22 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 4, 1983
H. C. Lewinsohn to John Cornell on Recording and Reporting of Asbestos-Related Radiographic Abnormalities, with Attached OSHA Recordkeeping Instructions and 1979 Raybestos-Manhattan Surveillance Paper (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo in which H. C. Lewinsohn followed up a March 29, 1983 Charleston meeting on classifying asbestos-related chest x-ray abnormalities for record-keeping. He attached OSHA recordkeeping instructions he had prepared…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 17, 1983
H. C. Lewinsohn to R. W. Rebholz on Asbestos Labeling, with Proposed Chrysotile Label, Health Notes and Kuryla Letter (1983)
Internal memo of February 17, 1983 in which Dr. Lewinsohn responded to Rebholz's February 15, 1983 memorandum and proposed asbestos label, saying the proposed wording was too brief and suggesting an amended label. The exhibit attaches a proposed…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 4, 1987
A. L. Barefoot to Location Managers on Employee Pulmonary Problems (1987)
A memo marked Business Confidential reporting that Dr. H. C. Lewinsohn of Corporate Medical said at an OSHA/Asbestos meeting in Danbury that employees with asbestosis or other severe pulmonary problems should not work with asbestos materials.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 28, 1987
D. Liebeskind to L. W. Phair on Asbestos Orientation for Sistersville Plant Workers, with Asbestos Abatement Brochure (1987)
…would conduct an asbestos orientation for workers at the Sistersville plant for about $1000/day plus expenses. The memo asks for the Union's views and attaches a brochure, 'Asbestos Abatement: Doin' It Right – Work Practices'…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 17, 1980
H. C. Lewinsohn, J. W. Meigs and M. J. Teta, Draft of 'Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977' for the Connecticut Thoracic Society (1980)
Annotated draft of a paper for presentation to the Connecticut Thoracic Society on malignant mesothelioma cases identified by the Connecticut Tumor Registry (CTR) from 1935 to 1977. It covers methodology, descriptive epidemiology with tables and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1978
P. H. Cooper, J. E. Day, C. A. Kennedy and H. C. Lewinsohn, 'Dust Control in a Conventional Asbestos Textile Factory,' Paper for the 5th International Conference on Pneumoconiosis, Caracas (1978)
Conference paper by four Raybestos-Manhattan authors describing how the company cut dust in its asbestos textile plant at Marshville between 1969 and 1977. It covers the history of asbestos exposure standards, the plant's pre-1969 condition, the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 1977
H. C. Lewinsohn, "Asbestosis — A Diagnostic Enigma: A Personal View," Journal of Occupational Medicine (1977)
A four-page journal article in which the author reviews how asbestosis is diagnosed: occupational exposure history, physical signs, radiological changes and lung function tests. It discusses British asbestos regulations from 1931 and 1969,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 26, 1982
Organization Resources Counselors Discussion Notes on the Asbestos Steering Group's Review of a Draft OSHA Asbestos Standard, with J. H. Marsh Routing Slip to H. C. Lewinsohn (1982)
…Marsh', handwritten to H. C. Lewinsohn, Union Carbide, F.Y.I., stamped received Sep 10, 1982 Organization Resources Counselors discussion notes on the Asbestos Steering Group meeting of August 26, 1982 (points 1-25) on the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 17, 1980
H. C. Lewinsohn, J. W. Meigs and M. J. Teta, Draft of 'Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977' for the Connecticut Thoracic Society (1980)
Marked-up draft of a presentation to the Connecticut Thoracic Society on malignant mesothelioma cases diagnosed in Connecticut from 1935 to 1977. It describes the Connecticut Tumor Registry case-control methodology, incidence tables and maps, a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 3, 1980
Compilation of H. C. Lewinsohn Papers on Mesothelioma, Pleural Plaques and HLA Antigens in Asbestos Workers (1974-1980)
…asbestos textile workers. The Connecticut study reported 229 mesothelioma cases and rising male incidence and described a pathology slide review of case diagnoses. None of the papers concerns Union Carbide or Calidria in the text provided.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 4, 1980
