47 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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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 · 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 · December 12, 1975
W. C. Thurber to J. W. Rawlings and F. C. Kroft, Jr. on Pending Asbestos Lawsuits (1975)
…suits had been dismissed and 9 were still pending. It describes the past defense strategy as showing that Union Carbide never sold product to the insulation trade, and says a newly raised conspiracy claim would make…
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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 · 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 · February 12, 1976
W. C. Thurber to J. W. Rawlings on the Asbestos SPU Action Plan for RG-244 and RG-600 (1976)
Internal Metals Division memorandum outlining an action plan to expand earnings of the Asbestos strategic planning unit (Calidria) through the specialty fibers RG-244 and RG-600. It covers markets, sales history and projections, airborne fiber…
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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 · February 11, 1982
I. L. Soisson to F. C. Kroft, Jr., Forwarding Gene Prescott's Letter on Acquiring the Asbestos Fiber Mine (1982)
A short cover memo from I. L. Soisson to F. C. Kroft, Jr. says Gene Prescott telephoned to ask whether the asbestos operation was for sale and was told it was not. It attaches Prescott's February 11, 1982 letter on behalf of an asbestos-cement sheet…
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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 · June 12, 1977
J. L. Myers to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Speech Script on Asbestos Industry Safety for California Cancer Education Programs (1977)
Internal Union Carbide Metals Division memo dated June 12, 1977, from J. L. Myers to W. C. Thurber enclosing the script for a slide presentation for California's "Preventing On-The-Job Cancer" programs on June…
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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…