John J. Welsh, M.D., to U. Boduroglu on Asbestos and Cancer, with Related Telex and Request Letter (1975)

Exhibit UC-231 centers on a December 15, 1975 letter from Dr. John J. Welsh to U. Boduroglu of Union Carbide Europe. It answers his December 1 question about medical cases linking asbestos in a high-temperature furnace to cancer. The letter says there were none, but that asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma are known to follow years of asbestos exposure, and that Carbide had had several cases of asbestosis. The exhibit also contains Boduroglu's December 1 request, a September 10, 1975 telex about Swedish asbestos deaths and the replacement of asbestos in graphitizing furnaces, and handwritten pages.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Plaintiff's Exhibit UC-231 cover sheet, with a handwritten number
• Page 2: Letter, J. J. Welsh, M.D., to U. Boduroglu, Union Carbide Europe, on asbestos and cancer (Dec. 15, 1975), with a handwritten note that a copy was sent to another person
• Page 3: Page with a heading for John J. Welsh, M.D., and a few handwritten characters; otherwise mostly illegible in the OCR
• Page 4: Telex, Ulf Gustavson, UCN, to C. E. Medford, UCC (Sept. 10, 1975): asbestos to be removed from graphitizing furnaces after Swedish worker cancer deaths were reported
• Page 5: Letter, U. Boduroglu, Union Carbide Europe, to Dr. J. J. Welsh (Dec. 1, 1975), asking about medical cases linking asbestos use in high-temperature furnaces to cancer
• Page 6: Second copy of the Sept. 10, 1975 telex, with a RECEIVED stamp
• Pages 7-8: Handwritten notes, largely illegible in the OCR

People and organizations

From John J. Welsh, M.D. (Union Carbide Corporation (medical department)) to Mr. U. Boduroglu (Manager, Engineering Services, Union Carbide Europe, S.A., Geneva).

• John J. Welsh (author)
• U. Boduroglu (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Medical Department (named)
• Nohab (named)
• Swedish Broadcasting and TV Corporation (named)
• Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · What is asbestosis.

About this copy

This is document UC-231 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 8 pages. Production numbers 03399.