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A newspaper clipping on a Union Carbide routing sheet, reporting Dr. Irving J. Selikoff's Mount Sinai tests of 15 spackle brands, five of which contained appreciable asbestos. It also reports a drywall taper union's decision to stop working with asbestos spackle and comments from NIEHS director Dr. David Rall. The sheet has a 'From: F. Gans' line and handwritten notes, including 'File Asbestos Applications Tape Joint Compound'. unreviewed
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- Author
- Frances Cerra (Author, New York Times 'Consumer Notes' column)
- Published by
- The New York Times (clipping circulated within Union Carbide Corporation)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1445
- Date
- April 7, 1975
- Number
- Bates A 4552
- 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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Frances Cerra. "Asbestos Warning Given for Spackle." The New York Times, 1975.
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People and organizations
From Frances Cerra (Author, New York Times 'Consumer Notes' column).
- Frances Cerra (author)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- Consumers Union (named)
- Mount Sinai Hospital (named)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (named)
- New York Times (named)
- United States Gypsum Company (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Exposure in Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters · Asbestos Joint Compound, Drywall Mud, and Texture Coatings · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.
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This is document UC-1445 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 1 page. Production numbers A 4552.
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Frances Cerra (Author, New York Times 'Consumer Notes' column). “New York Times 'Consumer Notes' Article by Frances Cerra, 'Asbestos Warning Given for Spackle', with Union Carbide Routing Note.” April 7, 1975. Union Carbide documents, UC-1445, Bates A 4552. The New York Times (clipping circulated within Union Carbide Corporation). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1445.
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