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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 29, 1974
Molding Material Minutes of January 10, 1974 Meeting, Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics, to C. F. Martino, P. B. Potter and G. R. Stringer (1974)
…Carey asbestos with Calidria in heat resistant and impact materials, citing higher formulation costs and added investment. It also reports on asbestos reduction or elimination in general purpose materials and the withdrawal from an automotive application.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 26, 1979
Cal/OSHA Standards Board Summary of April 26, 1979 Fresno Public Hearing, with Excerpts from 'A History of Union Carbide Corporation' (1979)
…of Union Carbide. The hearing summary covers proposed standards on asbestos spraying, the general industry asbestos order (Section 5208) and lead, and records comments by Union Carbide representatives John Myers and Harry Rhodes. The history excerpts…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1979
G. W. Bott (Technical Center IH Group) to M. E. Perry on Asbestos Exposure Survey of Cutting Asbestos Sheet Products in the Services Machine Shop, Building 704 (1979)
…shop on July 30, August 1 and August 4, 1979. It reports the fiber counts measured, gives general and specific recommendations on dust control, housekeeping and hygiene, and attaches a summary of the OSHA asbestos standard.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 19, 1971
D. H. Reed, Technical Service Report on the Use of Calidria SG-210 Asbestos in Dry or Ready-Mix Tape Joint Compounds (1971)
…gives guidance on substituting Calidria for Canadian asbestos, a table of typical product characteristics, three suggested ready-mix formulations (bedding coat, general purpose, topping) and a chart of absorption data. The report does not discuss health.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 3, 1972
K. G. Brink to Plant Letter Lists: Procedure for Removal of Asbestos Insulation (1972)
…lists, signed by K. G. Brink, on removing asbestos insulation within OSHA limits. It sets minimum and maximum respirator and protective requirements, rules for bagging, labeling and disposing of scrap, and general considerations for the work.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 26, 1979
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on EPA Study of Asbestos-Related Disease in California Asbestos Mining Counties (1979)
…with copies to four others, forwarding an EPA request for contractor bids on a study of asbestos-related diseases in the general population (ambient air) of California asbestos mining counties. Rhodes commented on the study protocol…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 21, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to Edmund M. Fenner (Johns-Manville) Enclosing King City Employee Letter Draft and Field Representative Briefing Package (1978)
…plant and a briefing package for field representatives. Rhodes wrote that Union Carbide was not planning a general customer mailing but would respond to questions as they arose, and asked that J-M give prior review…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 9, 1973
Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. to E. S. Prochnik Forwarding Newspaper Articles on Dr. Selikoff's Senate Testimony and the King City Asbestos Operation (1973)
…The memo says a Californian reporter sought Union Carbide's comment on the testimony and was told the company had no comment, though the problems in general, the company's concern and its actions were discussed…
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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 · Union Carbide documents · April 12, 1978
Edward J. Kleber Customer Call Report on Dolphin Paint, Toledo, Ohio, Marine Bedding Compound and RG-244 Trials (1978)
…looking product, but Dolphin did not want to change the appearance. It also says a program to replace Cab-O-Sil with RG-244 in a General Motors sealant failed because of viscosity and thixotropy requirements.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 22, 1977
R. A. Huber to Distribution List on Guidance for Compliance with EPA Asbestos Regulation (1977)
…removal and disposal practices, EPA notification timing and offices, and suggested notification letter text Form of Notification of intent to demolish or renovate structures involving friable asbestos insulation General notes on friable asbestos, notification, OSHA overlap…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 13, 1979
Edward J. Kleber Customer Call Report on Interplastic, Minneapolis, Covering OSHA Citation and Calidria Concerns (1979)
…objective of account maintenance. It records discussions of bulk handling work with RG-244 and Aerosil, an OSHA citation and $48.00 fine concerning medicals, and the general manager's statement that Interplastic might drop "Calidria".
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 18, 1972
John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson Transmitting Draft Interim Toxicology Report on Asbestos for Customer Mailing (1972)
…Calidria's version of a proposed interim toxicology report and asks him to obtain management, medical and legal approvals for a general customer mailing. The exhibit also holds an undated cover letter 'To Our Customers' and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 13, 1975
J. E. Walsh Call Report on Bruning Paint (Bob Walters), Pompano Beach, Florida, on Asbestos Toxicology and OSHA Rules (1975)
…protective coatings, where he spoke with Bob Walters, V.P. and General Manager. The report says the call became a discussion of toxicology and OSHA regulations, that Walters believed asbestos use in paint was banned, and…
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Company document · Asbestos Information Association documents · April 26, 1973
Harold F.X. Plate to CCM Salesmen, Distributors and Customers on Asbestos & Health, Bulletin No. 401, with Attached Press Release (1973)
…NA material. The attached release, issued under Matthew Swetonic's name, reported that a WHO/IARC advisory committee found asbestos dust in the general environment did not endanger the public, and summarized the committee's conclusions.
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Company document · Asbestos Information Association documents · 1976
J. C. Gilson, 'Asbestos Cancers as an Example of the Problem of Comparative Risks' (1976)
…and comparative occupational risks. He concluded that risks to the general public were likely to be negligible and that stopping cigarette smoking was of paramount importance. The copy carries an Asbestos Information Association/North America stamp…
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Company document · Asbestos Textile Institute documents · August 1970
John A. Bettes, Jr., "The History of the Asbestos Textile Industry in the United States," Serialized in ASBESTOS Magazine (1970-1972)
…Mattison Company (Feb. 1971) Chapter VI: Garlock Incorporated (Mar. 1971) Chapter VII: General Asbestos & Rubber Company (Apr. 1971) Chapter VIII: The Raybestos Company and Chapter IX: Mikesell Brothers Company (May 1971) Not sent; intervening chapters not…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1971
Electron diffraction patterns of U.I.C.C. asbestos samples
…electron diffraction patterns was studied using a double-tilt stage. Rotation did not have a nurked effect on the general pattern of weak and strong spectra. It has been shown that electron diffraction nlethod may ha…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1976
A hazardous society? Individual versus community responsibility in cancer prevention. Third annual Matthew B. Rosenhaus Lecture
…Citing earlier studies, the author stated that non-smokers in the asbestos industry had not been shown to have an appreciable lung cancer risk compared with the general population, but did show an increased risk of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1972
Chemical characterization of asbestos body cores by electron microprobe analysis
…show no marked chemical degradation even after prolonged biologic residence, whereas chrysotile asbestos cores are markedly degraded. Cores of asbestos bodies from the general population, from individuals with no known exposure, may consist of degraded chrysotile…