I. C. Sayers, Asbestos as a Health Hazard in the United Kingdom, Union Carbide U.K. Report (1967)

Report by I. C. Sayers of Union Carbide U.K. on UK health concerns about asbestos and how they affected sales of Coalinga asbestos. It covers customer and paper-mill reactions, dockers refusing to handle asbestos, and visits to UK health bodies. It also reviews information on asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma, animal studies and fibre aerodynamics, and discusses the threshold limit value. It recommends dust counts on opened bags and an offer of trace element analysis for the Pneumoconiosis Research Unit's standard samples.

People and organizations

From I. C. Sayers (Union Carbide U.K. Limited, Alloys Division, Special Products Department).

• I. C. Sayers (author)
• Alloys Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Charles Turner (named)
• Dartford Paper (named)
• Factory Health Inspectors (named)
• Imperial mill (named)
• London Hospital (named)
• Ministry of Labour (U.K.) (named)
• Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (named)
• Ministry of Social Security (named)
• Paper and Board Makers Federation (named)
• Pneumoconiosis Research Unit (named)
• Reed Group (named)
• Southalls (named)
• Sunday Times (named)
• Tullis Russell (named)
• U.I.C.C (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Coalinga District · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · Pneumoconiosis · Threshold Limit Value (TLV) · UICC · What is asbestosis.

About this copy

This is document UC-1378 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 19 pages.