Union Carbide Metals Division to Consumer Product Safety Commissioners on the Proposed Ban of Asbestos Joint Taping Compounds (1977)

Letter sent individually to the Consumer Product Safety Commission chairman and commissioners contesting the finding of 'unreasonable risk' behind the proposed ban on consumer joint taping compounds containing free-form asbestos. It criticizes the staff's exposure assumptions, presents Union Carbide's alternative exposure and excess-death estimates from OSHA and consumer drywall data, and compares them with U.S. deaths from other causes.

People and organizations

From John L. Myers (signed for H. B. Rhodes, Ph.D., Technology Manager, and J. F. Collins, Vice-President); H. B. Rhodes, Ph.D. (Technology Manager); J. F. Collins (Vice-President) to S. John Byington (Chairman, Consumer Products Safety Commission); Barbara Franklin (Commissioner); R. David Pittle (Commissioner).

• Jim Collins (author)
• John L. Myers (author)
• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• S. John Byington (recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission (named)
• National Safety Council (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Exposure in Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters · Asbestos Joint Compound, Drywall Mud, and Texture Coatings · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-907 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 3 pages. Production numbers A20976 to A20977.