64 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 4
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 25, 1974
W. C. Thurber to J. W. Rawlings, A Very Preliminary Look at Union Carbide's 1980 Asbestos Business (1974)
…C. Thurber to J. W. Rawlings, with an attached table, giving a preliminary outlook for Union Carbide's asbestos business through 1980. It goes through the markets for Calidria fiber (floor tile, drilling mud, elastomers, coatings…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 11, 1966
Mellon Institute Special Report 29-55: Fibrogenic Potential of Asbestos Products by Intraperitoneal and Intratracheal Injection in Animals, for Union Carbide Chemicals Division (1966)
Confidential Mellon Institute special report on tests of three asbestos fiber products (CMS-100, JT-100 and JM-3K) injected into guinea pigs, rats and rabbits intraperitoneally and into rats intratracheally. It reports granulomas and fibrotic…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to W. N. Johnson on Gravimetric vs. Fiber-Count Evaluation of Asbestos (1972)
Confidential internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to W. N. Johnson of Mining & Metals about using a gravimetric (weight) system to evaluate asbestos. It reports that a brief trial at King City found no…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 7, 1972
John L. Myers to J. W. Rawlings Transmitting Calidria Asbestos Sales Forecasts and 1973 Sales Budget (1972)
A one-page internal memo from John L. Myers to J. W. Rawlings, with nine people copied, listing four attached sales forecast items for "Calidria" asbestos marketing. The attachments are a 1972 forecast, a monthly 1973 sales budget, and two summary…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 19, 1968
Paul W. McDaniel to John A. Riddle on Mesothelioma, Crocidolite and Chrysotile Dust Limits (1968)
Internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City operation. It states that the link between crocidolite and mesothelioma seemed well established while the link for chrysotile was unclear. It also discusses…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 27, 1963
T. W. Nale to K. Lentz Transmitting P. W. McDaniel's Report on Dust Conditions at the King City Mine and Plant (1963)
Internal cover letter from the Medical Director forwarding an industrial hygiene report on a September 10-13, 1963 visit to the King City mine and plant. The attached report describes dust sampling at the mine and mill, recommends respirators, a 5…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 27, 1968
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on December 1968 Dust Counts at the King City Asbestos Facility (1968)
Internal letter from Union Carbide's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, reporting dust counts from impinger and filter samples taken December 10-12, 1968 and comparing them with the 5.0 MPPCF limit…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 1965
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on a Planned California Department of Health Visit to Asbestos Operations (1965)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from industrial hygiene engineer Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle at King City. It reported that Dr. Christine Einert of the California Department of Health planned to visit asbestos operations in…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 7, 1972
John L. Myers to J. W. Rawlings on Degussa's Comments About A-14 and A-28 Asbestos Products (1972)
Internal Union Carbide memo from John L. Myers to J. W. Rawlings offering comments for use in answering a 1-27-72 letter from Degussa. It says Degussa discredited the A-14 and A-28 products…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 6, 1971
Patrick J. Morgan to J. W. Rawlings Transmitting the Conwed Corporation Calidria Requirements Contract (1971)
…6, 1971, re: M & M - Sale of Asbestos - Conwed Corporation, with handwritten notation about returning executed copies Requirements agreement between Union Carbide Corporation and Conwed Corporation for Calidria Asbestos High Purity Pellets, as of January 2…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 21, 1970
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Air Sample Particle Counts at the King City Asbestos Mine (1970)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence reporting particle counts from air samples taken at the asbestos mine near King City, at the bulldozer operator, front loader operator and pit floor around the grizzly. The writer stated that the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 3, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to J. L. Myers on Asbestos Fiber Survey at American Biltrite Plant, Trenton, N.J. (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter reporting a March 1, 1972 airborne asbestos fiber survey at the American Biltrite plant in Trenton, N.J., where asbestos was used in plastic tile manufacture. It lists fiber counts at seven…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 18, 1970
P. W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Electron Micrographs of King City Plant Dust Samples (1970), with May 1972 King City Dust Count Data and F. H. Larrison Jr. Cover Memo to P. McDaniel
A September 18, 1970 internal letter from Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle at King City discusses electron micrographs and a laboratory report on airborne dust samples from the King City plant, including a respirator filter test. It is followed by a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 19, 1968
Compilation: McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Chrysotile and Mesothelioma, with Nature Article, Dernehl and Lane Asbestos Toxicology Report, and 1966 Sales Memo (1968)
…limit Nature, vol. 217, Jan. 13, 1968, 'More on Asbestosis' (British Advisory Panel memorandum), with received stamp and handwritten marks Union Carbide 'Asbestos Toxicology Report' by C. U. Dernehl, M.D. and K. S. Lane, M…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 24, 1973
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison, Jr. on Deferring Coverall Service for King City Employees (1973)
Letter from W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison, Jr., with J. F. Emerson and J. W. Rawlings also listed, about a coverall service for all employees at an annual cost of $5,000 that was discussed during his visit the previous week. Thurber suggested…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 25, 1971
P. L. Reiber to R. L. Folkman on Asbestos Export Sales in Europe (1971)
Internal memo reporting on the writer's recent trip to Europe, where he met Heinz Trautmann and staff of U. C. Europe S.A. in Geneva to discuss asbestos sales and reseller activity. It describes three product groupings (standard grade for floor…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1969
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Airborne Dust Counts at the King City Plant (1969)
Internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, reporting airborne dust counts from samples collected on June 11 and 12, 1969. He counted particles of 5 microns or longer at eight plant locations,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 12, 1976
W. C. Thurber to J. W. Rawlings on the Asbestos SPU Action Plan for RG-244 and RG-600 (1976)
Internal Metals Division memorandum outlining an action plan to expand earnings of the Asbestos strategic planning unit (Calidria) through the specialty fibers RG-244 and RG-600. It covers markets, sales history and projections, airborne fiber…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 31, 1966
P. W. McDaniel to J. Riddle on Dust Determinations at the King City Plant (1966)
Internal correspondence from the Medical Department reporting dust determinations made at the King City plant on January 25-26, 1966, in millions of particles per cubic foot (MPPCF) at several plant locations. All points exceeded the 5.0 MPPCF…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 3, 1968
D. S. Kamens to Paul W. McDaniel on Dust Particle Counts at the King City Bagging Area and Other Locations (1968)
Internal correspondence dated January 3, 1968, from D. S. Kamens at King City to the Medical Department in New York, enclosing dust particle counts taken December 29, 1967. It states that the bagging area had been enclosed and made a no smoking or…