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Excerpt of the first edition of a manual on health hazards of chemicals used at Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. plants and laboratories, prepared by company medical and toxicology departments with Mellon Institute. The exhibit has the title page, a foreword on the manual's scope and limits, a key to relative-hazard symbols, and a table of hazard ratings for chemicals beginning with V.
- Author
- Henry F. Smyth, Jr. (Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh 13, Penna.; signs the foreword as the person who expects to serve as a clearing house for new observations)
- Published by
- Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. (Medical Department, Industrial Toxicology Department of U.C.C., Works Laboratory at South Charleston), prepared with the Chemical Hygiene Fellowship, Mellon Institute
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-5264
- Date
- May 1, 1949
- Number
- Bates UCC 100487 to UCC100487-4
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 19744 · asbestosclaims.law/library/19744
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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From Henry F. Smyth, Jr. (Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh 13, Penna.; signs the foreword as the person who expects to serve as a clearing house for new observations).
- Henry F. Smyth, Jr. (author)
- Chemical Hygiene Fellowship (named)
- Industrial Toxicology Department (named)
- Medical Department (named)
- Mellon Institute (named)
- Union Carbide Corporation (named)
- Works Laboratory (named)
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This is document UC-5264 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages. Production numbers UCC 100487 to UCC100487-4.
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Henry F. Smyth, Jr. (Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh 13, Penna., signs the foreword as the person who expects to serve as a clearing house for new observations). “Manual of Hazards to Health From Chemicals Used at the Plants and Laboratories of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp., First Edition.” May 1, 1949. Union Carbide documents, UC-5264, Bates UCC 100487 to UCC100487-4. Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. (Medical Department, Industrial Toxicology Department of U.C.C., Works Laboratory at South Charleston), prepared with the Chemical Hygiene Fellowship, Mellon Institute. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 19744. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/19744.
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