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FILE NAME: WR Grace (WRG) DATE: March 30, 1970 DOC#: WRG094 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1970 Memo to OF Steward from RJ Bragg regarding Mono-Kote reformulation. c CAMBRIDGE TO: 0. *. Stewart FROM: R. J. Bragg CC: V. H. Dodson H. A. Brown K. R. Cranker T. ?. Egan C. E. Parker W. R. Wright OATE: SUBJECT: March 30, 1970 Asbestos We are coning "down to the w i r e " 'on our Mono-Kote reformulation work, whose chief object is the elimination of asbestos from ' - the product. A t this point, our most premising formula utilizes ' an organic fiber. . ' Egan, ;:in preparation of promotion of tne"hev7proaucc nas '!.T.i'TTT to be concerned about the emphasis which may be used on elimina tion of asbestos. Whether he calls Mono-Kote "asbestos-free"- ` -t or same other adjective, he-needs to b e sure that it is in in * ` '" deed free of asbestos.' With the elimination of asbestos fiber which we have added in our blending plants, the remaining worry is the amount of -asbestos that m a y b e present in expanded ver - miculite* .. ' v .1*ve ..advised_that_we_use wet separation in bot h beneficiation mills and that it is highly improbable that detectablV'levels of asbestos could remain on the ore concentrate.' I also expect-~ that whatever minute quantities of asbestos remained on the ore, . they would be eliminated b y the actions of air separation and stoner activity in our expanding plants. ileasc aavxse. 'us ofJouf~5pTni'5nS~Tir^hrs"^at'geYT PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT H U U N U Q A lflP flV O A