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FILE NAME: Georgia Pacific (GP) DATE: 1975 Aug 29 DOC#: GP067 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article with Notations - Spackling May Harbor Dangerous Asbestos Level d .i ' / " V n- P r N -'T v a w< / P 0. Box 308. Yardvllle Branch Trenton, New Jersey 08620 609/585-1100 z<\ I III'. IA I'.NIM, TIM IV T ill. NT ' N. N J .. I- H11VN. M 'M 'ST i**. I'7. ----\ ^ - T, T! - JVTt /Of A--^ . 'A. JU. j i. Jx f t m ay harbor T.^^erouis a sb e sto s level > FRANCES CEXRA New York Times Service NEW YORK -- Doit-yourselfers wh<r rcpm- `heir own plaster or plas- walls should be aware of re-- - v.v-ch indicating that some \ ............ available spackling ........'ds contain asbestos, a sub- - `bat has been linked to fatal "s and serious lung diseases. Environment;.! Sciences .... *.**> at Manhattan's Mount ' s - `mspita! under the direction of `w Irving .J. Selikoff. recently <he results of tests of 15 sinckle that had been pur in New York (Tty Five were o 'ria 'o apprer-table amounts 1 " f :,.>b,yt*,s. (Some f 'he samples w e-' 't'-n'-ca' brands bought at dif'imes. > V m 'd in g to Dr. Selikoff, the j ......... of Drywall T aper s and Point: .--s nf r-.reater New York called his a..i'f'"tn to the possibility that the 1 soackle might contain asbestos. John j .A!f:vne. an offic'al of the union, | soil some of the members became ill ! .n' were found t<> be suffering from . asbcs'os-caused diseases. | AS A "E S V '.T of Dr. Selikoff's 'i' be said, his union m em bers w " oo !ong(>r work with any spackle 1 -hat mains asbestos, and will only send dried sparkle if they are p n w 'i ' w 'th m asks. The asbestos in > released into the air. ac- p - Sel'kofr, when the dry v. s-.t to m ake a paste and when any form of spack le is sanded. Dr. David Rail, director of the Na tional Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, said it was doubtful that someone doing a small amount of sparkling work at home was in any danger. But he said that some one redoing the walls of an entire house might be taking ``an unneces sary risk." Extensive research on the results of long-range, low-level asbestos exposure is in progress, he said. A spokesman for U.S. Gypsum, the manufacturer of one of the spackling brands found to contain asbestos, said the company was phasing out the production of spacklcs with asbestos. A spot check of several Manhattan paint stores found cans of U.S. Gypsum's Texolite. which con tains from fi to 10 percent asbestos, still on the market. Also found was another U.S. Gypsum product called Durabond Paste Spackling, which was labeled: "Caution: Contains asbestos fibers. Avoid creating dust Breathing asbestos dust may cause serious bodily harm." THE OTHER PRODUCTS found by Dr. Selikoff to contain asbestos were Pert A Tape. Metro and Arvon The Perf A Tape was counted twice h\ Dr. Selikoff. because ", was pur chased and tested twice, only in -' t*72 or earlier, and later in January. !7-> Products found to he without ashes los were Red Top, Mural. Pa'eh Paste, Schalk. U-G-L Cerfex K<-v New Kex and Dap, Dr Selikoff co" tioned that the products on the mar ket today might contain different ingredients. Persons wishing to minimize any risk should use only paste spaekl'and should wear a mask when sand ing. Most labels on spackle produe's do not disclose the eonsiituen's that went into them. XC - ched S/77Cdfy Corkk*// $<