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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1976 July 16 DOC NMA177 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Wall Street Journal Article - Wall Repair Goods Are Said to Contain Carcinogenic Fibers Jul1y6 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Friday 1976 ee Repair Goods Are Said to Contain Carcinogenic Fibers e Some Patching Compounds Have Perilous Asbestos & Studies Say Ban Asked By Wall Street Journal Journal Staff Reporter WASHING-TSO omN e of the compounds used for patching and repairing interior walls contain causing asbestos fibers and should be banned two interest organizations contended ' In a petition to the Consumer Product Safety Commission the Natural Resources | Defense Council and Consumers Union est - mated that between a third and a half of the patching compounds sold in the US would be subject to such ban It cited products Ward sold by Mobil Corp's Corp's Montgomery Inc subsidiary and by Georgia Corp i as among those that allegedly pose a health hazard ' When asbestos fibers are Inhaled they | greatly increase the danger of cancer of the lungs the hang of the lungs and the abdo| men The petition cited medical studles showing very high concentrations of the d- containing bers in the aut compounds were after asbestos used for dry wall repairs Asbestos gets into the air both when pow dered compounds are mixed with water to create a patching paste and when parched places are sanded after the paste dries the studies showed