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The New York Times Wednesday March 10; 1976 Asbestos Found In T eh Powders Ten o t* o f 13 bjedy and baby pow ders tested a t M bjint Sinai H ospital here w ere contam inated w ith asbestos '-fib e rs " capable of causing a ra re form of ch est and abdominal cancer, researchers h are reported. .. v i D r.;'A rth u r Rohl, who conducted die tests w ith Dr. A rthur Langer, said of th e findings: "There is n o firm vi . dence on low -Ievd or interm ittent'exposure such a s from .u sin g talcum powder. W e don't know fo r sure w hat th e ' "danger level is." -. - . : The researchers id th e contam ination usually whs found in the talc used in the.pow ders. A sbestos fibers - can cause m esotheliom a, a chest and.abdom inal cancer; and- c a n 1also result in th -scarring of -hmg tissu e and . 'gastro-intestinal difficulties, Dr. Bold said. . ' The researchers said th a t 10 of th e 19 American sam ples contained from 2 percent to '20_percent asbestos , fibers w ith th highest concentration in ZBT Baby Pow der w ith Baby O il Cashmere Bouquet Body Talc, C oty A irspun Face Pow der and Rosemary T alc-range, tram 8 percent to 20 percent asbestos fibers,p..-: -f ' ' u: . ' Bauer & Black -Baby Talc, w hich is no longer o n ' th e m arket, had a 15 p ercen t concentration. O ther pow ders ' containing less than 5 percent dsbestos:'W ere Faberg ' B rut . Talc, Y ardley Invisible Talc; Y ardley Black- Label - . Baby Powder, Mermen Shave Tide an d English 'L eather A fter Shave Talc. The m anufacturers th a t could be reached fo r com m ent said ' th a t they w ere convinced .th a t th eir products w ere' safe and th a t th eir own te sts .-had show n no asbestos. Only the m anufacturer o f Rosemary could n o t.b e reached. . The products th a t the researchers found nncontam inated . w ith asbestos fibers w ere .Ammen's M edicated Powder, Avpn Bird of Paradise Beauty D ust, D iaperene M edicated Body Powder; tw o .Johnson's Baby Powders (one m ade here ,an d one in B ritain), Johnson's. M edicated Powder, Mennen B ath ' Talc, Yardley A fter S a v e P o w d e r'a n d Yardley .O riginal Body Pow der; { ` y .. ` The tests, a t M t Sinai, whicSi Fdral health officials described as the country's leading research facility looking - into the possible dangers of asbestos, used .bn electron microscope, which Heinz J. Eirmann, director of cosm etics ` technology in the Food and Drug A dm inistration, said w as ! too expensive and time-conscup&g fo r his agency to use.. ; The experim ents a t ML Sinai, which Dr.Rohl described ' ith. only signifie*- -inquiry -on th e su b ject-w ar held; -were financed by a tran t from th e N ational In stitu te of Environmental- H ealth Services and w ere begun in 1973. PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT WCD-105 CPC-NYCALTRSCPT00004550