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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1973 June 29 DOC TALC078 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Newspaper Article - FDA Asked to Ban Asbestos Filters F.D.A. ASKED TO BAN ASBESTOS FILTERS WASHINGTON June 28 UPI Two research and environ- mental groups urged the Government today to ban the use of asbestos filters They said the filters were allowing potentially harmful particles to seep into fruit juices gin and beer ' The Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Environmental Defense Fund said that studies had indicated a - possible link between cancer and asbestos in liquid forms The groups asked the Food and Drug Administration to ban fillers containing asbestos which they said allowed asbestos fibers to escape into the material being filtered They also sought a ban on talc in the preparation of food and drug products on the ground that the mineral often became contaminated with asbestos par ticles | The F.D.A. has had under review for nearly a year a proposal establishing a zero level for asbestos in tal intended for use as a food additive Take is used as an adhesive material for pills as a base for chewing gum and in coating polished rice The morps petition said re- cent studies showed particles in samples of commercially re- tailed gan filtered Girough as- bestos hiters and other re- , searcher found the existence existence of mercially 8 | asbestos particles in retailed beer coin- Jun2e9 73