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FILE NAME: Kaiser Gypsum (KG) DATE: 1972 Apr 7 DOC#: KG016 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Plastic - Plastic Gun Cement with Handwritten Note 7 COPIES TO KAISER CEMENT Cr GYPSUM CORPORATION INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM G. C. Davis L%< 0 t R. J . Hoffman J. I. Walker P. A. Hawkins B. J . Murphy DATE August 7 , I972 j L FROM J . C - HcCoe SUBJECT PLASTIC - PLASTIC GUN CEMENT Our Pr ocess personnel have been u ns uc c es s fu l in t h e i r e f f o r t s to f i nd a s u i t a b l e replacement premised on f u n c t i o n for asbest os f i b e r s in P l a s t i c and P l a s t i c Gun Cements. T h e r e f or e , may I request you gi ve c o n s i d e r a t i o n to the i n c l u s i o n of a p r in t e d statement on Permanente P l a s t i c - P l a s t i c Gun Cements, and Cushenbury P l a s t i c Gun Cement bags to the e f f e c t that " t h i s cement c o n t a i n s a small percentage of a sbest os f i b e r s " or some such wording with t hat i n t e nt ? There i s so much c u r r e n t and i n c r e a s i n g pub l i c i t y and a r t i c l e s in Trade J o u r n a l s concerning the r e l a t i o n s h i p of a s b e s t os to lung c ancer that trade personnel are becoming ver y much aware of t h i s matter. Our legal s t a f f c ou l d a s c e r t a i n our p o s s i b l e legal l i a b i l i t y and the need for such a wording on the cement bags desi gnat ed. C e-< c ^ . ^ wo & *-- : G *-o O kj* ta ita*?-*--, cjOPP1 f o r m 190 \ R c. -- * C S ' " - -- L. AM