532 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 24 of 27
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 1968
Jeremiah R. Lynch and Howard E. Ayer, 'Measurement of Asbestos Exposure,' Journal of Occupational Medicine (1968)
Journal article by two U.S. Public Health Service researchers on methods of measuring airborne asbestos exposure in the context of a Public Health Service epidemiologic study of the asbestos products industry. It discusses the impinger method behind…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1965
Mesothelioma and Asbestos, Journal Article Excerpt, pp. 514-516 (1965)
Excerpt from a scientific journal, pages 514-516, with a section headed 'Mesothelioma and Asbestos'. It reviews 1965 literature on mesothelioma and asbestos bodies in the lung, the proposed research on asbestos fibre types and disease, and possible…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 1967
Donald Gould, "A Dangerous Dust," New Scientist (March 1967)
A magazine article by New Scientist editor Donald Gould on the health risks of asbestos, focusing on mesothelioma among London dockers and other exposed workers. It discusses asbestosis, bronchial carcinoma, the 1931 Asbestos Regulations, dust…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 1961
M. S. Badollet and N. W. Edgerton, 'The Magnetic Content of Asbestos by Magnetic Separation' (1961)
A four-page technical paper describing a method for measuring the magnetite content of chrysotile asbestos fiber by magnetic extraction, as an alternative to the standard magnetic rating test. It describes the apparatus and procedure, and compares…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 1967
W. Clark Cooper, 'Asbestos as a Hazard to Health: Fact and Speculation,' Archives of Environmental Health (1967)
A 1967 journal article by Dr. W. Clark Cooper, read at the American Academy of Occupational Medicine meeting in February 1967. It reviews evidence on asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma, animal studies and ferruginous bodies in lungs, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1964
Handbook of Reinforced Plastics of the Society of the Plastics Industry, by S. S. Oleesky and J. G. Mohr (1964)
Cover, title page, front matter, table of contents, and sampled pages and index of the 1964 Handbook of Reinforced Plastics of the Society of the Plastics Industry, a reference book on resins, reinforcements, molding, tooling, testing, design,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 1967
K. W. Nelson, 'Public Misconceptions of Air Quality,' Mining Congress Journal (1967)
A Mining Congress Journal article by K. W. Nelson of American Smelting and Refining Co. arguing that public concern about air pollution has outrun the facts, that air quality cannot be judged by sight, and that evidence of long-term health effects…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 1967
Norman E. Beach, Plastic Laminate Materials: Their Properties and Usage, Excerpts (1967)
Excerpts from a 1967 reference book on plastic laminate materials: the title page, the table of contents and preface, the copyright page with the opening of the preface, and pages 28-29 of the chapter on resins and reinforcements. The resins pages…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 10, 1968
M. C. Goodwin and G. Jagatic, Letter to the Editor, 'Asbestos and Mesothelioma' (JAMA, June 10, 1968)
A page from the Letters section of JAMA (Vol 204, No 11) containing a letter, 'Asbestos and Mesothelioma,' replying to an earlier letter on mesothelioma and asbestos. The authors reported mesothelioma cases in chrysotile workers and animal studies,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1968
Nature 'More on Asbestosis' and J.M.G. Davis's JAMA Letter 'Asbestos Bodies and Their Bioeffects' (1968)
Exhibit cover sheet followed by two published items on asbestos and disease. The first is an unsigned Nature note summarizing a British advisory panel's memorandum on asbestos risks, including asbestosis and mesothelioma. The second is a JAMA letter…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1966
E. R. Plunkett, Handbook of Industrial Toxicology, Title Page, Copyright Page and Asbestos Entry (1966)
Excerpt from the 1966 Handbook of Industrial Toxicology by E. R. Plunkett, M.D., consisting of the title page, copyright page, and pages 36-39 with the end of the arsine entry and the asbestos entry. The asbestos entry lists occupational exposures,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 1966
Chemical Week, "Asbestos: Awaiting 'Trial'" (1966)
A page from Chemical Week with a boxed list of sources of airborne asbestos and an article, "Asbestos: Awaiting 'Trial'", on possible federal limits on asbestos use because of health concerns. The article reports Public Health Service views on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 2, 1968
Two Items on Asbestos and Cancer: 'Ovary Cancer, Asbestos Link' (San Jose Mercury) and 'Asbestos and Mesothelioma' Letter by Godwin and Jagatic (JAMA) (1968)
Exhibit pairs a San Jose Mercury newspaper clipping (from the Los Angeles Times) reporting a San Diego American Cancer Society seminar where doctors linked asbestos to ovarian and lung cancer, with a page of JAMA letters to the editor from June 10,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1966
Kogan, Troitsky and Gulevskaya, On the Carcinogenic Effect of Asbestos Dust, Gigiena i Sanitariya (1966) (Russian original with English summary)
Russian-language journal article (Gigiena i Sanitariya 31(8):28-33) on lung cancer mortality among asbestos mill and mine workers in a Sverdlovsk-region town compared with the rest of the population, with conclusions, a reference list and an English…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1969
Table XIV: Asbestos Concentration by Operation (Asbestos Cement, Calcium Silicate Cutting, Spray Insulation), 1969 Data, Prepared by Reitze, Nicholson and Holaday
A single-page table (Table XIV) of average asbestos fiber levels, in fibers/ml, for personal and area samples taken in 1969 during asbestos cement work, cutting of calcium silicate block and pipe, and spraying insulation, with environmental…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 13, 1960
Lewinsohn, Capel and Smart, Changes in Forced Expiratory Volumes Throughout the Day, British Medical Journal (1960)
Reprint of a 1960 British Medical Journal article reporting spirometry on five healthy men and 16 male patients with obstructive airway disease over a 48-hour hospital stay. It reported that forced expiratory volume (F.E.V.) and forced vital…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 10, 1966
Chemical Week, "Asbestos: Awaiting 'Trial'" (1966)
A page from Chemical Week with the article "Asbestos: Awaiting 'Trial'" and a table of sources of airborne asbestos. The article says federal legislation may limit asbestos use because of health concerns, cites US Public Health Service and American…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 11, 1969
American National Standard Z88.2-1969, Practices for Respiratory Protection, with Appended Respirator Regulatory Outline Slides and Federal Register Notice (1969)
Copy of American National Standard Z88.2-1969, Practices for Respiratory Protection, approved August 11, 1969, distributed by Mine Safety Appliances Co. It sets out recommended requirements for respirator programs and covers hazard classification,…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · February 22, 1968
W. L. Ruff's Notes of a Manville Union-Management Meeting on Dust, Noise and Examination Results (1968)
What it shows The union's complaint, recorded in the company's own notes, concerns a practice that runs through J-M's earlier papers: not telling workers what their examinations showed (see Dr. Kenneth Smith…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · November 30, 1961
C. L. Sheckler to All Industrial Relations Managers on Union Requests for Dust Count Records (1961)
…M complied with state rules and had adopted the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists' Threshold Limit Values as its standard, and to report any request from a union, committee or individual to headquarters at once…