A. E. Pufahl to Sales Staff on Customer Responses to Asbestos Toxicology Publicity (1966)

Memorandum dated September 9, 1966, with attachments, sent to the addressees and a distribution list. It forwarded tear sheets of a Chemical Week article and a London Sunday Times article on asbestos and health. It listed four points for sales staff to make to customers: Dr. Dernehl's toxicology report and the FDA statements, low-concentration uses in ceiling and floor tiles, the absence of jute bags and organic material, and pelletized supply.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Memorandum from A. E. Pufahl, September 9, 1966, 'Asbestos - Toxicology', giving talking points for customers
• Page 3: Chemical Week tear sheet (September 1966), including the table 'Sources of airborne asbestos' and the article 'Asbestos: Awaiting Trial'
• Page 4: London Sunday Times article (August 14, 1966) on occupational exposure to asbestos and mesothelioma
• Pages 5-6: Union Carbide 'Asbestos Toxicology Report' by Carl U. Dernehl, M.D., and K. S. Lane, M.D.
• Page 7: Cover note saying the Law Department advised that the FDA exchange of letters shows FDA agreement on asbestos fiber in food-contact paper
• Page 8: Letter from Frederick A. Cassidy, FDA, to George T. Scriba, Union Carbide, December 6, 1963
• Page 9: Letter from George T. Scriba, Union Carbide Law Department, to the Food and Drug Administration, October 31, 1963, on asbestos fiber in paper and paperboard

People and organizations

From A. E. Pufahl to T. Dougherty; 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)
• 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-784 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages.