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FILE NAME: Georgia Pacific (GP) DATE: 1975 Aug 21 DOC#: GP035 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Asbestos Free Ready-Mix 3 ` -"7 Hr. C. m . Hoillngavortn '? n' D. C. C orklll vawcj o?:?TOS r.CZ FT.lgy-llg V ila Dal Cyp fo rt land August 21. 1975 C o n flrm l" ' -i .jc js a io n s ' 'tween you, Mr. '.'lls o n , Mr. I r c b aad o y s e lf , oe the 3u h ;' .t ,,t : 't c * t H ;ree Taedy-Klx at Akron. y The Akroa plant w i l l produce both "he oreesnt aib eatea ferw ula aa v o lt a s the u(?v aabestcs tree torwule aa sooe aa the f c llu v la g ha* be* accom plish#: 1. New formulae cu be aeat t* Akroa by Ttgerd*' la B i l l lahaarr' a nbeeoce, 1 have dlscusaad thla with B ill C a ttll sh e w i l l eae that the correct ferwulaa dgaw* up. ^ ^ __ 3 * t*.. - C a ' ^ *T" 2. Saw o a c e r la la . Our progreu haa bee* rartaaad with MB. Aaaaa. The A ctajcl p resen tly oa head at Akroa abaald roaMla toer e . Ho doubt Irv wieUel w i l l be i* teach with Mr. Aaaaa l a regard t e h is zo.j a e tc r la l needs. 0 3. *be plant baa asbestos free la b e l* . Fatera M ill orders sh ield lncluda soas without tbs aabeatos waraiag la b e l. X wedetacaad eculpoent aou iticatieas are called tor a pita o f thla the plaot can tcwporarily produce the new f without a l l ch eouipaant necessary ca do a oa a productiaai haata. ! rr icing cl th is product w ill be higher fben the asheatea fa r m l* . f l u a t le t aa know as to when l caa go t e tbe breach# far ead em . i. e. e. rxx.-da ce : 0 . S. Batch * Foctlaad G. 8. tfileaa - Port land t . L. Aaaaa - Porcine* Irv Vlabel - Akroa NT fY ' - 'r e '- - r o iiic C o r p o r a to r .-306. Verdetti Smnen *MVowJersey 06620 606/865-ItflO r ' i 'Mw ip r f j s. T i in; k\ i;m m ;timk5. ykkntmv n j.. n tn u v , M'<;|isTyi. vn% i ... , Spackfng may harbor singeroiis asbestos level By FRANCES CERRA New York Times Sendee NEW YORK -- . Dolt-yeuraeifm vhrr repair their own plaster or plas terboard walls should be aware of Pe er"- -v*errch indicatine that asme "monly available spackllng nds contain asbestos, a subs`w r that has been linked to fatal e; `errs and serious lung diseases. The Environmental Sciences :nhnra:ory at Manhattan's Manat Si:m! Hospital under the direction of Dr. Irvine J. Selikoff,. recently rr'ensed the results of tests of 18 k:*'1* nf snarklc that had been hrsed in New York City Pive fv:tl te contain appreciable i nf asbestos. (Some of the were duplicate brands beagM 61 differmi times.) Accordine to Dr. union of Drywatt Tapers er of Greater New York callod Ms attention to the possibility that the sparkle might contain asbestos. John Aliarono, an official of the anion, said some of the members became in and were found to be suffering Dem asbestos-caused diseases. AS A RESULT of Dr. SeUhofTs findings, he said. Ms union members* will no longer work with any spackle that contains asbestos, and will only sand the dried spackle If they are providH with masks. The asbestos in snorkle is released into the air. a --ding to Dr. Selikoff. when the dry v -n -s misad wh* wter kl mahn a paste and when any form of spack.le is sanded. Dr. David Ran. director of the Matioaal Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, said It was doubtful that someone deine a small amount of sparkling work at borne was In any danger. But he said that some one redoing the walls of an entire might be taking "an meets- Estensive research an the ills its in progress, he said. . A spokesman lor UX Gypoum. the manufacturer of one of the apacUfc* found to contain af padda with t check ef several and cane ef UX Gypsum's Teiollte. which talas hum I to 16 percent stlO an the market. Also found was another UX Gypoum product callod Durabond Paste Sparkling, which . waa labeled: "Caution: Contains osbootoo libers. Avoid creating duet. Breathing asbestos dust may cause serious bodUybam ." ' THE OTHER PRODUCTS found by Dr. Selikoff te contain asbestos werr P*Tf A TUpc. Metro and Arvon. The Pcrf A Tape was counted twice t*> Dr. SeUkoff. bocauoo it was purchased and touted twice, enty in-'7! or oorher. and later In January. 1974. . Preducts found to be without ashestoo were Rod Top. Murals. Patch Paste. Schalk. U-G-L Cedes K ra.. New Kes and Dap, Dr. Selikoff cau tioned that the products m the mar ket today might contain differeiy wishing te minimise any e only paste spacklr and should wear o mask when sand ing. Moat labels on spackle produrti do not disclose the constituents that went inte them. * t JtC c : chl SnxJly . fiiv c C o r U 'J ! V 1 1 L e k n e ri'