19 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 23, 1977
Harrison B. Rhodes to T. F. Carmody on House Bill H.R. 8689 and Union Carbide's Low-Profile Position (1977)
…it and that Johns-Manville had talked with the Tobacco Lobby. He asked for a Law Department commentary on the current version and said he planned to keep a very low profile position for Union Carbide.
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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 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 · 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 · 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 · October 31, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Draft SPE Paper on Consumer Safety in Asbestos-Containing Plastics (1977)
…fiber concentrations in tape-joint compound use, including Rohl data, Union Carbide commercial survey, and OSHA compliance data Table V and further data tables on fiber concentrations during wet-out, cleanup and consumer installations (some OCR…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 29, 1982
H. B. Rhodes to D. L. Haywood on Reporting Health and Safety Studies to EPA under TSCA Section 8(d), with Attached Mellon Institute Covers and King City Sputum Cytology Papers (1982)
Internal Metals Division memo from H. B. Rhodes listing the items the division had identified as potentially reportable under TSCA Section 8(d): two Mellon Institute asbestos reports, King City mill sputum cytology summaries, and a deposition by Dr.…
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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 · January 23, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to J. F. Collins, R. F. X. Fusaro, J. L. Myers and W. C. Thurber on the California Lobbying Agreement with Winner/Wagner and Associates, with Draft Agreement and Lobbyist Authorization Forms (1978)
…for comment, a proposed letter agreement under which Winner/Wagner & Associates would act as Union Carbide's legislative advocates in California on asbestos regulation during 1978. It notes the effort to obtain financial support from other…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 14, 1978
Harry Rhodes to T. F. Carmody and Others Transmitting Draft AIA/NA Response to OSHA Generic Standard Proposal (1978)
A handwritten cover note from Harry Rhodes of Calidria Asbestos sends recipients a draft Asbestos Information Association/North America (AIA/NA) response to OSHA's October 4, 1977 generic carcinogen standard proposal. The note asks for comments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 28, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to J. V. Murray on Dow Toxicology Literature, Transmitting Myers Plastics Paper, Talk Script and RG-244 Brochure (1975)
A cover memo from H. B. Rhodes to the UCC Law Department forwarding background on the Dow toxicology literature: John L. Myers's May 1974 SPE paper 'Chrysotile Asbestos in Plastics', an annotated script of Myers's October 1974 NACE talk, and the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 14, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne and Others Forwarding Dow's Toxicology Statement on Calidria RG-244 in Derakane Resin (1975)
Union Carbide internal memo, H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne and others, May 14, 1975, 'Dow Toxicology Statement' Dow Chemical U.S.A. letter, R. C. Simon to all Derakane resin field salesmen, April 5…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 4, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on OSHA Consulting Service in Louisiana, with Attached Newsletter Page (1978)
A one-paragraph internal memo from Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers saying a free, basically anonymous OSHA consulting service was available in Louisiana and suggesting customers in that state be told. The attached page from an occupational health…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 24, 1976
H. B. Rhodes to R. F. X. Fusaro, B. L. Ingalls and W. C. Thurber Transmitting Draft Laboratory Safety Manual on Asbestos (1976)
A one-paragraph internal memo from H. B. Rhodes sends a draft laboratory safety manual on asbestos to three recipients for review and comment, saying it was prepared at the request of the Chemical Safety Committee. Attached is a draft, dated…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 6, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to T. W. Carmody, R. F. X. Fusaro, J. L. Myers and W. C. Thurber on the AIA/NA Response to the OSHA Generic Standard Proposal (1978)
Internal Union Carbide memo from Harrison B. Rhodes forwarding the Asbestos Information Association/North America response to OSHA's proposed generic carcinogen standard. The memo says the aim was to keep AIA/NA in the hearings…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 15, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on the FDA Proposed Rulemaking on Asbestos Particles in Food and Drugs (1973)
Internal Union Carbide letter-memo in which H. B. Rhodes reviewed the FDA's proposed rulemaking on asbestos particles in food and drugs (Fed. Reg., Sept. 28, 1973) for W. C. Thurber. He said the rule…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 5, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on the N.Y. Academy of Sciences Asbestos Health Hazards Meeting (1978)
Memo from H. B. Rhodes reporting on his attendance at the 'Health Hazards of Asbestos Exposure' portion of the New York Academy of Sciences meeting in June 1978, and at industry meetings held alongside it. He sorted the meeting's key points into…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 14, 1976
H. B. Rhodes (signed by J. L. Myers) to W. C. Thurber on Oregon Occupational Health Regulations for Asbestos (1976)
Internal memo dated April 14, 1976, responding to Thurber's request, reviewing the State of Oregon occupational health regulations for asbestos. It states that Oregon follows the 1972 federal OSHA asbestos rules but applies many requirements…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 7, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on Revised EPA Asbestos Regulations and Waste Disposal Problems for Calidria Customers (1975)
Internal memo summarizing the EPA's revised asbestos regulations promulgated October 14, 1975, focusing on the rules for disposal of asbestos-containing waste, including empty asbestos bags. It describes the compliance problems these rules create…