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FILE NAME: Georgia Pacific (GP) DATE: 1977 Feb DOC#: GP041 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to GP with Attached Article - "Asbestos - Still Some Problems" PLAINTIFF' S EXHIBIT GP 60 ' I 1NDSOR MINERALS INC F ebruary 3 , I f 77 O u Q 34-7 . * Georfia P acific Corporation 14030 Souch West 72nd T ig ard , OR 97223 ATTN: Nr. P i l l G a tta l Sr. Product Devslopasnt Engineer o f f v i e r * * Dear S ir: > . .? Attached you w ill fin d a cm pf o f a r ti c le a n ticle d ASBESTOS: S t i l l Sonae P- robl-- froot th e Ja n u a ry 19, 1977 is s u e o t " C o n stru c tio n ouaensli which we b e lie v e you rill find in te re s tin f. -r3 s 0 Our Grade TC-100 Tale cootiau ee t e lia v a g ro w ii* accept ance as a raw n o ta ria l fo r form ulating jo in t eoapounds, c e l lin g and w all s p ra y s, textu ras speck les and compounds, which a e et present sad a n ticip a ted raquireaants re g a rd in g asb estos and quarts- con taain ation . He era sure th a t w ith thorough evaluar is o o f Grado TC-ldD T ele you w ill fin d the aarheta b le and economic advaatMoe t h a t many aanufacturors have found with the use o f our product. i I Yours ussy truly 1 VXKDSOt NDIStAU IRC. DPL:rg Enc. ; ! David P. Last lfcnager o f Salas mS 6 w-3G o : biiii bom** Problems Inspections Disdose That Somm Contractors Apparently Ara S Umng Aabestoa-Containing Material% I be xvbestus threat to construc tion industry o n t r t Mill e m u Despite the introduction of asbestos-tret .ulation materials and the existing (vans on the use of asoesios-containing spray fife* proofing, a q u ck check by gov ernm ent inspectors last 'month showed that some contractors are still using materials that exceed the new federal mandates The federal asbestos standard of 2 asbestos liners, which are longer than 5 micrometers, per cubic cen timeter nf air on an 8-hour timeweighted a-erage went into effect July I. iV b The major m anufacturer! have introduced waiiboard finishing compound. and spacktc. which are asbestos free But in sp ect showed that some c ontractor! are still using m aterials that contaaa significant amount of chrysolite asbestos Th.s is released into tha ai* as Just m iser during the dry -ii'S >-f these com pounds or dur* ng andmg Shortts at : World W ar II, drv wail la.ung com pounds cam* mi., w.ii.sprrait use The m atenals ,,seil .1 me i -'lUruction site were , ,,n lu la.. . i r , rn ll y. c ie a t m g large v.ouds . -f dust Smce me i-iier scale and gov ernmental initiatives to iriliicc the asbestos esposurf many contrac* >s>rs have sw itched to prem ised , ompoimds W hat's Supplied !t.e ids mt.ige thougn depends laavaif. t if f of switching, the coniractor and what he t There are who still find a need to uoe I i dry- brands. Mmng of iT ttngi cootatmag spackle material caa create dug concentrations that exceed the cur rent asbeaot standard by more than tea timet. But even (he use of ready-mixad compounds leaves the problem of dust. It's produced whan the dnad compound it sanded, gnat to paen- ing. Work habna vary. Tapers, or thee ig pwaw t t. de thee own sanding >a mme section of the country la others, the pointers art left to finish the job. The sanding is often dona white attar men si* workiag ia the same mom or area. i hoidd he maiected to won to alow the dug to tcnlc. A vacuum a pre lu tad lor chan eg. aa soon as the dust a set tled. To farther claads. tha Moor should be Personal temple* n k s s during pole sanding ran gad from 1.2 fibers per milliliter (Cad) te 19.3 17ml; m an adjacent roam , at a distance of 23 feet from the Sander, a level ai t 8 f ml was found. Hand landing Itvets tanged from I ' to 19 9 Caxl m tha brcaihm g rone of the workers, and a high of 1 I f ml was taken us aa adjacent room at distance o f 15 feet k breathing rone sample taken d' .ing dry mtsmg was found to contain <9 P ed. though a 13-minute lapse dropped the k * e l 0 5 (fed. C'unsideraMe gpantaw a o f t * tied dust were stirm d up dfter sand ing operations Thtfty-Avd minuieg afin sweepmg a t the stie of the sandmg. * fiber concentrai iou o f 29 s f mi wi a sm ei part e f the cam tree tm a activity a s danger shosdd so t be nm nuaad Evea when expo sure duratm n is sheet, the cumut* live c # ec t o f repee ret* short-term exposures to m aam rahie concea traiions of asbedoa fibers can he senous A medical study of 99 Jrvwall tapers m New York revealed the daagars of coatrnued tsposui Of the group of 99, some two-tW da had an expostne of 10 years dura tion and 91 were sm okers o r exsm okers Yet. X e g abnormal itws characteristic of aahetuw exp e iwe were fosmd a 37 o ut of 93 films. Agam. the magar m anufacturers have developed a r* formuiatwas that ate ftee of attest* Contraco r! are encouraged to patronage the products of these suppfcers C u