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FILE NAME: Talc (TALC) DATE: 1973 June 29 DOC#: TALC078 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article - FDA Asked to Ban Asbestos Filters n/ t" 'll 73 F.D.A. ASKED TO BAN ' ASBESTOS FILTERS WASHINGTON, June 28 (UPI) ;__Two research and environ mental groups urged the Gov ernment today to ban the use ,of asbestos filters. They said Ithe filters were allowing po tentially harmful particles to Iseep into fruit juices, gin and Ibeer. . ! The Center for Science in the Public interest and the En- vitonmenlal Defense Fund said that studies had indicated a possible link between cancer and asbestos in liquid forms. The groups asked the Food and Drug A d m in istratio n ^ ban idlers containing asbestos, which they said allowed asbpstos 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 conlaminaled with asbestos par tides. , , ,. ,, The F.D.A. has had under review Inr nearly a year a pro posal establishing a ero level for asbestos in tali intended lor Uhe as a food adchlivc. 'laic is used as an adhesive material for pills, as a base for chewing gum and in coaling polished rice i The .imps' peilhon s.nd te- ccnl Indies shoved "pa1tides in samples of rnm m eidally icm it'd p n Itlleicd Ibrongh as!)estos Idler;'' and other re- seaicnei , htimn 'dir: e-''isl'. nee of asbestos pm .id es jn eoin merctally retailed bm i \