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EPA Environmental Facts, 'Health Effects of Asbestos' (Reserve Mining Excerpts), with H. C. Lewinsohn to R. G. Rowe on the Asbestos Medical Questionnaire

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Pages 1-4 are an EPA 'Environmental Facts' sheet on the health effects of asbestos, taken verbatim from the April 20, 1974 Memorandum and Order in United States v. Reserve Mining Company. It covers testimony by Dr. Irving Selikoff, fiber size, household and community exposure, and asbestos fibers in Lake Superior and Duluth water. Page 5 is a March 17, 1987 Union Carbide memo from H. C. Lewinsohn, M.D. to R. G. Rowe, M.D. stating that the OSHA Asbestos Standard requires the OSHA Initial and Periodic Questionnaires and that the MRMS questionnaire will not suffice.

Author
H. C. Lewinsohn, M.D. (Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals & Plastics Group (author of the page 5 memo))
Published by
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory, Duluth, Minnesota (pages 1-4); Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals & Plastics Group (page 5)
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-2633
Number
Bates UCC 005042 to UCC 005046
Library no.
ACL Doc 17581 · asbestosclaims.law/library/17581
Rights
A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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What the document holds

  • Pages 1-4: EPA Environmental Facts sheet, 'Health Effects of Asbestos', excerpted from the April 20, 1974 Reserve Mining Memorandum and Order (UCC 005042-005045)
  • Page 5: Memo, H. C. Lewinsohn, M.D. to R. G. Rowe, M.D., 'Asbestos Medical Questionnaire', March 17, 1987 (UCC 005046)

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From H. C. Lewinsohn, M.D. (Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals & Plastics Group (author of the page 5 memo)) to R. G. Rowe, M.D. (Tech Center, Location 51 (recipient of the page 5 memo)).

Pages on our site about what this document covers: EPA · Minnesota Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · OSHA Asbestos Standard.

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This is document UC-2633 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 5 pages. Production numbers UCC 005042 to UCC 005046.

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H. C. Lewinsohn, M.D. (Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals & Plastics Group (author of the page 5 memo)). “EPA Environmental Facts, 'Health Effects of Asbestos' (Reserve Mining Excerpts), with H. C. Lewinsohn to R. G. Rowe on the Asbestos Medical Questionnaire.” Union Carbide documents, UC-2633, Bates UCC 005042 to UCC 005046. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory, Duluth, Minnesota (pages 1-4); Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals & Plastics Group (page 5). AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 17581. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/17581.

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