8 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 26, 1977
Hans Weill, M.D., to Wendell B. Alcorn, Jr., on the Medical Literature Linking Asbestos and Lung Cancer (1977)
…judgment of how strong the evidence for an asbestosis/lung cancer association would appear to medical practitioners, from "possible" to "probable" to "proven." The first copy bears a Union Carbide Metals Division received stamp (Nov. 30…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 9, 1976
Asbestos Information Association Response to OSHA on the Proposed Revision of the Asbestos Standard, 29 CFR 1910 (Excerpts), with 1979 AIA Labelling Correspondence (1976)
Excerpts from the asbestos industry's April 1976 submission to OSHA opposing the proposed lowering of the asbestos exposure standard from 2 fibers/cc to 0.5 fibers/cc. It includes a transmittal letter, the task force chairman's summary and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 14, 1983
Testimony of Hans Weill, M.D., for the American Lung Association/American Thoracic Society on Public Responsibility in Asbestos-Related Diseases (1983)
Written testimony of Dr. Hans Weill before a U.S. House subcommittee on compensating workers with asbestos-related diseases. It criticizes tort litigation and state compensation systems, proposes national and regional expert panels, and attaches…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 21, 1981
Hans Weill, M.D., to John H. Marsh on the AIA Document on Diagnosis of Asbestosis (1981)
Letter from Dr. Hans Weill of Tulane University to John H. Marsh of Raybestos Manhattan stating that he reviewed the document on the diagnosis of asbestosis circulated to the Executive Committee of AIA. He wrote that he had no specific areas of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 15, 1976
R. H. Mereness (Asbestos Information Association) to Participants on Task Force Status and Forwarding of Hans Weill, M.D., Comments on the Proposed OSHA Asbestos Standard, with Weill Statement (1976)
A cover memo from the Asbestos Information Association's executive director describes the schedule for the industry's comment package to OSHA on the proposed revision of the asbestos standard (comment deadline April 9) and forwards Dr. Hans Weill's…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 15, 1976
R. H. Mereness (Asbestos Information Association) to Participants in Industry Response to OSHA Asbestos Proposal, Forwarding Dr. Hans Weill's Statement (1976)
A cover memo from the Asbestos Information Association's executive director describes the schedule for the industry's comments to OSHA on the proposed revision of the asbestos standard (comment deadline April 9) and forwards a statement by the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 18, 1986
Conference Packet for the Medical-Legal Conference on Asbestosis and COPD, West Virginia Thoracic Society (1986)
A packet from the October 18, 1986 Medical-Legal Conference on asbestosis and COPD in Charleston, West Virginia. It contains the conference cover, reprinted American Thoracic Society (ATS) News articles from 1981 and 1983, a reprinted article on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Hans Weill, Human Pulmonary Function Study (5 Years) on Occupational Isocyanate Exposure, with Discussion (conference paper, undated)
A conference paper and discussion transcript (printed pages 647-652) by Dr. Hans Weill summarizing a five-year NIOSH-supported study of lung function in workers at a TDI (toluene diisocyanate) manufacturing plant in southwest Louisiana. It reports…