24 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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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 · May 9, 1973
Floyd H. Larrison Jr. to E. S. Prochnik on Press Coverage of Selikoff's Senate Testimony and the King City Asbestos Operation (1973)
…a clipping reporting Dr. Irving Selikoff's Senate subcommittee testimony. He wrote that the Salinas reporter was told Union Carbide had no comment on the testimony, but that the problems in general, the company's concern…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 18, 1972
John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson Transmitting Draft Interim Toxicology Report on Asbestos for Customer Mailing (1972)
A Feb. 18, 1972 internal memo from John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson sends Calidria's version of a proposed interim toxicology report and asks him to obtain management, medical and legal approvals for a general customer mailing. The exhibit also holds…
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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 · 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 · March 9, 1972
Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. to W. N. Johnson on Air Sampling Program Results near the King City Mill and Mine (1972)
Internal letter from the King City office reporting results of air sampling taken around the King City mill (Feb. 29 and Mar. 1, 1972) and the mine area (Mar. 2, 1972). The letter concludes that no particle counted near the mill was asbestos, says…
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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 · February 18, 1972
John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson Transmitting Interim Toxicology Report on Asbestos for Customer Mailing (1972)
…medical and legal approvals so it could be mailed to customers. The report discusses asbestos health effects, the OSHA and EPA rules of 1971-72 and dust control, and states Union Carbide's position on asbestos.
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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 · September 5, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to W. N. Johnson on Gravimetric vs. Fiber-Count Evaluation of Asbestos Dust (1972)
A two-page internal letter, marked Confidential, from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to W. N. Johnson of Mining & Metals. It states that the Medical Department did not favor a gravimetric (weight) system for evaluating…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 25, 1972
J. E. Walsh Report of Call on Whitaker Corp. (Lenoir, N.C.) Regarding RG-244 Resin Screen Plugging and Toxicology Brochure (1972)
Report of a call by J. E. Walsh on Whitaker Corp., a polyester resin maker in Lenoir, North Carolina, interviewing its technical director and technical service contact. It covers Sonic study data, Whitaker's screen-plugging problems with RG-244…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 9, 1973
Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. to E. S. Prochnik Forwarding Newspaper Articles on Dr. Selikoff's Senate Testimony and the King City Asbestos Operation (1973)
…reporting Dr. Irving Selikoff's Senate subcommittee testimony. The memo says a Californian reporter sought Union Carbide's comment on the testimony and was told the company had no comment, though the problems in general, the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 2, 1972
E. A. Piersall Reply Message on Bureau of Mines Calidria King City Asbestos Dust Health Study (1972)
Union Carbide reply message, E. A. Piersall to J W Rawlings/W N Johnson and P. W. McDaniel, 2/2/72 Bureau of Mines report cover page and survey identification and distribution list Report text: introduction…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1972
B. L. Ingalls to R. E. Byrne, Jr. and Others on Industrial Hygiene Consultants for Asbestos Dust Survey (1972)
B. L. Ingalls reported on telephone calls to two industrial hygiene consultants, United States Testing Company and W. T. Ingraham, about their ability to perform asbestos dust count surveys. Ingraham gave a cost estimate of $1,500 to $3,000 for an…