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v*-ivm>a **v. *-*4 ec: E. P. Barrieus P. T. Hart E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT informatipn systems oivision September 21, 1972 RUTH REINKE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS HASKELL LABORATORY PAINTS WHICH UTILIZE TALC AND ASBESTOS AND MANUFACTURERS OF SAME (PI - 1071) Tale and asbestos are both used as extenders by paint mcnufacturers and description of the magnitude of use can be obtained from the selected pages of the 1967 Skeist Lab oratories Report on Coatings, Talc is more commonly used than asbestos ancMnthe classified list of Paint and Coatings Products (Paint Red Book - 1971) p. 116seisaieslgnated as fll in group A. All paint manufacturers shewing *11 presumably use asbestos extenders but in the four or five I looked at in the address list on p. 11 none delineated an asbestos paint per se but all showed asphaltic paints which seems to confirm the roof coatings use touched upon by Skeist. The suppliers of talc to the paint industry are shown on p. 274 of the Red Book, and some additional information on its use can be obtained in Vol. 6 of the Paint Technology Manuals charged to you from the Du Pont Technical Library along with the Red Book. these should be returned to them. We trust this material will be sufficient for you to handle your inquiry but if we can be of further help let me know. COMMERCIAL INFORMATION CENTER JD:bs Enel. >307 DUP 0902991 SETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING . . . THROUGH CHCMISTRy RECEIVED SEP 22 1972 HASKELL LAB SC-DP-03955