84 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 5
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Answers to Supplemental Interrogatories 5 and 8 in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
Cover memo from Klotzbach to Thurber transmitting answers to questions 5 and 8 in Roderman v. Union Carbide Answer to Question 5: Technology Department history, functions, quality assurance and safety responsibilities Answer to Question 8: asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Forwarding Answers to Supplemental Interrogatory Questions 5 and 8, Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
…questions 5 and 8 prepared as background for supplemental interrogatories in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide Corporation et al. The cover memo gives the timeline of asbestos claims, process and product development and first shipments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 23, 1977
Harrison B. Rhodes to T. F. Carmody on House Bill H.R. 8689 and Union Carbide's Low-Profile Position (1977)
…it and that Johns-Manville had talked with the Tobacco Lobby. He asked for a Law Department commentary on the current version and said he planned to keep a very low profile position for Union Carbide.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 10, 1969
R. L. Folkman to J. C. Stephenson Transmitting H. F. Reichard's Summary of UCC Asbestos Market Patterns (1969)
A confidential memorandum from R. L. Folkman to J. C. Stephenson forwarding a summary by Hal Reichard of the asbestos market, with commentary on possible ways of marketing the product line. The attached two-page table, 'UCC Asbestos Market…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 11, 1979
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers, K. S. Lane and F. J. Shortsleeve Forwarding an Editorial on the Time of Recognition of Asbestos-Related Cancer (1979)
A one-page Union Carbide Metals Division internal memo from Harrison B. Rhodes, dated January 11, 1979, forwarding an attached study on the time of recognition of asbestos-related cancer. The attachment is a 1978 editorial…
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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 · October 17, 1978
Calidria Asbestos Monthly Sales Report and Sales Summary for September 1978 (1978)
A two-page Calidria Asbestos Monthly Sales Report issued 10/17/78. Page 1 is a distribution list; page 2 is a sales summary table for September 1978 and year-to-date, giving tons, dollars (in thousands) and percent of budget for each domestic and…
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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 · 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 · 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 10, 1979
John L. Myers to Dr. F. J. Shortsleeve on Preliminary 1981 Calidria Asbestos Sales Estimate (1979)
Internal memo from John L. Myers transmitting a preliminary 1981 sales estimate for Calidria asbestos, with a comparison of tons and dollars against 1979 and the 1980 budget. It discusses a price increase averaging 8.5% he hoped to implement for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 28, 1970
J. E. Skvarla and H. B. Rhodes Call Report on Permutit Co. Inquiry About Asbestos for Oil Removal from Recycled Water (1970)
Call report on a telephone call from Hans Lundgren of Permutit Co. (Paramus, N.J.), who was preparing a proposal on using asbestos to remove emulsified oil from recycled demineralized water in a PVC-PVA manufacturing operation. Skvarla agreed to…
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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 · 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 · October 4, 1978
John L. Myers to R. E. Byrne, Jr. on Daubert Chemical's Decision to Discontinue Asbestos-Filled Products (1978)
…Brook about orders for RG-110-EX. Houghton said Daubert's upper management had decided to discontinue all asbestos-filled products with a target date of 12/31/78, citing union pressure and insurance company insistence.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 18, 1979
J. L. Myers to F. J. Shortsleeve and R. W. Rebholz on EPA Study of Asbestos Mining Counties in California, with SAI Proposal Extracts (1979)
…1 (source inventory and exposure characterization components) and emission estimates for Atlas, Union Carbide and Calaveras asbestos operations Table 3.4-2, ambient air sampling levels for California locations SAI proposal text on other man-made…
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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 · January 11, 1979
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers, K. S. Lane and F. J. Shortsleeve Transmitting Editorial 'Asbestos and Cancer: The International Lag' (1979)
A one-page Union Carbide Metals Division internal memo dated January 11, 1979, titled 'Time of Recognition of Asbestos-Related Cancer', forwarding an attached article for information. The attachment is a 1978 editorial from the American…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 21, 1979
Memo to R. W. Rebholz and F. J. Shortsleeve on Silane Treated Asbestos and a Proposed Meeting with Dresser Industries (1979)
Internal memo marked confidential, circulating background on silane treated asbestos and the understandings between Dresser Industries and Union Carbide. It sets out three purposes for a proposed March 1979 meeting with Dresser in New York, notes…