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Proceedings of the National Workshop on Substitutes for Asbestos, Vol. II (GCA Corporation for U.S. EPA): Flowers, 'Chemical Detoxification of Asbestos Fibers,' with Discussion, and Rhodes Memo on California Asbestos Study (1980)

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Excerpt (pp. 455-469) of the EPA/CPSC-sponsored workshop proceedings on substitutes for asbestos, containing Earl Flowers' paper on iron-treating asbestos fibers to reduce cytotoxicity, results of in vitro tests on treated chrysotile and amosite, and the question-and-answer discussion with workshop participants. The exhibit also ends with an October 17, 1980 Union Carbide Metals Division memo from Harrison B. Rhodes to J.L. Myers about a Science Applications Inc. study of California asbestos sources, and asbestos in California aqueduct water.

Author
Earl S. Flowers, Ph.D. (Flow General Incorporated, McLean, Virginia); Arlene Levin (Editor, GCA Corporation); Sylvia Stocker (Editor, GCA Corporation); Harrison B. Rhodes (Union Carbide Metals Division, 'Calidria' Asbestos (memo on page 17))
Published by
GCA Corporation, GCA/Technology Division (for U.S. EPA); final page from Union Carbide Corporation, Metals Division
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-33
Date
December 1980
Number
Bates A16558 to A16552
Library no.
ACL Doc 15318 · asbestosclaims.law/library/15318
Rights
A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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What the document holds

  • Page 1: Title page: Proceedings of the National Workshop on Substitutes for Asbestos, Vol. II, GCA Corporation for EPA, December 1980
  • Pages 2-9: Earl S. Flowers, 'Chemical Detoxification of Asbestos Fibers' (abstract, text, figures, Table I, references)
  • Pages 10-16: Discussion and questions following the Flowers paper (Steel Workers Union, Dresser, NJ Dept. of Health, Industrial Health Foundation and others)
  • Page 17: Union Carbide Metals Division memo, H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers, on the Science Applications Inc. study of California asbestos sources (Oct. 17, 1980)

People and organizations

From Earl S. Flowers, Ph.D. (Flow General Incorporated, McLean, Virginia); Arlene Levin (Editor, GCA Corporation); Sylvia Stocker (Editor, GCA Corporation); Harrison B. Rhodes (Union Carbide Metals Division, 'Calidria' Asbestos (memo on page 17)) to Mr. J.L. Myers (UCC - Metals, Niagara Falls, NY (memo on page 17)); U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Chemical Control (Report prepared for).

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Amosite: Brown Asbestos and the US Navy · Calidria · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · EPA · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

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This is document UC-33 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 17 pages. Production numbers A16558 to A16552. The same document is also document UC-1244.

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Earl S. Flowers, Ph.D. (Flow General Incorporated, McLean, Virginia), Arlene Levin (Editor, GCA Corporation), Sylvia Stocker (Editor, GCA Corporation), Harrison B. Rhodes (Union Carbide Metals Division, 'Calidria' Asbestos (memo on page 17)). “Proceedings of the National Workshop on Substitutes for Asbestos, Vol. II (GCA Corporation for U.S. EPA): Flowers, 'Chemical Detoxification of Asbestos Fibers,' with Discussion, and Rhodes Memo on California Asbestos Study.” December 1980. Union Carbide documents, UC-33, Bates A16558 to A16552. GCA Corporation, GCA/Technology Division (for U.S. EPA); final page from Union Carbide Corporation, Metals Division. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 15318. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/15318.

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