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FILE NAME: Asbestos in Hair Dryers (HD)
DATE: 1979 Apr 9 DOC#: HD059
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Gillette Letter to CPSC with Response to CPSC Special Order for Submission of Info from Mar 29, 1979
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April 9, 1979
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0The Gillette Company PnjdAltatTowr Building |BBo17s)tonl-.nMOoOuothu'Mtn CQ199
Office of the Secretary Consumer Product Safety
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-< Special Order - Portable Hand-Held Electric Hair Dryers
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^.Ihis letter isfin response,to the Cannissicn's Special Order for.Sufcndssicn
'.lt?iTof Infcnnaticsi^datetlMarch 29, 1979 to The Gillette Gcmpany, Appliance Divi-
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. cosiness.- itpecixy vmetner yew are a manuxacoirer, importer/- antyor
private lahelerof portable hand-held electric hair dryers (dryers).
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Prudential Tower Building 'Bosten, MA 02199
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,factoring, im porting, or labeling?
No.
b._ Are these asbestos materials in the nozzle lining, wire insulation,
- motor insulation, or other locations there asbestos is exposed to the ~
dryer's air stream?
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. . Not applicable.
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-3. a. Have asbestos materials been used in dryers your firm manufactured,
, .imparted, or labeled within the last ten years?
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Yes.
____ b. Are these asbestos materials in the nozzel lining, wire insulation, motor insulation, or other locations where asbestos liTexposecTtar'the dryer's air stream?
Yes.
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