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Ai nfiyfflSfifrBTt; ; r rtaWirfrai * *v KAIS0 GYPSUM COMPANY, 0IC. INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM 07 To C. V. Durant At Oakland AT* April 5, 1974 copim to j. h. Watson *T\De ` ' PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT KG-307 subject JOINT COMPOUND - ASBESTOS Attached is a copy of an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal recently. The asbestos fihEES-ia joint compound products continues, t.n affect sales. The label warning of the asbestos content appears to be iTUrse^tnan the actual material itself. As you can see, everyone is up in arms over this problem. It appears to be extremely serious in New . York City. As we sell a large quantity of joint compound to Werner Krebs in the Bronx, who does a lot of work in New York City, this could eventually reduce our pre-mix joint compound sales. If anything can be done to change our formula to eliminate asbestos fibers, I think it should be done as quickly as possible. RHJrget KNS00057949 o Asbestos Danger Is Cited In Spackling Dry Walls Bn a Watt. Streetlomvxu Staff Reporter ' WASHINGTON - Materials used to cover eeams In dry-wall construction my expose workers to harmful levels ' of asbestos fibers, federal officials warned. . The Labor Department said that spackling and taping comparnds often used to cover joints contain asbestos end that workers sanding joints smooth before painting may expose themselves to unsafe levels of asbestos fibers in the air. . ` . Taping compounds are spread .over paper tape at joints of interior wall sec tions, are allowed to dry and ere sanded before the surfaces are painted. Spac- kling compounds are a plaster-like ma terial used to fill holes and joints. The department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration said employer groups and unions are being . asked to alert workers to the potential' J hazard. The .warning followed an exant- | ination of 17 members of a New York ! City painter- union local. The examina tion showed the lungs of nine painters had X-ray evidence of fibrosis, or ex cessive secretion build-up in the lungs. Asbestos fibers are easily inhaled. Once in the lungs, the fibers are coated with a sr .return that in sufficient amounts can seriously impair lung ca- - parity. Asbestos exposure can also cause lung cancer. r t