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A June 20, 1974 cover letter from the chief of the California Department of Health's Air and Industrial Hygiene Laboratory sends out a draft overview paper on asbestos for comment. The attached 30-page draft report (AIHL Report No. 164, May 1974) covers asbestos health effects, environmental burden, measurement methods, and the Department's possible role in standards, monitoring and epidemiology. It includes tables and figures, among them a plot of fibers near a chrysotile mill south of King City.
- Author
- Jerome J. Wesolowski, Ph.D. (Chief, Air and Industrial Hygiene Laboratory)
- Published by
- California State Department of Health, Air and Industrial Hygiene Laboratory
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1606
- Date
- June 20, 1974
- Number
- Bates A17987 to A18011
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 16703 · asbestosclaims.law/library/16703
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Page 1: Cover letter from J. J. Wesolowski, June 20, 1974, transmitting the draft overview paper and asking for comments
- Pages 2-19: Draft report 'Asbestos in the California Environment', AIHL Report No. 164 (May 1974): title page, table of contents, text, and references
- Pages 20-25: Tables I-IV: asbestos concentrations in environmental samples and EPA emission factors for mining/milling, processing and consumptive uses
- Pages 26-30: Figures 1-5: map of California asbestos deposits, production and consumption trends, fiber plot near an asbestos mill, electron micrographs and a diffraction pattern
People and organizations
From Jerome J. Wesolowski, Ph.D. (Chief, Air and Industrial Hygiene Laboratory) to Dear Colleague (unnamed recipients).
- Jerome J. Wesolowski (author)
- Dear Colleague (recipient)
- California State Department of Health (its organization)
- Air and Industrial Hygiene Laboratory (named)
- EPA (named)
- Laboratory Services Program (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · EPA · Industrial Hygiene.
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This is document UC-1606 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 30 pages. Production numbers A17987 to A18011.
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Jerome J. Wesolowski, Ph.D. (Chief, Air and Industrial Hygiene Laboratory). “J. J. Wesolowski Transmittal of Draft Report 'Asbestos in the California Environment' (AIHL Report No. 164), California Department of Health.” June 20, 1974. Union Carbide documents, UC-1606, Bates A17987 to A18011. California State Department of Health, Air and Industrial Hygiene Laboratory. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 16703. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/16703.
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