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COMPOS IT ION BRAKE SHOES LEAD/LEAD COMPOUNDS 0 ASBESTOS WEST CH fCAGO February OS, 1978 R. H. A 1 be r Sales Manage r ANCHOR Brake Shoes ANCHOR high friction composition brake shoes, p'oaucec by Griffin Wheel Company, contain app rox i ma te 1 y 5% iead/'.ead compounds and 9% asbestos fibers by volume. These ingredients are encapsulated in a rubber-pheno1ic binder and molded into shape under high temperature and pressure conditions. These shoes can be handled without personal danger using gloves and normal sanitary practices. There are ho known O.S.H.A. health hazard threshold limit values (T. L. V.'s ) for this type of molded composition. 'It is recommended that scrap shoes be disposed of by approved land-fill methods. RDF; meo cc: RDF, DBW FILE BOOK R. D. Fleck Director Research and Development