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FILE NAME: Kaiser Gypsum (KG) DATE: 1972 June 2 DOC#: KG 100 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Industrial Safety Precautions - Tape & Joint Compounds - State Fire Marshal Meeting cc: L .A . #9Gi^- T. H. S upple L .A . #9G1 - P. D. Thompson I '3 PUUNTIFFS J EXHIBIT I /6 // ^ ^ iibiiihi.. .. . ' . ; 1 / -> L .A . #9G1 - D- S , McVicker RECEIVED JUN ^ 1372 L .A . #961 - Roger G i l l e t t e I n d u s t r i a l S a f e t y P r e c a u tio n s - Tape and J o i n t Compounds June 2 , 1972 W hile a tten d in g the S ta te F ire M arshal's f i r e r e s t program - Proj e c t C o r r id o r - I had th e o c c a s io n t o t o l k w ith Mr. R o b e rt Gulick o f th e Drywall In d u stry T rust Fund. IncLuded i n th is conversation was Mr. M arvin S m ith o f t h e Gypsum A s s o c i a t i o n , end Mr. Howard Waitman of K a is e r Gypsum R e s e a r c h end Development. Mr. Gulick advised th a t th e re have been re c e n t d isc u ssio n s brought on by trade unions ra is in g qu estio n s about the i l l e ffe c ts th a t coul" p o s s i b l y be e n c o u n t e r e d u s i n g j o i n t and t o p e compound s y s t e m s ." MrG u lic k in d ic a t e d t h a t docum entary evidence has been, in tro d u c e d by m e d i c a l p e r s o n n e l t h a t i n d i c a t e s o v e r a p p r o x i m a t e l y a f i v e y e a r p e r i 0,11 o f tim e , t h a t worlimcn s u b je c te d t o c a rd in g j o i n t syatema reco rd ed d high rate of lung cancer a ttrib u te d poaaibly to the csbeatcs content o f th e f ib e r s used in th e v ario u s j o i n t compounds. Mr. G u l i c k was i n t h e p r o c e a a o f p r e p a r i n g a l e t t e r t o a l e r t manu f a c t u r e r s o f j o i n t compound to b e prepared f o r any in t e r r o g a t i o n t h a t might ensue. Mr. G u lic k f u r t h e r a d v i c e d t h a t he would se n d a l e t t e r i n c a r e o f Mr. S m ith o f th e Gypsum A sso c , who, in t u r n , w i l l r e l a y to o i l o f the gypsum m anufacturers. In a d d itio n , fir. Gulick w ill also inform the o th e r m anufacturers o f j o i n t compound systems t h a t are n o t neceoG arily members o f th e Gypsum Ag s o c . _ T h i s memo i s b e i n g s e n t f o r i n f o r m a t i o n u se o n l y in t h e a t t e m p t t o e l - t h e2 p e r s o n s c o n c e i t e d , o f th e im p e n d in g problem . e;** iirc/m j ft Y312 USG106.1 r^B 34