9 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1978
P. H. Cooper, J. E. Day, C. A. Kennedy and H. C. Lewinsohn, 'Dust Control in a Conventional Asbestos Textile Factory,' Paper for the 5th International Conference on Pneumoconiosis, Caracas (1978)
Conference paper by four Raybestos-Manhattan authors describing how the company cut dust in its asbestos textile plant at Marshville between 1969 and 1977. It covers the history of asbestos exposure standards, the plant's pre-1969 condition, the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 1977
H. C. Lewinsohn, "Asbestosis — A Diagnostic Enigma: A Personal View," Journal of Occupational Medicine (1977)
A four-page journal article in which the author reviews how asbestosis is diagnosed: occupational exposure history, physical signs, radiological changes and lung function tests. It discusses British asbestos regulations from 1931 and 1969,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1977
Peto, Doll, Howard, Kinlen and Lewinsohn, 'A mortality study among workers in an English asbestos factory' (1977)
Reprint of a 1977 British Journal of Industrial Medicine article reporting a mortality follow-up through 1974 of workers at an English asbestos textile factory. It reports excess lung cancer, mesothelioma and non-malignant respiratory disease deaths…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1979
G. Berry et al., Asbestosis: A Study of Dose-Response Relationships in an Asbestos Textile Factory, British Journal of Industrial Medicine (1979)
Journal article reporting a follow-up of men who had worked at least 10 years at an English asbestos textile factory, where the asbestos was mainly chrysotile with some crocidolite. It relates crepitations, 'possible asbestosis', certified…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1979
Berry, Gilson, Holmes, Lewinsohn and Roach, 'Asbestosis: a study of dose-response relationships in an asbestos textile factory', British Journal of Industrial Medicine (1979)
Journal article reporting a follow-up of 379 men who had worked at least 10 years at an English asbestos textile factory, relating crepitations, possible and certified asbestosis, chest radiograph findings and lung function to dust exposure levels.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 14, 1979
G. Berry and H. C. Lewinsohn, Dose-Response Relationships for Asbestos-Related Disease: Implications for Hygiene Standards, Part I. Morbidity, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1979)
Reprint of a journal article reporting a morbidity study of 392 men who worked at an asbestos textile factory in northern England. It relates estimated dust levels and cumulative exposure to crepitations, lung function, chest radiograph findings and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1978
P. H. Cooper, J. E. Day, C. A. Kennedy and H. C. Lewinsohn, Dust Control in a Conventional Asbestos Textile Factory, Paper for the 5th International Conference on Pneumoconiosis (1978)
Conference paper by four Raybestos-Manhattan authors describing how dust was reduced at the company's asbestos textile plant at Marshville, using enclosures, exhaust ventilation, wetting of yarns, and work practices. It reviews the history of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 14, 1979
G. Berry and H. C. Lewinsohn, Dose-Response Relationships for Asbestos-Related Disease: Implications for Hygiene Standards, Part I. Morbidity (1979)
Reprint of a journal article reviewing morbidity data from an asbestos textile factory in northern England, relating dust levels and cumulative exposure to crepitations, lung function, chest radiograph findings and 'possible asbestosis'. It…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1978
P. H. Cooper, J. E. Day, C. A. Kennedy and H. C. Lewinsohn, Dust Control in a Conventional Asbestos Textile Factory, Raybestos-Manhattan paper for the 5th International Conference on Pneumoconiosis (1978)
Conference paper by four Raybestos-Manhattan authors describing how the company reduced airborne dust in its conventional asbestos textile plant (Marshville) between 1969 and 1978. It reviews the history of asbestos exposure standards, then covers…