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e e Johnson BABY PRODUCTS COMPANY RARITAN N.J. 08869 April 25 1977 SUBJECT Harvard Meeting Vermont Environmental 22 1977 Study Review Vern Zeitz and the writer met with Prof. W. Burgess and Ms. M. Boundy at the Harvard School of Public Health on April 22nd to provide our comments on the preliminary draft 3/15/77 of their proposed paper All comments and suggestions furnished by Windsor and J & J were discussed in detail with Burgess and Boundy They were very receptive to our suggestions and agreed to incorporate them into the final draft Major amendments for highlighting are 1 tremolite is generally asbestiform and should not be referred to in a biased manner as an amphibole form of asbestos 2 various corrections in trade terminology 3 the official quartz TLV of 100 gwill be mentioned instead of only the NIOSH recommended value The recorded high values of respirable quartz will be qualified as being typical 4. the term elongated fibers is to be used vs. true fibers Bill Burgess agreed to send us their written which will be principally the following conclusions 1 the bulk and environmental samples verify that the Vermont talc contain no asbestos and only negligible quartz 2. the phase contrast fiber counting technique is alright for the asbestos industry but cannot be applied to talc 729-10 JNJ 000262844 i @ Harvard Vermont Environmental Meeting - April 22 1977 Study Review 3. the respirable mass concentration is a better measure- ment technique for dust 4 this study cannot provide historical data of the past in terms of type and levels of exposure This paper will be presented by Ms. Boundy at the American Industrial Hygiene Association conference in New Orleans on May 26 1977. The writer will arrange for coverage of the presentation by CC F. A. Bolden S. P. Falk G. Hildick R. N. Miller F. R. Rolle D. R. Petterson E. West V. Zeitz George Lee JNJ 000262845