124 results for “Reaction Department”, page 1 of 7
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 18, 1983
Reaction Department Share Audit and Noise, Hearing Protection and Detector Tube Inspection Forms Completed by Mario Gutierrez (1983)
…Procedure form, Reaction dept., 1-18-83, on hearing conservation and detector tubes; audited by Gutierrez, approved by Townsend Nearly blank page with two small image marks (BRE 0410) Noise Inspection and Audit, Reaction #2, 1…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 10, 1983
Share Audit Forms for the Reaction Department on Chemical Inventory and Chlorothene Handling, Audited by Maria Gutierrez (1983)
Share Audit Procedure form, Reaction dept., chemicals inventory and chlorothene handling procedure, dated 2-10-83, approved by K. G. Townsend Chemical System Inventory Inspection and Audit of Reaction Units, dated 2-7-83, with comments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1981
SHARE Audit of Ventilation, Sanitation and Breathing Air Procedures, Reaction Department (4Q 1981)
A set of completed SHARE audit forms for the Reaction department, fourth quarter 1981, covering ventilation (lab hoods), breathing air and sanitation. The cover sheet records that no deficiency existed, 6 personnel were interviewed, and retraining…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 27, 1980
SHARE Department Industrial Hygiene Heat Stress Evaluation, Reaction Zone Shop (1980)
A one-page Industrial Hygiene heat stress evaluation form from the SHARE Department, dated 8/27/80, for the Reaction Zone Shop. It records dry bulb 91.2 °F, wet bulb 74.4 °F, globe 93…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
Ultrastructural histochemistry of mesotheliomas and adenocarcinomas in malignant effusions
…along the outer surface of the cell aggregates, while carcinomas displayed a positive reaction either on the outer surface or on both inner and outer surfaces of the clusters. The diagnostic significance of the above-mentioned…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · June 8, 1982 · in the opinion
White v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (1982)
…June 1948 until June 1980). During those years he worked in various departments of Johns-Manville including the transite pipe plant where he was exposed to asbestos fibers and silica, the asbestos shingle plant where he…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · August 13, 1982 · in the opinion
Neubauer v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1982)
…and a study to be published by the Labor Department estimates that at least 8,500 workers — perhaps as many as 10,000 — will die each year until the end of this century from asbestos-related…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Reaction of rat lungs to inhaled chrysotile asbestos following acute and subchronic exposures
In this animal experiment, Fischer 344 rats breathed chrysotile asbestos from Quebec in inhalation chambers at an average respirable mass of 9.06 plus or minus 1.83 mg/m3. Male rats were exposed for 1 hour, 7 hours, or 7 hours a day for 5 days. Four…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1982
Reaction of cells cultured in vitro to different asbestos dusts of equal surface area but different fibre length
…100 micrograms/tube), surface area (21.3 cm2 or fibre length. In all reactions tested chrysotile was more active than the amphiboles, but the latter gained activity if applied according to surface area. Uptake of 3H…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Reaction of mineral dusts with primary lung fibroblast cultures
This laboratory study, which also reviewed the authors' earlier work, tested nine mineral dusts on rabbit lung fibroblast cultures (collagen-making cells). Single doses of 10 to 1000 µg per culture were added on day 3. DNA and cell-layer collagen…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
Pulmonary granulomatous reaction: talc pneumoconiosis or chronic sarcoidosis?
A chronic pulmonary granulomatous reaction was associated with an almost identical clinical picture in two patients exposed to talc. In both patients lung biopsy showed the deposition of talc particles and a heavy granulomatous reaction. At…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1981
Breathing Air Inspection and Audit and Sanitation Inspection Forms for Reaction #2 (1981)
Breathing Air Inspection and Audit checklist for Reaction #2, handwritten date in 1981, all items checked Yes, comments blank (BRE 0203-0204) Sanitation Inspection checklist for the Reaction area, with handwritten comments about tobacco chewers and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
Fiber localization and its relationship to lung reaction in rats after chronic inhalation of chrysotile asbestos
…with histologic changes indicating marked epithelial injury. Increased amounts of fibers are also localized in the lung interstitium with continued exposure to asbestos and are associated with a progressive interstitial fibrotic reaction. Following cessation of exposure…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Hydroxyl radical production in the presence of fibres by a Fenton-type reaction
…of people who inhale them. Results in the present study however indicate that these fibres are able to produce hydroxyl radicals in the presence of hydrogen peroxide by a Fenton-type reaction. Since hydroxyl radical is…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 29, 1980
Mario Gutierrez Heat Stress Inspection and Audit Forms for Recovery, Energy and Wacker Reaction Units (1980)
…unit: no documented procedure for work in front of steaming boilers or hot areas of powerhouse Heat stress audit, Wacker-Reaction-733: no documented procedure for work on top of furnaces; heat stress potential not determined
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Response of mouse lung to crocidolite asbestos. 1. Minimal fibrotic reaction to short fibres
This was an animal experiment from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, on how mouse lungs respond to short crocidolite asbestos fibres. The authors separated short fibres from a standard UICC crocidolite sample. These had a mean length of 0.6…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
What's new in intraperitoneal test on Kevlar (asbestos substitute)?
The intraperitoneal test is a suitable experimental method for studying the different patterns of morphological reaction to foreign body substances of various kinds and concentrations as well as their transport within and elimination from the organism…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Acute lung response to amosite asbestos: a morphological study
This was an animal experiment in guinea pigs. It examined the lung's reaction during the week after amosite asbestos was placed in the windpipe. Exposed animals received 17.5 mg of ground commercial-grade amosite…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1981
An assessment of the fibrogenic potential of two refractory fibres by intraperitoneal injection in rats
…tissue reaction was compared. Although the fibres differed considerably in surface properties and porosity the tissue reactions were identical and consisted of a mild chronic inflammatory response with a small amount of collagen present. The reaction…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
US surgeon general ignites furor with findings on smoking in the workplace
…research study. A freelance writer described the US Surgeon General's December 1985 Smoking and Health report on cancer and chronic lung disease in the workplace, and the reaction to it. According to the article, the…