I. C. Savers, 'Asbestos as a Health Hazard in the United Kingdom,' Union Carbide U.K. Limited Alloys Division Report (1967)

A 1967 internal report by I. C. Savers of Union Carbide U.K. Limited reviewing the health-hazard concerns about asbestos in the U.K. and how customers, industries and dockers reacted to Calidria (Coalinga) asbestos. It summarizes literature on asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma, discusses "moral issues" and the dust threshold limit, and recommends dust counts and an offer of trace-element analysis help to the Pneumoconiosis Research Unit.

People and organizations

From I. C. Savers (Union Carbide U.K. Limited, Alloys Division, Special Products Department (per cover page image)).

• I. C. Savers (author)
• Alloys Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Charles Turner (named)
• Dartford Paper (named)
• Factory Health Inspectors (named)
• Imperial mill (named)
• London Hospital (named)
• Ministry of Labour (U.K.) (named)
• Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (named)
• Ministry of Social Security (named)
• Paper and Board Makers Federation (named)
• Pneumoconiosis Research Unit (named)
• Reed Group (named)
• Southalls (named)
• Sunday Times (named)
• Tullis Russell (named)
• U.I.C.C (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Coalinga District · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · Pneumoconiosis · UICC · What is asbestosis.

About this copy

This is document UC-831 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 19 pages. Production numbers A04829 to A04830.