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Memo responding to Thurber's request for comments on Marjorie Chamberlain's May 5, 1975 Law Department memorandum proposing a cancer warning label for Calidria asbestos. Rhodes discusses business risk to RG-244 and RG-600 sales, summarizes the AIA/NA health position the company had been relying on, recommends against unilateral labeling action pending revised OSHA regulations, and attaches point-by-point commentary on the Chamberlain recommendations.
- Author
- H. B. Rhodes (Asbestos group, Niagara Falls (title not shown; the memo refers to 'the Asbestos group at Niagara Falls'))
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation (Niagara Falls asbestos group; division name on letterhead illegible)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, Union Carbide 336
- Date
- May 30, 1975
- Number
- Bates A20883 to A20884
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 20086 · asbestosclaims.law/library/20086
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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People and organizations
From H. B. Rhodes (Asbestos group, Niagara Falls (title not shown; the memo refers to 'the Asbestos group at Niagara Falls')) to W. C. Thurber (Metals Division, New York, NY); R. E. Byrne (copy recipient); J. L. Myers (copy recipient).
- Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
- William C. Thurber (recipient)
- Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (copied)
- John L. Myers (copied)
- Niagara Falls Asbestos Group (its organization)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- Asbestos Group at Niagara Falls (named)
- Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
- Law Department (named)
- Metals Division (named)
- Mt. Sinai group (named)
- OSHA (named)
- PPG (named)
- U.S. Government (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Duty to Warn · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.
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This is document Union Carbide 336 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages. Production numbers A20883 to A20884.
Cited by Barry Castleman
In Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005), which cites it in:
- Chapter 9 (Company Knowledge), p. 569
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H. B. Rhodes (Asbestos group, Niagara Falls (title not shown, the memo refers to 'the Asbestos group at Niagara Falls')). “H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on OSHA Regulations and Asbestos Use Warnings, with Commentary on the Chamberlain Law Department Memorandum.” May 30, 1975. Union Carbide documents, Union Carbide 336, Bates A20883 to A20884. Union Carbide Corporation (Niagara Falls asbestos group; division name on letterhead illegible). AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 20086. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/20086.
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