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Plastics Trade Newsletter Column Reporting a Union Carbide Spokesman's Views on Chrysotile Safety at an SPE Conference (undated)

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A one-page column of short plastics-industry news items, signed by hand at the bottom. The first item reports that a Union Carbide spokesman at an SPE conference said chrysotile fibers are less hazardous than other asbestos types and can be used safely in plastics. It also notes that General Electric had banned asbestos fibers from its phenolic molding compounds. The other items cover acrylic sheet capacity, tin molds for rotational molding, and a waste recycling system. unreviewed

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Joel Frados (signature appears at the foot of the page; the name is read from the handwriting and is not printed)
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Union Carbide documents, UC-371
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"ASBESTOS FIBERS--HOW SAFE FOR THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY ?."

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From Joel Frados (signature appears at the foot of the page; the name is read from the handwriting and is not printed).

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos-Reinforced Plastics: Circuit Breakers, Switchgear, and Resin Pipe · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Kentucky Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

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This is document UC-371 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 1 page.

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Joel Frados (signature appears at the foot of the page, the name is read from the handwriting and is not printed). “Plastics Trade Newsletter Column Reporting a Union Carbide Spokesman's Views on Chrysotile Safety at an SPE Conference (undated).” Union Carbide documents, UC-371. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-0371.

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