H. B. Rhodes Report of Call on Telecon with Johns-Manville (Dr. Sid Spiel, Dick Carter) About Asbestos Paper Abrasion Testing and Migration Studies (1973)

Report of a telephone call on 9/10/73 in which H. B. Rhodes told Johns-Manville's Dr. Sid Spiel and Dick Carter that Union Carbide had done no abrasion testing of asbestos-containing paper and asked for J-M's work on migration from paper into liquid. The report records J-M's reported liquid tests with straight asbestos, Carter's comment on FDA's approach to talc versus pure asbestos, and a discussion of the Minnesota water hearings. A handwritten note dated 9/5/73 from "JLM" to HBR asking for the call to Dr. Spiel follows.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Report of Call by H. B. Rhodes, 9/10/73, telecon with Johns-Manville (Dr. Sid Spiel, Mr. Dick Carter), typed 9/12/73
• Page 2: Handwritten note from JLM to HBR, 9/5/73, asking HBR to call Dr. Spiel and request J-M's report on migration studies
• Pages 3-4: Additional handwritten or partial pages; mostly illegible in OCR (page 4 appears to mention FDA and a phone number); no image seen

People and organizations

From H. B. Rhodes (Calidria report of call author) to R. E. Byrne, Jr. (cc); J. L. Myers (cc); W. C. Thurber (cc); NF-File (cc, file copy).

• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (copied)
• John L. Myers (copied)
• William C. Thurber (copied)
• Calidria Asbestos (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Food and Drug Administration (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• Reserve Mining Company (named)

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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Johns-Manville · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-518 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages. Production numbers A00357.