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FILE NAME: Drywall Spackling Compounds (DWSC) DATE: 1976 July DOC#: DWSC028 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article with BC Notes and Attached Letter *^7^ 3 , B y H e n r y CC l g o f f M eivsday A . :.:iv?r W rite r C ons'!::. o r g a n i z a t l . . - .. e n v iro n ire .;,. for a fed t, . p o u n d s th contain n . U n io n jo i n e d tv it I\ a n m aU concerns itself w ith is s u e s y e s t e r d a y t..) c a ll ,ii o n w a ll-p a Lching oom . o sold to consum er 3 and' . o s f ib e r s , b o tie v e >1 to caus-s car.- . - T ha con C onsum er r ton-bo.=d b C ouncil )e P roduct b . ; to C m v a.'VcritOS. ': . b y ' th a i. A l b e r t 1j r jt >->*. . m a r g r o u p , p u b lis h t?r of . ports, a n d the ;k in - i o r a l R e s o u r c e s D . H-ur:.->3 m o d th e U .S . 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A n d , .h u n o t e d , th e j - u - a. ot o f bo a: ,:y o f th e ? -,*t ~- N cw .sdity by D -v.M :-;n a u c t i o n e d > . i 'okr& s* Barry I. Castleman E N V IR O N M E N TA L C O N SU LTA N T / 1738 Riggs Place, North West, Washington, D.C. 23009/202 387 - 7595 m yj co if 2 ^ H enry Gilgoff / 550 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, Long Island, New York 11530 Telephone (5X6) 294-3183 Dear -Barry, T hank s a g a i n f o r s e n d i n g me* t h e m a t e r i a l . E n c l o s e d y o u ' l l f i n d a s t o r y we d i d on t h e p e t i t i o h ; I do p la n to f o llo w up on t h i s . I 'm going on a two-week v a c a t i o n . S o , I ' l l be g e t t i n g b a c k t o you 'sometime ...after-that.-O ne--point th a t concerned me. In the m a te r ia l s e n t me, a copy e n clo se d , is a page t h a t says t h a t (spackle) from thefrluralo Co. ha^ a s b e s to s . I-iy s t o r y q u o t e d t h e p r e s i d e n t o f t h e company as s a y i n g th at Spackle with a c a p ita l S has "never" had asbestos. Now, I hope t h a t n e v e r d o e s n o t t u r n o u t t o be t o o l o n g a time and the s to ry th ere fo re in accu rate in th is regard. I a lre a d y have a c a l l in on t h a t and would a p p re cia te over- iVi i rii `i f you `c o u l d f i g u r e o u t t h e s o u r c e f o r t h ! 5"' l i s t i n g of Spackle -under "Drywall compounds in which a s b e s t o s h a s b e e n f o u n d , 1* , o