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A Mining Congress Journal article by K. W. Nelson of American Smelting and Refining Co. arguing that public concern about air pollution has outrun the facts, that air quality cannot be judged by sight, and that evidence of long-term health effects from urban air pollution is slight. It also questions the health risk of sulfur dioxide and says industry accounts for about 20 percent of urban pollution. The exhibit carries handwritten file notations and a page of publications listings. unreviewed
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- Author
- K. W. Nelson (Director, Department of Hygiene and Agricultural Research, American Smelting and Refining Co.)
- Published by
- Mining Congress Journal (American Mining Congress)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-190
- Date
- November 1967
- Number
- Bates A17920 to A17923
- 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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K. W. Nelson. "Public Misconceptions of Air Quality." Mining Congress Journal, 1967.
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From K. W. Nelson (Director, Department of Hygiene and Agricultural Research, American Smelting and Refining Co.).
- American Mining Congress (named)
- American Smelting & Refining Co (named)
- Scientific American (named)
- U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (named)
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This is document UC-190 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages. Production numbers A17920 to A17923.
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K. W. Nelson (Director, Department of Hygiene and Agricultural Research, American Smelting and Refining Co.). “K. W. Nelson, 'Public Misconceptions of Air Quality,' Mining Congress Journal.” November 1967. Union Carbide documents, UC-190, Bates A17920 to A17923. Mining Congress Journal (American Mining Congress). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-0190.
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