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1133 STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D C. 2005 202/331-1770 TELEX 69-2673 M EMR ANDM James H.PrMreiHreitrU* Morm'an F. Esrin, Ph.D VrC PwzTdeM--S^/t^cr TO: FROM: DATE: Norman F, EStrin, Ph. Anita S. Curry March 12th, 1976 J im J e n k i n s called regarding t h e .letter you h ave asked for on c u r rent t a l c analyses, -He wishes to inform you.as t o 'what they h ave been doing: 1. Mr. Clements contacted p r . Langer who gave nim ' the code on th Coty Air spun that was tested.. . It turns out'that this was a July, 1?69 produc tion item. . 2 In 1970 Coty changed to a completely different * taic; since that time the supplier (WC&D) ha.s supplied letters to t h e e f f e c t 'tha t t hey dc continuous monitoring- of production/ even . though i n d i v i d u a l .batches sold to. Coty m a y not be individually tested. 3, Coty has h a d tests- run on intermittent batches^ T at the Pfizer Laboratory in Easton,- Pennsylt a m a . These were done by X-ray diffraction and TEM. The results were all negative. Also, in the last week they have tested 1974 and 1975 lots. These too were negative. A S C :j j PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT WCD-43 CTFA v s m WL VSH TLXAl4fc VAF 139 C1427) C.l-0)B216AS72)PD 03/12/76 1424 twx cn-nao L3A Lgjg L-A RiS THE COSMETIC. TOILETRY AND FRAGARNCE ASSOCIATION. IN. 1123''f i f t e e n t h s THEFT, n. V. WASHINGTON. D. C. 0005 MARCH IS.' 1976 DR. MCRMa N ESTJUN ' VICE PRESIDENT - SCIENCE DE/R DR. ESTF-INs AS A RESULT. OF DISCUSS IDOS I HAVE HAD WITH LOUIS MJRIMC COKCE^MIMG THE MARCH It. 1973 CTFA TALC SUB-COMM ITT it. . -I WOULD LIKE TO STATU' TH-H-T VS HAV^. A CONTINUING PROGRAM 1 EXIST CUTS TO TEST OUR MONTANA GRADES OF TALCS THAT ARE LEINS OFFERED'TO THE.COSMETIC INDUSTRY- PRIOR COF.RESPOT'DE'-ICE BETWEEN 0UR3LLVE5 AMD 'H*_ _GEORGE V. 'SAMDLriUiL CHAIRMAN OF THE TALC SUS-CCHUITT-- . KAC ESTABLISHED THAT v s LAVI- TESTED 2. B39 Si^iPL^S F*ROM OUT; OCRS DRILLING PROGRAM AtID ST M-HAY DIFFRACT!JD PATTERNS HAVE HO SEEN AMT DETECTABLE .LEVEL.. OF. CH3YSvT.IL,F AMD TFF^CLITE- CUR X-RAY DIFFRACTION TZCHHX.aULS. i.E::L IM acccfdahcs uir; the ctfa j -a - i me t h o d o c t l u u d FCR USE UFFEH CTFi. SPECIFIC:.TJ ON5 F O R COSMETIC TnL C SINCE OUR OR I INAL I W E S T l G A T I C N AMD SUEUIS5I0N (i.UGj'ST A. 1975) . 'IF HAV EVALUATEDh H ADDITIONAL FIFTY ' CNm TAN , PRODUCT!ON SAMPLES WITH-THE SAME 'OCCELLENT RESULTS. 'ME CONTINUE TO USE M-Ra Y DIFFRACTION TECHNIQUES AS OUTLINED 3i CTFA J-4-l. ' 'JS SHALL BE HAPPTY -TO CONTINUE TO COOPERATE WITH CTFA IN OUR t e s t in g p r o g r a m . VERY TRULY YOURS. CYPRUS INDUSTRIAL MINERALS COMPANY 555 SOUTH FLOWED STREET . LOS ANGELES... CALIFORNIA 900 7 1 TELEPHONE' C213) 459-3700 ' END ' iNN '' H. T. MULRYAN PRESIDENT 323PEST ' .CTFA WSH Ort" it i ! ;.-r .-.r.fi L -- :-i talc investigations Our investigations of talc dates back to.November 1972, whan the following samples were analyzed by McCrone Associates and round to be tree of any asbestos content: . Music Talc Aphrodisia Women's Talc Aphrodisia Men's Talc Flambeau Talc Woodhue Man's Talc Straw Hat Talc Tigress Talc Brut Talc Kiku Talc Woodhue Women's Talc Xanadu. T3l.c Zizanie Talc , 9-26-72 d-r-26-72 9-26-72 9-26-72 9-26-72 9-26-72 9-26-72 9*26-7-2 9-26-72 9-26-72 9-26-72 9-26-72 In.November ,1.975, the following samples were and found to be free of any .asbestos content: ural hr' cAo-'h-1 bauaciates Brut Talc Brut Talc. Kiku Talc Kiku Taic Kiku Talc Xanadu Talc 3.4.75 20. 6.75 11.11.75 24.4.75 3.7.75 20.6.75 __ On of March 9, 1976, McCrone Assoc, purchased Brut Talc, Lot #2585, which was produced in on a Chicago September store, one L5, 19/ 4 oz. container This sample was also found to be free of any asbestos content. FBtRG DIVISION - r - r a-;.s . -a