23 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1978
P. H. Cooper, J. E. Day, C. A. Kennedy and H. C. Lewinsohn, 'Dust Control in a Conventional Asbestos Textile Factory,' Paper for the 5th International Conference on Pneumoconiosis, Caracas (1978)
Conference paper by four Raybestos-Manhattan authors describing how the company cut dust in its asbestos textile plant at Marshville between 1969 and 1977. It covers the history of asbestos exposure standards, the plant's pre-1969 condition, the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1974
H. C. Lewinsohn, 'Early Malignant Changes in Pleural Plaques Due to Asbestos Exposure: A Case Report', Brit. J. Dis. Chest (1974)
Journal article reporting the case of a man who worked in a Rochdale asbestos textile factory and died in 1970 of malignant mesothelioma. The autopsy found tumour nodules arising from pleural plaques. The article gives his work and medical history,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 1977
H. C. Lewinsohn, "Asbestosis — A Diagnostic Enigma: A Personal View," Journal of Occupational Medicine (1977)
A four-page journal article in which the author reviews how asbestosis is diagnosed: occupational exposure history, physical signs, radiological changes and lung function tests. It discusses British asbestos regulations from 1931 and 1969,…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · July 31, 1978
Hilton C. Lewinsohn and Harrison B. Rhodes on Medical Surveillance in the AIA Industry Statement (1978)
…titled "Asbestos International Association Detailed Statement of the Industry's Position in Relation to Asbestos and Health Problems," prepared by Harrison B. Rhodes (Technology Manager, Union Carbide), 7/31/78. The draft includes comments by Dr…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 28, 1978
Hilton C. Lewinsohn to Fernard Lincoln, Telex on the Regulatory Status of Asbestos-Containing Talc, with Lincoln's Query (1978)
A March 28, 1978 telex from Hilton C. Lewinsohn to Fernard Lincoln summarizes the status of FDA, OSHA, NIOSH and EPA actions on asbestos in talc, and says he is mailing excerpts and summaries of related reports. The second page is Lincoln's earlier…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 5, 1979
H. C. Lewinsohn, Medical Intervention and the Prevention of Asbestos-Related Disease, Working Paper for the Asbestos International Association Medical Advisory Panel (1979)
Working paper by a Raybestos-Manhattan physician for discussion at a March 1979 meeting of the Asbestos International Association's Medical Advisory Panel. It outlines the purpose, objectives and methods of pre-placement, periodic and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 1, 1979
Hilton C. Lewinsohn (Raybestos-Manhattan) Statement to House Subcommittee on Labor Standards on Asbestos-Related Diseases and H.R. 2740 (1979)
Written statement by Raybestos-Manhattan's corporate medical director for a May 1, 1979 House subcommittee hearing on asbestos-related diseases and their compensation. It summarizes the asbestos diseases, sets out diagnostic criteria for asbestosis,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1977
Peto, Doll, Howard, Kinlen and Lewinsohn, 'A mortality study among workers in an English asbestos factory' (1977)
Reprint of a 1977 British Journal of Industrial Medicine article reporting a mortality follow-up through 1974 of workers at an English asbestos textile factory. It reports excess lung cancer, mesothelioma and non-malignant respiratory disease deaths…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 14, 1979
Hilton C. Lewinsohn, Surveillance of High-Risk Groups Exposed to Asbestos in the United States, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1979)
Reprint of a 1979 paper (vol. 330, pp. 533-540) by Hilton C. Lewinsohn of Raybestos Manhattan on medical surveillance of asbestos-exposed worker groups in the United States. It defines asbestos types and risk, presents tables of cancer and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1972
CIBA-GEIGY Review 1972/2: Special Issue on Asbestos (Nature, Mining, Textiles, Building Products, Plastics, Occupational Health)
Issue of CIBA-GEIGY's quarterly Review (1972/2) devoted to asbestos, with articles on its history and mineralogy, mining and milling, textiles and friction materials, asbestos-cement and sprayed building products, reinforced plastics and papers, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1979
