R. A. Connell to Mr. Thurber Forwarding a Proposed New York City Council Bill to Ban Asbestos Filters in Food Preparation (1973)

A handwritten routing slip from R. A. Connell to Mr. Thurber, dated 10/23 and stamped received Oct. 24, 1973, says the attachment is a proposed New York City Council bill. The attachment is a New York Chamber of Commerce & Industry Municipal Memo, addressed to Connell at Union Carbide, that summarizes several pending city bills. One item, Int. 1318, would ban the preparation or sale in New York City of food or drink produced using asbestos filters.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Handwritten routing slip from R. A. Connell to Mr. Thurber, 10/23, saying the attachment is a proposed New York City Council bill; received stamp Oct. 24, 1973; cc to a second person.
• Page 2: New York Chamber of Commerce & Industry Municipal Memo (Michael Pearl) summarizing city bills, including Int. 1318 to ban asbestos filters in food preparation; addressed to R. A. Connell, Union Carbide Corp.

People and organizations

From R. A. Connell (46th Floor, Tel. 551-6335 (Union Carbide, 270 Park Ave., New York)); Michael Pearl (Director, City Government, New York Chamber of Commerce & Industry (author of the attached Municipal Memo)) to Mr. Thurber (handwritten as 'Mr. H. C. Thurber'; the received stamp appears to read W. C. Thurber).

• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-3509 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages. Production numbers UCC 009100 to UCC 009101.