Lewinsohn, Meigs and Teta, Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977: Draft Presentation to the Connecticut Thoracic Society with Annotated Drafts and Pathology Review (1980)
Exhibit of about 111 pages of working drafts, mostly hand-annotated, of a 1980 presentation on malignant mesothelioma cases diagnosed in Connecticut from 1935 to 1977. It includes an anatomic pathology section by R.A.V. dated 10/28/80 with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1977
Peto, Doll, Howard, Kinlen and Lewinsohn, 'A mortality study among workers in an English asbestos factory' (1977)
Reprint of a 1977 British Journal of Industrial Medicine article reporting a mortality follow-up through 1974 of workers at an English asbestos textile factory. It reports excess lung cancer, mesothelioma and non-malignant respiratory disease deaths…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1979
G. Berry et al., Asbestosis: A Study of Dose-Response Relationships in an Asbestos Textile Factory, British Journal of Industrial Medicine (1979)
Journal article reporting a follow-up of men who had worked at least 10 years at an English asbestos textile factory, where the asbestos was mainly chrysotile with some crocidolite. It relates crepitations, 'possible asbestosis', certified…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 17, 1980
H. C. Lewinsohn, J. W. Meigs and M. J. Teta, Draft Presentation 'Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977' to the Connecticut Thoracic Society, with Added Pages (1980)
Draft paper (dated 10/17/80) for a November 4, 1980 presentation reporting a study of 229 malignant mesothelioma cases and 38 other pleural tumors in Connecticut, 1935-1977, covering methods, incidence rates, geographic distribution, slide review of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1979
Berry, Gilson, Holmes, Lewinsohn and Roach, 'Asbestosis: a study of dose-response relationships in an asbestos textile factory', British Journal of Industrial Medicine (1979)
Journal article reporting a follow-up of 379 men who had worked at least 10 years at an English asbestos textile factory, relating crepitations, possible and certified asbestosis, chest radiograph findings and lung function to dust exposure levels.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
S. Howard, L. J. Kinlen, H. C. Lewinsohn, J. Peto and R. Doll, A Mortality Study Among Workers in an English Asbestos Factory
Conference paper reporting a cohort mortality study of workers in an asbestos textile factory in northern England, followed up to the end of 1974. It compares observed and expected deaths from lung cancer, respiratory disease and other causes by…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 14, 1979
G. Berry and H. C. Lewinsohn, Dose-Response Relationships for Asbestos-Related Disease: Implications for Hygiene Standards, Part I. Morbidity, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1979)
Reprint of a journal article reporting a morbidity study of 392 men who worked at an asbestos textile factory in northern England. It relates estimated dust levels and cumulative exposure to crepitations, lung function, chest radiograph findings and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 24, 1980
H. C. Lewinsohn, J. W. Meigs and M. J. Teta, Draft of 'Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977' for the Connecticut Thoracic Society (1980)
A marked-up draft of a paper presented to the Connecticut Thoracic Society on malignant mesothelioma cases in Connecticut from 1935 to 1977. It covers the study methods, descriptive epidemiology, a pathology slide review of reported cases, and a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1978
P. H. Cooper, J. E. Day, C. A. Kennedy and H. C. Lewinsohn, Dust Control in a Conventional Asbestos Textile Factory, Paper for the 5th International Conference on Pneumoconiosis (1978)
Conference paper by four Raybestos-Manhattan authors describing how dust was reduced at the company's asbestos textile plant at Marshville, using enclosures, exhaust ventilation, wetting of yarns, and work practices. It reviews the history of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 14, 1979
G. Berry and H. C. Lewinsohn, Dose-Response Relationships for Asbestos-Related Disease: Implications for Hygiene Standards, Part I. Morbidity (1979)
Reprint of a journal article reviewing morbidity data from an asbestos textile factory in northern England, relating dust levels and cumulative exposure to crepitations, lung function, chest radiograph findings and 'possible asbestosis'. It…