G. Berry et al., Asbestosis: A Study of Dose-Response Relationships in an Asbestos Textile Factory, British Journal of Industrial Medicine (1979)
Journal article reporting a follow-up of men who had worked at least 10 years at an English asbestos textile factory, where the asbestos was mainly chrysotile with some crocidolite. It relates crepitations, 'possible asbestosis', certified…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1972
H. C. Lewinsohn and S. Holmes, 'Occupational health factors in the United Kingdom,' CIBA-GEIGY Review (1972)
A magazine article by two Turner & Newall / Turner Brothers physicians describing UK occupational health controls for asbestos dust. It discusses asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma, the Asbestos Industry Regulations 1931 and Asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1975
H. C. Lewinsohn, The Surveillance of Asbestos Textile Workers in relation to the Environmental Background during Forty Years of Change at TBA Industrial Products Ltd (1975)
A conference paper, with appended discussion, by H. C. Lewinsohn of TBA Industrial Products Ltd reviewing 40 years of dust control and medical surveillance of asbestos textile workers at its Rochdale factory. It reports 27 confirmed mesothelioma…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1974
Hilton C. Lewinsohn, 'Health Hazards of Asbestos: A Review of Recent Trends' (1974)
Reprint of a 1974 journal review article by Hilton C. Lewinsohn summarizing research since 1966 on the health effects of asbestos. It covers fibre physics and chemistry, experimental pathology, and epidemiology, including asbestosis, lung cancer and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1974
Hilton C. Lewinsohn, 'Health Hazards of Asbestos: A Review of Recent Trends,' Journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine (1974)
Reprint of a 1974 review article on the health effects of asbestos by the chief medical officer of TBA Industrial Products. The exhibit holds the cover page and four later pages, which cover fibre size and deposition in the lung, experimental…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1979
Berry, Gilson, Holmes, Lewinsohn and Roach, 'Asbestosis: a study of dose-response relationships in an asbestos textile factory', British Journal of Industrial Medicine (1979)
Journal article reporting a follow-up of 379 men who had worked at least 10 years at an English asbestos textile factory, relating crepitations, possible and certified asbestosis, chest radiograph findings and lung function to dust exposure levels.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 5, 1977
C. C. Evans, H. C. Lewinsohn and June M. Evans, 'Frequency of HLA Antigens in Asbestos Workers With and Without Pulmonary Fibrosis', British Medical Journal (1977)
Reprint of a British Medical Journal article reporting a study of HLA antigens in 37 asbestos textile workers with asbestosis and 37 matched exposed workers without pulmonary fibrosis, compared with white-collar workers and blood donors. The authors…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 14, 1979
G. Berry and H. C. Lewinsohn, Dose-Response Relationships for Asbestos-Related Disease: Implications for Hygiene Standards, Part I. Morbidity, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1979)
Reprint of a journal article reporting a morbidity study of 392 men who worked at an asbestos textile factory in northern England. It relates estimated dust levels and cumulative exposure to crepitations, lung function, chest radiograph findings and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1978
P. H. Cooper, J. E. Day, C. A. Kennedy and H. C. Lewinsohn, Dust Control in a Conventional Asbestos Textile Factory, Paper for the 5th International Conference on Pneumoconiosis (1978)
Conference paper by four Raybestos-Manhattan authors describing how dust was reduced at the company's asbestos textile plant at Marshville, using enclosures, exhaust ventilation, wetting of yarns, and work practices. It reviews the history of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 14, 1979
G. Berry and H. C. Lewinsohn, Dose-Response Relationships for Asbestos-Related Disease: Implications for Hygiene Standards, Part I. Morbidity (1979)
Reprint of a journal article reviewing morbidity data from an asbestos textile factory in northern England, relating dust levels and cumulative exposure to crepitations, lung function, chest radiograph findings and 'possible asbestosis'. It…