B. L. Ingalls to Dennis P. Bridge (PPG Industries) Enclosing NRC Report 'Airborne Asbestos' and Discussing Calidria RG-244 in Polyester (1971)

Two-page letter from B. L. Ingalls of Union Carbide's Mining & Metals Division to a PPG Industries environmental control manager, following a phone conversation. It encloses the National Research Council report 'Airborne Asbestos', discusses asbestos hazards, and recommends ventilation or dust masks for customers handling Calidria. The exhibit's remaining pages (3-42) are the enclosed NRC Committee on Biologic Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants report on asbestos.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Letter from B. L. Ingalls (Union Carbide) to Dennis P. Bridge (PPG Industries), October 12, 1971, enclosing the NRC report and discussing asbestos hazards and Calidria RG-244 in polyester
• Pages 3-42: Enclosed National Research Council (Division of Medical Sciences) report 'Airborne Asbestos' by the Committee on Biologic Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants: committee and panel lists, preface, contents, chapters on pathogenicity, nonoccupational exposure, risk, sources, control, research needs, conclusions

People and organizations

From B. L. Ingalls (Manager - Eastern Region, Sales and Technical Service) to Mr. Dennis P. Bridge (Manager Environmental Control, PPG Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.).

• Blair L. Ingalls (author)
• Dennis P. Bridge (recipient)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Committee on Biologic Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants (named)
• Diamond International Corporation (named)
• DuPont (named)
• Harvard School of Public Health (named)
• Industrial Hygiene Foundation (named)
• Keene Corporation (named)
• Mount Sinai Hospital (named)
• National Research Council (named)
• PPG Industries (named)
• The Johns Hopkins University (named)
• U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) (named)
• University of California (named)
• University of Minnesota (named)
• University of Pittsburgh (named)
• University of Wisconsin (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Pennsylvania Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-5381 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 42 pages. Production numbers UCASB00180093 to UCASB00180094.