20 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 22, 1983
H. C. Lewinsohn to H. B. Rhodes on Asbestos Toxicology and the IRDA Genotoxicity Item (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo in which the Assistant Corporate Medical Director comments on an IRDA item, "Further Evidence that Asbestos is not Genotoxic." He says the in vitro findings cannot be related to human exposure, that…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 15, 1983
R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Thurber on Substituting a Revised Asbestos Label for the OSHA Label (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo from R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Thurber proposing that a different attached label replace the OSHA-mandated asbestos label on UCC asbestos products shipped to U.S. users, subject to OSHA…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 23, 1980
Shirley D. Conner to M. R. Huffman Transmitting a List of Chemicals and Plastics Exposure Standards Compared with ACGIH, NIOSH and OSHA (1980)
A cover letter from Shirley D. Conner (Medical/Toxicology) to M. R. Huffman, with an attached multi-page table of substances. For each substance, the table lists the ACGIH TLV, the NIOSH proposal or OSHA standard, the Chemicals and Plastics (C/P)…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 22, 1983
H. C. Lewinsohn to H. B. Rhodes on Asbestos Toxicology and the IRDA Note on Genotoxicity (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the Assistant Corporate Medical Director commenting on an IRDA item, "Further Evidence that Asbestos is not Genotoxic." He wrote that the in vitro findings could not be related to human exposure…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 10, 1983
F. L. Smith, Jr. Trip Report on Customer Service Dust Counts at Michael-Walters Industries, Valier, Illinois (1983)
Trip report (Report No. 83-M-1) on a January 6, 1983 visit to Valier, Illinois, to collect airborne asbestos samples at Michael-Walters Industries during manufacture of "Stoppit", a stopping wall sealant, with further monitoring in a coal mine in…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 22, 1984
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on MSDS and Product Label for the Asbestos Alteration Product, Synthetic Olivine, with Draft Data Sheet and Label (1984)
…Material Safety Data Sheet for Synthetic Olivine (draft 2/6/84, effective date March 1, 1984), Union Carbide Metals Division, Danbury, CT Draft product label 'Forsterite' with caution statement on dust irritation (Attachment 1) Memo, H…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 29, 1980
P. R. Sherman Design Memorandum on Asbestos Bagging Improvement at King City (1980)
Design memorandum (Design Memo No. 1, Revision No. 0, File No. 11217) by P. R. Sherman on improving the bagging of asbestos shipments at King City, CA. It describes efforts to develop a dust-free bag with a better bag wrap and a bag closure system…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1982
Fred L. Smith to B. L. Ingalls on Plenum Test of King City Tailings and Raw Ore Samples (1982)
Memo dated May 12, 1982, transmitting results of controlled-environment tests on King City tailings and raw ore samples. Samples were agitated on a Derrick pan vibrator in a closed chamber, airborne fibers were collected on filters, and counts were…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 21, 1982
R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Kuryla on Asbestos Labeling and Cigarette Smoking, with Handwritten Note (1982)
Internal Union Carbide memo from R. W. Rebholz to Dr. W. C. Kuryla, referring to a memo of October 20th, about a suggestion that a new asbestos label warn that cancer risk from asbestos exposure is…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 9, 1984
John L. Myers to S. L. Baye on Air Monitoring Reports and a Customer Dust-Count Listing (1984)
Internal memo from John L. Myers to the Law Department enclosing a list of customer and other air monitoring reports prepared by Fred Smith, and suggesting how the reports could be organized for use in litigation. Attached are a template page for an…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 21, 1983
F. L. Smith to D. F. Kapral on the Estimated Business Loss if the Asbestos TWA Limit Drops to 0.5 Fiber/cc (1983)
Internal memo with an attached 10-page explanation and customer table estimating the business Union Carbide might lose if the allowable asbestos TWA fell from 2.0 to 0.5 fiber/cc. The memo says the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 31, 1983
B. L. Ingalls to R. E. Byrne, D. F. Kapral and F. L. Smith on Law Department Review of the Asbestos Dust Count Report Insert, with Related Memo to J. B. Rouse and Insert Text (1983)
Exhibit of three pages. A January 31, 1983 internal memo from B. L. Ingalls says J. B. Rouse of the UCC Law Department reviewed the asbestos dust monitoring report insert on procedures, limits and conditions and recommended minor revisions. It is…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 21, 1982
R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Kuryla on Asbestos Labeling and Cigarette Smoking (1982)
Internal memorandum from R. W. Rebholz to Dr. W. C. Kuryla, referencing a memo of October 20, about a suggestion that a new asbestos label warn that cancer risk from asbestos exposure is increased by cigarette smoking. It summarizes Dr. Selikoff's…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 21, 1982
R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Kuryla on Asbestos Labeling and Cigarette Smoking (1982)
Internal Union Carbide memo following up on an October 20 memorandum. It reports a suggestion that a new asbestos label warn that cancer risk from asbestos exposure is increased by cigarette smoking, summarizes Dr. Selikoff's…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 20, 1982
R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Kuryla on Developing a New Label for Metals Division Asbestos Products (1982)
Internal memo from R. W. Rebholz to Dr. W. C. Kuryla asking his group to develop a new label for the Metals Division's asbestos products in place of the OSHA-mandated bag label, and to give an opinion on whether the British distinction in exposure…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 21, 1982
R. W. Rebholz to Dr. W. C. Kuryla on Asbestos Labeling and Cigarette Smoking (1982)
Internal Union Carbide memo following up on an October 20 memorandum, noting a suggestion that a new asbestos label warn that cancer risk from asbestos exposure is increased by cigarette smoking. It summarizes Dr. Selikoff's…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 9, 1983
R. W. Rebholz to R. A. Butler and Others Circulating Proposed Asbestos Product Label Text (1983)
A one-paragraph internal memo from R. W. Rebholz, dated March 9, 1983, said that Dr. Lewinsohn developed a "consensus" asbestos product label text after a March 7 meeting and asked for early comments. The attached text is a warning headed "Cancer…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 9, 1984
John L. Myers to S. L. Baye on Air Monitoring Reports and a Proposed Listing of UCC Asbestos Dust Counts (1984)
Internal memo from John L. Myers to the Law Department enclosing a list, prepared by Fred Smith, of customer and other air monitoring reports, and proposing that the fewer than 400 reports be summarized in three listings for use in litigation. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 20, 1983
G. L. Dickson to J. T. Kelly on the Impact of a 0.5 Fiber/cc TWA Standard on 1984 Calidria Sales (1983)
Internal memo in which G. L. Dickson of Calidria Asbestos responded to a report by Fred Smith estimating a 31.5% loss in sales if OSHA lowered the asbestos standard from 2.0 to 0.5 fibers/cc. Dickson gave five reasons he considered Smith's…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 17, 1982
B. L. Ingalls to D. F. Kapral on the 6/11/82 Niagara Falls Meeting about Chemical Treatment of Asbestos to Reduce Toxicity (1982)
…discussion of disease mechanisms, the limits of a surface-only treatment for Union Carbide's tailings and products, the regulatory climate, and the conclusion that Union Carbide would not pursue the process for the immediate future.