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FILE NAME: Ford (FD) DATE: 1972 July 28 DOC#: FD055 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo - Asbestos Containing Materials * Inter Office Communication TO: W. D. Compton cc: R. L. Gealer* S. S. Labana PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT FD-82 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STAFF J u ly 28, 1972 S u b je c t: A sbestos C ontaining M aterials I am e n c l o s i n g a copy o f a r e c e n t c o m m u n icatio n by G. F . Bush on t h e s u b j e c t . N ote t h a t t h i s work may h av e some r e le v a n c e on o u r p ro g ram on b ra k e lin in g s , in th e Chem ical E ngineering and M echanical R esearch D epart m ents. The Polym er S cien ce D epartm ent co u ld work on th e e lim in a tio n o f a s b e s to s from m olding compounds ( e .g ., h e a te r h o u sin g s m anufactured a t S h e ld o n Road p l a n t ) and fro m g a s k e ts ( p u r c h a s e d ) . H ow ever, we s h o u ld f i r s t make s u r e t h a t (a) th e Company i s w il l in g t o p ay th e c o s t p e n a lty l i k e l y to r e s u l t from th e e lim in a tio n o f a s b e s to s , and (b) o u r v e n d o rs ' work in th i s area is in su fficien t. Do you t h i n k we s h o u ld p u rs u e t h i s ? ed E nclosure Serge Grateh ! B0 1562 to-* PRODUCED RV onori