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FILE NAME: Asbestos in Hair Dryers (HD) DATE: 1979 DOC#: HD019 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Conair Letters to CSPC with Model & Manufacturing Information RE Asbestos CON;A SD ccflPCflAncM May 24, 1979 Ms. Sayde E. Dunn O ffic e of the Secretary Consumer Product S a fe ty l l l l - 1 8 t h Stre e t NW Washington, D. C. 20207 Commission S u b je c t: CPSC Sp e cia l Order dated 5/14/79 - Conair Corporation Dear Ms. Dunn: l e t t e r > i l l serve as a response by Conair Corporation to the CPSC Sp e c ia l Order dated 5/14/79. S u b s t a n t ia lly , a ll inform ation requested in the sp e c ia l order has been p re v io u sly supplied to the Commission by C on air le t t e r s dated 4/9 4/23 and 4/30, submitted by Leandro P. R izz u to . ' ' The o nly Conair h a ir dryers which ever contained asbestos m aterial were hand held dryers. We are unable to fu rn ish at t h is time a d e sc rip tio n of the type or grade o f asbestos m aterial used in our dryers. Th is inform ation together with the nares and addresses of the su p p lie rs o f t h is m ate rial are being aggra- gated by the Company and w i l l be supplied to the Commission immediately upon re c e ip t. J The h a ir dryers in question were marketed to the p ro fe ssio n al consumer and r e t a il consumer e ith e r d ir e c t ly to the consumer or in d ir e c t ly throuqh the use o f d is trib u to rs. No formal te sts have been conducted on our dryers in regard to the asbestos controversy. c o n t in u e d ___ 11EXECU TIVE AVENUE EaSO N N EW jEnSEVC8817/2Cl287-4800/CA8LE ADORESS H A BFfiO C U X /TELEX 344-S65 OOOi TYNOUW * U 1 a w w o n -w I Page 2 Ms. Sayde E. 'Dunn CPSC The fo llo w in g is a comment r e la t in g to the b u lle t in published by the com m ission id e n tify in g the manufacturers of h a ir dryers containing asbestos. C o n a ir has determined and id e n t ifie d which o f i t s model 065 h a ir dryers co ntain asbestos and which do not. The statem ent which appears under the cap tion "Models without asb e sto s", r e fe r r in g to model 065, s e r ia l number 0478, is in c o rre c t . The statement which should appear under th is caption is as fo llo w s : a l l model 065 dryers except those w ith s e r ia l numbers lis t e d under the caption "Models with a sb e sto s". N0T/...Y My Co- :rse! a, isag Ftres i dent Conair Corporation State o f New Je rs e y County o f Middlesex Sworn to before me t h is twenty fourth day of May, 1979 LPP*:mc f DZCT*o*..S3CJDj 0002 COMA | 5 CORPORATION Jul 5 2 u: ^ ' f "* June 29, 1979 S lI C L , OSafdfyicee Eo. f Dtuhnen S e c r e ta r y CT ohnirsdumFerlo Po rro d u c t S a fe ty Com m ission WH al ls-h1in8gttho nS, tDr eCe t M2W0207 S u b je c. t: PS po er tcaiballe oHr daenrd-HF oerld SEu bl emcitsrsiico n Hoafir InDfrovrem-sa tio n Dated March 29, 1979 * * hThaei r Cdomrypearnsy hmaasn uffiancatul lrye d cboym polretef do r i ttsh