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Article from Science reporting analysis of 15 consumer spackling and patching compounds bought in the New York City area, plus industrial drywall taping compounds, for asbestos and other minerals. It also reports airborne fiber measurements during sanding, mixing and sweeping, and recommends warning labels and removal of hazardous materials from these products. The exhibit's first page also carries the end of an unrelated article on the origin of life by Banin and Navrot, and page 3 ends with the start of an unrelated article on water wells and tectonic strain. unreviewed
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- Author
- A. N. Rohl (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York); A. M. Langer (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York); I. J. Selikoff (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York); W. J. Nicholson (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York)
- Published by
- Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (published in Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4957
- Date
- August 15, 1975
- Number
- Bates UC-4957
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
Read the article
A. N. Rohl, A. M. Langer, I. J. Selikoff, W. J. Nicholson. "Exposure to Asbestos in the Use of Consumer Spackling, Patching, and Taping Compounds." Science, 1975.
People and organizations
From A. N. Rohl (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York); A. M. Langer (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York); I. J. Selikoff (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York); W. J. Nicholson (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York).
- Arthur M. Langer (author)
- W. J. Nicholson (author)
- A. N. Rohl (author)
- Irving J. Selikoff (author)
- Academic Press (named)
- McGraw-Hill, Inc (named)
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine (named)
- Science (journal) (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Anthophyllite Asbestos: The Fiber That Started It · Asbestos Exposure in Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters · Asbestos Joint Compound, Drywall Mud, and Texture Coatings · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Duty to Warn · Tremolite Asbestos: Talc, Vermiculite, and Libby.
About this copy
This is document UC-4957 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 3 pages. Production numbers UC-4957.
Cited by Barry Castleman
In Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005), which cites it in:
- Chapter 4 (Thresholds and Standards), p. 274, note 236
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A. N. Rohl (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York), A. M. Langer (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York), I. J. Selikoff (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York), W. J. Nicholson (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York). “Rohl, Langer, Selikoff and Nicholson, 'Exposure to Asbestos in the Use of Consumer Spackling, Patching, and Taping Compounds,' Science.” August 15, 1975. Union Carbide documents, UC-4957, Bates UC-4957. Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (published in Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-4957.
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