23 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to W. N. Johnson on Gravimetric vs. Fiber-Count Evaluation of Asbestos (1972)
Confidential internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to W. N. Johnson of Mining & Metals about using a gravimetric (weight) system to evaluate asbestos. It reports that a brief trial at King City found no…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 21, 1970
C. U. Dernehl to C. E. Metten on the Toxicity of Calidria Asbestos (1970)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the Associate Medical Director to C. E. Metten on the toxicity of Calidria asbestos. It describes an injection test in rats and rabbits comparing Calidria with a standard long fibre asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 5, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. on Air Samples Taken at the King City South Fence Line (1973)
Internal letter marked CONFIDENTIAL in which the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer reported air samples he collected on October 24, 1973 at the south fence line of the King City site. He gave fiber counts of 0.16 and 0.12 fibers/ml (5…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 6, 1972
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison on Dust Counts of Air Samples Collected at King City (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked CONFIDENTIAL from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City mill, reporting airborne fiber counts from samples taken October 18-19, 1972. It compares 25 mm and 47…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 11, 1975
L. J. LaPrance to W. J. Ziemba on Asbestos and Carbon Fiber Air Sampling at the Tarrytown Technical Center (1975)
…amines and fish toxicity, computer data room noise) Union Carbide Chemicals Division laboratory manual industrial hygiene method for determining amines in air (gas chromatography), enclosure Photocopied reference table on amines and amino compounds and their effects…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 1, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to J. L. Myers on Asbestos Dust Exposure Study at American Biltrite, Los Angeles (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer reporting a May 24, 1972 air-sampling study at American Biltrite Co., Los Angeles, of asbestos dust exposure in vinyl floor tile production. It…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 15, 1976
John J. Welsh, M.D., to F. H. Larrison, Jr., on Procedure for Employees with Work-Aggravated Lung Conditions (1976)
Internal Union Carbide letter from the Medical Department to the Metals Division at King City replying to a March 22 letter. It relays advice from Corporate Employee Relations on handling an employee found to have a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 15, 1976
Two Letters from John J. Welsh, M.D., on an Asbestos Plant Inspection by Dr. W. Clark Cooper and on Handling Employees with Work-Aggravated Lung Conditions (1976)
Two letters dated April 15, 1976 from Union Carbide's Corporate Medical Director. The first invites Dr. W. Clark Cooper of Equitable Environmental Health to inspect the King City asbestos plant and report with recommendations at…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 4, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. Transmitting Fiber Counts from King City Air Samples (1973)
Confidential internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, transmitting a tabulation of fiber counts from air samples collected November 13 and 14, 1973. It states that time weighted averages were…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 23, 1975
L. J. LaPrance to R. P. Wooldridge on Asbestos Air Sampling in Acetylene Cylinder Operations, Linde Speedway Factory (1975)
Letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygienist reporting phase contrast microscopy results for eleven air samples taken for asbestos in the second quarter of 1975 in the Linde acetylene cylinder operations at Speedway Factory. The letter…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 31, 1970
C. U. Dernehl to C. E. Martan on Toxicity of Calidria Asbestos (1970)
Memo from the Medical Department's Associate Medical Director on the toxicity of Calidria asbestos. It reports that Calidria injected intraperitoneally into rats and rabbits was slightly more fibrogenic than a standard long fibre asbestos. It…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 22, 1973
K. S. Lane (Medical Department) to Robert F. X. Fusaro on Review of Calidria Safe-Use Study Against the NIOSH Criteria Document (1973)
Internal letter from the Medical Department to the Law Department commenting on the Mining & Metals Division's seven-page report "The Safe Use of Calidria RG-244" and its six-page slide presentation. The letter compares the report's statements on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 5, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. on Air Fiber Counts at the King City South Fence Line (1973)
Internal letter marked Confidential in which the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer reported fiber counts from air samples collected at the south fence line of the King City plant on October 24, 1973. Two samples read 0.16 and 0.12…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 4, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. Transmitting Fiber Counts from King City Air Samples (1973)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked Confidential, sent from the Medical Department to the King City plant, transmitting a tabulation of fiber counts from air samples collected at King City on November 13 and 14, 1973. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 21, 1970
C. U. Dernehl to C. E. Metten on Toxicity of Calidria Asbestos (1970)
Internal correspondence from the Medical Department's Associate Medical Director to C. E. Metten about the toxicity of Calidria asbestos. It describes a rat and rabbit intraperitoneal injection test comparing Calidria with standard long fibre…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 14, 1971
Paul W. McDaniel to J. L. Myers on EPA's Expected Listing of Asbestos as a Hazardous Material (1971)
Internal correspondence from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to J. L. Myers of the Mining & Metals Division on toxicology. It discusses the expected listing of asbestos by EPA as a hazardous material, states that asbestos is a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 11, 1975
L. J. LaFrance to W. J. Ziemba Summarizing August 1975 Industrial Hygiene Findings at the Tarrytown Site, with Attached Amine Air Method and Fish Toxicity Table (1975)
…amine/fish toxicity, computer room noise) Union Carbide Chemicals Division Laboratory Manual industrial hygiene method for determining amines in air (gas chromatography), August 1968 Attached table of amines and amino compounds and their effects on fish…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to W. N. Johnson on Gravimetric vs. Fiber-Count Evaluation of Asbestos Dust (1972)
A two-page internal letter, marked Confidential, from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to W. N. Johnson of Mining & Metals. It states that the Medical Department did not favor a gravimetric (weight) system for evaluating…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 9, 1970
C. U. Dernehl to J. A. Riddle on Asbestos in Cigarette Paper and Filters, with Attached Calidria Asbestos Toxicology Report (1970)
A September 1970 internal Union Carbide letter from the Associate Medical Director to J. A. Riddle at King City. It states that he and Dr. Lane viewed the use of asbestos in cigarette paper and filters…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 15, 1976
Medical Department to F. H. Larrison, Jr. on June 9, 1976 Industrial Hygiene Survey at King City (1976)
Internal correspondence from the Union Carbide Medical Department to the King City plant, marked Business Confidential, reporting on an industrial hygiene survey made on June 9, 1976. The writer reviewed the environmental dust evaluation program and…