e i nCvome sptaingyawtihoinch in to ctoo ntthaein eCdomams bisesisotno s s. SPpreecviiaolu sO rrdeesrp, o ndsaetesd byMatrhceh C*>o9mthpany contained d a ta covering the p erio d from 1973 through iTnhe f utwrot h es cr h reedsuploens sea tttaoc htehde Ca to mthmeisesinodn 'so fMtahrci sh 2l e9 ttht e r are pS epreicoida l p Or irodre rt,o an1d97c3o. n ta in in fo rm a tio n c o v e rin qy th e i.n f*o rwmOaTtinoinssior eng a^rd in g th e u tiyupeer , our agreraa dMee, and s o u rc e , Jwind WSU p lr e va isobuessltyo s reusspeodn dme d thtoe Ct hoims o aOnryd'se r h ba ui rtd ryers o tle d The oCmono"anv concerning the type and grade of the asbestos use5 wAef thearv respon ea n se b eeexnh aaubslteiv to this r ee t o q e u df ef ov er est: lt o o w itthh e o fuor l lsouwpipn lg i e ri ns f oorvme ar st ieoans , i n 11EXECUTIVE AVEMJE EDISON NEW JERScY088l7.J2012S7-4S00/CA8LE AOORESS HAIRPROCUX/ TELEX 344-565 , hECT..`..sC(.-;Du * : 0003 CONi 1 5 nCrORKWCN PJuangee 22 9 , 1979 MbyodCelosn t0i7n0e,n t0a6l 5E, laencdt r 0i c67 Inwdh.ichL twd .erec omn taaninu feadctu re d grad e Tombo 6600 w hich th e y re c e iv e d from two sources: 1 . Nippon Rika Kogyosho C o., L td. 2S0h-in6ag1awCah-oKmue OTHoIkyo, Jap an 2 . N1 -i2oo6o, n 1A-Cshboemseto sShCiboa.-,D aLimtdo. n M inatoku, Tokyo 105, Japan HMiordoealks a 09&91C oa.n,d L1t4d0.Vcwo nhitcahin ewdere" Bme satnruofna cGtuTr"e d by Ca sob.,e sLtotsd .s, h 3e /e1t0 /c1o8m p3o-CsHitOio,n sM ifnraommiyAaW, ATPoakpusehr-xMm ail-lS hi, Tokushima-Ken, Jap an . MC ood.,elw0h6o6 uws ehdichanwaass bme satnousfamc taunrue dfa cbtyu reFdo rdbya NMiapnpounfacMtuicrain g Co/ L td. t Japan. PLEs^ffetJsCiRdOe nPt . RIZZUT_CjJ^ Conair C orporation jet MAY0REK NOTARY P'. 1 - - ''< JERSEY My Comr.*....n j . rufes No1;. 25, 1980 SC toautnety o of fNMewidJdelresseeyx _ Stwweonrnty ton inb tehfo rdeaymoe f t h i s June, 1979. i . HECr..:.S3C,*3}" 0004 / _ tvnoiiw3hi ownoowSM J Models 067, W-069, and S-7 were m anufactured by: T8 -a5d8a -1KiNkoarCasohmimpaondy,ai L td . FCuhnibaab aPshr ei f ,C iJtyap an M odel D--058 was m a n u fa c tu re d by: NNoic. h2e6i -1E6l e6c-tCrhiocmeI n d u s tr y C o ., L td " HK aigtsausshhi ik-a -SKhuin, koTiowkayo, Jap an M odels 055, W066, and 068 were m anufactured by: J9i5m-m96y NTerwa dHinegnryCoH. ouse H1 0on-gIc eKoHngouse S t r e e t bEcr..`..s3ir;c)/ 0005 .wiou.wwiiYOBXOObOa BRAND NAME STYLE MONDOEL. Thermo S ty le r M ighty M ini H ot Comb 067 H air D ryer 055 I n p ta Dn try S ty le H air D ryer D058 The S ty le r H ot Comb 068 I n s t i a Sn t t y Sl eert t i n g H ot Comb W069 VA iird aSl t Sy alisnsgo o nComb H ot Comb S7 & Brush I n s t a nDtry S e t H ot Comb W066 LOOCFATION ASBESTOS B arrel Liner BH ae ar rtee rl LCoinree r H eater Core B arrel Liner B arrel Liner B arrel Liner B arrel Liner MDAANTUEFAOCFTURE 11997721 11997701 1972 11997609 11997721 11997721 11997619 1972 1972 11997701 APPROX. NO. 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