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- Organization: Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Division
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 16, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr. and Others on OSHA Regulations for Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica (1975)
Internal memo from H. B. Rhodes of the "Calidria" Asbestos department reporting that NIOSH had sent OSHA its criteria document for a crystalline silica regulation. It describes the proposed regulation, says RG-144 and RG-244 were checked and no…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 15, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on FDA Proposed Rulemaking on Asbestos Particles in Food and Drugs (1973)
Internal correspondence from H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber giving comments on the FDA's proposed rulemaking on asbestos particles in food and drugs (Fed. Reg. Vol. 38, No. 188, Sept. 28, 1973). Rhodes assessed the effect on Calidria sales to paper…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 15, 1971
H. B. Rhodes to Terry Smith (W. R. Grace, Marco Chemical Div.) Transmitting Calidria RG-244 Putty and Gel Coat Test Summaries and Draft Sales Literature (1971)
Letter from H. B. Rhodes to Terry Smith of W. R. Grace's Marco Chemical Division summarizing a meeting in Miami and enclosing attachments on Calidria RG-244 use in polyester putties and gel coats. It discusses draft sales literature, putty test…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 18, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, G. L. Dickson, J. L. Myers and W. C. Thurber Transmitting Draft Reply to Amchem Products on Calidria Health Hazard, with Amchem Inquiry and Draft Letter (1975)
…Byrne, Dickson, Myers and Thurber, July 18, 1975, transmitting the draft Letter from W. P. Ellis, Amchem Products, to Union Carbide Metals Division, June 30, 1975, asking about health hazard of Calidria in adhesives and coatings
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 24, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on Advantages of Dust Controlled "Calidria" Products (1975)
…to dust-controlled Calidria products generally. It lists six advantages: reduced health risk, defense against product liability suits, a counter to union activity, OSHA and EPA compliance positions, and shipping savings. It asks counsel to review…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 4, 1971
H. B. Rhodes to F. J. McCarthy and R. E. Byrne on Pigmented Asbestos-Containing Systems, Docket 8093 (1971)
Internal memo summarizing conclusions of a meeting at Niagara Falls on pigmented asbestos-containing systems (Docket 8093). McCarthy was to review whether the docket covers the separate slurry technique, a list of foreign countries was to be…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 22, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to R. F. X. Fusaro on a Form Statement Regarding Carcinogens (1973)
Internal correspondence from H. B. Rhodes of the "Calidria" Asbestos department to the UCC Law Department. He wrote that a statement had been prepared about the carcinogenic substances listed in the Federal Register, and asked whether a form answer…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 4, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr., J. V. Murray, J. L. Myers and W. C. Thurber transmitting "Calidria" Asbestos Health and OSHA Information package (1975)
…No. 110, June 7, 1972: OSHA Standard for Exposure to Asbestos Dust Union Carbide Material Safety Data sheet for Chrysotile Asbestos, 'Calidria' (Sept. 1, 1972) Typical chemical and spectrographic analysis of Calidria asbestos RG-244 Telecommunications…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 24, 1972
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on Zero Dust Asbestos Pellets for Drilling Muds (1972), with H. B. Rhodes to Ken Campbell of Montello, Inc. on a Louisiana OSHA Complaint (1978)
A July 24, 1972 internal letter (pages 1-4) from H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers reports laboratory tests of moist, dust-free SVB (Supervisbestos) asbestos pellets for the drilling mud market, with two data tables, and proposes a shipping and field…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 16, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr. and Others on OSHA Regulations for Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica, with W. C. Thurber Memo to J. L. Myers on Customer Asbestos Data Sheets (1975)
A April 16, 1975 internal memo from H. B. Rhodes reported that NIOSH had sent OSHA its criteria document and recommended standard on crystalline silica. It attached a summary of the recommended standard (exposure limit, medical exams, warning…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 11, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr. and Others Transmitting Draft Letter to Dow Chemical on Toxicology and RG-244 (1975)
…medical examination requirements, and correcting a Dow technical service letter of October 16, 1974 that attributed a toxicology statement to Union Carbide. The exhibit also includes that Dow letter and an Asbestos Information Association pamphlet, 'Asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1973
T. P. Norris Call Report on U.S. Gypsum's Removal of T-135, and H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on the FDA Ban on Asbestos Garments (1973)
The exhibit combines a Union Carbide report of call on United States Gypsum Co. (Des Plaines, Ill.) with an internal memo from H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers. In the call report, Dr. Earl Maynard…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 3, 1974
H. B. Rhodes to R. F. X. Fusaro on the State of Minnesota Asbestos Act, with Fusaro's 1973 Reply and an Annotated Outline of the Act (1974)
A May 3, 1974 internal letter from H. B. Rhodes to the Law Department's R. F. X. Fusaro asked whether using an asbestos-containing material in a Minnesota building violates the state Asbestos Act if dust is released only years later, at demolition.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 23, 1972
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr. and Others Transmitting Product Information Questionnaire for Chrysotile Asbestos (1972)
…transmitting a Product Information Questionnaire prepared for a specific customer and said to be cleared by legal and medical staff in New York. The attached questionnaire gives Union Carbide's answers on chrysotile asbestos (Imcobest, Visbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 14, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to Sales and Management Staff on Revision of Emergency Temporary Standard on Certain Carcinogens and Customer Inquiries on Asbestos (1973)
Internal memo reporting that customers had asked whether asbestos is a carcinogen, a question tied to an OSHA regulation defining carcinogen by a list of fourteen organic compounds that does not include asbestos. It told recipients they could say…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 15, 1971
H. B. Rhodes to Terry Smith (Marco Chemical Div., W. R. Grace) on Calidria RG-244 Putty and Gel Coat Test Work (1971)
Letter from H. B. Rhodes to Terry Smith of Marco Chemical Div., W. R. Grace, summarizing a meeting and enclosing test memoranda on Calidria RG-244 and RG-110 compared with Cab-O-Sil in polyester putties and gel coats. It also encloses a draft sales…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 8, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on Inspection of RG-244 Calidria Bags with Tuck-In Sleeves at the Atlanta Warehouse (1973)
Internal correspondence reporting J. E. Walsh's inspection of four pallets of RG-244 Calidria asbestos in new bags with tuck-in sleeves at the Atlanta warehouse. It reports no loose material on any pallet, small amounts of pressed asbestos on 5 of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 10, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on Asbestos Types Used in Spray Tests Submitted on the California Marks Bill (1975)
A one-paragraph internal memo from H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber, with copies to J. L. Myers and the file, transmitting information on the type of asbestos used in tests submitted regarding the California Marks Bill. The memo states that the records…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 11, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on Asbestos-Containing Garments and the FDA Ban on General Use Garments (1973)
Internal memo from H. B. Rhodes on Calidria asbestos about the July 26, 1972 Federal Register ban on general use garments containing asbestos. It reports that the FDA rejected the AIA's and UCC's suggested wording and recommends getting an…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 31, 1974
H. B. Rhodes to G. L. Dickson, E. J. Kleber, T. P. Norris and J. E. Walsh on OSHA Inspections of Calidria Customers (1974)
Internal memo from H. B. Rhodes reporting five instances in which Calidria customers described what he called overzealous application of OSHA asbestos regulations by inspectors. It asks recipients to gather facts from customers using an attached…