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FILE NAME: Talc (TALC) DATE: 1976 Mar 8 DOC#: TALC092 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article - Asbestos Fibers Found in Powders 1 By M arian Burros W ashington Post S taff W riter Asbestos fibers, which are found.in thousands of prod ucts from food to building insulation, have been discov ered in nine of 19 body and baby powders studied by re searchers at Mt. Sinai Hos pital ir. New York. Asbestos can cause me sotheliom a, a rare form of chest and abdominal cancer, and asbestosis, scarring of lung tissue. In 1972 Dr. Wil liam J. Nicholson of Mt. Si nai reported that these dis eases caused nearly 40 per cent of the deaths of New York-New Jersey asbestos workers. Dr. Irving J. Selikoff of Mt. Sinai, a leading expert on occupational disease, said, "We do not know a safe threshold level for a carcinogen like asbestos.'" Once asbestos fibers enter the body, he said, they stay there. R esearchers at Mt. Sinai's D epartm ent of Environmen tal M edicine tested one sam ple each of 19 body and baby pow ders. A rthur M. Danger, head of the physical sciences section of the de partm ent, said nine samples co ntained asbestos fibers in q u an titie s ranging from "2 to 20 p e r cent." The powders with the greatest concentration of as bestos fibers, ranging from 8 to 20 per cent, were Z 3T Baby Pow der with baby oil, Cashm ere Bouquet Body Talc, Coty A irspun Face Powder and Rosemary Talc. Bauer & Black Baby Talc, which is no longer on the m ark et, had a 15 p er cent concentration of asbestos fi bers, the researchers found. Sm aller am ounts of asbes tos fibers--under 5 per cent -- w ere found in Faberge Brut Talc, Yardley Invisible Talc, Yardley Black Label Body Powder, Mennen Shave Talc and English L eather A fter Shave Talc. See POWDER, A7, Col. 1 <T= 2 c- sr/} o aT pre 2 T* ft ?, S3 ' ~2 o'T ft/ --- c S 3 Oo re ? 5 e .; *o ' ft ft ft -2 * CO ' O ,ft o? , i ^55 rOt P3' - IQ cl p nft C n N- 3 3. ft P -3 ft ft O. 3 Cft/l 1 .o a sr 33' ej M 55 {1 Wl M M H g, ro_ < re O row S Aw 2 e K 3 r**-- cko-. t<r-*. 3 3 O3 CL 3 ft L- 3 >. ft o CL 2T.H- XT. P cr ^ w * ft P g p ^ S-. o Pf-h EP* o 2. 2* ap c - p ft 9 P S. ft 3 3 CD ft ft o CL * i . 3 P3 -> CL . ' I ? ?ft.-r(/yl '--(X/3T. ft 3 *C ft 3 3* 2- o era 5 ` C -* C fx t : * * 3_ f3t p a . v- ft O 3 P3 O. Wc ~g C '7m c. K3' f3t: ft o' r -cl ft --> 2o2 g o g W g- p<SOft .oc3^hSfot 3Oft LOC(r g g: C ft ij ft1 t3s ft) p ;ra ri&f 2s o^ i ao < TS. a s . 11 ^ ; 5: *'3 3 CL i s ft tt ft 5" tj 3 ? 3 H 3 p ft 3ft fftt n a TM3 H o5 ft ft* nj -4 o ra o cl 3 2 w- a g- w" H > 2- > 3 S' lo-S tr h3 W ji cn ft O << < pr12ft 2 5 a S3 D 2 ft xj 3 3 OfS' rS * -i3 3 ra o c *2 C w 3P fOt CL 3 CL ^ - &g d2. w 2- if a C* & to ^ w o ^ fcd ra S- 3 v- ST 3 erw 3CL3c - 3 a r " ora e.i ft | g ft P ^ CTQ a 3* d ^ 2CL 3 S ^ ra Oft PH*i ft pft- c >3ft : oHUOH* J S a & m g .2 T035 CL d 8$3 O ft - rX XT. ft w2 CL Ct. ~o' H2.2i ? 2 c2 . ES ft fCtL 22 HrcT 3 & ft ft ft O :p i l H ? C"rt 5, " -ft- ft I; F ft ft CL Cl o o o Hrs d tT Q 3^ p r (3ro' Sp 3o > ft O ft fot f t ^ o CL : P O 3, CI--*^c+ ft o 5 ' i. r p fat; 5*! , &r ; P 3 rj . ^ 0ft* f3t ft 2^ J55 *+ ft- ft 3" ft p tr 3 cr ^ 3 o 2 3 >CL ft *-- ft ioTQ' 3at Mu O 1ruh-O -CCoc o ft- a S f, at ft f<t 0D3- CftL w 3 w 3 a 'ti ^ ft Sj ; cr -j "O J ^ n 5 ~ S - l ft EO d 2T?.g 'c 05 3- ffc a ft -ft ot/3 ft CO y` s ; C l CL < , ft d-i <d ft ft p W at O P5 1*< S' | a t Qrc. re 3 ^ 3. c :*o O cl 3ft oat P S-3 3 ra i ft 3 ^ft O2 <<-! oPj P ft 3 w m ^ p- S' %w ,, O O g- O s o' c. ^ ft n S p aa ft crei r3. ^p q cr fftt o-' 3^*3cr wft v; p 2. p p 2. ',i.i5s 3 ra 3ts.w3 ra r&a a^3 E" , ww. Pra- oSC .i3 i Cr* oft fftt ~ ,,* faHt*. ^mp3ft; effttt* . - I Ca W3 5^ ft ;. : c a fCOt & - fECt ^: 5 ft* t S* ft. 3 2 ft` p 3 fOt P3- 9 ft c ^r o- 3 aQ aftt OfQt 3 fi--t <! . 1O3 C oK,. 33 *ft CL ft p 3 ftV ft '- C a- 53-+ ^cr Oc a c at -- ol 3 ft 53ft C3LR. p a at r* 3 p m. p 3"<ft a^ 32 p5T ft ft p B- . 3 ft ft*s a- Sj ft ri ft ft ' S |Pp 2 CO ft P f- t c^r 5? < g.. f*t-j 2o 3 3 P? 1-1 ft CwL c3r-. p ot-t>^3 3 W TM 3 CL o' r 33 -wf t f*t7 ft <ft f?tr phj o g . CL ^ P 3 w 2. - S ,,. ra 2 r bg cftr oHi " U 3 e--OCD--* S' -a B- ^ ft pN 3O Bc^ sasr 3 3S TO3 i CL 3. 3 OH c- ^ f t *r* P" O w- cco gs 3f t 2Hu 3 <ra* w a ft fCt L P 3 ^ C/5 ra 3 p ^o ^o 3 ; CL d r a S cfot fgt* oSa' S o p by?