7 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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AP News Clipping: Labor Department Warns of Asbestos Danger in Dry-Wall Joint Work
A clipped Associated Press news article reporting that the Labor Department, through OSHA chief John H. Stender, warned the construction industry that spackling and taping compounds used on dry-wall joints contain asbestos. It stated that sanding…
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Associated Press Clipping 'Asbestos Worker Sues 17 Firms' (Received Stamps for Carmody, Bayes, Browning) with Handwritten Asbestos Mortality Notes on Dr. John J. Welsh Stationery
Page 1 is a rotated newspaper clipping, Associated Press, reporting that a Greenville, S.C. construction worker filed a $2-million suit against 17 asbestos manufacturers, alleging they did not warn him of asbestos hazards. It carries 'RECEIVED'…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 9, 1980
Philadelphia Inquirer Articles on Steve McQueen's Mesothelioma and a New Jersey Teacher's Asbestos Claim (1980)
A newspaper page from the Philadelphia Inquirer carrying two articles. The first reports Dr. Irving Selikoff's statement that actor Steve McQueen's mesothelioma resulted from asbestos exposure. The second reports that a Somerville, N.J., teacher…
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Fox Chase Cancer Center Mesothelioma Information Sheet with Associated Press Article "Task force: No level of asbestos exposure is safe"
Two pages combining a Fox Chase Cancer Center information sheet on mesothelioma (anatomy, causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention) with an Associated Press news article reporting a federal task force's recommendation to lower the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 24, 1973
Niagara Falls Gazette (AP): 'Million deaths by 2,000 seen caused by asbestos' on Dr. Irving Selikoff's Senate Testimony (1973)
Newspaper clipping reporting that Dr. Irving Selikoff of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine told a Senate Commerce environmental subcommittee that about one million Americans would die by 2000 of asbestos-related diseases. The article also reports on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Associated Press Newspaper Clippings: Government Settles Tyler, Texas Asbestos Suit and HEW Estimates 20% of Cancer Deaths Tied to Jobs
A newspaper page with two Associated Press articles. The first reports that the federal government agreed to pay $5.75 million to settle its share of a suit by 445 asbestos workers at a Tyler, Texas plant co-owned by PPG Industries and Corning Glass…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 2, 1980
Wall Street Journal and Courier-Post Articles on Johns-Manville's Suit Against 27 Insurers and OSHA Citations Against DuPont (1980)
A page carrying two newspaper clippings. The Wall Street Journal item reports that Johns-Manville filed suit in San Francisco asking a court to define the duties of 27 insurers for asbestos-disease suits. The Courier-Post/AP item reports that OSHA…