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Cover page and summary of a report to the U.S. Department of Labor (Contract No. J-9-M-8-0165), distributed as a membership service by the American Mining Congress. The summary covers asbestos-associated diseases, the exposed worker population and projected deaths, dose-response, diagnosis, smoking, workers' compensation experience, third-party product liability lawsuits, and economic costs of disability and death.
- Author
- Irving J. Selikoff, M.D. (Principal Investigator, Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York)
- Published by
- Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1463
- Number
- Bates A04722 to A04732
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 16580 · asbestosclaims.law/library/16580
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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From Irving J. Selikoff, M.D. (Principal Investigator, Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York) to U.S. Department of Labor (Report prepared for the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Evaluation and Research).
- Irving J. Selikoff (author)
- Environmental Sciences Laboratory (its organization)
- American Mining Congress (named)
- International Labour Office (named)
- NIOSH (named)
- U.S. Department of Labor (named)
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This is document UC-1463 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 11 pages. Production numbers A04722 to A04732.
Cited by Barry Castleman
In Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005), which cites it in:
- Chapter 8 (Asbestos Disease in Brake Repair Workers), p. 476, note 52
- Chapter 10 (Historical Research on Toxic Substances), p. 705
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Irving J. Selikoff, M.D. (Principal Investigator, Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York). “I. J. Selikoff, Disability Compensation for Asbestos-Associated Disease in the United States, Report to the U.S. Department of Labor (Summary section).” Union Carbide documents, UC-1463, Bates A04722 to A04732. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 16580. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/16580.
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