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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1973 Aug 27 DOC TALC450 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Telegram to FDA from M mat ryce iren ne ee cc Telegram TO Dr. Alexander M. Schmidt Commissioner Food and Drug Administration 5600 shers Lane Rockville Maryland 20852 Manville Products Corporation understands that FDA will . shortly publish in the Federal Register final regulations which would prohibit the use of talc containing asbestos in food and food | packaging materials unles the talc is 99.9 free of amphibele asbestos | fibers and 99.99 free of chrysotile asbestos fibers . Such action would cause irreparable and irreversible harm to Manville and other companies in the talc industry and is clearly against the weight of evidence presented to FDAThe publicatio of such . regulations would likely result in the cessation of all Johns- Manville tale production and sales within a very short periodof | . time if not immediately | We believe the decision by FDFA DAisbeing based on substantial pressure from certain environmental groups and is not based on _) facts relative to any immanentdanger Wewould hope that FDA cyclamate _ would not embark on another fiasco which would destroy the . . U.S. talc industry - a Manville requeststhat FDA carefully reconsider any decision made or to be made on this matter in light of the above Additionally Manville requests that a copy of the final regulations being considered by FDA be forwarded to us immediately for review We would be glad to meet with you at any time to review 000095 | eee and as to its justification the the regulations being considered effects on industry it was wiLLing effects advised EDaA that ! previously . Manvillehas previously Manville willing medical ororscientific FDA which waswas conduct "to conduct further in this matter deem necessarynecessaryto arrive at soundosfounddecision decisironegulationsregulations matter . adoption and Cosmetic with Section have urged the Food B accordance with studies Section 121.4000 121.4000 of thetFiemdeertaol conduct further approved sufficient by FDA industry and avoid approved the regulations are published disastrous final regulations publication _by disastrous consequences resulting fromfrom the mere o| f consequences such . . response : such at Your time Perry Martinson Martinson oa ae to this telegram requested requested, - | ar Vice President corporation Manville products Greenwood corporation eee 2 | Denver Colorado 303 1000 90217 293 770 1000. | vow Te a 000096