Calidria Asbestos Status Summary on Asbestos Toxicology, Mid 1970, with Attached Articles, Regulation, Toxicology Report and Pellet News Release

A Calidria Asbestos status summary on asbestos toxicology, dated mid 1970, with an introduction, conclusions and discussions of Dr. Selikoff's work, the McGill University mill study and the Walsh-Healey dust limits. Attached to it are a 1970 Engineering News-Record article, a second article, the January 1969 Federal Register Walsh-Healey safety rules, a 5/8/69 Union Carbide toxicology report, and a July 1969 news release on Calidria asbestos pellets.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover page: Status Summary - Mid 1970, Asbestos Toxicology, Calidria Asbestos, Union Carbide Corporation, Niagara Falls
• Pages 2-6: Status summary text: introduction, conclusions, Selikoff's sprayed-asbestos work, McGill University mill study, Walsh-Healey dust limit
• Pages 7-10: Engineering News-Record article of April 2, 1970 on sprayed asbestos and cancer
• Page 11: Reproduced magazine article, printed upside down and garbled in the OCR; probably the May 1970 Asbestos magazine piece on the McGill survey
• Pages 12-14: Federal Register, Jan. 17, 1969: Department of Labor safety and health standards under the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, including the Table I dust limits
• Pages 15-16: Union Carbide Industrial Medicine and Toxicology Department 'Asbestos Toxicology Report' dated 5/8/69
• Pages 17-18: Union Carbide news release (J. M. Mathes, Inc.) on Calidria asbestos pellets and lower shipping costs, dated 7-69
• Page 19: No text in the OCR; possibly blank

People and organizations

From Calidria Asbestos, Union Carbide Corporation (author of the status summary (no individual named)); Industrial Medicine And Toxicology Department, Union Carbide Corporation (author of the attached Asbestos Toxicology Report dated 5/8/69).

• Calidria Asbestos (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• American Chemical Society News Service (named)
• Asbestos (magazine) (named)
• Engineering News-Record (named)
• McGill University (named)
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Threshold Limit Value (TLV).

About this copy

This is document UC-4559 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 19 pages. Production numbers A09783 to 923755.