Harrison B. Rhodes, Draft Testimony to the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Proposed Ban of Asbestos Patching Compounds (1977)

Draft of testimony by Harrison B. Rhodes of Union Carbide's Calidria Asbestos Department, presented August 15, 1977, on the Consumer Product Safety Commission's proposal (16 CFR Parts 1304 and 1305) to ban asbestos-containing patching compounds. It presents consumer and commercial sanding exposure data for tape-joint compounds, discusses risk and cost, and proposes a 2 percent limit on asbestos plus a warning label as an alternative to the ban.

People and organizations

From Harrison B. Rhodes (Technology Manager, "Calidria" Asbestos Department, Union Carbide Corporation) to Dr. A. L. Bayes (Linde Div., 8th Floor (handwritten routing note)); Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commissioners) (audience of the testimony).

• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• A. L. Bayes (recipient)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission (recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• A. T. Kearney, Inc (named)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
• Calidria Asbestos (named)
• Columbia University (named)
• Equitable Environmental Health, Inc (named)
• Federal Register (named)
• Gypsum Drywall Contractors International (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Science (journal) (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Joint Compound, Drywall Mud, and Texture Coatings · Calidria · Duty to Warn · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-3923 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 19 pages. Production numbers UCC 014251 to UCC 014268.