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FILE NAME: Asbestos in Hair Dryers (HD) DATE: D DOC#: HD0 OCUMENT DESCRIPTION: W^WZ', ZZW^ .....-~~. - .'-"--':':'._-'-'.;.:. 53 A tb~AS~ U.S.Consumer Product . . ~ Safety Commissi90 Washington. D.C. 20207 ~ Media ReJ.ations Media Inquiries; 202/634-7780 . FOR RELEASE THURSDAY .MAY 17,. 1979 GENERAL ELECTRIC HAIR DRYER RESPONSE ACCEPTED BY CPSC WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 17, 1979)-- The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the General Electric Co. tOday announc~ agreement on a program for voluntary correction of hair dryers contain- inq asbestos L~sulation. While the Commission and GE..are not in agreemEmt' 'as. to ,whether: . " 1 , ' . ' '" ... . . <.,~ch hair dryers present or could present. a heal~ hazard, and while GE does net .bel.ieve. that i t is legally required to undertake this program, GE has urged its distributor customers to retur.n hair " ':... . " drye+s conta~ing asbestos to GE and to advise consumers of the situation. GE will retrofit all units capable of being retrofitted with a non-asbestos insulator. For those units that cannot be readily retrofitted r GE has agreed, at the consumer's o~ion, to exchange hair dryers in good operating conaition f~r a suitable replacement or apply a aepreciated credit against the purchase of other merchandise available at authorized GE small appliance service locations. -MORE- ...._ ~'-::;;.~r~"""~-Si>!SIII_!I'IA"'iE!P<"',""''''''' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~ ' - - - " GEGIE 00081 -2- Concerned consumers should'b~ing their hair ~ryers to. t~eir nearest authorized service location or should call GE. toll-free, at 800-421-5822 for info~ation. . GE ~mall appliance servi?e locations are listed in the' yellow pages of most telephone books. Hair dryers shou~d not be brought to GE retailers. The model numbers of the hair dryers containing asbestos. 'are as follows: pna-ll/Sl16-00S STC-I/IA PRO-10/SllS-Ol3 UH-20 PRa-6/5112-005 liD-3D Pno-Sj5110-0l3 PRo-4/S1.09.~: o. oi ....... .....'. - .' PRO-3/5107-011 UH-31 .::HD-S.6 ........ :-: HO-54' :... ' . .,.......'.~.":'..:. -;:. pRO-2/Sl..Oa-005 BD-52 PRO~1/510S-013 HD-51 PB":"'1/5ll 3":0 0 5 .' :: 'HD-63/63SS .. SD-4/5101-013 HD-63SS/5083-008 so-i/2 HD-53 STC-2 BD-20 aD-55 Bli2Wi'lW SSSBU!l"C4Z! 2 'ifO c GEGIE 00082 ........................~ .... --\_.- '...~ -3- '~ ,.' Anyon~ wishing to verify'model numbers may contact cpsc's toll-free Hot~Line at the following numbers: in the Continental U.S., SOO-638-8326~ in Maryland, 800-429- 8363; and in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, 800-638-8333. -30- ... - :. '. , . ~ .. ... -. '~'.- '! '"., ..... ':.. ',' GEGIE 00083 .. .s &:4'...31 AU ascc;ucu 1 _au 4 :Ii