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Compilation of newspaper clippings from June 1982 reporting a Science magazine article by French researchers P. Sebastien, J. Bignon and M. Martin. The article said worn vinyl asbestos floor tiles released chrysotile fibers into the air of an office building south of Paris. One page of the exhibit also carries a Charleston News & Courier business column with unrelated news items. unreviewed
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- Author
- Warren E. Leary (Associated Press)
- Published by
- Associated Press, as carried in various U.S. newspapers; clippings in Union Carbide files
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-3571
- Date
- June 19, 1982
- Number
- Bates UCC 007900 to A:7678
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
Read the article
Warren E. Leary. "Researchers say some vinyl floors are a source of airborne asbestos." Associated Press, 1982.
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What the document holds
- Page 1: Clippings from Charleston News & Courier Business Report, Marion Chronicle-Tribune, a second AP article, and Plainfield Courier-News on the vinyl floor tile asbestos report, dated June 1982
- Page 2: Clippings including a Warren E. Leary AP article, Lebanon Valley News, and South Bend Tribune, June 19-20, 1982, on the same report
- Page 3: Washington Post clipping, 'Floor Tiles Cited as Source Of Airborne Asbestos Fibers,' dated 6/18/82 by handwritten note, on the French research report
People and organizations
From Warren E. Leary (Associated Press).
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- Associated Press (named)
- United Steelworkers (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Floor Tile, Sheet Flooring, and Black Mastic · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type.
About this copy
This is document UC-3571 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 3 pages. Production numbers UCC 007900 to A:7678.
Cite this document
Warren E. Leary (Associated Press). “Newspaper Clippings on French Study Finding Vinyl Floor Tiles a Source of Airborne Asbestos.” June 19, 1982. Union Carbide documents, UC-3571, Bates UCC 007900 to A:7678. Associated Press, as carried in various U.S. newspapers; clippings in Union Carbide files. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-3571.
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