10 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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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 · January 17, 1972
W. N. Johnson to P. W. McDaniel and Others on the Test Program for Airborne Asbestos (1972)
Memo summarizing arrangements agreed at a January 12 meeting in Niagara for a program to measure airborne asbestos. The program covered a survey of employee exposure at customers' plants near Bartow, Florida, and laboratory tests at Niagara of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 18, 1972
John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson Transmitting Interim Toxicology Report on Asbestos, with Customer Cover Letter (1972)
Internal memo of February 18, 1972 from John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson, enclosing the Research and Development Department's version of an "Interim Toxicology Report" and asking Johnson to obtain management, medical and legal approvals for general…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 1, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to J. L. Myers on Asbestos Dust Exposure Study at American Biltrite, Los Angeles (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer reporting a May 24, 1972 air-sampling study at American Biltrite Co., Los Angeles, of asbestos dust exposure in vinyl floor tile production. It…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 7, 1972
M. A. Peters to W. N. Johnson on Experimental Results for Airborne Asbestos, Part II (1972)
Memorandum from M. A. Peters reporting experimental work on a method of estimating airborne asbestos by measuring magnesium with atomic absorption spectroscopy instead of counting fibers. It covers reagent and filter blanks and air samples from four…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 17, 1973
K. S. Chopra to J. L. Myers on Determination of Asbestos in Water (1973)
Memorandum reporting analysis of three water samples labeled "effluent," "river-below" and "river-above" for asbestos content, using centrifuging, chemical analysis for magnesium, X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. It reports definite…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 17, 1973
K. S. Chopra to J. L. Myers on Determination of Asbestos in Water (1973)
Memorandum reporting the analysis of water samples marked "effluent," "river-below" and "river-above" for asbestos content. It describes the centrifuging and residue-weighing procedure and a magnesium analysis of the effluent residue, and gives…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 6, 1972
John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson on a Telephone Call with EPA About Proposed Asbestos Regulations (1972)
Internal correspondence summarizing a 4/5/72 telephone call between the author and Jim Crowder of the EPA in Durham about draft proposed asbestos regulations. The memo lists the status of each of the company's recommendations from its 3/27 letter…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 20, 1973
John L. Myers, 'Chrysotile Asbestos in Plastics,' Society of Plastics Engineers Conference Paper, with Appended R&D Respiratory Protection Notice (1973)
Cover page: 'Chrysotile Asbestos in Plastics' by John L. Myers, Union Carbide Mining and Metals Division, SPE conference paper Paper text: introduction, asbestos types and uses, health hazard, OSHA and EPA regulations, industry efforts, air sampling…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 29, 1972
M. A. Peters to G. L. Dickson and Others on Experimental Results for Airborne Asbestos in Dumping and Sanding Tests (1972)
Memorandum reporting airborne asbestos fiber counts measured during dumping of various asbestos grades at Niagara Falls and during hand and electric sanding of tape joint compound and asbestos-containing paint, plus Florida field samples. It also…