AIHA Connecticut River Valley Section Notice, Garber Letter to H. C. Lewinsohn, and Paper 'Asbestos and Fiber Carcinogenesis' (1979)

The exhibit holds a September 12, 1979 meeting announcement from the AIHA Connecticut River Valley Section naming Dr. Hilton C. Lewinsohn of Raybestos Manhattan as speaker on asbestos and fiber carcinogenesis. It also holds an Olin letter from Brad T. Garber to Lewinsohn confirming the talk, followed by a 16-page unsigned typed paper with figures and a table that covers asbestos definitions, health effects, exposure standards and unresolved questions.

What the document holds

• Page 1: AIHA Connecticut River Valley Section meeting notice signed by Elaine S. Briggs, dated August 22, 1979, with a dues form
• Page 2: Letter of August 14, 1979 from Brad T. Garber (Olin) to Dr. H. C. Lewinsohn confirming his September 12 talk
• Pages 3-19: Typed paper with no title or author shown: definitions of asbestos, health effects, standards, unresolved issues, summary and conclusion
• Pages 20-21: Figures 1 and 2a: graphs of percent of workforce affected against cumulative exposure (fibre-years/cc)
• Page 22: Table of mineral types and their characteristics (OCR garbled)
• Page 23: No text captured

People and organizations

From Elaine S. Briggs (Secretary, AIHA Connecticut River Valley Section); Brad T. Garber, Ph.D. (President Elect, Connecticut River Valley Section, American Industrial Hygiene Association (Olin Corporate Health Affairs)) to Hilton C. Lewinsohn, M.D. (Corporate Medical Director, Raybestos Manhattan).

• Hilton Cecil Lewinsohn (recipient)
• American Industrial Hygiene Association (named)
• Raybestos-Manhattan (named)
• Reserve Mining Company (named)
• U.S. Bureau of Mines (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Amosite: Brown Asbestos and the US Navy · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Connecticut Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Raybestos-Manhattan · U.S. Bureau of Mines.

About this copy

This is document UC-4218 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 23 pages. Production numbers UCC 010292 to A01025.