10 results for “Owens-Corning Fiberglas”
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · June 28, 1966
F. J. Solon Jr. to Dr. Kenneth W. Smith Asking for Records on Cancer Among J-M Workers (1966)
…He pointed to an Owens-Corning study of 1,400 workers as an example of "a strong and convincing piece of evidence in their favor." The memo shows that J-M's repeated assurances of low…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · July 25, 1950
Arthur J. Vorwald and J. P. Woodard on Shipping Asbestos in Burlap Bags (1950)
…suggested the use of paper containers for asbestos fiber, comparable to those used for diatomaceous earth, as an improvement from a hygiene perspective. Problem was brought to Vorwald's attention by medical director of Owens-Illinois.
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · June 21, 1933
Vandiver Brown to C. B. Belknap on the New Jersey Rock Wool Silicosis Transcripts (1933)
…of Owens-Illinois. In Johns-Manville's chronology Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows: On 6/21/33, Vandiver Brown sent to C.B. Belknap, Esq. (Owens…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · August 22, 1956
H. M. Jackson to Dr. R. E. Joyner of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals on Superex and Thermobestos Insulation (1956)
…particles. That letter is not in this file, which holds only the first letter, the one saying Thermobestos contained expanded perlite. Related documents Arthur J. Vorwald to Owens-Illinois on Kaylo Causing Asbestosis in Animals (1948)
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 1976
Handwritten Note from "Betty" to "Jim" on Owen Hall's Disability Retirement (1976)
…and that page 2 mentions "avoidance behavior" toward Myron Janke, a foreman who died of lung cancer. No such passage is in this file, whose three pages concern only Owen Hall's application for disability retirement.
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · May 14, 1952
H. M. Jackson to All Plant Managers on Caution Labels for Celite (1952)
…Diatomaceous Earth." It opens: "Recent research and medical studies indicate that there is a potential health hazard in the use of Diatomaceous Earth under conditions of prolonged exposure at high concentrations." Bagged products from Lompoc were…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 22, 1952
Johns-Manville President's Bulletin No. 101 Creating the Job of Medical Director (1952)
…Medical Director." It opens: "The men and women who make up the Johns-Manville organization are the company's most valuable asset," and says the company's growth and constantly changing materials and processes "present problems…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · October 22, 1957
J-M Industrial Insulations to the National Sanitation Foundation Testing Laboratory on Marinite 36 (1957)
…whether or not Marinite 36 is toxic," and encloses a brochure. It describes Marinite as both a structural and an insulating material, widely used to build ovens, driers and other heated equipment, including "a cookie oven."
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · January 24, 1958
Dr. Kenneth Smith and the J-M Research Center on Free Silica in Finished Products (1958–1959)
…at the Zelienople, Pennsylvania, brick plant were "converted in the ovens to crystobalite," which "would affect the employees who saw and package the brick." The study took over a year. In July 1959 Hugh M. Jackson…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · February 1965
Kenneth W. Smith, "Asbestos and Cancer," Talk to J-M's Industrial Relations Managers (1965)
…"Health Projects," which opens "internally in Johns-Manville we have numerous potential health hazards" and closes "Nowhere in Johns-Manville have I seen any concrete evidence that this association does exist." In Johns-Manville's chronology…