Compilation of Union Carbide Asbestos Toxicology Statements, Memos and Press Clippings, Including T. J. Hall's Memo to Sales Staff on the Asbestos Toxicology Report (1963-1970)

A 31-page set of Union Carbide papers on the health effects of asbestos. It opens with a January 1965 memo from T. J. Hall sending sales staff Dr. Dernehl's Asbestos Toxicology Report for use with customers who asked about asbestos and cancer. Later pages hold revised and repeated copies of the report, a 1969 Lane memo, 1966 Pufahl memos, press clippings, FDA correspondence from 1963, 1967 correspondence on UK toxicology work, and a 1970 Dernehl memo on Calidria toxicity.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Memo from T. J. Hall, Union Carbide Nuclear Division, Jan. 12, 1965, to T. Dougherty, R. A. Miller, R. Stobaeus and T. R. van Fleet, enclosing the Asbestos Toxicology Report
• Pages 3-4: Asbestos Toxicology Report by C. U. Dernehl, M.D. and K. S. Lane, M.D. (the 1964 statement, undated on the page)
• Page 5: Memo from K. S. Lane, Medical Department, Apr. 3, 1969, sending a revised asbestos memorandum (TLV lowered to 2 million particles per cubic foot; mesothelioma discussed)
• Pages 6-9: Revised asbestos memorandum from the Industrial Medicine and Toxicology Department (1969)
• Pages 10-11: Memo of Sept. 9, 1966 (A. E. Pufahl) to sales staff on Chemical Week and London Sunday Times publicity and recommended customer responses
• Pages 12-13: Copy of the Asbestos Toxicology Report (Dernehl and Lane)
• Page 14: London Sunday Times clipping on mesothelioma and asbestos regulation (Aug. 1966)
• Page 15: Chemical Week, Sept. 10, 1966, page including 'Asbestos: Awaiting Trial'
• Page 16: FDA letter of Dec. 6, 1963 from Frederick A. Cassidy to George T. Scriba on asbestos in paper and paperboard
• Page 17: Note summarizing the Union Carbide-FDA letter exchange
• Page 18: Letter of Oct. 31, 1963 from G. T. Scriba, Law Department, to the FDA on asbestos fiber in food-contact paper
• Pages 19-20: Memo of Mar. 22, 1966 (A. E. Pufahl) to sales staff on asbestos toxicology publicity
• Page 21: New York Times clipping on Mount Sinai (Dr. I. J. Selikoff) asbestos studies, March 1966
• Pages 22-23: Copy of the Asbestos Toxicology Report (Dernehl and Lane)
• Pages 24-25: Letter of Nov. 1967 from Union Carbide Belgium to Frank Dexter on UK asbestos toxicology work, with a handwritten summary of a visit to the Pneumoconiosis Research Unit
• Page 26: Memo of Mar. 21, 1970 from C. U. Dernehl to C. E. Metten, 'Toxicity of Calidria Asbestos'
• Page 27: Undated letter from T. F. Frangos to Peter R. Cheston on toxicology studies, benzo(a)pyrene analyses and patch tests for soft papers
• Pages 28-29: Letter from Union Carbide Belgium to Frank Dexter on an Oxford conference on asbestos minerals and a trace-element analysis program (1 August, year not legible)
• Pages 30-31: Letter of June 7, 1967 from C. U. Dernehl to Dr. T. J. Hall reviewing I. C. Sayers' report on asbestos as a health hazard in the UK and discussing injection studies of Coalinga fiber (page 31 mostly illegible)

People and organizations

From T. J. Hall (signer of the first memo (Nuclear Division)); K. S. Lane, M.D. (Assistant Medical Director); C. U. Dernehl, M.D. (Director of Toxicology; later Associate Medical Director); A. E. Pufahl (author of the 1966 memos, per typist initials) to T. Dougherty (addressee of the first memo); R. A. Miller (addressee of the first memo); R. Stobaeus (addressee of the first memo); T. R. van Fleet (addressee of the first memo).

• Carl U. Dernehl (author)
• Thomas J. Hall (author)
• K. S. Lane (author)
• A. E. Pufahl (author)
• Thomas A. Dougherty (recipient)
• T. R. Van Fleet (recipient)
• Richard L. Miller (recipient)
• R. W. Stobaeus (recipient)
• ACGIH (named)
• Medical Department (named)
• Nuclear Division (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria.

About this copy

This is document UC-861 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 31 pages. Production numbers A03133 to AU3 144.