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FILE NAME: CTFA (CTFA) DATE: 1974 Sept 6 DOC#: CTFA042 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from J&J-Cross Reference with J&J File #8 SEP 9 19f4 G. LEE N E W BRUNSWICK. N. J. 0 8 9 0 3 S eptem ber 6, 1974 R obert M. Schaffner, Ph. D. A ssociate D ire c to r fo r TechnologyBureau of Foods Food and Drug A dm inistration D epartm ent of Health, Education, and 200 "C " S tr e e t, S. W. W ashington, D. C. 20204 W elfare Dear Dr. Schaffner: Johnson & Johnson has been cooperating with the C osm etic, T oiletry and F ra g ra n c e A ssociation Subcom m ittee on A sbestos in Talc. In an effo rt to answ er the question about the req u ired degree of sensitivity of the method of assay for asbestos in talc, our statistical group has made an estim ation of a th eo retical safe level of asb esto s fiber in a baby powder utilizing the official TLV for asbestos and the data on dusting of baby powder. The calculation shows that a substantial safety factor can be expected with talc containing 1% w /w a s b e s to s f ib e r s . T h e re fo re , m eth o d s capable of d e te rm in in g le s s th an 1% a s b e s to s in ta lc a r e not n e c e s s a r y to assu re the safety of cosm etic talc. The re p o rt is attached herew ith. Since I have been assigned a new function at our R e search C enter, I w ill be turning over my responsibility in the ta lc /a sb e sto s a rea to the R e s e a rc h D ivision of o u r Baby P ro d u cts Com pany. I would a p p re c ia te y o u r giving m e the o p p o rtu n ity to p e rs o n a lly p re s e n t them to you and your staff to a s s u re a continuation of the cooperative efforts of Johnson & Johnson in this difficult problem . The following individuals from our Baby Products Company will be Dr. R. Schaffner -2 S eptem ber 6, 1974 available fo r a m eeting to be s e t a t your convenience: D. R. P etterson, Ph. D ., V ice-President, R esearch B. Semple, M. D. , D irecto r of M edical and R egulatory A ffairs G. L ee, M anager of A pplied R esearch W. C. W aggoner, Ph. D ., A d m in istrato r of M edical and R egulatory A ffairs. 1 hope to h e a r fro m you soon. Very truly yours, JOHNSON k JOHNSON wn/cw A ttach. by: W. Nashed, Ph. D. A ssociate D irector of R esearch D om estic O perating Company bcc: D r. A. Goudie D r. G. K ild ick -S m ith M r. G. ------------M r. J . Melton D r. D. P e tte rso n D r. R. Rolle Dr. T. Shelley M r. G. M iller M r. R. M iller, W indsor M inerals M r. W. D ean, J& J G re a t B rita in D r. B. Semple D r. W. W aggoner jn .i nnnoAnw AttachCount BegAttach C o n fid e n tia lity Custodian D ateM o d DocExt EndAttach FileNam e FileSize PgCount ProdVol Text Path JNJ000240291 Metadata 1 JNJ 000240291 N Legacy 1 09/06/1974 12:00 AM TIF JNJ 000240296 K000076563.TIF - K000076564.TIF 0.00 2 TALC_GLOBAL_002 TEXT\0235\JNJ 000240291.txt ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL