5 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1982
H. Seidman, I. J. Selikoff and E. C. Hammond, Mortality of Brain Tumors Among Asbestos Insulation Workers in the United States and Canada (1982)
Journal article reporting deaths from brain tumors among a cohort of 17,800 asbestos insulation workers in the United States and Canada followed from 1967 to 1979. It reports 24 brain tumor deaths by best evidence, compared with expected numbers,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1979
E. C. Hammond, I. J. Selikoff and H. Seidman, 'Asbestos Exposure, Cigarette Smoking and Death Rates,' Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1979)
Published journal article reporting a mortality study of 17,800 asbestos insulation workers in the United States and Canada followed from 1967 through 1976. It compares their death rates by cause and smoking history with a control group from an…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · January 4, 1972
Fred L. Pundsack to Dr. Irving J. Selikoff on Estimating Past Dust Levels at the Manville Plant (1972)
What it shows The estimates were for Selikoff's study of the Manville plant, which the local union had asked him to make (Selikoff's request to J. B. Jobe, Jobe's agreement). Blind copies went…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · 1969
Selikoff, Pundsack and Hammond, "Fibrous Dust Respirator Protection: Designing for Workman Acceptance and Effectiveness" (1969)
…against chrysotile, but noted that amosite and crocidolite had not been tested. In two-day field trials with union members and an insulation contractor, men wearing a J-M prototype with an exhalation valve, the same…
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Company document · WARD Documents · March 10, 1969
Stanley Green to F. L. Pundsack on Selling a J-M Safety Mask Through Insulation Contractors (1969)
…Burleson saw "one possible disadvantage: it would be awkward for contractors in dealing with unions on mask usage if they also were in the business of selling them," but later sent word that he could market…