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A 17-page packet dated October 1972 with a cover and a short introduction stating Union Carbide's position on asbestos toxicology and OSHA asbestos regulations. It lists enclosed materials: the Quebec Asbestos Information Service booklet, the National Academy of Sciences report conclusions, a response to a Wall Street Journal article, OSHA regulations, a Calidria safety data sheet and dust-control devices. Later pages are reproduced enclosures, including the 1971 National Academy of Sciences report excerpt and Calidria product literature.
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-5444
- Date
- October 1972
- Number
- Bates UCASB00719125 to UCASB00719144
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 19878 · asbestosclaims.law/library/19878
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Page 1: Cover page: Asbestos Toxicology Status Summary, October 1972
- Pages 2-3: Introduction and list of enclosed toxicology, OSHA regulation and dust control materials
- Pages 4-6: Enclosure pages, mostly illegible in OCR; page 6 appears to be the Quebec Asbestos Information Service material
- Pages 7-9: National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council 1971 report, Conclusions and Recommendations on asbestos
- Pages 10-13: Calidria chrysotile asbestos product literature (OCR garbled, some pages inverted)
- Page 14: Union Carbide Mining and Metals Division sales office contact list for Calidria asbestos
- Pages 15-17: Calidria product and application data pages (OCR garbled)
People and organizations
To Calidria asbestos users and potential users (customers).
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- Dow Chemical (named)
- National Academy of Sciences (named)
- OSHA (named)
- Quebec Asbestos Information Service (named)
- Safety and Health Reporter (named)
- The Wall Street Journal (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Calidria · OSHA · What is asbestosis.
About this copy
This is document UC-5444 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 17 pages. Production numbers UCASB00719125 to UCASB00719144.
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“Union Carbide, Asbestos Toxicology Status Summary for Calidria Asbestos Users.” October 1972. Union Carbide documents, UC-5444, Bates UCASB00719125 to UCASB00719144. Union Carbide Corporation. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 19878. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/19878.
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