13 results for “General Electric”
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Company document · Asbestos Textile Institute documents · January 3, 1974
Letter from R. H. Mereness (Asbestos Information Association/North America) to Doris M. Fagan, Asbestos Textile Institute, with ATI General Meeting Excerpts (1974)
…minutes on affiliation with AIA/NA, National Safety Council offer and meeting programs (OCR poor) Remarks of R. H. Mereness to ATI General Meeting, February 1974, on AIA/NA activities and OSHA standard rewrite (OCR poor)
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 23, 1976
Harrison B. Rhodes (Asbestos Information Association) to Al Libra (California Manufacturer's Association) on California Carcinogen Registration and Avoiding an Asbestos 'Scare Campaign' (1976)
Letter transmitting an information package on asbestos to the California Manufacturer's Association's general counsel after a San Francisco meeting. It discusses California's registration and exemption proposals for carcinogens, expresses concern about a public…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · 1975
Asbestos Information Association, Asbestos and Health: Questions & Answers (1975)
…a substantial period of time. 3) There is presently no evidence of hazard to the general public from exposure to the minute amounts of asbestos that may be present in community air. Related documents W. A…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 12, 1973
Asbestos Information Association/North America (M. M. Swetonic) to Richard Wilkins on Proposed California Asbestos Safety Order, Section 5208 (1973)
…s Division of Industrial Safety commenting on the proposed new Safety Order, Section 5208, on asbestos. It supports the proposed standards in general and recommends changes to sections on measurement, tools, enclosure and ventilation, respiratory protection…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1975
Asbestos Information Association/North America, Recommended Work Practices: Fabrication and Use of Asbestos Paper Products
…products and operations, summary of OSHA standard, general and specific recommendations, personal hygiene Appendix A: OSHA Standard for Exposure to Asbestos Dust (29 CFR 1910.1001), Federal Register reprint Appendix B: USPHS/NIOSH Membrane Filter Method…
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Company document · Asbestos Information Association documents · October 27, 1971
William P. Raines to F. J. Schlink, Editor of Consumer Bulletin, on the "Hidden Dangers in the Air We Breathe" Article (1971)
…hazards. It stated that asbestos health risks are basically occupational, that no evidence showed a hazard to the general public from community air, and cited a British factory study and a Quebec study of asbestos workers.
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Company document · Asbestos Information Association documents · October 26, 1971
W. P. Raines (AIA/NA) to Washington Post Managing Editor Eugene Patterson on the National Research Council Asbestos Story (1971)
…1971 story on the National Research Council's asbestos dust recommendations. It said the story wrongly stated that asbestos poses a hazard to the general public, and that the industry agreed with the Council's facts…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · November 5, 1970
Minutes of the Formation and First Board Meetings of the Asbestos Information Association/North America (1970)
…Asbestos Information Association/North America "to inform the public concerning the facts about the asbestos/health problem." They named Harold McNabb of Certain-Teed chairman and Raines secretary, had J-M's general counsel H. M…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 3, 1975
Asbestos Information Association/North America, Draft Recommended Work Practices for Asbestos Products Manufacture and Fabrication, with OSHA Asbestos Standard Appendices (1975)
…reinforced plastic products and paper products. Each booklet summarizes the OSHA asbestos standard (29 CFR 1910.93a), gives general and specific recommendations on dust control, housekeeping and personal hygiene, and reproduces the standard as published in…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 15, 1972
Asbestos Information Association/North America (M. M. Swetonic) to the Editor of The Wall Street Journal Objecting to Barry Newman's Asbestos Article (1972)
…its treatment of brake lining dust, Dr. Selikoff's predictions, general public exposure, asbestos-containing coats and a quote from a Johns-Manville official. It asks that the letter be printed, that the paper print an…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · 1974
Asbestos Information Association/North America, Asbestos and Health Booklet (1974)
…been found with exposure only to chrysotile. It quoted the 1972 Lyon conference that there was "no evidence of a risk to the general public at present" from mesothelioma, and described research the industry was funding…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · June 24, 1978
Asbestos Information Association Press Release on a Safe Level of Asbestos Exposure (1978)
…dated 6/24/78, regarding asbestos-related disease. "Asbestos represents no health risk to the general public ... Based on medical evidence to date, the asbestos industry believes that the present federal exposure standard of two fibers…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · January 25, 1978
Asbestos Information Association Technical Committee Papers and Draft Letter Selling the Enterline Study (1978)
…in the context of an existing attorney-client privilege," and said Enterline and his colleagues had worked "under our general direction and supervision." It also offered counsel's June 1977 "State of the Art" draft memorandum…