B. L. Ingalls to E. Miller (M. A. Bruder & Sons) on Asbestos Toxicology, with Enclosed Status Summary and Related Materials (1970)

A September 1970 letter from Union Carbide's Calidria Asbestos technical services to a Philadelphia customer answers an inquiry about the toxicology of its asbestos products and about spray fireproofing. It encloses a 'Status Summary - Mid 1970, Asbestos Toxicology' packet (cc: R. Terrill). The packet holds excerpts on asbestos disease and cancer, a magazine article on sprayed asbestos, Labor Department regulation pages, a Union Carbide toxicology report, and a Calidria pellet news release.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Letter, B. L. Ingalls to E. Miller, M. A. Bruder & Sons, Sept. 11, 1970, responding to a toxicology inquiry and enclosing the Status Summary
• Page 2: Cover sheet: 'Status Summary - Mid 1970, Asbestos Toxicology', Calidria Asbestos, Union Carbide, Niagara Falls
• Pages 3-7: Status Summary text, mostly garbled in OCR; page 4-5 discuss Dr. Selikoff's work, smoking and lung cancer, mesothelioma, and a May 1970 Asbestos magazine article on mills and environment
• Pages 8-11: Reprint of an April 1970 magazine article on sprayed asbestos fireproofing and cancer among building workers, New York City regulation proposals, and the Selikoff research
• Page 12: Page with garbled/unreadable OCR, apparently printed text of unclear content
• Pages 13-15: Pages of U.S. Department of Labor regulations (Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act safety and health standards, Part 50-204)
• Pages 16-17: Union Carbide Industrial Medicine and Toxicology Department 'Asbestos Toxicology Report' covering asbestosis, cancer, mesothelioma, threshold limit values, dust control and pre-employment examinations
• Pages 18-19: Union Carbide news release on Calidria asbestos pellets reducing shipping costs (contact Harvey M. Epstein, I. M. Mathes, Inc.)

People and organizations

From B. L. Ingalls (Technical Services - CALIDRIA Asbestos) to Mr. E. Miller, M. A. Bruder & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa..

• Blair L. Ingalls (author)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Asbestos (magazine) (named)
• Calidria Asbestos (named)
• Hollingsworth Co (named)
• Industrial Medicine and Toxicology Department (named)
• McGill University (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-5379 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 19 pages. Production numbers UCASB001718.