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FILE NAME: Talc (TALC) DATE: 1971 July 30 DOC#: TALC419 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Hazardous Substances Act MEMORANDUM TOi FRO Mi . SU BJECT;'. ' DATEi M r, W illia m B* G ra n th a m EJE llsw orth H azardous Substances Act Ju ly 30, 1971 R eferrin g to our discussion of y e ste rd a y rela tiv e to the above in d icated A ct, I w ant to c o n firm th e in fo rm a tio n th a t h av e g iv en you. and s o m e of th e problem s involved. The m a tte r of asb esto s in talc is not only involved in this A ct but also in the P u re Foods and D rugs A ct. We a re rece iv in g re q u e sts fo r c e rtific a tio n th a t our ta lc ia not. h a z a rd o u s bqt a c c o rd in g to th e L a w ,a s I hav e re a d it, .ta lc is co n sid ered h azard o u s if the u s e r w orks in a d u sty en v iro n m en t. We a re now investigating this thing m o re specifically. ' I am enclosing a few -'jp ies of som e co rresp o n d en ce that w ill give you so m e thing to think about,as it has us. . . Of g reatest im portance is the req u est fo r a "threshold lim it value". The U .S . D ep artm en t of L ab o r p u b lish es a " M a te ria l S afety D ata S heet (a copy of which Xam enclosing). T his w as sen t to us by our New O rlean s ag en ts, M ehaffey and D aigle, Inc. , at the req u est of th e ir custom er Standard P aint and V arnish of New O rlean s, a long-tim e u s e r of DESERTALC. We had a sim ila r req u est from S in clair P aints of Los A ngeles. A ccordingly, Xasked Tom R em m ers to check w ith the A m eric an C onference of G overnm ental Industrial H ygenists, which apparently is the lab o rato ry tied in w ith the . D epartm ent of L abor. The an sw er that we receiv ed back fro m them is quite disturbing as I think you w ill re a liz e a fte r you look through this file. In. th e m e a n tim e , we a r e h ay in g D ick L a m a r m a k e f u r th e r in v e s tig a tio n s . . . b ecau se he has som e q u estio n s th a t he w ants to put. fo rw a rd . I have a ls o sen t another C ertificate for the C osm etic C orporation of A m erica to B ill Fiechhach for his v erd ict as to the extent of our involvem ent, I h av en 't heard from him yet. F inally, in today's m a il w e'receiv ed a; com m unication from S tra u c h , : C h em ical, d is trib u to rs in C h icag o , w hich tie s in w ith th e in fo rm a tio n you. secured from Johnson Johnson. . I am also checking with the D epartm ent of L abor to get m o re inform ation. We w ill not sig n any C e rtific a te s th a t w ould involve us in th e m a tte r w ithout y o u r a - >`a l o r s u b je c t to B ill F is c h b a c a 's a p p ro v a l if you w an t u s to Send it to him , . ' . . ' T his is a v e ry serio u s m a tte r and I am try in g to build up a file on it. In the m eantim e, I have ask ed everybody in the office h e re to re fe r a ll req u ests for inform ation to m e so that we can be co n sisten t in the answ ers we give our tra d e . I suspect we w ill be getting m any m o re in q u iries and I w ill keep you inform ed, When it seem s ap p ro p ria te to d iscu ss this m a tte r in p erso n , I think we should a rra n g e to have E a rl, Torn, and Dick L am ar included in a general m eeting. CRMC-HT-TALC-000124