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FILE NAME: Georgia Pacific (GP) DATE: 1974 Feb 15 DOC#: GP088 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from Assistant Surgeon General to Dept of Labor l-o February 15 197A Mr, John H. 'Stender Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Department of Labor Washington, D.C. 20210 ' .... .... . - ,. Dear Hr. Stender: . It has come to ny attention that chrysotile asbestos is an in gredient in many spackle and taping compounds and that asbestos levels between 3 and 13.7 fibers/cc are produced during sanding of taped dry-vall Joints, Furthermore, chest X-ray studies or tapers conducted at ilount Sinai School of Medicine show a huge percentage of fibrosis among tapers. Details of the analyses and studies are given in the enclosures. I am asking that OSHA'a Target Health Hazard Program for asbestos be alerted to this nevly recognized exposure, which can occu?: in the mixing of the taping and spackle compounds as veil as in the Banding of the joint seams. Sincerely yours, ' - _ tiarcus H. Key, M.D, Assistant Surgeon General Director Enclosure cc: Messrs. William A. Duval, John Alfarone, Felsing . Drs. HcMartin, Selikoff, Wagoner Mrs. Foley . HIOSH Regional Program Directors \