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A June 6, 1986 letter from W. A. Bagot of the Specialty Products Group to J. C. Soviero urging Union Carbide's chemical plants to replace asbestos packing and gasketing with GRAFOIL flexible graphite. It reports that the company's own chemical plants said they would keep using asbestos as long as it was available. Attached is the GRAFOIL fluid sealing brochure, which describes the product line and refers to asbestos health hazards. The letter carries handwritten routing notes and received stamps.
- Author
- W.A. Bagot (Vice President and General Manager, Specialty Products Group)
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation, Specialty Products Group
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-2954
- Date
- June 6, 1986
- Number
- Bates UCC 016287 to UCC 016303
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 17808 · asbestosclaims.law/library/17808
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Page 1: Letter from W. A. Bagot to J. C. Soviero, June 6, 1986, on replacing asbestos sealants with GRAFOIL, with handwritten routing notes
- Pages 2-17: GRAFOIL Brand Flexible Graphite fluid sealing brochure, 'The Ultimate in Fluid Sealing Control' (undated)
People and organizations
From W.A. Bagot (Vice President and General Manager, Specialty Products Group) to Mr. Soviero (J. C. Soviero) (Specialty Chemicals, Union Carbide Corporation).
- W. A. Bagot (author)
- J. C. Soviero (recipient)
- Specialty Products Group (its organization)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- EPA (named)
- GRAFOIL Sales and Technical Support Offices (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Gaskets and Mechanical Packing · EPA.
About this copy
This is document UC-2954 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 17 pages. Production numbers UCC 016287 to UCC 016303.
Cite this document
W.A. Bagot (Vice President and General Manager, Specialty Products Group). “W. A. Bagot to J. C. Soviero on Replacing Asbestos Sealants with GRAFOIL Flexible Graphite, with GRAFOIL Fluid Sealing Brochure.” June 6, 1986. Union Carbide documents, UC-2954, Bates UCC 016287 to UCC 016303. Union Carbide Corporation, Specialty Products Group. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 17808. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/17808.
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