Quote – Louis J. Bibri, vice president and director of Employee Relations, Armstrong Cork Company.

Any such warning label we might be required to use in connection with our products containing five percent or more asbestos content by weight would be unnecessary, inappropriate, ineffective and potentially damaging to the sales of the products and thus to the job security of employees engaged in their production.

The company had 37 manufacturing locations in 11 states. OSHA hearing: “Standard For Exposure to Asbestos Dust, Proposed Rulemaking.

Thursday, March 16, 1972
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