13 results for “General Electric”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 1, 1982
Hilton C. Lewinsohn to J. Wister Meigs Enclosing Draft Proposal for a Study of Mesothelioma Among General Electric Employees (1982)
…about the draft GE proposal Title page of proposal to General Electric for a case-control study of mesothelioma risk factors Introduction: Connecticut mesothelioma incidence study and the cluster of six GE cases Proposal statement and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 1, 1982
Hilton C. Lewinsohn to J. Wister Meigs Transmitting Draft Proposal for a General Electric Mesothelioma Case-Control Study (1982)
…Wister Meigs, June 1, 1982, on the draft GE proposal Title page of proposal to General Electric, submitted by Yale University School of Medicine (J. Wister Meigs); date blank Introduction: Connecticut Tumor Registry mesothelioma study and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 28, 1977
Harrison B. Rhodes to Dr. William Krebbs (General Motors Research) Transmitting Spraying Data, with Attached Report of Call on Fiber Counting Methods (1977)
…General Motors Research Laboratories, Feb. 28, 1977, forwarding spraying data Union Carbide Report of Call by H. B. Rhodes, dated 3/20/75 (typed 3/21/75), telecon with Dr. W. Krebs of General Motors Research…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Eshleman, Kreider and Lewinsohn, 'The Establishment of a Medical Surveillance Program in an Asbestos Factory,' with Attached Abstracts and Lewinsohn's 'Asbestos - A Review of Health Safeguards' Talk (undated)
A 12-page exhibit that begins with a paper and abstract on setting up a medical surveillance program at a Pennsylvania friction materials plant to meet the OSHA asbestos standard. It also holds two pages of 'Abstracts on Hygiene' (November 1972) on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 23, 1976
Harrison B. Rhodes (Asbestos Information Association) to Al Libra (California Manufacturer's Association) on California Carcinogen Registration and Avoiding an Asbestos 'Scare Campaign' (1976)
Letter transmitting an information package on asbestos to the California Manufacturer's Association's general counsel after a San Francisco meeting. It discusses California's registration and exemption proposals for carcinogens, expresses concern about a public…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 26, 1979
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on EPA Study of Asbestos-Related Disease in California Asbestos Mining Counties (1979)
Internal memo forwarding an attached EPA request for contractor bids on a study of asbestos-related diseases in the general population of California asbestos mining counties. Rhodes comments on the protocol, mentions a preliminary unpublished study…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 13, 1976
H. B. Rhodes to R. H. Mereness Forwarding Mt. Sinai Paper on Biological Effects of Short Fibers, with Mary S. Wolff's Transmittal and the Langer et al. Manuscript on Milled Calidria Chrysotile (1976)
…the Asbestos Information Association a prepublication Mount Sinai paper on the biological effects of short fibers, suggesting it be passed to Hans Weill and not given general distribution. Behind it are Mary Wolff's June 7…
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Article · Motley 1000 · 1974
Hilton C. Lewinsohn, Health Hazards of Asbestos: A Review of Recent Trends (1974)
…1974. Mentions hazards of asbestos to general public. About this copy This is document 309 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · June 22, 1977
Hilton C. Lewinsohn, "Medical Aspects of Occupational Exposure to Asbestos" (1977)
…standards, and the risks to manufacturing workers, to users of asbestos products and to the general public. He concluded that "when adequately controlled the risk of asbestosis and lung cancer can be reduced to virtually nil."
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 18, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to G. L. Dickson and Others Transmitting Briefing Package on the HEW Asbestos Information Campaign (1978)
…April 26, 1978 (pages 7, 9, 11 and 13 OCR garbled) Surgeon General's Physician Advisory on health effects of asbestos, April 25, 1978 (page 15 OCR garbled) National Cancer Institute, Questions and Answers About Exposure…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 26, 1979
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on EPA Study of Asbestos-Related Disease in California Asbestos Mining Counties (1979)
…with copies to four others, forwarding an EPA request for contractor bids on a study of asbestos-related diseases in the general population (ambient air) of California asbestos mining counties. Rhodes commented on the study protocol…
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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)
…M policy except in California. A handwritten change to the draft softened the line that the general public is not at risk to say the industry considers it not at risk. It follows Marsh's June…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · September 29, 1975
H. B. Rhodes of Union Carbide on Asbestos Papers at the International Congress on Occupational Health (1975)
…particulate materials such as silica or talc. The Congress was attended by over 2,000 delegates. Rhodes reports that, in general, the Congress produced only one bombshell in the asbestos area, a paper by Dr. M…