Compilation on Asbestos Toxicology: Dernehl to Metten on Toxicity of Calidria Asbestos (1970), Pufahl to Cheston (1966), and Report to Frank Dexter (undated)

Compilation of Union Carbide papers on asbestos toxicology. The first is a March 21, 1970 memo from Dr. C. U. Dernehl to C. E. Metten on the toxicity of Calidria asbestos, reporting a rat and rabbit injection test and advising that the same precautions apply as for other asbestos. Also included are a February 8, 1966 letter from A. E. Pufahl to Peter Cheston about toxicological studies and patch tests for paper containing UCC asbestos, and a report to Frank Dexter on a meeting about an asbestos sample analysis program. A second copy of the Dernehl memo is included.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Internal memo, C. U. Dernehl to C. E. Metten, 'Toxicity of Calidria Asbestos', March 21, 1970
• Page 2: Letter, A. E. Pufahl to Peter R. Cheston, Union Carbide Limited, on asbestos toxicology studies, benzo(a)pyrene analyses and patch tests, February 8, 1966
• Pages 3-4: Report to Frank Dexter headed 'Asbestos Toxicology' on a meeting at Oxford with UK researchers coordinating analysis of asbestos samples; date and author not legible
• Page 5: Second copy of the March 21, 1970 Dernehl memo to Metten (differently scanned)
• Page 6: Blank or empty page in the OCR text

People and organizations

From C. U. Dernehl, M. D. (Associate Medical Director); A. E. Pufahl (Mining and Metals Division (role not shown)) to Mr. C. E. Metten (Chemicals & Plastics, Los Angeles); Mr. Peter R. Cheston (Union Carbide Limited, London); Mr. Frank Dexter (Chemicals & Plastics Division).

• Carl U. Dernehl (author)
• A. E. Pufahl (author)
• Peter R. Cheston (recipient)
• Franklin D. Dexter (recipient)
• C. E. Metten (recipient)
• Medical Department (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Chemicals and Plastics Division (named)
• Llandough Hospital (named)
• Medical Research Council Pneumoconiosis Research Unit (named)
• Mining and Metals Division (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-4560 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages. Production numbers AU3158 to A-0315.