Affidavit of John L. Myers with Attached Calidria Toxicology Reports, Customer Literature Lists and Safety Data Sheets, MDL 875 (2003)

Affidavit of John L. Myers, sworn in Monterey County, California, in the MDL 875 claims concerning Union Carbide's supply of raw asbestos to U.S. Gypsum and Georgia-Pacific. It describes Union Carbide's Calidria sales, bag warnings, toxicology reports, customer literature lists and safety data sheets. Attached are copies of those reports, a 1970 letter, a 1970 status summary with enclosures, a literature list and data sheets.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-6: Affidavit of John L. Myers, MDL 875, with notary jurat (date garbled in OCR)
• Pages 7-8: Exhibit A: Union Carbide 'Asbestos Toxicology Report' signed Carl U. Dernehl, M.D. and K. S. Lane, M.D., undated
• Pages 9-14: Exhibit B: October 1968 Calidria SG-130 and SG-210 tape joint compound brochure (F-42258) with a Toxicological Properties section and Union Carbide office list
• Pages 15-16: Exhibit C: revised Asbestos Toxicology Report, Industrial Medicine and Toxicology Department, dated 5/8/69
• Page 17: Letter from H. B. Rhodes, Technical Services, Calidria Asbestos, to John Juett, International Shoe Co., Bryan, Texas, August 6, 1970, sending asbestos toxicology information
• Pages 18-33: Exhibit D: 'Status Summary - Mid 1970 Asbestos Toxicology' with the Engineering News-Record article of April 2, 1970, the Walsh-Healey Federal Register notice of January 17, 1969, and the 5/8/69 toxicology report
• Pages 34-40: Exhibit E: 'Asbestos Toxicology Status Summary,' October 1972, with the cover page of the National Academy of Sciences report 'Airborne Asbestos' (1971)
• Pages 41-54: Not sent for review (the rest of Exhibit E or later exhibits)
• Page 55: List of literature available for mailing on the use of asbestos (about 42 items; probably Exhibit G)
• Pages 56-57: Union Carbide Material Safety Data Sheet for chrysotile asbestos (Calidria), 1976 per the affidavit
• Pages 58-59: Union Carbide Material Safety Data Sheet for chrysotile asbestos (Calidria), September 1, 1972

People and organizations

From John L. Myers (Marketing Manager for the Calidria business, 1970-1981; later Product and Production Manager).

• John L. Myers (author)
• Calidria Asbestos (named)
• Engineering News-Record (named)
• EPA (named)
• Federal Register (named)
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation (named)
• Industrial Medicine and Toxicology Department (named)
• International Shoe Co (named)
• National Academy of Sciences (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Toxicology Department (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (named)
• United States Gypsum Company (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · EPA · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · Texas Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-5450 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 59 pages. Production numbers UCASB00719125 to CHDB03 8960256.1 030303 1358C 02978237.