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Wall Street Journal: Lower Limit for Occupational Exposure to Asbestos Is Being Considered by U.S. (1980)

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A Wall Street Journal article dated April 18, 1980, reporting that the federal government was considering a tougher workplace exposure standard for asbestos. It describes a federal study group's recommendation of 100,000 fibers per cubic meter of air, a proposed ban on new nonessential uses, and officials' estimates of exposed workers and annual deaths. The page also carries two headlines from other articles whose text is not shown. unreviewed

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A Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter (staff reporter)
Published by
The Wall Street Journal
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-1948
Date
April 18, 1980
Number
Bates BRG 0460
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A WALL STREET JOURNAL Staff Reporter. "Lower Limit for Occupational Exposure To Asbestos Is Being Considered by U.S." The Wall Street Journal, 1980.

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This is document UC-1948 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 1 page. Production numbers BRG 0460.

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A Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter (staff reporter). “Wall Street Journal: Lower Limit for Occupational Exposure to Asbestos Is Being Considered by U.S.” April 18, 1980. Union Carbide documents, UC-1948, Bates BRG 0460. The Wall Street Journal. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1948.

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