9 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1974
H. C. Lewinsohn, 'Early Malignant Changes in Pleural Plaques Due to Asbestos Exposure: A Case Report', Brit. J. Dis. Chest (1974)
Journal article reporting the case of a man who worked in a Rochdale asbestos textile factory and died in 1970 of malignant mesothelioma. The autopsy found tumour nodules arising from pleural plaques. The article gives his work and medical history,…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · July 31, 1978
Hilton C. Lewinsohn and Harrison B. Rhodes on Medical Surveillance in the AIA Industry Statement (1978)
…titled "Asbestos International Association Detailed Statement of the Industry's Position in Relation to Asbestos and Health Problems," prepared by Harrison B. Rhodes (Technology Manager, Union Carbide), 7/31/78. The draft includes comments by Dr…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 28, 1978
Hilton C. Lewinsohn to Fernard Lincoln, Telex on the Regulatory Status of Asbestos-Containing Talc, with Lincoln's Query (1978)
A March 28, 1978 telex from Hilton C. Lewinsohn to Fernard Lincoln summarizes the status of FDA, OSHA, NIOSH and EPA actions on asbestos in talc, and says he is mailing excerpts and summaries of related reports. The second page is Lincoln's earlier…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 1, 1979
Hilton C. Lewinsohn (Raybestos-Manhattan) Statement to House Subcommittee on Labor Standards on Asbestos-Related Diseases and H.R. 2740 (1979)
Written statement by Raybestos-Manhattan's corporate medical director for a May 1, 1979 House subcommittee hearing on asbestos-related diseases and their compensation. It summarizes the asbestos diseases, sets out diagnostic criteria for asbestosis,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 14, 1979
Hilton C. Lewinsohn, Surveillance of High-Risk Groups Exposed to Asbestos in the United States, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1979)
Reprint of a 1979 paper (vol. 330, pp. 533-540) by Hilton C. Lewinsohn of Raybestos Manhattan on medical surveillance of asbestos-exposed worker groups in the United States. It defines asbestos types and risk, presents tables of cancer and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1974
Hilton C. Lewinsohn, 'Health Hazards of Asbestos: A Review of Recent Trends' (1974)
Reprint of a 1974 journal review article by Hilton C. Lewinsohn summarizing research since 1966 on the health effects of asbestos. It covers fibre physics and chemistry, experimental pathology, and epidemiology, including asbestosis, lung cancer and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1974
Hilton C. Lewinsohn, 'Health Hazards of Asbestos: A Review of Recent Trends,' Journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine (1974)
Reprint of a 1974 review article on the health effects of asbestos by the chief medical officer of TBA Industrial Products. The exhibit holds the cover page and four later pages, which cover fibre size and deposition in the lung, experimental…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1974
Compilation of Lewinsohn Asbestos Health Papers and Related Articles, Including 'Health Hazards of Asbestos: A Review of Recent Trends' (1974)
Exhibit UC-1284 is a bound set of published papers, mostly by or involving H. C. Lewinsohn. It includes his 1974 review of asbestos health hazards, a 1980 IARC discussion summary, a paper on surveillance of asbestos textile workers at TBA, a 1982…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1974
H. C. Lewinsohn, 'Early Malignant Changes in Pleural Plaques Due to Asbestos Exposure: A Case Report', Brit. J. Dis. Chest (1974)
Published case report of a man born in 1907 who worked at a Rochdale asbestos textile factory from 1940 and died in August 1970. Autopsy found mesothelioma nodules arising from pleural plaques. The author discusses whether pleural plaques are…