4 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
-
Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Mineral phases and some reexamined characteristics of the International Union Against Cancer standard asbestos samples
Standard asbestos samples to be used for biomedical research were first prepared by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) in 1966 in the United Kingdom and South Africa. Using modern techniques, X-ray diffractometry, analytical transmission…
-
Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 19, 1994
Hartman v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1994)
… Fault, Apportionment and Settlement Credits; Loss of Consortium; Trial Procedure and Discovery Worksites: Union Electric — Labadie plant; Union Electric — Meramec plant; Washington University Research Center; Labadie Power House; Meramec Power House electrician Labadie Power House 1969…
-
Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Nitric oxide (NO) synthase activity in the lung and NO synthesis in alveolar macrophages of rats increased on exposure to asbestos
We examined whether the lung of rats induced nitric oxide synthase (NOS) on instillation of Union Internationale Contre le Cancer (UICC) asbestos into the trachea, and whether alveolar macrophages (M phi s) of rats increased synthesis…
-
Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · October 21, 1998 · in the opinion
Asbestos v. Bordelon, Inc. (1998)
…testified that Owens-Illinois, before it merged with Owens Corning Fiberglass Company, manufactured fiberglass pipe covering which was sold to the Asbestos Workers Union. This fiberglass pipe covering did not cause lung cancer, but the workers…