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Letter from a Union Carbide Metals Division area manager to a Georgia-Pacific contact reporting that the Natural Resources Defense Council and Consumers Union petitioned the Consumer Product Safety Commission on July 15, 1976 to ban asbestos in patching, spackling and taping compounds. It states that the Asbestos Information Association/NA responded for the industry on September 1, 1976, and that a copy of the response was attached; the attachment is not in the exhibit.
- Author
- R. E. Byrne, Jr. (Area Manager, Marketing & Technology)
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation, Metals Division
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4339
- Date
- October 1, 1976
- Number
- Bates X400509
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 18917 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18917
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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People and organizations
From R. E. Byrne, Jr. (Area Manager, Marketing & Technology) to Mr. E. L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific Corp., Portland, OR).
- Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (author)
- Edward L. Aasen (recipient)
- Metals Division (its organization)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- Asbestos Information Association/NA (named)
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (named)
- Consumers Union (named)
- Georgia-Pacific Corporation (named)
- Natural Resources Defense Council (named)
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This is document UC-4339 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages. Production numbers X400509.
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“R. E. Byrne, Jr. to E. L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific) on the CPSC Petition to Ban Asbestos in Patching and Spackling Compounds.” October 1, 1976. Union Carbide documents, UC-4339, Bates X400509. Union Carbide Corporation, Metals Division. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18917. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18917.
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