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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: September 10, 1966 DOC#: USG079 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1966 Newspaper article regarding asbestos. Cover letter to JN Walker dated October 13, 1966 / 0 /> ee: #17^-1 C. C. Thiel C t0! 41S1 - J. IT.Valker FROM: #172-2 - B. S. Massey SUBJECT: Asbestos - Attached October 13, 1966 Casaeuta on possible health hazards of finely ground asbestos appear to be Increasing. Bas Research considered this? Any Federal controls on its use could cause us real problems. EHH/cJe / *> 0.6SU U n it ed Sta tes Gypsu m C om pan y c - ; \ t `Ai B *" : r *.w ,T+ ' ' ' -IW f'. Taking Giant Steps Two chemical process companies toot |i u t steps toward diversifying inm iTir nr m nrnrifrT ArMukiT t r r lr . and two p ip e companies with earnbiried^iales ofnesiriy SI- bifiibn/year reached a lenurivc_sgreem ent_ to Sources of airaome asbestos Asbestos-lined duets used in centrally air-conditioned building; -, Asbestos ducts and insulation in homo central-heating plants. Motor vehicle brake linings and clutch plates. ;jAuto. . '0) _ |u7I' ^ .^paaded ^ ja j Asopstos _sningies^ana_sittings. ^ A sb e sto s: A w aiting `T r ja j' and B. L MeFariand and Asaoctata .?/ Th_ (Fhit- Worth and Midland. Tex.), a group of five companies involved in *-.v" * ..o<Thoreand_ onshore drilling opera The asbestos Industry--whose cud ' -_ P H 5 officials think it m ay -tv. ***lions. have agreed'to merge; subject to stockholders* apprevaL The Me* `Fariaad group operates five offshore ' drilling rip in the Gulf of Mexico. products are valocd at more than SSOO m jgion/ycsr may bo in for a shake . up. It could come is the form of federal legislation limiting the use of them up to five yean to cats asbestos* true role a an air polU However. Congress may act b the research is finished. Says R (3) A tentative agreement to merge asbestos, because asbestos has been sc senutivc Robert W atkins (R , cI has been reached by U S . Plywood Carp. (New York) and -Q iam pya Papers. Inc. (Hamilton. 0& *h v snrijsst to both directors* and stockhold er' apprevaL The corporate identities of both companies will be preserved. ented---though not yet "convicted"-- "We've seen enough evidence ^arpgsignificaiit,health- baxarA -Prob-., - ready. Asbestos win never get a < ' able'contender for asbestos markets: ' bill of health. With just a little < plasties. * data w ell move for controls Recent studies have convinced U.S. strict ones." ' Public Health Service specialists and Some fo ra of asbestos contn other medical authorities that about in the offing, public health off Reducing Gas Rates 4051 of all Americans have-m ild, chronic cases of asbestosis, even are certain, if only p an of a b dan-am bient-air program. H our The Federal Power Commission has though most of them never worked there is the danger that Congress ordered 1 Paso Natural Gas Co. and directly with asbestos. enact rigorous controls on the qu Tran*western Pipeline Co. to reduce Unlike other airborne dust particles, ty of asbestos that could be used by $17 million/year the price of na> asbestos fibers have the ability--1 In that case both Canada arid .tural gas in the southern California most as much as activated carbon-- asbestos produets manufacn. market. ' to absorb polyeyciie hydrocarbons would be hard hit. Of the five fc The rate cut stems from the July and arsenicsIs. Furthermore, a y s "of asbestos mined today, chryy 26 decision in which FPC turned USPHS. in the past 30 yean the as- asbestos holds the predom inant^ down the application of Gulf Paeifie bcstos-rclated cancer rate has in ket position because o f its insi Pipeline Co. (a Tenncco subsidiary) creased sixfold. ing and processing qualities. Cat *to supply gas to the Los Angeles area The Inferences: While the average produces more than SOT* of the c (CIP. ring. 6. p. 20). Gulf Padfie asbestos worker is well protected, the smile asbestos used in the V S last week filed for a rehearing. man on the treat is not. The 3x1- both countries, a number of sei FI. Paso and Transwestern were iv K tt 5 V < in his lim p ean dislocations would occur. told they.would have to lower their vt-r.; from a variety of sources {tablt. At present, there is no known rates to reflect the lower costs result terial that eoutd fit! all or asb< ing from the bigger deliveries pos \nd medics! Rtncrts a y there's no strategic roles. On the other li sible in the expanded system. At the ** *. v sv>cn hydrocarbon comeat should federal controls merely same tim e FPC id it would conduet r :n .-c lung deposits. ' for higher sandards for binders furthew proceedings to decide if cus \;uerican Caneer Society resa rc h shielding*. that would spark a rr tomers should get additional benefits er- feel certain there is a synergistic new products, with plastics t: resulting from more liberal deprecia rcLuii-n-hip among airborne asbestos, the la d . tion allowances. siivj-g and lung caneer. They reawn Reason, a y industry spokes FPC has given the companies 45 . tl-_i the tuindegradahle. hydrocarbon- present polymer technology < days to show cause why the reduction --.Led filx-re may well be a cotufam easily turn up products to replae should not take place. routee of lung irritation. bestos in most end-uses. . 32 CHEMICAL WEEK September 10. 1966 rf i y-Yrif nfifr**- * i-i* '- .rr-.v r* i;* sS sT * *" 7- "-T"** - --fit iM,