29 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 30, 1971
Union Carbide Call Reports on Glidden-Durkee Questions About Asbestos Toxicity and RG-244 (1971-1973)
Compilation of four Union Carbide call reports about Glidden-Durkee, a paint and resin maker, and its use of Calidria RG-244 asbestos. Glidden staff raised toxicity and liability concerns, discussed Union Carbide's asbestos toxicology…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 5, 1971
Union Carbide Call Reports on Baker Castor Oil Co. Use of RG-144 Calidria, Toxicology Information and Warning Labels (1971-1974)
Three Union Carbide customer call reports (1971, 1971, 1974) on Baker Castor Oil Co. of Bayonne, N.J., a user of RG-144 Calidria asbestos in thixotropic products. The reports record Baker's questions about toxicology…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Union Carbide Metals Division Call Reports and Reports of Call on Distributor Montello, Inc., Sand Springs and Tulsa, Oklahoma (1973-1984)
Compilation of Union Carbide customer call reports and reports of call on Montello, Inc., its distributor of Calidria asbestos to the oil-well drilling mud industry, dated 1973 to 1984. Several reports are duplicated. The reports…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1975
Union Carbide Call Reports and Dust-Test Letter on Stedfast Rubber Co. Dropping Asbestos (RG-144) in Vinyl Plastisols (1975)
Three Union Carbide call reports (1/21/75, 2/12/75, 4/7/75) on visits to Stedfast Rubber Co. of Mattapan, MA, a maker of vinyl compounds, and a May 30, 1975 letter sending Stedfast…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 5, 1971
Union Carbide Calidria Call Reports on Baker Castor Oil Co. and RG-144 Warning Labels (1971-1974)
Three Union Carbide Calidria call reports on telephone contacts with Baker Castor Oil Co. of Bayonne, N.J., a user of RG-144 chrysotile in thixotropic products. The reports (1971, 1971, 1974) cover the customer's…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 29, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr., B. L. Ingalls, J. L. Myers and W. C. Thurber on the 18th International Congress on Occupational Health, Brighton (1975)
Memo from H. B. Rhodes reporting on his attendance at the 18th International Congress on Occupational Health in Brighton, England, September 14-19, 1975. It summarizes papers and informal conversations on asbestos-related mesothelioma, lung cancer,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 22, 1971
J. E. Klein and H. B. Rhodes Call Report on Marco Chemical, Bartow, Florida (1971)
Report of a regular call on Marco Chemical of Bartow, Florida, a polyester resin maker and Calidria distributor. It covers production of RG-244 resin, a skin irritation problem among workers, complaints about a fast wet-out resin, and distributor…
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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 22, 1971
H. B. Rhodes Report of Call to Nylene Corp. (Mack Ogburn) on RG-144 in Reinforced Nylon (1971)
A Union Carbide report of a telephone call by H. B. Rhodes to Mack Ogburn of Nylene Corp., a maker of nylon molding compounds in Jenkinsville, S.C., following up on RG-144 in reinforced nylon…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 13, 1971
H. B. Rhodes Report of Call on Baker Castor Oil Co. Request for Toxicology Information on RG-144 (1971)
Report of a telephone call dated 7/13/71 in which H. B. Rhodes recorded a request from John Gayle of Baker Castor Oil Co., a maker of thix agents, for toxicology information. Baker was using moderate quantities of RG-144 in a thixotropic material…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 24, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on the Occurrence of Ultra-Fine Fibers in Calidria RG-244 Asbestos (1978)
Informal report No. 2196-64 describing a recount of 65 filters from 36 customer locations, collected 1973-1977, to determine whether ultra-fine fibers in Calidria RG-244 asbestos were new or previously missed. It reports that fiber counts of 20-40…
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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 · March 20, 1975
H. B. Rhodes Report of Call to General Motors Research Lab (Dr. W. Krebs) on Fiber Counting Methods for Ground Plastic Samples (1975)
…of counting and identifying fibers in air samples from spraying and grinding of Calidria-containing plastic. It describes GM's optical and SEM procedure, compares it with Union Carbide's approach, and recommends that K. S…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 28, 1970
J. E. Skvarla and H. B. Rhodes Call Report on Permutit Co. Inquiry About Asbestos for Oil Removal from Recycled Water (1970)
Call report on a telephone call from Hans Lundgren of Permutit Co. (Paramus, N.J.), who was preparing a proposal on using asbestos to remove emulsified oil from recycled demineralized water in a PVC-PVA manufacturing operation. Skvarla agreed to…
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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 · February 22, 1984
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on MSDS and Product Label for the Asbestos Alteration Product, Synthetic Olivine, with Draft Data Sheet and Label (1984)
…Material Safety Data Sheet for Synthetic Olivine (draft 2/6/84, effective date March 1, 1984), Union Carbide Metals Division, Danbury, CT Draft product label 'Forsterite' with caution statement on dust irritation (Attachment 1) Memo, H…
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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 · October 16, 1974
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on Dr. C. S. Thompson's Visit to Niagara Falls: Silica Criteria, Talc Exemption and Fiber Counting (1974)
Memorandum reporting an informal October 10, 1974 visit by Dr. C. S. Thompson to the Niagara Falls laboratories. It covers the pending NIOSH silica criteria document, the status of the talc exemption from OSHA asbestos regulations, and disagreement…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1974
H. B. Rhodes Transmittal and Report 'Supervisbestos: A Review of Product Quality Trends and Competitive Market Position' (1974)
A one-page internal memo from H. B. Rhodes transmitting a 1974 report on Supervisbestos, the Calidria asbestos mud additive sold for oil well drilling through Montello. The report reviews product quality trends from 1971 to 1974 and the competitive…