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Paper by John L. Myers of Union Carbide's Mining and Metals Division, presented at the 32nd Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers in San Francisco. It describes the asbestos varieties and their uses in plastics, summarizes OSHA and EPA regulations, discusses asbestos-related diseases, and reports air-sampling results and dust-control measures. It concludes that chrysotile can be used safely with proper control. unreviewed
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- Author
- John L. Myers (Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Division, Niagara Falls, New York ("Calidria" Asbestos))
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Division
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, Union Carbide 285
- Date
- May 14, 1974
- Number
- Bates A00307
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
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John L. Myers. "CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS IN PLASTICS." Presented at the 32nd Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers, San Francisco, 1974.
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From John L. Myers (Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Division, Niagara Falls, New York ("Calidria" Asbestos)).
- John L. Myers (author)
- Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
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- EPA (named)
- IARC (named)
- OSHA (named)
- Society of Plastics Engineers (named)
- World Health Organization (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · EPA · IARC · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.
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This is document Union Carbide 285 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 11 pages. Production numbers A00307.
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John L. Myers (Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Division, Niagara Falls, New York ("Calidria" Asbestos)). “John L. Myers, Chrysotile Asbestos in Plastics, Paper Presented to the Society of Plastics Engineers.” May 14, 1974. Union Carbide documents, Union Carbide 285, Bates A00307. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/b1-285.
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