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W. C. Young to C. R. Gillespie on the Reliability of the Asbestos Screening Test for Insulation Materials (1984)

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Internal Union Carbide correspondence from the South Charleston Plant, dated February 14, 1984, on the plant's use of an 'asbestos screening test' developed by NIOSH workers to check old insulation materials. The writer lists four reasons he considered the results unreliable and recommends sending future samples to an independent laboratory (METPATH, Inc.) for x-ray diffraction testing at about $80.00 per sample. Handwritten marginal notes appear on page 1.

Author
W. C. Young (South Charleston Plant (signed 'Bill Young'; typist initials 'WCYoung:bl'))
Published by
Union Carbide Corporation, Silicones and Urethane Intermediates, South Charleston Plant
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-4258
Date
February 14, 1984
Number
Bates UCC 011596 to UCC 011597
Library no.
ACL Doc 18848 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18848
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From W. C. Young (South Charleston Plant (signed 'Bill Young'; typist initials 'WCYoung:bl')) to C. R. Gillespie (Building 46-1/514 (addressed as 'Jock')); C. E. Fry (copy recipient); T. G. Swanson (copy recipient).

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This is document UC-4258 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 3 pages. Production numbers UCC 011596 to UCC 011597.

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W. C. Young (South Charleston Plant (signed 'Bill Young', typist initials 'WCYoung:bl')). “W. C. Young to C. R. Gillespie on the Reliability of the Asbestos Screening Test for Insulation Materials.” February 14, 1984. Union Carbide documents, UC-4258, Bates UCC 011596 to UCC 011597. Union Carbide Corporation, Silicones and Urethane Intermediates, South Charleston Plant. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18848. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18848.

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