23 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 15, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on FDA Proposed Rulemaking on Asbestos Particles in Food and Drugs (1973)
Internal correspondence from H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber giving comments on the FDA's proposed rulemaking on asbestos particles in food and drugs (Fed. Reg. Vol. 38, No. 188, Sept. 28, 1973). Rhodes assessed the effect on Calidria sales to paper…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 3, 1976
J. L. Myers to W. C. Thurber on Calidria Bag Labelling (1976)
Internal correspondence responding to a request from W. C. Thurber about the warning text on Calidria asbestos bags. It states that bag labelling began in June 1968 with a 'breathing dust may be harmful' warning, and that in June 1972, when the OSHA…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 30, 1975
W. C. Thurber to J. L. Myers on Sending Customers the Materials Safety Data Sheet and Asbestos Health Booklet (1975)
A one-page memo dated June 30, 1975, from W. C. Thurber to J. L. Myers, with Byrne, Fusaro and Rhodes also listed. It reports Fusaro's suggestion that each customer be sent a covering letter, enough copies of the soon-to-be-revised Materials Safety…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 24, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on Advantages of Dust Controlled "Calidria" Products (1975)
…to dust-controlled Calidria products generally. It lists six advantages: reduced health risk, defense against product liability suits, a counter to union activity, OSHA and EPA compliance positions, and shipping savings. It asks counsel to review…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 22, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to R. F. X. Fusaro on a Form Statement Regarding Carcinogens (1973)
Internal correspondence from H. B. Rhodes of the "Calidria" Asbestos department to the UCC Law Department. He wrote that a statement had been prepared about the carcinogenic substances listed in the Federal Register, and asked whether a form answer…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 19, 1979
John L. Myers to W. G. Alesio, G. R. Bailey and Others on Strategic Planning for the Calidria Asbestos Business (1979)
Internal memo from John L. Myers responding to a 4/3/79 memorandum from Bob Rebholtz on defining the asbestos business and industry. Myers described the Calidria business as mining, milling and marketing short fiber asbestos, said a single industry…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 11, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr. and Others Transmitting Draft Letter to Dow Chemical on Toxicology and RG-244 (1975)
…medical examination requirements, and correcting a Dow technical service letter of October 16, 1974 that attributed a toxicology statement to Union Carbide. The exhibit also includes that Dow letter and an Asbestos Information Association pamphlet, 'Asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 3, 1974
H. B. Rhodes to R. F. X. Fusaro on the State of Minnesota Asbestos Act, with Fusaro's 1973 Reply and an Annotated Outline of the Act (1974)
A May 3, 1974 internal letter from H. B. Rhodes to the Law Department's R. F. X. Fusaro asked whether using an asbestos-containing material in a Minnesota building violates the state Asbestos Act if dust is released only years later, at demolition.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Draft SPE Paper on Consumer Safety in Asbestos-Containing Plastics (1977)
…fiber concentrations in tape-joint compound use, including Rohl data, Union Carbide commercial survey, and OSHA compliance data Table V and further data tables on fiber concentrations during wet-out, cleanup and consumer installations (some OCR…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 3, 1976
J. L. Myers to W. C. Thurber on Calidria Asbestos Bag Labelling (1976)
Internal Union Carbide memo responding to a request from W. C. Thurber about bag labelling. It states that bag warnings began in June 1968 with the text 'Breathing dust may be harmful' and that in June…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 29, 1982
H. B. Rhodes to D. L. Haywood on Reporting Health and Safety Studies to EPA under TSCA Section 8(d), with Attached Mellon Institute Covers and King City Sputum Cytology Papers (1982)
Internal Metals Division memo from H. B. Rhodes listing the items the division had identified as potentially reportable under TSCA Section 8(d): two Mellon Institute asbestos reports, King City mill sputum cytology summaries, and a deposition by Dr.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 3, 1976
J. L. Myers to W. C. Thurber on Calidria Asbestos Bag Labelling (1976)
Internal correspondence from the Calidria Asbestos marketing department responding to a request from W. C. Thurber about bag labelling. It states that bag warnings began in June 1968 and that the wording was changed in June 1972 to comply with the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 14, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to Sales and Management Staff on Revision of Emergency Temporary Standard on Certain Carcinogens and Customer Inquiries on Asbestos (1973)
Internal memo reporting that customers had asked whether asbestos is a carcinogen, a question tied to an OSHA regulation defining carcinogen by a list of fourteen organic compounds that does not include asbestos. It told recipients they could say…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 23, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to J. F. Collins, R. F. X. Fusaro, J. L. Myers and W. C. Thurber on the California Lobbying Agreement with Winner/Wagner and Associates, with Draft Agreement and Lobbyist Authorization Forms (1978)
…for comment, a proposed letter agreement under which Winner/Wagner & Associates would act as Union Carbide's legislative advocates in California on asbestos regulation during 1978. It notes the effort to obtain financial support from other…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 28, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to J. V. Murray on Dow Toxicology Literature, Transmitting Myers Plastics Paper, Talk Script and RG-244 Brochure (1975)
A cover memo from H. B. Rhodes to the UCC Law Department forwarding background on the Dow toxicology literature: John L. Myers's May 1974 SPE paper 'Chrysotile Asbestos in Plastics', an annotated script of Myers's October 1974 NACE talk, and the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 27, 1979
W. G. Kahler II Telecommunications Message on DOT Response to Petitions for Reconsideration of Docket HM-160, Transportation of Asbestos (1979)
A Union Carbide telecommunications message entry form from W. G. Kahler II, dated 3/27/79, about petitions for reconsideration of DOT Docket No. HM-160 on transportation of asbestos. It reported that DOT's response…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 14, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne and Others Forwarding Dow's Toxicology Statement on Calidria RG-244 in Derakane Resin (1975)
Union Carbide internal memo, H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne and others, May 14, 1975, 'Dow Toxicology Statement' Dow Chemical U.S.A. letter, R. C. Simon to all Derakane resin field salesmen, April 5…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 1, 1978
John L. Myers to W. C. Thurber Transmitting a List of Domestic Tape Joint Compound Manufacturer Customers (1978)
Internal Union Carbide memo transmitting a list of domestic tape joint compound (TJC) manufacturers to whom Union Carbide sold asbestos, primarily SG-210 and HPO, compiled from 1974-1977 computer sales scrolls. The memo also comments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 24, 1976
H. B. Rhodes to R. F. X. Fusaro, B. L. Ingalls and W. C. Thurber Transmitting Draft Laboratory Safety Manual on Asbestos (1976)
A one-paragraph internal memo from H. B. Rhodes sends a draft laboratory safety manual on asbestos to three recipients for review and comment, saying it was prepared at the request of the Chemical Safety Committee. Attached is a draft, dated…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 15, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on the FDA Proposed Rulemaking on Asbestos Particles in Food and Drugs (1973)
Internal Union Carbide letter-memo in which H. B. Rhodes reviewed the FDA's proposed rulemaking on asbestos particles in food and drugs (Fed. Reg., Sept. 28, 1973) for W. C. Thurber. He said the rule…