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FILE NAME: Kaiser Gypsum (KG) DATE: 1972 June 2 DOC#: KG 100 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Industrial Safety Precautions - Tape & Joint Compounds - State Fire Marshal Meeting L . A . # 9 G 5- T . H . S u p p le L . A . H91 - P . D. Thompson L . A . #9G1 - D . S , M c V ic k e r L . A . #961 - R o g e r G i l l e t t e In d u s tr ia l S a fe ty Precautions ? lain tjfps i E2kHl I!SJT i- u> ' 't t ' ' > -7 1 i. i 7//` RECEIVED J UN 12 13?2 Tape and J o i n t Compounds Ju n e 2 , 1972 W hile a tte n d in g the S ta te F ire M a rsh al's f ir e r e s t program - P ro j- 1 e c r C o rr id o r - I had th e o c c a s io n to ta lk w ith Mr. R o b ert C u lic k o f the D ryw all In d u stry Trust Fund. Included In th is conversation woo M r. M arvin S m ith o f th e Gy pc urn A s s o c i a t i o n , end Mr. Howard W aitman o f K a is e r Gypsum R e se arch end D evelopm ent. M r. G u lick advised th a t th ere have been recen t d iccu ssia n s brought on by trade unions r a is in g q u e stio n s about th e i l l o f fa c te chat could p o s s ib ly be en co u n te re d u s in g j o i n t and to p e compound s y s te m s .' M r. G u lic k in d ic a te d t h a t docum entary evid en ce haa bacn in tro d u ced by m ed ical personnel th a t in d ic a te s over approxim ately a fiv e year period o f 't i n e , t h a t wcrlcmcn c u b ie c te d t o c a rd in g j o i n t cyatem s record ed a h ig h rate o f lung cancer a ttr ib u te d posafbly to the csbeatca: content o f th e fib e r s used in th e v a rio u s jo i n t compounds. M r . G u li c k m s i n t h e p r o c e s a o f p r e p a r in g a l e t t e r to a l e r t n-nnu- f a c t u r e r a o f j o i n t compound to b e prepared fo r any in te r r o g a tio n t h a t m ight en su e. M r. GuLiek fu r t h e r a d v ic e d th a t he would send a l e t t e r in c a r e o f Mr. S m ith o f the Gypsum A s s o c , who, in tu r n , w ill r e la y to a l l o f the gypsum m an u factu rers. In a d d itio n , fir. G u lick w ill a lso inform the o th e r m an u factu rers o f j o i n t compound system s t h a t are n o t n e c e c n a r ily members o f th e Gypsum A a s o c . T h i s memo is b e in g s e n t f o r in fo r m a t io n u se o n ly in th e a tte m p t t o e l e r t th e persons concerned, o f the im pending probLen. RFG/mj USG106.1 TAB 34