15 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 13, 1980
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on EPA Information Gathering Orders Under TSCA Sections 8(a) and 8(d) (1980)
…It states that the AIA/NA would make no substantive response to the 8(d) proposal, that the author planned no Union Carbide action, and that no commitments would be made without approval from UCC management.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Draft SPE Paper on Consumer Safety in Asbestos-Containing Plastics (1977)
…fiber concentrations in tape-joint compound use, including Rohl data, Union Carbide commercial survey, and OSHA compliance data Table V and further data tables on fiber concentrations during wet-out, cleanup and consumer installations (some OCR…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 22, 1983
L. A. Crisorio to T. W. Carmody et al. Transmitting Minutes of April 7, 1983 Meeting on the Financial Impact of the Miller Bill (1983)
Internal memo transmitting minutes of an April 7, 1983 ad hoc meeting that reviewed the financial impact on the Metals Division of a proposed Miller Bill to fund compensation for asbestos and other toxic substance claims. The attachments include…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 6, 1975
F. S. Stanwyck to G. Bailie, J. H. Bees, T. Thomas and T. W. Carmody Forwarding Dow Paper on Asbestos in Caustic Soda (1975)
Union Carbide internal memo, F. S. Stanwyck to G. Bailie, J. H. Bees, T. Thomas and T. W. Carmody, forwarding the Dow paper (Feb. 6, 1975) Letter from Donald G. Barkett, The Dow Chemical Company, to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 8, 1979
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on the AIA/NA Response to EPA's Notice on Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo transmitting the AIA/NA response to EPA's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on asbestos-containing materials in schools, which the memo says was largely developed by the law firm Kirkland and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 6, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to T. W. Carmody, R. F. X. Fusaro, J. L. Myers and W. C. Thurber on the AIA/NA Response to the OSHA Generic Standard Proposal (1978)
Internal Union Carbide memo from Harrison B. Rhodes forwarding the Asbestos Information Association/North America response to OSHA's proposed generic carcinogen standard. The memo says the aim was to keep AIA/NA in the hearings…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 6, 1984
R. R. Rankin to General Occupational Health Committee Transmitting OSHA Special Emphasis Program for Asbestos, with Handwritten Notes (1984)
Internal Union Carbide memo of September 6, 1984 from R. R. Rankin forwarding OSHA Instruction CPL 2.60A, the revised National Emphasis Program for asbestos inspections. Rankin says the directive requires each OSHA Area Director to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 5, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on the N.Y. Academy of Sciences Asbestos Health Hazards Meeting (1978)
Memo from H. B. Rhodes reporting on his attendance at the 'Health Hazards of Asbestos Exposure' portion of the New York Academy of Sciences meeting in June 1978, and at industry meetings held alongside it. He sorted the meeting's key points into…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
AP News Clipping: Labor Department Warns of Asbestos Danger in Dry-Wall Joint Work
A clipped Associated Press news article reporting that the Labor Department, through OSHA chief John H. Stender, warned the construction industry that spackling and taping compounds used on dry-wall joints contain asbestos. It stated that sanding…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Associated Press Clipping 'Asbestos Worker Sues 17 Firms' (Received Stamps for Carmody, Bayes, Browning) with Handwritten Asbestos Mortality Notes on Dr. John J. Welsh Stationery
Page 1 is a rotated newspaper clipping, Associated Press, reporting that a Greenville, S.C. construction worker filed a $2-million suit against 17 asbestos manufacturers, alleging they did not warn him of asbestos hazards. It carries 'RECEIVED'…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 9, 1980
Philadelphia Inquirer Articles on Steve McQueen's Mesothelioma and a New Jersey Teacher's Asbestos Claim (1980)
A newspaper page from the Philadelphia Inquirer carrying two articles. The first reports Dr. Irving Selikoff's statement that actor Steve McQueen's mesothelioma resulted from asbestos exposure. The second reports that a Somerville, N.J., teacher…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Fox Chase Cancer Center Mesothelioma Information Sheet with Associated Press Article "Task force: No level of asbestos exposure is safe"
Two pages combining a Fox Chase Cancer Center information sheet on mesothelioma (anatomy, causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention) with an Associated Press news article reporting a federal task force's recommendation to lower the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 24, 1973
Niagara Falls Gazette (AP): 'Million deaths by 2,000 seen caused by asbestos' on Dr. Irving Selikoff's Senate Testimony (1973)
Newspaper clipping reporting that Dr. Irving Selikoff of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine told a Senate Commerce environmental subcommittee that about one million Americans would die by 2000 of asbestos-related diseases. The article also reports on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Associated Press Newspaper Clippings: Government Settles Tyler, Texas Asbestos Suit and HEW Estimates 20% of Cancer Deaths Tied to Jobs
A newspaper page with two Associated Press articles. The first reports that the federal government agreed to pay $5.75 million to settle its share of a suit by 445 asbestos workers at a Tyler, Texas plant co-owned by PPG Industries and Corning Glass…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 2, 1980
Wall Street Journal and Courier-Post Articles on Johns-Manville's Suit Against 27 Insurers and OSHA Citations Against DuPont (1980)
A page carrying two newspaper clippings. The Wall Street Journal item reports that Johns-Manville filed suit in San Francisco asking a court to define the duties of 27 insurers for asbestos-disease suits. The Courier-Post/AP item reports that OSHA…