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The exhibit opens with a two-page list of 32 speakers whose speech copies were available from the World Symposium on Asbestos (May 24-27, 1982). It is followed by the symposium's printed programme for the Montréal meeting, listing sessions, panels, speakers, biographical notes and abstracts on asbestos health effects, workplace control, substitutes, non-occupational exposure, research and regulation. Speakers included Selikoff, McDonald, Reitze of Johns-Manville, Cooper, Martonik of OSHA, Gorsuch of EPA and Dupéré of Lac d'Amiante du Québec.
- Published by
- World Symposium on Asbestos, Montreal (sponsored by the Governments of Canada and Québec and the Commission of the European Communities)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-169
- Date
- May 24, 1982
- Number
- Bates A18229 to A18269
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 15438 · asbestosclaims.law/library/15438
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Pages 1-2: List of 32 speakers at the World Symposium on Asbestos (May 24-27, 1982) whose speech copies were available
- Page 3: Cover of the World Symposium on Asbestos, Mount Royal Hotel, Montréal, May 24-27, 1982, with sponsors
- Page 4: Page bearing only the number A18232, apparently blank otherwise
- Pages 5-15: Programme for May 25: opening remarks, Sessions I-III (medical data, workplace protection, rights and responsibilities) and Panels 1-2, with speaker biographies and abstracts
- Pages 16-27: Programme for May 26: Sessions IV-V (asbestos and substitutes, non-occupational exposure) and Panels 3-4, with biographies and abstracts
- Pages 28-41: Programme for May 27: Sessions VI-VII (direction of research, legislative perspectives), Panels 5-7 and closing remarks, with biographies and abstracts
People and organizations
- Commission of the European Communities (named)
- Environmental Research (named)
- Environmental Sciences Laboratory (named)
- Government of Canada (named)
- Government of Québec (named)
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine (named)
- National Cancer Institute (named)
- New York Academy of Sciences (named)
- University of Toronto (named)
- World Symposium on Asbestos (named)
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This is document UC-169 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 41 pages. Production numbers A18229 to A18269.
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“List of Available Speech Copies and Programme with Speaker Biographies and Abstracts, World Symposium on Asbestos, Montreal.” May 24, 1982. Union Carbide documents, UC-169, Bates A18229 to A18269. World Symposium on Asbestos, Montreal (sponsored by the Governments of Canada and Québec and the Commission of the European Communities). AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 15438. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/15438.
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