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Mellon Institute Special Report 34-70: Tracheal Insufflation of Rat Lungs with Calidria Asbestos Resin Grade RG 244 (1971)

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Confidential report from the Mellon Institute Chemical Hygiene Fellowship to Union Carbide on rats given a tracheal injection of a 1% suspension of Calidria RG 244 asbestos, with lungs examined at 30, 60, 90 and 180 days. It reports fibrotic foreign body nodules or tissue in 10 of 13 rats on the 1 ml dose and 12 of 15 on the 0.5 ml dose, with none in controls at 180 days, and includes summary tables, a literature list and a mailing list.

Author
C. P. Carpenter (Editor; Charles P. Carpenter, Ph.D., Administrative Fellow); D. L. Geary, Jr. (Contributor; Research Associate); E. R. Kinkead (Contributor; Fellow); R. C. Myers (Contributor; Research Assistant); D. J. Nachreiner (Contributor; Research Assistant)
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Chemical Hygiene Fellowship, Mellon Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-1492
Date
September 3, 1971
Library no.
ACL Doc 16599 · asbestosclaims.law/library/16599
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From C. P. Carpenter (Editor; Charles P. Carpenter, Ph.D., Administrative Fellow); D. L. Geary, Jr. (Contributor; Research Associate); E. R. Kinkead (Contributor; Fellow); R. C. Myers (Contributor; Research Assistant); D. J. Nachreiner (Contributor; Research Assistant) to Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics Operations Division (sponsor of the study).

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This is document UC-1492 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 8 pages.

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C. P. Carpenter (Editor, Charles P. Carpenter, Ph.D., Administrative Fellow), D. L. Geary, Jr. (Contributor, Research Associate), E. R. Kinkead (Contributor, Fellow), R. C. Myers (Contributor, Research Assistant), D. J. Nachreiner (Contributor, Research Assistant). “Mellon Institute Special Report 34-70: Tracheal Insufflation of Rat Lungs with Calidria Asbestos Resin Grade RG 244.” September 3, 1971. Union Carbide documents, UC-1492. Chemical Hygiene Fellowship, Mellon Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 16599. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/16599.

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