Occupational Health & Safety Magazine, Special Asbestos Section (January 1986)

A copy of the January 1986 special asbestos section of Occupational Health & Safety magazine, with articles on abatement electrical safety, HEPA vacuums, non-asbestos heat-protective fabrics, the Canadian and U.S. disagreement over chrysotile risk, pleural mesothelioma, abatement-contractor insurance and encapsulation. Much of the exhibit is advertising for abatement products and services. The final page is an unrelated 1979 Texas pollution newsletter page. unreviewed

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What the document holds

• Page 1: Magazine cover, Special Section, January 1986 (handwritten 'WJ-0097 #89'; Plaintiff's Exhibit UC-1725 stamp)
• Page 2: American Coatings Corporation advertisement for asbestos encapsulants
• Page 3: Editor's introduction and table of contents; H.B. Fuller advertisement
• Pages 4-6: Michael D. Lowish, 'Electrical Hazards Should Not Be Overlooked During Abatement', with electrical safety checklist and ads
• Pages 7-13: Robert S. Magdelain, filtration, pressure and air flow in asbestos vacuum systems; sidebar by William E. LeBlanc on evaluating asbestos vacuums; ads
• Pages 14-17: H.N. Lilani, non-asbestos fabrics for heat and molten metal splash protection; ads
• Page 18: Air Engineers advertisement
• Pages 19-20, 22: M. David Logan (reprinted from The Asbestos Monitor), Canadian vs. U.S. disagreement on non-occupational asbestos risk
• Page 21: Cordasco, Simelaro, McMahon and Becker, 'Pleural Tumors Related to Industrial Environment'
• Pages 22-23: Anita K. Nobles, 'Asbestos Contractors Feeling Crunch of Insurance Dilemma'; ads
• Pages 24-25, 27: Eugene Secor, 'Asbestos Encapsulation: Penetrant Approach to Control'; sidebar on encasement by Sheri Hagen Poore
• Page 26: Sidebar on properties of an effective encapsulant (Battelle/EPA testing); ad
• Page 28: Unrelated page from a Texas pollution newsletter dated August 22, 1979

People and organizations

From Michael D. Lowish (Safety and Health Specialist, Georgia Tech Research Institute); Robert S. Magdelain (President, Nilfisk of America); M. David Logan (Environmental Writer, Chicago); Edward M. Cordasco, MD (Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation (with three co-authors)); Eugene Secor (H.B. Fuller's Porter Division, Houston).

• Occupational Health & Safety (magazine) (its organization)
• American Coatings Corporation (named)
• Battelle Laboratories (named)
• EPA (named)
• General Services Administration (named)
• Georgia Tech Research Institute (named)
• H. B. Fuller Company (named)
• McCrone Environmental Services, Inc (named)
• National Asbestos Council (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · EPA · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated.

About this copy

This is document UC-1725 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 28 pages. Production numbers BRG 0826 to BRG 0854.