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FILE NAME: Drywall Spackling Compounds (DWSC) DATE: 1976 July 16 DOC#: DWSC024 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article - Wall-Repair Goods Are Said to Contain Carcinogenic Fibers  . f t * . * * * : ' THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Friday, July 16,1976 Wall-Repair Goods Are Satd to Contain Carcinogenic Fibers Some Patching Compounds Have Perilous Asbestos, Studies Say; Ban Asked], BWy uAWSaHlIlNSGthTeO-iuNt -JSooumr nea lofBtlhueff Bcoupmuprlorur nds uwsaeldls c(oorntapiantcchainncger-acnadusirnegpaaisrbinegstosInftiebreiorsr oanrgdansihzoautilodnsbecobnatennndeedd,. two public-interest j SafIentyaCopmetimtiiosnsiotno, tthhee CNoantusuraml erRePsoroudrucects'! DmeafteendsethCatoubnectwil eaenndaCthoinrsdumanedrsaUhnailofnofestthle- jj patching compounds sold in the U.S. would j be subject to such aMsan. It cited products sold by Mobil Corp.'s Montgomery Ward! Iansc.amsuobnsgidtihaoryseanthdatbyalGleegoerdglyia-pPoasceifaichCpoarltph.j hazard. When asbestos fibers are Inhaled, they greatly increase the danger of cancer of the lungs, the lining of the lungs and the abdo-J smheonw. inTgheverpyethitiigohn cocnitceedntrmateiodincsalofsttuhediefsi cboemrspoiunndtshewearier uasfetderfoarsdbreystowsa-cllonretapianiirnsg. dAesrbeedstocsomgpeotsunidnsto arthee.maitxr edbotwhithwhwenateprowto pcrlaecaetes aarepastacnhdiendg apfatsetre thaendpawstheendrpieast,chtehde studies sliowed.