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Letter from the Union Carbide industrial hygienist to the Tarrytown Technical Center summarizing findings from an August 6, 1975 site visit. It reports air sampling during asbestos and carbon fiber handling in the Linde Building laboratories, fish toxicity data for amines and EDTA-type acids, and noise levels in a computer data room. Attached are an amines-in-air laboratory method and a table of amine concentrations affecting fish.
- Author
- L. J. LaFrance (Industrial Hygienist, Medical Department)
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation, Medical Department
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4225
- Date
- September 11, 1975
- Number
- Bates UCC 010485 to AU4257
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 18817 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18817
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Pages 1-2: Letter from L. J. LaFrance, Industrial Hygienist, to W. J. Ziemba on Tarrytown site findings (asbestos and carbon fiber sampling, amine/fish toxicity, computer room noise)
- Pages 3-4: Union Carbide Chemicals Division Laboratory Manual industrial hygiene method for determining amines in air (gas chromatography), August 1968
- Page 5: Attached table of amines and amino compounds and their effects on fish (poor OCR)
People and organizations
From L. J. LaFrance (Industrial Hygienist, Medical Department) to Mr. W. J. Ziemba (Tarrytown Technical Center, Tarrytown, New York); Dr. J. J. Welsh (copy recipient (listed below the address block)); Dr. K. S. Lane (copy recipient (listed below the address block; OCR reads 'Dr. “~. S, ULane')).
- Leo J. LaFrance (author)
- W. J. Ziemba (recipient)
- K. S. Lane (copied)
- John J. Welsh (copied)
- Medical Department (its organization)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- Chemicals Division (named)
- Research and Development Department (named)
- Tarrytown Technical Center (named)
- University of Oklahoma (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Air Sampling · Industrial Hygiene · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.
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This is document UC-4225 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 5 pages. Production numbers UCC 010485 to AU4257.
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L. J. LaFrance (Industrial Hygienist, Medical Department). “L. J. LaFrance to W. J. Ziemba Summarizing August 1975 Industrial Hygiene Findings at the Tarrytown Site, with Attached Amine Air Method and Fish Toxicity Table.” September 11, 1975. Union Carbide documents, UC-4225, Bates UCC 010485 to AU4257. Union Carbide Corporation, Medical Department. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18817. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18817.
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