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Compilation of material from the May 1982 World Symposium on Asbestos in Montreal, plus newspaper clippings from June 1982. It contains Dr. Dunnigan's closing remarks, notes for a speech by Canadian minister Herb Gray (English and French), Malcolm Ross's paper on the geological occurrences of asbestos minerals, a subject index, and wire-service articles on a French report that worn vinyl-asbestos floor tiles release chrysotile fibers. unreviewed
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- Author
- Dr. Jacques Dunnigan (Secretary General of the World Symposium on Asbestos); Herb Gray (Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce; Regional Economic Expansion); Malcolm Ross (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Published by
- World Symposium on Asbestos (Asbestos, Health and Society), Montreal
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1018
- Date
- 1982
- Number
- Bates A18286 to A18278
- 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.
Read the article
Dr. Jacques Dunnigan. "Closing Remarks Made on May 27, 1982 by the Secretary General of the World Symposium on Asbestos." 1982.
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What the document holds
- Page 1: Exhibit cover sheet with handwritten label: Bates range, 'MT #26', 'Asbestos Symposiums. Articles on Floortile Exposure'
- Pages 2-4: Closing remarks by Dr. Jacques Dunnigan, Secretary General, World Symposium on Asbestos, May 27, 1982
- Pages 5-20: Notes for a speech by Herb Gray, Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce, at the World Symposium on Asbestos (English and French)
- Pages 21-40: Session V title page and paper by Malcolm Ross (U.S. Geological Survey), 'The Geological Occurrences of the Commercial Asbestos Minerals and Other Asbestos-Like Minerals' (pages 41-66 not sent)
- Pages 67-68: Subject index pages (Methods ... through X-ray Reading Trial) from an unidentified asbestos publication
- Pages 69-71: June 1982 newspaper clippings (AP, UPI) on a French report in Science that vinyl-asbestos floor tiles release airborne asbestos fibers
People and organizations
From Dr. Jacques Dunnigan (Secretary General of the World Symposium on Asbestos); Herb Gray (Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce; Regional Economic Expansion); Malcolm Ross (U.S. Geological Survey).
- Jacques Dunnigan (author)
- Malcolm Ross (author)
- Commission of the European Communities (named)
- Government of Canada (named)
- Government of Québec (named)
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (named)
- World Symposium on Asbestos (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Floor Tile, Sheet Flooring, and Black Mastic · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type.
About this copy
This is document UC-1018 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 71 pages. Production numbers A18286 to A18278.
Cite this document
Dr. Jacques Dunnigan (Secretary General of the World Symposium on Asbestos), Herb Gray (Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce, Regional Economic Expansion), Malcolm Ross (U.S. Geological Survey). “World Symposium on Asbestos, Montreal: Closing Remarks, Minister Herb Gray's Speech Notes, Malcolm Ross Paper on Asbestos Geology, Index, and Floor-Tile Asbestos Press Clippings.” 1982. Union Carbide documents, UC-1018, Bates A18286 to A18278. World Symposium on Asbestos (Asbestos, Health and Society), Montreal. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1018.
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