29 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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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 · December 3, 1980
Union Carbide Federal Government Relations Department Draft Issue Summary on Regulation of Asbestos (1980)
…marked UCC Business Confidential, on federal regulation of asbestos. It covers the EPA and CPSC regulatory approach, the possible financial impact on Union Carbide's asbestos business, the company's position, its allies, and its expected…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 25, 1983
Batson-Cook Company (Hugh L. Cotton) to Union Carbide on Asbestos Dust Tests and News Coverage, Memorial Medical Center, Savannah (1983)
…article by Tom Barton, July 21, 1983, on asbestos added to the floor compound at Memorial Medical Center Letter, Union Carbide Corporation Metals Division to Hugh Cotten, Batson Cook Company, July 20, 1983, about Calidria RG…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 15, 1983
John Crane to Roger Wolff: Marked-Up Draft Press Statement on Calidria RG-244 and the Savannah Hospital Incident (1983)
Two copies of a short draft press statement, 'if needed', about a Savannah hospital incident. The statement describes Calidria asbestos RG-244 as a short-fiber chrysotile used where it is embedded in resin. Both copies carry handwritten cross-outs…
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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 · February 13, 1980
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on EPA Information Gathering Orders Under TSCA Sections 8(a) and 8(d) (1980)
…It states that the AIA/NA would make no substantive response to the 8(d) proposal, that the author planned no Union Carbide action, and that no commitments would be made without approval from UCC management.
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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 · 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 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 · April 22, 1983
L. A. Crisorio to T. W. Carmody et al. Transmitting Minutes of April 7, 1983 Meeting on the Financial Impact of the Miller Bill (1983)
Internal memo transmitting minutes of an April 7, 1983 ad hoc meeting that reviewed the financial impact on the Metals Division of a proposed Miller Bill to fund compensation for asbestos and other toxic substance claims. The attachments include…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 14, 1978
Harry Rhodes to T. F. Carmody and Others Transmitting Draft AIA/NA Response to OSHA Generic Standard Proposal (1978)
A handwritten cover note from Harry Rhodes of Calidria Asbestos sends recipients a draft Asbestos Information Association/North America (AIA/NA) response to OSHA's October 4, 1977 generic carcinogen standard proposal. The note asks for comments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 18, 1968
A. E. Pufahl to F. D. Dexter on the Effect of an Asbestos Business Plan on Pulp and Paper (1968)
…the Pulp and Paper department to F. D. Dexter estimating the financial effects on Pulp and Paper sales if Union Carbide abandoned asbestos. It reviews the paper-industry asbestos customers, including a nine-account "hard core…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 31, 1978
Harrison B. Rhodes (signed by John L. Myers) to Dr. J. J. Welsh and T. W. Carmody on Sputum Cytology Results from the King City Asbestos Plant (1978)
A January 1978 memo forwarding Mr. Malacarne's discussion of sputum cytology results from the King City asbestos plant, asking whether the data were sufficient for journal publication or could be used to enhance the company's image. The memo gives…
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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 · February 6, 1975
F. S. Stanwyck to G. Bailie, J. H. Bees, T. Thomas and T. W. Carmody Forwarding Dow Paper on Asbestos in Caustic Soda (1975)
Union Carbide internal memo, F. S. Stanwyck to G. Bailie, J. H. Bees, T. Thomas and T. W. Carmody, forwarding the Dow paper (Feb. 6, 1975) Letter from Donald G. Barkett, The Dow Chemical Company, to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 2, 1984
T. Guy Fortney, M.D. to J. L. Myers on the May 1984 King City Site Visit and Medical Program Recommendations (1984)
Internal correspondence from Union Carbide's western regional medical director to the King City plant manager following a site visit, praising the medical program and enclosing recommendations. The enclosures review the results of the 1982 recommendations…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 8, 1979
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on the AIA/NA Response to EPA's Notice on Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo transmitting the AIA/NA response to EPA's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on asbestos-containing materials in schools, which the memo says was largely developed by the law firm Kirkland and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 16, 1982
H. B. Rhodes to N. B. Haubold on the 1982 Industrial Hygiene Sampling Program for Plateau Mining Operations (1982)
Cover memo from H. B. Rhodes transmitting the revised 1982 Industrial Hygiene Sampling Program for Plateau Mining Operations, followed by the program text and tables. The program discusses 1981 respirable dust and silica results at the Plateau…
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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…