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A marked-up draft of a speech to company medical directors by a physician who formerly worked at a UK asbestos textile factory. It reads from a 1977 British Journal of Industrial Medicine paper on a cohort of workers at that factory in Rochdale. It covers asbestos fiber types, UK dust regulations from 1931 and 1969, lung cancer, asbestosis and mesothelioma rates by period of first exposure, dust-level measurement, the 2 fiber/cc standard, and record keeping.
- Published by
- Not stated; Bates-stamped UCC (Union Carbide production). Speaker's employer is not shown.
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4216
- Date
- December 15, 1977
- Number
- Bates UCC 010193 to A00904
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 18809 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18809
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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People and organizations
To Medical Directors, United Technologies, Hartford (audience of the talk, from the handwritten heading).
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- British Journal of Industrial Medicine (named)
- EPA (named)
- Oxford University (named)
- Reserve Mining Company (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Textiles: Cloth, Garments, Gloves, and Blankets · Asbestos and Lung Cancer · EPA · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · Minnesota Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · What is asbestosis.
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This is document UC-4216 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 21 pages. Production numbers UCC 010193 to A00904.
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“Draft Talk to Medical Directors, United Technologies, Hartford, on Asbestos and the Rochdale Textile Factory Cohort Study.” December 15, 1977. Union Carbide documents, UC-4216, Bates UCC 010193 to A00904. Not stated; Bates-stamped UCC (Union Carbide production). Speaker's employer is not shown. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18809. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18809.
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