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A four-page statement from the Asbestos Information Association/North America responding to a December 1976 NIOSH document to OSHA on the health effects of occupational asbestos exposure. It disputed the case for lowering the 2 f/cc standard, said sampling at 0.1 f/cc by phase contrast microscopy was not practicable, and recommended keeping the 2 f/cc standard with a 10 f/cc peak.
- Author
- R. H. Mereness (Executive Director, AIA/NA)
- Published by
- Asbestos Information Association/North America
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1603
- Date
- January 6, 1977
- Number
- Bates A25022 to A25023
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 16701 · asbestosclaims.law/library/16701
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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From R. H. Mereness (Executive Director, AIA/NA).
- Robert H. Mereness (author)
- Asbestos Information Association/North America (its organization)
- NIOSH (named)
- OSHA (named)
- U.S. Department of Labor (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Fiber Counting · NIOSH · OSHA · phase contrast microscopy (PCM).
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This is document UC-1603 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages. Production numbers A25022 to A25023.
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R. H. Mereness (Executive Director, AIA/NA). “Asbestos Information Association/North America Statement on the NIOSH Document on Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Asbestos.” January 6, 1977. Union Carbide documents, UC-1603, Bates A25022 to A25023. Asbestos Information Association/North America. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 16701. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/16701.
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