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Letter from Union Carbide's Calidria marketing manager to Dow Chemical summarizing meetings with OSHA about medical examination requirements for workers exposed to asbestos-containing polyester resin dust. It also objects to a Dow Derakane letter of October 16, 1974 that attributed a 'nuisance dust' position to Union Carbide, and attaches that letter and a suggested replacement.
- Author
- J. L. Myers (Marketing Manager)
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation, Mining & Metals Division
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-535
- Date
- April 29, 1975
- Number
- Bates A08655 to A08659
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 15773 · asbestosclaims.law/library/15773
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Pages 1-3: Letter of April 29, 1975 from J. L. Myers to Thomas F. Anderson of Dow on OSHA discussions and the Derakane letter
- Page 4: Attached Dow Chemical Texas Division letter of October 16, 1974, 'The Use of Asbestos as a Thixotrope in Derakane Applications'
- Page 5: Suggested replacement letter on use of Calidria RG-244 asbestos as a thixotrope in Derakane
People and organizations
From J. L. Myers (Marketing Manager) to Mr. Thomas F. Anderson (Designed Products Department, Dow Chemical, U.S.A., Freeport, TX).
- John L. Myers (author)
- Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
- ASTM Committee E4 (named)
- ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation (named)
- Dow Chemical (named)
- Dow Chemical Texas Division (named)
- NACE (named)
- NIOSH (named)
- Office of Standards Development (named)
- OSHA (named)
- SPI (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · NIOSH · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · Texas Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.
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This is document UC-535 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 5 pages. Production numbers A08655 to A08659.
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J. L. Myers (Marketing Manager). “J. L. Myers to Thomas F. Anderson (Dow Chemical) on OSHA Medical Examination Requirements and Dow's Derakane Asbestos Letter.” April 29, 1975. Union Carbide documents, UC-535, Bates A08655 to A08659. Union Carbide Corporation, Mining & Metals Division. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 15773. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/15773.
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