18 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 9, 1966
A. E. Pufahl to T. Dougherty and Other Union Carbide Staff on Asbestos Toxicology Publicity, with Attached Articles, Toxicology Report and FDA Letters (1966)
…a table of sources of airborne asbestos London Sunday Times tear sheet (memo says August 14) on mesothelioma and proposed British asbestos regulations; OCR largely unreadable Union Carbide Corporation 'Asbestos Toxicology Report' by Carl U. Dernehl…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Two Union Carbide Memos: J. E. Skvarla to H. B. Rhodes on Stragari Asbestos (1969) and G. W. Phillips to J. W. Rawlings on a Meeting with GAF (1971)
…with Calidria S-G144; attached table not included March 17, 1971 memo from G. W. Phillips to J. W. Rawlings confirming March 19 meeting with GAF Corporation on Calidria SG-100 trial period and contract negotiation
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 9, 1971
L. P. Twichell to J. F. Emerson and F. H. Larrison, Jr. on RG-244 Expansion (1971)
Memorandum confirming recent conversations about expanding RG-244 operations. It called for moving from three shifts, five days to three shifts, seven days, proceeding with a Phase I facility expansion from 700 tpy to 1,000 tpy, and plant tests on a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 9, 1966
A. E. Pufahl to Sales Distribution on Asbestos Toxicology Publicity, with Attached Articles, Dernehl Report and FDA Correspondence (1966)
…table of sources of airborne asbestos London Sunday Times article (Aug. 14, 1966) on mesothelioma and asbestos regulations in Britain; OCR badly garbled Union Carbide Asbestos Toxicology Report by Carl U. Dernehl, M.D., and K…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 9, 1966
A. E. Pufahl to Sales Staff on Customer Responses to Asbestos Toxicology Publicity (1966)
…including the table 'Sources of airborne asbestos' and the article 'Asbestos: Awaiting Trial' London Sunday Times article (August 14, 1966) on occupational exposure to asbestos and mesothelioma Union Carbide 'Asbestos Toxicology Report' by Carl U. Dernehl…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 3, 1969
J. E. Skvarla to R. E. Byrne and Others Transmitting Technical Service Report on Repulping Calidria Asbestos Pellets for Nalco Chemical Company (1969)
A December 1969 internal Union Carbide cover memo from J. E. Skvarla forwards a November 21, 1969 Technical Service Report prepared for Nalco Chemical Company on aqueous repulping of Calidria pelletized asbestos. The report describes continuous…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1971
E. Epremian to Asbestos Meeting Distribution Transmitting NRC Airborne Asbestos Extracts and Summary of Asbestos Laws (1971)
Internal memo of September 2, 1971 from E. Epremian sending background for the September 8 asbestos meeting on Environmental Factors. The enclosures are extracts of the 1971 National Research Council report 'Airborne Asbestos' (conclusions and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 28, 1970
J. E. Skvarla and H. B. Rhodes Call Report on Permutit Co. Inquiry About Asbestos for Oil Removal from Recycled Water (1970)
Call report on a telephone call from Hans Lundgren of Permutit Co. (Paramus, N.J.), who was preparing a proposal on using asbestos to remove emulsified oil from recycled demineralized water in a PVC-PVA manufacturing operation. Skvarla agreed to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 27, 1967
F. H. Thompson to R. G. Woolery on Identification of Asbestos Particles in Paper (1967)
Internal memo reporting a test developed in the paper laboratory to show the distribution of asbestos particles on the surface of cellulosic paper by coating with a vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate polymer solution and heating. It describes six attached…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 2, 1976
J. E. Skvarla to R. G. Woolery on a Wetted Dust-Free Supervisbestos Product and Improved Product Quality (1976)
Internal memo from J. E. Skvarla to R. G. Woolery responding to W. C. Thurber's letters on improving Supervisbestos. It proposes making a dust-free wetted product by blending S V filter cake with dry pellets in the Lancaster mixer, citing Niagara…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1974
Edward J. Kleber to C. C. Masterman on Air Sampling for Asbestos Fiber in Building 158 During Pilot Production of Calidria RG-600 (1974)
Internal memo reporting airborne asbestos fiber counts from personal and environmental air samples taken June 14 and 17, 1974 in Building 158 during pilot production of Calidria RG-600. It explains the sampling and counting method, gives a sample…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 15, 1971
F. H. Larrison, Jr. to J. F. Emerson on Federal and State Inspection of Airborne Asbestos Dust at the King City Mill (1971)
Letter reporting an inspection of the King City facility for airborne asbestos dust by three Federal Bureau of Mines inspectors and two California Division of Industrial Safety inspectors on October 5, 1971. It describes the sampling done, the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 14, 1974
J. E. Skvarla to R. G. Woolery on the Construction Schedule for the Building 169 Asbestos Pilot Plant, with W. C. Thurber's Handwritten Note (1974)
A May 14, 1974 memorandum from J. E. Skvarla to R. G. Woolery gave a projected schedule for building the Building 169 asbestos pilot plant, with dates for engineering, equipment installation, purchase orders, relocation from Building 158 and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 10, 1971
J. E. Skvarla to P. J. Colpoys on Weighting Agent Made from King City Asbestos Tailings (1971)
Internal correspondence from J. E. Skvarla to P. J. Colpoys reporting that an experimental 180 lb lot of oil well weighting agent made from King City plant tailings had been shipped. It lists the lot's specifications against the required ones, gives…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 10, 1972
J. E. Skvarla to P. J. Colpoys on Laboratory Evaluation of Magnetite-Asbestos Well Fluid Weighting Agents (1972)
Internal correspondence reporting completion of a laboratory program testing combinations of King City tailings magnetite and asbestos (1, 2, 3 and 5 wt. %) as weighting agents for well fluids. It summarizes which mixes suit which fluid weights,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 9, 1971
L. P. Twichell to J. F. Emerson and F. H. Larrison, Jr. on RG-244 Expansion (1971)
Memorandum confirming recent conversations about expanding RG-244 production. It recommends moving from three shifts five days a week to three shifts seven days, proceeding with the Phase I expansion from 700 to 1,000 tpy, and having Engineering…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 3, 1976
H. B. Rhodes to F. H. Larrison on Preparing 1800 lb. of COF-25 Asbestos for the FDA Animal Feeding Test (1976)
Internal Union Carbide memo confirming an April 30, 1976 phone call in which the company agreed to supply the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, at FDA's request, with 1800 lbs. of COF-25 asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 10, 1960
L. P. Twichell to T. S. Ary and Others: Asbestos Project Status Report for April 1960, with Minutes of the May 4-5, 1960 Tuxedo Meeting
Monthly status report on the Union Carbide Nuclear Company asbestos project for April 1960, covering the Coalinga property and drilling, Tuxedo pilot plant process work, vinyl tile formulations using UCNC asbestos, pilot plant cost estimates, sales…