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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: October 1971 DOC#: USG117 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1971 Memo from CP Kipp with attached article on asbestos exposures and link to cancer and asbestosis if:- *. From: C hicago #198/ c * KlPP Subject: Asbestos Exposures The a t t a c h e d newspaper a r t i c l e i a v e r y d i s t u r b b eca use i t . ten d s t o r e f u t e the t h e o ry t h a t i t taV.ee a p r o l o n e e d r e l a t i v e l y In ten se exposure to asbestos to cause cancer and/or a s b e s to s ls . ^ The st u d y i n d i c a t e s a twenty p e r c e n t d e a t h r a t e by can cer a group or a s b e s t o s workers over an e l e v e n year p e r i o d , most o f when ; were exposed a t work f o r a p e r io d o f 12_ to 15 months. The twenty ' ^ p e r c e n t d e a t h r a t e i s f i v e t im es the e j e c t e d U. S. death r a t e f o r -.sneer. I f t h i s r e c e n t study i s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , then the company i s ( faced with the follow ing problems or courses of action: ^ 1 . O^r j o i n t t r e a t m e n t o p e r a t i o n s h a v e had a h - t -- "u-*` r a t e . We do n o t know t h e i n c i d e n t s o f c a n c e r o r sues-o -- s ^ who h a v e ' w o r k e d i n J o i n t t r e a t m e n t and s u b s e q u e n t l y l e f t o u r e . p - c , . , _ 0 -T-wm b ^ n ~ - li e d sgalnst us as people Ho we v e r we c a n a n t i c i p a i,e m^. - v L -- -0 become more aware o f t h e po t e n t i a l reu.dt^onsh^.?. 2 . Soma o f / ^ o c I T ^ l n t t r . a r m . n t o p e r a t i o n s may n o t meet c u rre n t h e a l t h sta n d a rd s. These exposures should be re -e v a lu a te d -s soon as p o s s ib le and adequate strtp s taken. 3 . Asbestos should be elim inated from product lin e s vher/ever f e a s i b l e . Strong co n sid e ra tio n should be g iv e n to c o n c e n t._ wing ^ ^ p r o d u c t i o n on _Ready-WMwix -,aas ooDptpoosaeedu t o d r y ^j o i n t compounds. Sprayon "A" should be e lim in a te d since Sprayon ' f 1b an accep tab le s u b s t i t u t e . i,. o t h e r a s b e s t o s usXasea th2 Company and i t s s u b s i d i a r i e s ould b e f u l l y e x p l o r e d and e v a l u a t e d . T h l e would In clu de t h e o pera tio n s o f E. J . E a r t e l l s , an A. ? . Qreen s u b s i d i a r y which i n s t a l l s a s b e s t o s insulation products. USG104.3 tab 3 A sbestos Exposures - page 2 i PLAINTIFF'S I EXHIBIT I 1606(2 ) 5. P r o d u c t Management h a s e x p re s s e d v i l l l n g n e s s t o have t h e l a b e l s f o r J o i n t t r e a t m e n t ' compounds r e f e r t o t h e a s b e s t o s e x p o s u r e .. hen c o m p etito rs a re ready to taKe s i m il a r a c t i o n . I do not f e e l i t vould d be a breach of the lav to encourage th is type of a c tiv ity by c o m p e tito rs and I recommend our p o s i t i o n here be r e - e v a l u a te d . ; The p r o b a b ilit ie s are th a t th e a s b e s to s i n d u s t r y 111 take t h e p o s i t i o n t h a t t h e f i n d i n g s o u t l i n e d i n t h e a t t a c h e d a r t i c l e a r e no Qf r e p r e s e n t a t i v e . E_ ven i,fr t4h-hi isa iiss' ssoo,, xI f e e l t h e p r o c e d u r e s recommend . should be riv en h ig h lev e l consideration a t th is time. ' DISTRIBUTION : Dr . J . W. Z a b o r , c E . Dykes, A. J . Wat" , T. _S. Sn e 1 1 , W. R . K ogan, A. R- Rump, W. V. K ollow a y, C. C. T h i e l , J . XTJ\ . C o r n e l l , R. . E n t a , C. H. Howard, L. A. T obey, D. F . Rohrman p . 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