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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: September 10, 1966 DOC#: USG079 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1966 Newspaper article regarding asbestos. Cover letter to JN Walker dated October 13, 1966 ce: #LT**1 - C. C. T hiel ( , TO : #151 . J. W. Walker FROM: .#172*2 - H. I. Massey SUBJECT: Asbestos * Attached October 13* 1966 Coaneuta on p o ssib le b e slth hazards o f fin e ly ground asbestos appear to be in cre asin g . Sas Research considered th is ? Any Federal co n tro ls on I ts use could cause us r e a l problem s. EHM/eJe O.Mtt C United States Gypsum Company 9 \ i /  - I -IV ' **.#|S ^ ' ejF- Tir*a?king Giant Steps Two chemical ptoeas com pute toot giant steps toward dhrenifyint fatthej6sa""r'r>T **WJ"*' wat. and two paper comp u te with combiiM*`mte ofneariy si VBbtU yat m otive --- Sources of airaome asbestos Asbestos-lined duets used in centra!]/ air-conditioned building: ^ ^.'^bestos duets and insulation in homV*rerrtraf-heating plants. *" *i . t a. , x Motor vehicle brake finings and dutch plates, -- r filtOTd *ffluent to m asbestos processing plants. - 'prams. JE E f Q) Floor Cotp. (Los Aspete) .""* "Asbestos:Awaiting T'rjaJ' (Rtff Wottfi and Midland. TcxJ. a gnap of five compaa involved is The asbatoa induro?--whoa cad ' ~__PHS oficiala thiak k tnay products a n valued a m on ih n SSOO them up to five yeaa a a u 'Fariaad group operate five offshore -'drilling rip is the Golf of Mexico. (3) A tentative agreement to merge h a b en reached by U.S. Plywood Hoe/yesr--may be is 1er o hake op. It coeld corn io the fono of federal legblatioa limiting the oat of cared though not yet "eonvieted"-- asbestos* tnie rote a u air polli Howcver. Congraa may ect b the rsacarch is f nfahed. Sayr R renutivc Robert WstJdns OU "We've wen ceongh evidc Gnp. (New York) and 'Champion ^ ^nr^-^jgnifioit. health- basant-Pxo^... ,re?dy. Asbestos will never get a ( Papers. Ine. (Hamilton. O jl-itir rsbjset to both directors' and stockhold able "contender for asbestos marke bill of health. With Just a little t data w ell move for controls er' approval. The corporate identitia of both companies will be preserved. Reecnt studia have convinced U.S. Public Health Service specialists and strict ones." Some form of asbestos eontn Reducing Gas R ates uther medical authoritte that about in the oiling, public health off 40G of alt Americans have. mild, are certain, if only pan of a b f * chronic easa of asbestotia, even clean-ambient-air program. Howi The Federal Power Cotnmtaibn h a though most of them never worked there b the danger that Congress ordered 1 Paso Natural G a Co. and directly with asbatoa. enact rigorous eontrob on the qu Transwestern Pipeline Co. to reduce Unlike other airborne dust p an iete ty of aibaios that could be used by $17 million/year the priee of no* ashotes fibers have the ability--at- la that east both Canada arid . tural gas in the southern California must as much as activated carbon-- asbestos produets manufacn. market. to absorb poiyeyeiie hydroearbons would be hard bit. Of the five fc The rate cut stems from the July 26 decision in which FPC turned and arseniesls. Furthermore, says "of asbestos mined today, chry? USPHS. in the past 30 years the as asbestos holds the predominant-* down the application of Gulf Pacific bestos-related cancer rate hat in ket position because of its inn Pipeline Co. (a Tcnncco subsidiary) creased sixfold. ing and procasing qualities. Cat *to supply gas to the L a Angela ana (CtF. Aits. 6. p. 20). Gulf Pacifie last week filed for a rehearing. The Inferences: While the average asbatos worker is well protected, the man on the tree: is not. The 3x1- produces more than S0% of the c utile asbestos used in the US both countries, a number of sci FI. Paso and Transwcatem wen m: ".t . a-.'K<tos fi'-e--in hb lunp ean dislocations would occur. told they*would have to lower their rr.j from a variety of sourea (Mils, At present, there b no known rata to m ien the lower costs result* ing from the bigger deliveria posrihid in the expanded system. At the " v \ \nd tnedies! exaerts say there's no *.< swum hydrocarbon come terial that eouid fill all of ash< strategic ro te On the other 1 should federal eontrob merely ante time. FPC said it would conduct further proceedings to decide if cus tomers should get additional benefits . r :n.-w lung deposits. \iueriejn Caneer Society r a arch er* feci certain there b a synergistic for higher standards for binders shielding!, that would spark a ri new produets, with plasties t: 'resulting from more liberal deprecia tion allowances. rcUti'nhip among airborne asbestos, siiv.ki::g and lung caneer. They reason the, la d . Reason, say industry spokes FPC has given the companies 4J . tit--i the muidegradable. hydrocarbon- present polymer technology i days to show cause why the reduction .iked fibers may well be a cohstant easily turn up produets to rcplac should not take plaee. routee of lung irritation. bestos In most end-uses. 3 2 CHEMICAL WEEK S ep tem b e r 1 0 . 1 9 6 6 c a (