I. C. Savers, 'Asbestos as a Health Hazard in the United Kingdom', Union Carbide U.K. Alloys Division Report

Report to Union Carbide management on concern in the United Kingdom about the health hazards of asbestos and the effect on sales of Coalinga asbestos. It describes customer, regulator and dock-worker reactions, summarizes the medical literature on asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma, discusses the threshold limit value and fibre aerodynamics, and recommends dust counts and an offer of trace-element analysis to the Pneumoconiosis Research Unit.

People and organizations

From I. C. Savers (Union Carbide U.K. Limited, Alloys Division (author; the report is signed with the initials TCS)).

• I. C. Savers (author)
• Alloys Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Charles Turner (named)
• Dartford Paper (named)
• Factory Health Inspectors (named)
• London Hospital (named)
• Ministry of Labour (U.K.) (named)
• Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (named)
• Ministry of Social Security (named)
• Paper and Board Makers Federation (named)
• Pneumoconiosis Research Unit (named)
• Reed Group (named)
• Southalls (named)
• Sunday Times (named)
• U.I.C.C (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Coalinga District · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · Pneumoconiosis · Threshold Limit Value (TLV) · UICC · What is asbestosis.

About this copy

This is document UC-2015 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 19 pages. Production numbers 076840 to 076853.