H. B. Rhodes to Peter Zschunke (Grace GmbH) on FDA Asbestos Filter Rules, with Enclosures (1975)

Cover letter from H. B. Rhodes to a Grace GmbH contact answering a June 24, 1975 inquiry about asbestos in filter equipment and packaging for pharmaceuticals and food. It summarizes the FDA's 1975 restrictions on asbestos filters for injection drugs and its decision not to restrict asbestos-contaminated talc or food and beverage filters. The enclosures include a "Consumer Health" summary, the Asbestos Information Association's December 1973 comments to the FDA, the March 14, 1975 Federal Register notice, and J. L. Myers' 1974 paper on chrysotile in plastics.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Letter from H. B. Rhodes to Peter Zschunke, Grace GmbH, July 18, 1975, with added notes page and cc list
• Page 3: "Consumer Health" summary of FDA asbestos filter regulations and asbestos-containing talc in food
• Pages 4-11: Asbestos Information Association letter to the FDA Hearing Clerk, December 20, 1973, commenting on proposed rulemaking on asbestos particles in food and drugs
• Page 12: J. P. Leineweber (Johns-Manville), Summary of Asbestos Fiber Content in Commercial Beers, 10-15-68
• Pages 13-18: Federal Register, vol. 40, no. 51, March 14, 1975: FDA final order on asbestos-form particles in drugs for parenteral injection (cover page and rule text)
• Pages 19-24: John L. Myers, "Chrysotile Asbestos in Plastics," Union Carbide paper presented May 14, 1974 at the SPE conference, with Tables I and II
• Pages 25-28: List of Mine Safety Appliances Company offices, apparently U.S. and international; OCR largely garbled

People and organizations

From H. B. Rhodes (Technology Manager) to Mr. Peter Zschunke (Grace GmbH, Worms, Germany); R. E. Byrne, Jr. (cc); J. L. Myers (cc); A. Dambach (cc, W. R. Grace, Lausanne, Switzerland).

• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• Peter Zschunke (recipient)
• Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (copied)
• A. E. Dambach (copied)
• John L. Myers (copied)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
• Food and Drug Administration (named)
• IARC (named)
• Institute of Occupational Medicine (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• M.S.A (named)
• National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Biologic Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants (named)
• U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (named)
• W.R. Grace (named)
• World Health Organization (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · IARC · Johns-Manville · W.R. Grace.

About this copy

This is document UC-1354 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 28 pages.