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Union Carbide internal memo of February 6, 1975 forwarding a Dow Chemical paper, 'Asbestos in Water in the Chlor-Alkali Industry', presented at a Chlorine Institute seminar, together with Dow's February 4, 1975 cover letter to F. S. Stanwyck. The memo says Dow reported new methods for detecting asbestos fibre in caustic soda from diaphragm cells and recommended an industry-wide cooperative program. The attached paper covers health effects, analysis methods, and asbestos levels in chlor-alkali process streams.
- Author
- F. S. Stanwyck (Purchasing and Materials Services, Union Carbide Corporation (signature; typed initials 'FSStanwyck:mg'))
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation, Purchasing and Materials Services
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4237
- Date
- February 6, 1975
- Number
- Bates UCC 010690 to UCC 010704
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 18828 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18828
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Page 1: Union Carbide internal memo, F. S. Stanwyck to G. Bailie, J. H. Bees, T. Thomas and T. W. Carmody, forwarding the Dow paper (Feb. 6, 1975)
- Page 2: Letter from Donald G. Barkett, The Dow Chemical Company, to F. S. Stanwyck on Dow's asbestos analysis research (Feb. 4, 1975)
- Pages 3-9: Dow paper 'Asbestos in Water in the Chlor-Alkali Industry' (Moolenaar et al.), Chlorine Institute seminar, Feb. 5, 1975: health effects, analysis, levels in process streams, conclusions and recommendations
- Page 10: References for the paper
- Pages 11-14: Appendices A and B: use of asbestos in chlorine and caustic soda manufacture; chemical and physical properties of asbestos
- Page 15: References for Appendix B
- Page 16: Page with no legible text in the OCR
People and organizations
From F. S. Stanwyck (Purchasing and Materials Services, Union Carbide Corporation (signature; typed initials 'FSStanwyck:mg')) to G. Bailie; J. H. Bees; T. Thomas; T. W. Carmody.
- J. H. Bees (recipient)
- T. W. Carmody (recipient)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- Dow Chemical (named)
- Dow Medical Department (named)
- EPA (named)
- National Cancer Institute (named)
- NIOSH (named)
- OSHA (named)
- The Chlorine Institute, Inc (named)
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This is document UC-4237 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 16 pages. Production numbers UCC 010690 to UCC 010704.
Cite this document
F. S. Stanwyck (Purchasing and Materials Services, Union Carbide Corporation (signature, typed initials 'FSStanwyck:mg')). “F. S. Stanwyck to G. Bailie, J. H. Bees, T. Thomas and T. W. Carmody Forwarding Dow Paper on Asbestos in Caustic Soda.” February 6, 1975. Union Carbide documents, UC-4237, Bates UCC 010690 to UCC 010704. Union Carbide Corporation, Purchasing and Materials Services. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18828. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18828.
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