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A 28-page paper by Union Carbide's Assistant Corporate Medical Director, presented at an Organization Resources Counselors symposium on asbestos rip-out. It reviews the history of asbestos disease reports, the pathological effects of exposure (plaques, mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis), control standards in the U.S. and U.K., risks to product users, and public health issues, and ends with a numbered reference list.
- Author
- Hilton C. Lewinsohn (Assistant Corporate Medical Director, Health, Safety & Environmental Affairs, Union Carbide Corporation)
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation, Health, Safety & Environmental Affairs
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-208
- Date
- March 27, 1984
- Number
- Bates A13716 to A13743
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 15468 · asbestosclaims.law/library/15468
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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People and organizations
From Hilton C. Lewinsohn (Assistant Corporate Medical Director, Health, Safety & Environmental Affairs, Union Carbide Corporation).
- Hilton Cecil Lewinsohn (author)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- Organization Resources Counselors, Inc (named)
- OSHA (named)
- Silicosis Medical Boards (named)
- U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) (named)
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This is document UC-208 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 28 pages. Production numbers A13716 to A13743.
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Hilton C. Lewinsohn (Assistant Corporate Medical Director, Health, Safety & Environmental Affairs, Union Carbide Corporation). “Hilton C. Lewinsohn, 'Asbestos: "The History, The Present, The Future"', Paper Presented at the Asbestos Rip-Out Symposium.” March 27, 1984. Union Carbide documents, UC-208, Bates A13716 to A13743. Union Carbide Corporation, Health, Safety & Environmental Affairs. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 15468. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/15468.
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