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FILE NAME DuPont DUP DATE 1969 Jan 2 DOC DUP083 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to J.A. Zapp from A.B. Naselow RE Asebstos Fiber a . ) E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company MM OCRAO TES CRATES WILMINGTON DELAWARE FABRICS AND FINISHES DEPADRETMPEANTRTMENT RESEARCH FINISHES J. A. ZAPP JR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPT HASKELL LABORATORY ; January 2 1969 5-08227 5-08227 ASBESTOS FIRER As the result of a recent article in The Delaware A.C.S. Bulletin copy attached a question has been raised as pertains to our current handling precautions of asbestos fiber We employ approximately 100 tons of asbestosfiber annually as raw material in our primarily as aningredient radiator stop leak compounds and filler in cement block primers This implies that limited group of operators who charge these materials into mixers are exposed to _ asbestos dust for a fairly short period of time but on a regular repetitive basis Currently we have these materials classified S which imposes the wearing of a cartridge filter type dust respirator during handling but do not require any other extra- ordinary precaution degree of our We would appreciate your comments as regards of risk involved in handling asbestos fiber and current procedures - the the actual adequacy ABN ejy Attachment A. HASELOW PATENTS & CONTRACTS CONTRACTS SECTION RECEIVED JAN 3 1959 DUP 005031 ) HASKELL LABORATORY PoP means Safety First & ForEMOST 302277 116984