunday Times articles, the Dernehl/Lane toxicology report, a Union Carbide cover note, and the 1963 letters between Union Carbide's Law Department and the FDA.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Memorandum from A. E. Pufahl, Sept. 9, 1966, on asbestos toxicology publicity and positions to take with customers
• Page 3: Chemical Week tear sheet, Sept. 10, 1966, including 'Asbestos: Awaiting Trial' and a table of sources of airborne asbestos
• Page 4: London Sunday Times article (Aug. 14, 1966) on mesothelioma and asbestos regulations in Britain; OCR badly garbled
• Pages 5-6: Union Carbide Asbestos Toxicology Report by Carl U. Dernehl, M.D., and K. S. Lane, M.D.
• Page 7: Cover note on the Law Department's exchange of letters with the FDA on asbestos in paper and paperboard
• Page 8: FDA letter (F. A. Cassidy) to George T. Scriba, Dec. 6, 1963
• Page 9: Union Carbide Law Department letter (G. T. Scriba) to FDA, Oct. 31, 1963, on asbestos fiber in paper and paperboard

People and organizations

From A. E. Pufahl (memo writer (typed 'A.E.Pufahl:dk'; signed)) to T. Dougherty (addressee (Messrs.)); R. A. Miller; R. W. Stobaeus; B. K. Barton; J. E. Skvarla; N. J. Setter; R. T. Larkin.

• A. E. Pufahl (author)
• Bert K. Barton (recipient)
• Thomas A. Dougherty (recipient)
• R. T. Larkin (recipient)
• Richard L. Miller (recipient)
• N. J. Setter (recipient)
• J. E. Skvarla (recipient)
• R. W. Stobaeus (recipient)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• American Cancer Society (named)
• B. L. McFarland and Associates (named)
• Bendix Corporation (named)
• Champion Papers, Inc (named)
• Chemical Week (named)
• El Paso Natural Gas Co (named)
• Federal Power Commission (named)
• Fluor Corp (named)
• Food and Drug Administration (named)
• Gulf Pacific Pipeline Co (named)
• Law Department (named)
• London Sunday Times (named)
• Marine Advisers (named)
• Tenneco (named)
• Transwestern Pipeline Co (named)
• U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (named)
• U.S. Plywood Corp (named)
• U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) (named)

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About this copy

This is document Union Carbide 100 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages.