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FILE NAME: Kaiser Gypsum (KG) DATE: 1972 Aug 14 DOC#: KG072 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Plastic - Plastic Gun Cement With Handwritten Notations TO COPIES TO KAISER J. P arker G. C. D a v is c L * i E N T & G Y P S U M C OC Rr P O R A T I O N INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM 1 fi,y \ - 5 . 1 1y CVTE A u g u s t 1^, 1972 FROM j . ^ T o SUBJECT PLA STIC - PLASTIC GUN CEMENT Jim, th is is a documentation of our telephone co n versatio n this morning. I w i l l a p p r e c ia t e your op I ni on.as .to the le g a l need to in clu d e a p rin te d sta te m e n t to the e f f e c t th a t the cement c o n t a in e d t h e r e in includes a sb e sto s fibers. This is b r i e f l y the essence of the matter: Our Proce ss personnel have been u n succe ssfu l in t h e ir e f f o r t s to find a s u it a b le replacement premised on function fo r asbesto s fib e r s in P la s t ic and P l a s t i c Gun Cements. T h e re fo re , may I req u e st you g i v e c o n s i d e r a t i o n to the in c lu s io n of a p rin te d statement on Permanente P l a s t ic - P la s t ic Gun Cements, and Cushe nbu ry P l a s t i c Gun Cement bags to the e f f e c t that " t h i s cement c o n t a i n s a s m a ll percentage o f a s b e s t o s f i b e r s " or some such w o rd in g w ith th a t I n t e n t ? There i s s o much c u r r e n t and i n c r e a s in g pub l i c i t y and a r t i c l e s in Trade Jou rnals concerning the r e la t io n s h ip of a s b e s t o s to lu ng ca n c e r th a t trade pe rso n n e l a re becoming v e ry much aware o f t h i s m atter. I am concerned about p o s s i b l e le g a l l i a b i l i t y and c o m p li cations. ro w N iaa LEV082203A-0048