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February 1 1977 TO CTFA Scientific Advisory Committee The CTFA submitted talc data to the OTC Microbial II Panel with regards to its safety review for use in treatment of topical fungal infections of the feet This submission included the revised CTFA Cosmetic the and groin Talc Specification with Methods and importantly a recently published review The Biology of Talc At its January 7/8 meeting this Panel agreed that cosmetic grade talc as defined by the CTFA should be placed in Category I for whereas industrial grade talc is recommended for Category II for pharmaceutical and cosmetic use on the body The only External other OTC Panel Products Panel scheduled It is in data and a scheduled toxicological imminent to review talc is the Misc possession of CTFA review is expected submitted to be Prompted by the results of a recently released study by Mt. Sinai alleging the presence of asbestos minerals in some of 21 unnamed talcum powders members of the CTFA Talc Committee visited Drs Langer and Rohl of the Environmental Sciences Laboratory Mt. Sinai School of Medicine on September 29 1976 At this meeting it was suggested that a CTFA round robin test of recent production of consumer talcum products be undertaken jointly with the Mt. Sinai Laboratory Samples representative of the major brands were purchased with the assistance of personnel from the Mt. Sinai Laboratory duction material sampled coded and verified as 1976 pro- shipped to the follow- ing participants Mt. Sinai Environmental Sciences Laboratory Food & Drug Administration Division of Cosmetics Technology Avon Products Chesebrough Palmolive Cyprus Industrial Mennen Minerals R. T. Vanderbilt Whittaker Clark & Daniels Johnson & Johnson The following products were included in addition to two standard talc samples spiked with asbestiform amphibole minerals for use in verifying instrument detection sensitivity 0099134 JNJ 000307367 CTFA Scientific Advisory Committee Avon Beauty Dust Ammen's Medicated Powder Vaseline Intensive Care Baby Powder Cashmere Bouquet Body Powder Mennen Baby Magic Powder Clouds of Clairol Herbal Essence Johnson's Baby Powder Participants were requested to employ CTFA Method J4-1 and to complete their analyses by January 31 1977. This round robin is intended to affirm the integrity of current name brand talcum products The Health Research Group has issued a strong attack against OSHA's Field Memorandum 74-92 as having the dimensions and characteristics of an unilaterally redefined asbestos fiber to exclude tremolite particles from coverage in asbestos standards It must be noted that this OSHA field memorandum's definition of a fiber is also employed in the CTFA Method J4-1 for detection of asbestiform amphiboles in Cosmetic grade talcs This controversy has caused OSHA to refer the matter to NIOSH and the National Bureau of Standards who will study the medical and mineralogical aspects respectively of tremolitic talc The subcommittee will monitor this situation George Sandland Chairman Talc Subcommittee 0099135 JNJ 000307368