A. E. Pufahl to T. Dougherty and Other Union Carbide Staff on Asbestos Toxicology Publicity, with Attached Articles, Toxicology Report and FDA Letters (1966)

A September 1966 memorandum from A. E. Pufahl to sales and technical staff attached tear sheets from Chemical Week and the London Sunday Times on asbestos health publicity. It told recipients to keep using Dr. Dernehl's Asbestos Toxicology Report and the FDA statements, and set out positions to take with customers. These included modest use in ceiling and floor tiles, no jute bags, and pelletized supply. The attachments are the two articles, the Union Carbide toxicology report, and a 1963 exchange of letters with the FDA on asbestos in paper.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Memorandum, A. E. Pufahl to sales and technical staff, Asbestos - Toxicology, September 9, 1966
• Page 3: Chemical Week tear sheet (September 17, 1966, p. 220): 'Asbestos: Awaiting "Trial"' with a table of sources of airborne asbestos
• Page 4: London Sunday Times tear sheet (memo says August 14) on mesothelioma and proposed British asbestos regulations; OCR largely unreadable
• Pages 5-6: Union Carbide Corporation 'Asbestos Toxicology Report' by Carl U. Dernehl, M.D., and K. S. Lane, M.D.
• Page 7: Cover note stating that the attached exchange of letters with the FDA means FDA agrees asbestos fiber in food-contact paper and paperboard is safe
• Page 8: Letter, Frederick A. Cassidy (FDA) to George T. Scriba (Union Carbide), December 6, 1963, on asbestos as an inert filler in paper and paperboard
• Page 9: Letter, Union Carbide Law Department (George T. Scriba) to the FDA, October 31, 1963, asking whether asbestos fiber in paper and paperboard needs a food-additive regulation

People and organizations

From A. E. Pufahl to T. Dougherty; 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)
• N. J. Setter (recipient)
• J. E. Skvarla (recipient)
• R. W. Stobaeus (recipient)
• 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 UC-123 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages. Production numbers A10351 to A10359.