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A C&EN special report on public fear of asbestos in buildings and schools. It covers the National Research Council's risk assessment for nonoccupational exposure, the debate over chrysotile versus amphibole toxicity, air measurement methods, regulation by OSHA, EPA and CPSC, and the asbestos abatement industry. It also discusses insurance problems for abatement contractors and property damage suits. unreviewed
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- Author
- Pamela S. Zurer (C&EN Washington)
- Published by
- Chemical & Engineering News (American Chemical Society)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1716
- Date
- March 4, 1985
- Number
- Bates BRG 0743 to BRG 0754
- 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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Pamela S. Zurer. "Asbestos: The fiber that's panicking America." Chemical & Engineering News:28, 1985.
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- Royal Commission on Matters of Health and Safety Arising from the Use of Asbestos in Ontario (named)
- U.S. Bureau of Mines (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · EPA · Johns-Manville · OSHA · U.S. Bureau of Mines.
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This is document UC-1716 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 14 pages. Production numbers BRG 0743 to BRG 0754.
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Pamela S. Zurer (C&EN Washington). “Pamela S. Zurer, 'Asbestos: The fiber that's panicking America,' Chemical & Engineering News Special Report.” March 4, 1985. Union Carbide documents, UC-1716, Bates BRG 0743 to BRG 0754. Chemical & Engineering News (American Chemical Society). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1716.
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