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Union Carbide Corporation

Union Carbide Corporation was a large American chemical company that mined and sold chrysotile asbestos from its operation near Coalinga, California, from the 1960s into the 1980s. Its finely milled asbestos, marketed under the Calidria name, was blended into products such as joint compound, paints, and coatings. The company is a frequent defendant in asbestos lawsuits.

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Origin

Union Carbide traces to the 1917 formation of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation. Its asbestos business centered on a chrysotile deposit in the New Idria district near Coalinga, California, which the company mined and milled under the Calidria brand beginning in the 1960s.

Corporate history

According to the 1986 Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases, Union Carbide's involvement with asbestos came through marketing products such as Calidria and Bakelite and through its 1977 purchase of Amchem Products Inc. of Ambler, Pennsylvania.1 The book says Amchem had acquired the Benjamin Foster Company as a wholly owned subsidiary in 1956.2 It says Benjamin Foster made a line of asbestos-containing products under the Foster name until 1969, when it was merged into Amchem and became its Benjamin Foster Division.12 It describes Amchem in 1969 as a division of Rorer-Amchem Inc., a holding company, and says that in 1977 Amchem was spun off from Rorer-Amchem and acquired by Union Carbide in a deal involving $140 million in Union Carbide stock.1

Significance in Asbestos Context

Union Carbide supplied raw chrysotile that other manufacturers mixed into finished products, so its fiber turns up in many everyday building materials, especially joint compounds used to finish drywall. For a patient, identifying a product that contained Calidria chrysotile can link exposure to a specific supplier. Internal company documents about what Union Carbide knew, and what it told customers, are often central to questions of corporate knowledge and warnings. Because the company is a common defendant, your legal team can advise whether claims against it or related entities apply to your situation.

Chrysotile, Joint Compound, Product Identification, Corporate Knowledge, Occupational Exposure

Notes

  • If you worked with drywall joint compound, paints, or coatings, note the brands; some contained Union Carbide's Calidria chrysotile.
  • Preserve product names, packaging, purchase records, or photos that could tie a material to a specific supplier.
  • Ask your legal team about the current status of claims against Union Carbide and any related trusts or corporate successors.

References

  1. Barbara J. Peters and George A. Peters, Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, vol. 2 (New York: Garland Law Publishing, 1986), p. 172.
  2. Barbara J. Peters and George A. Peters, Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, vol. 2 (New York: Garland Law Publishing, 1986), p. 158.

Units and subsidiaries

The divisions, plants, offices and companies the documents place under Union Carbide Corporation, grouped here as one organization:

And 159 more units.

People

People the documents tie to Union Carbide Corporation, most often named first, with the titles the documents give them.

And 308 more persons.

Asbestos trust

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Asbestos products

6 products our documents name Union Carbide Corporation or one of its units as making or selling. Each product's page says what the documents say about it, including its asbestos content.

Mines

Asbestos mines the documents name Union Carbide Corporation or one of its units as running or owning.

Court cases

236 court decisions in our case-law library name Union Carbide Corporation or one of its units as a defendant, newest first.

And 86 more: search the case law.

In our library

8 documents in our library name Union Carbide Corporation, by collection.

JM Knowledge Chronology (1)

Motley 1000 (6)

Other library documents (1)

In the Union Carbide documents

Union Carbide Corporation is named in 4,471 Union Carbide documents dated 1932 to 2003 (3919 as the source, 4342 mentioned), from asbestos lawsuits over Union Carbide's Calidria asbestos. 4,430 of them are published in our collection.

And 4,280 more documents.

Names in the documents

The spellings documents use for Union Carbide Corporation, OCR misreadings included, so a search for any of them finds this page: Union Carbide Corporation, Metals Division · Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Division · Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics · Union Carbide · Union Carbide Corporation, Mining & Metals Division · Union Carbide Corporation - Metals Division · Union Carbide Corp · Union Carbide Corporation, Texas City Plant · Union Carbide Corporation, Niagara Falls, N.Y · Union Carbide Corporation, Metals Division ("Calidria" Asbestos) · Union Carbide Corporation, Metals Division (Calidria Asbestos) · Union Carbide Chemicals Company · Calidria Corporation · UCC · Union Carbide Corporation, Medical Department · Union Carbide Corporation (Calidria Asbestos), Niagara Falls, N.Y · Union Carbide Nuclear Company · Union Carbide Corporation (Calidria asbestos sales) · Union Carbide Corporation, Law Department · Mining and Metals Division · Union Carbide Corporation, South Charleston Plant · Union Carbide Corporation, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Technology Services, Central Engineering · Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Division, Niagara Falls, New York · Union Carbide Corporation, Technical Center, South Charleston, WV · Metals Division - "Calidria" Asbestos · Union Carbide Corporation, Mining & Metals Division (Calidria Asbestos) · Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, King City, California · Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, Research and Development Department, South Charleston, West Virginia · Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, Brownsville, Texas · Union Carbide Corporation, Specialty Chemicals Division · Union Carbide Corporation, South Charleston Plant, Safety and Health Department · Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals Division, Research and Development Department · Union Carbide Corporation d/b/a Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics, Inc · Union Carbide Corporation, Silicones and Urethane Intermediates, South Charleston Plant · Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc · Union Carbide Corporation (Calidria Asbestos) · Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, Texas City Plant · Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, South Charleston Plant · Union Carbide Corporation, Calidria Asbestos (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) · Union Carbide Corporation, Metals Division, Niagara Falls, New York · Union Carbide Corporation - Mining & Metals Division · Union Carbide Corporation, Technical Center, South Charleston, West Virginia · Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, Research and Development Department · Union Carbide Corporation, Technical Center · Union Carbide Corporation, Industrial Hygiene · Union Carbide Corporation, Corporate Health, Safety and Environmental Affairs Department · Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Division, King City, California · Union Carbide Corporation, Engineering and Hydrocarbons Division, Central Engineering · Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, Texas City · Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, Engineering, South Charleston, West Virginia · UCC-Metals Division · Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics · Union Carbide Corporation Technical Center · SHARE Department, Industrial Hygiene · Union Carbide Belgium N.V · Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, Texas City, Texas · Union Carbide Corporation, Technical Center, South Charleston, WV (EM&TS - HS&EA, Industrial Hygiene) · Union Carbide Corporation, Specialty Chemicals, Sistersville Plant · Chemicals and Plastics · Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, Technical Center IH/EP.

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