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Mellon Institute Special Report 29-55: Fibrogenic Potential of Asbestos Products by Intraperitoneal and Intratracheal Injection in Animals, for Union Carbide Chemicals Division (1966)

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Confidential Mellon Institute special report on tests of three asbestos fiber products (CMS-100, JT-100 and JM-3K) injected into guinea pigs, rats and rabbits intraperitoneally and into rats intratracheally. It reports granulomas and fibrotic lesions in most animal groups, with results in rabbits inconclusive and no specific lesions in the two JM-3K intratracheal rats examined. It includes individual-animal result tables 29-92 to 29-99 and a mailing list.

Author
Edwin R. Kinkead, B.S. (Research Associate); Urbano C. Pozzani, M.S. (Senior Fellow)
Published by
Mellon Institute, for Chemicals Division, Union Carbide Corporation (Industrial Fellowship 274-29)
Series
Union Carbide documents, Union Carbide 98
Date
July 11, 1966
Library no.
ACL Doc 19962 · asbestosclaims.law/library/19962
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From Edwin R. Kinkead, B.S. (Research Associate); Urbano C. Pozzani, M.S. (Senior Fellow) to Paul W. McDaniel (requested the study and furnished the sample information; listed on the mailing list).

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This is document Union Carbide 98 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 13 pages.

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Edwin R. Kinkead, B.S. (Research Associate), Urbano C. Pozzani, M.S. (Senior Fellow). “Mellon Institute Special Report 29-55: Fibrogenic Potential of Asbestos Products by Intraperitoneal and Intratracheal Injection in Animals, for Union Carbide Chemicals Division.” July 11, 1966. Union Carbide documents, Union Carbide 98. Mellon Institute, for Chemicals Division, Union Carbide Corporation (Industrial Fellowship 274-29). AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 19962. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/19962.

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