H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, G. L. Dickson, J. L. Myers and W. C. Thurber Transmitting Draft Reply to Amchem Products on Calidria Health Hazard, with Amchem Inquiry and Draft Letter (1975)

Internal memo of July 18, 1975 from H. B. Rhodes sending colleagues a draft response to an asbestos-health inquiry from Amchem Products, and asking whether the Law Department needed to clear it. Attached are the draft reply to W. P. Ellis, which discusses latency, the OSHA 2 fibers/cc limit and use of Calidria in adhesives and coatings, and Amchem's June 30, 1975 inquiry letter.

What the document holds

• Pages 1, 4: Draft reply from H. B. Rhodes to W. P. Ellis of Amchem on asbestos health, OSHA limit, and use in adhesives and coatings (typed 7/18/75); the draft's second page is bound after the Amchem letter
• Page 2: Internal memo, H. B. Rhodes to Byrne, Dickson, Myers and Thurber, July 18, 1975, transmitting the draft
• Page 3: Letter from W. P. Ellis, Amchem Products, to Union Carbide Metals Division, June 30, 1975, asking about health hazard of Calidria in adhesives and coatings

People and organizations

From H. B. Rhodes (Technology Manager, Technology Department, Mining and Metals Division); W. P. Ellis (Director of Research, Amchem Products, Inc., Foster Division (author of the June 30, 1975 inquiry letter)) to R. E. Byrne, Jr.; G. L. Dickson; J. L. Myers; W. C. Thurber; Union Carbide Corp., Metals Division (recipient of the Amchem letter); W. P. Ellis (Director of Research, Amchem Products, Inc. (addressee of the draft reply)).

• W. L. Ellis, Jr. (author, recipient)
• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (recipient)
• Gordon L. Dickson (recipient)
• John L. Myers (recipient)
• William C. Thurber (recipient)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Amchem Products, Inc (named)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
• Law Department (named)
• Metals Division (named)
• National Academy of Sciences (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Technology Department (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · NIOSH · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · Pennsylvania Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-525 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages. Production numbers A19493 to A19496.