NUS Corporation Laboratory Analysis Reports on Bulk Asbestos Samples for Union Carbide, Brownsville, Texas (1990)

Series of single-page NUS Corporation laboratory reports (work order 55680) addressed to Belia Cortez at Union Carbide Corp., Brownsville, Texas. Each reports a bulk-sample asbestos analysis by polarized light microscopy (EPA-600/M4-82-020) with a 'Positive' result and estimated percentages of chrysotile and/or amosite, sometimes with glass fiber, mineral wool or cellulose. Samples were taken in October 1990; the later pages are dated November 13, 1990.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Report 00006872, sample 2 (Oct 24, 1990): 5-10% chrysotile, glass fiber
• Pages 2-4: Report 00006873, samples B1-B3 (Oct 26, 1990), amosite/chrysotile/mineral wool
• Pages 5-40: Report 00006872 (Nov 8, 1990), samples 100A-229 (sampled Oct 24, 1990), asbestos in bulk samples
• Pages 41-72: Not sent in this exhibit copy
• Pages 73-77: Report 00006982 (Nov 13, 1990), samples 324-372, date sampled unavailable

People and organizations

From NUS Corporation, Laboratory Services Group (Houston, TX laboratory); J Hogan-Sheldon (Approved by (reports 00006872 and 00006873)); R Mayo (Approved by (later pages)) to Belia Cortez (Attention line, Union Carbide Corp., Star Route, Box 90, Brownsville, TX).

• Belia Cortez (recipient)
• Halliburton Company (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Amosite: Brown Asbestos and the US Navy · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Texas Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-1924 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 77 pages. Production numbers BRD 1318 to BRD 1394.