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A June 1986 letter from W. A. Bagot of the Specialty Products Group to J. H. Bees urged Union Carbide to replace asbestos packing and gasketing in its own plants with GRAFOIL flexible graphite. It enclosed a GRAFOIL fluid sealing brochure, which describes the product line and says asbestos safety has been questioned. Handwritten notes appear in the margins of the letter.
- Author
- W. A. Bagot (Vice President and General Manager, Specialty Products Group)
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation, Specialty Products Group
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-3715
- Date
- June 6, 1986
- Number
- Bates UCC 011873 to UCC 011883
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 18439 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18439
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Page 1: Letter, W. A. Bagot to J. H. Bees, June 6, 1986, urging replacement of asbestos sealants with GRAFOIL, with handwritten marginal notes
- Pages 2-13: Union Carbide GRAFOIL Brand Flexible Graphite fluid sealing brochure (undated), covering product history, features, product types and a grade/properties table
People and organizations
From W. A. Bagot (Vice President and General Manager, Specialty Products Group) to J. H. Bees (President, Industrial Chemicals, Union Carbide Corporation).
- W. A. Bagot (author)
- J. H. Bees (recipient)
- Specialty Products Group (its organization)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- EPA (named)
- GRAFOIL Sales and Technical Support Offices (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Gaskets and Mechanical Packing · EPA.
About this copy
This is document UC-3715 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 13 pages. Production numbers UCC 011873 to UCC 011883.
Cite this document
W. A. Bagot (Vice President and General Manager, Specialty Products Group). “W. A. Bagot to J. H. Bees on Replacing Asbestos Sealants with GRAFOIL, with GRAFOIL Brochure.” June 6, 1986. Union Carbide documents, UC-3715, Bates UCC 011873 to UCC 011883. Union Carbide Corporation, Specialty Products Group. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18439. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18439.
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