Document M4YBNz1pOM6XBYM15mMEj0K1V
MEMORANDUM
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
TO Heinz J. Eiermann, (HFF-440)
DATE: January 7, 1976
Director, Division of Cosmetics Technology
THROUGH: Henry M. Davis, (HFF-446)
Chief, Product Composition Branch
Ronald L. Yates, (HFF-446) Product Composition Branch
su bject.
Tabulated Results of DCST's Analyses for Asbestos Minerals in Lewin, Field Activity Surveillance (FAS), Investigational and Consumer Cosmetic Talc Products.
Attached are a series of tables summarizing data obtained from the DCST analyses of cosmetic talc products for asbestos minerals. Also included, for purposes of comparison, are Dr. S. Z. Lewin's analytical data obtained by x-ray diffractometry.
Attachments:
Master table. "Summary Table of Results of the Investigations of Commercial Cosmetic Talc Products For Asbestos Minerals by S. Z. Lewin and the Division of CosmeticsTechnology." This table contains analytical data of all the Lewin samples analyzed by DCST. Included is Lewin's data on these samples.
b. Table I. "Summary of Results of DCST's Analyses For Asbestos Minerals in Talc Samples Reported by Lewin to contain Tremolite and/or Chrysotile." Information in this table was extracted
n t f from the master table and lists only those samples which Lewin the presence of asbestos minerals.
Table II. "Cosmetic Talcs Analyzed by Lewin and Reported to
Contain Chrysotile and/or Tremolite which were not Analyzed
^by
DCST by Either DTA or Optical Microscopy." DCST does not
^ possess the samples listed in this table and, therefore, were
unable to analyze them.
d. Table III. "Summary of DCST's Analyses of Cosmetic Talc Products by Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) and Optical Microscopy." This table summarizes, by number of samples, DCST's analyses
of talc samples from all sources.
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e. Table IV. "Summary of S. Z. Lewin's Analyses of Commercial Cosmetic Talcs For Tremolite and Chrysotile by X-Ray Diffraction." This table summarizes, by number of samples, S. Z. Lewin's results for all samples analyzed.
Ronald L. Yates Product Composition Branch
SUMMARY TABLE OF RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS OF COMMERCIAL COSMETIC TALC PRODUCTS FOR ASBESTOS MINERALS BY S. Z. LEWIN AND TILC DIVISION OF COSMETICS TECHNOLOGY'1J
SAMPLE #
PRODUCT NAME AND MFG.
14 Desitin Baby Powder, Antibacterial; Pfizer
26 Helen Pressl "Little Lady"
29 Johnson's Baby Powder
35 Lewis Baby Powder
37 Macy's Scented Borated Talcum
38 ' Macy's Talcum, Apple
42 Mennen Quinsana Foot Powder
50 Quest Deodorant Powder;
52 Riviana Foods-Italian Stearin Talc; For Rice
53 September M o m By Pond's
54 Seven Winds After Bath Talc; DuBarry
56 Vaseline Intensive Care Baby Powder (same as 130)
57 Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Spray Talc
58 Z B T Baby Powder `
59 Zeasorb Super Absorbent Medicated Powder;' Stiefel
60 Ambush-Dana Dusting Powder
61' April Showers
62 Avon Unforgettable Perfumed Talc
63 Beloved Perfumed Dusting Powder, Prince Mitchabelli
CODE (1139Z) (028Q)
(2K4) (H202)
(19B) (021085) (1209) (F1021)
(9884)
S. Z. Levin's Results (X-Ray Diff.) Tremolite (%) Chrysotile (%)
ND(2)
ND
ND ? ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND ND 7
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
5% ND
DCST's Results Tremolite (fiber/mg) Chrysotile Optical Microscopy (%) - DTA
- ND
ND ND
ND ND
- ND
200 (.02%)<3> ND
- ND
600 (.06%)
?
- ND
- ND - ND
- ND - ND
- ND
- ND - ND
- ND
700 (.07%)
ND
- ND
36,000 (3.6%) ND
SAMPLE #
PRODUCT NAME AND MEG.
CODE
64 Coty Face Pcwder -Rachel (Airspun)
68 Faberge Flambeau Deodorant Spray Powder
(37WBF)
70 Jeris Talc, Flesh A & B
71 Jolie Madame Dusting Powder, Balmain
72 Lady Esther Face Powder, Rachel
73 A&B Max Factor Face Powder, Rachelle 74 Medicated Comfort Powder; Parke-Davis
75 OH! de London Talc; Yardley
(498)
77 Touch and Glow Face Powder, Creamy Peach; Revlon
78 Toujours Moi Bath Powder; Corday
79 Yardley April Violets
(4908)
80 Chantilly Dusting Powder; Houbigant
(IIP)
81 Cashmere Bouquet, Imported White Talcum Powder 82 Jean Nate Talc 84 Shower To Shower Body Powder; Johnson & Johnson 85 Pure Baby Powder, Dart Drug 86 Pond's Dream Flower Perfumed Talc
(on 345) (5507BG) (K11C) (013D)
87 Almay Hypo-Allergenic Face Powder
88 Constance Carroll, Bouquet Talc
89 Djer-Kiss Talcum; Kerkoff 90 Flamingo Dusting Powder, Tussy
(L1047)
92 Mavis Talcum; Vivaudou
S. z. Levin's Results (X-Ray Diff.) Treniolite (%) Chrysotlle (%)' ~ ND ND ND ND ND ND 3% ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 3% ND 5% ND ND ND-' ND:- ? ND ? ND ? ND ? ND ? ND ? ND ? 4% 5% 5% 5% 3% 5% 5% 5%
Trenoiite iuucj./.,^,__ _ Cptica.l Microscopy (%) - DTA
- ND
- ND
500 (.05%)
ND
ND ND
ND ND
3,300 (.33%) 2,800 (.28%)
ND ND ?
7>
96,000 (9.6%: ND ND ND
ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
7,000 (.7%) 2,900 (.29%) 4,000 (.4%)
ND ND ND ND t
7,300 (.73%)
ND
SAMPLE #
PRODUCT NAME AND MFG.
93 Mavis Body Powder; Vivaudou
94 Tangee; Luft-Tangee
95 ZBT Baby. Powder
96 Blanchard's Dusting Powder
97 Born Wild Dusting Powder; Del Labs
99 ASB Lander Lilacs and Roses Deodorant Body Talc
100 Miss Dior Dusting Powder
101 Tai Winds Spray Talc; Avon
102 A&B Tosca Existing Powder
107 Coty Muguet des Bois Dusting Powder
131 Johnson & Johnson Medicated Powder
133 Johnson's Baby Powder
134 Johnson's Baby Powder
135 Johnson s Johnson Medicated Powder
136 Johnson & Johnson Shower to Shower Body Powder
137 Johnson & Johnson Shower to Shower Body Powder
138 Johnson & Johnson Shower to Shower Body Powder
143 Pin-Zow Talque; Perfection Beauty Products, Inc.
144A Overton's "High-Brown" Face Powder
145 Softee Face Powder
148 lady Wayne Face Powder
149 Solitaire Cake Makeup
CODE
(B0048)
(DCC1272)
(2DO) (1171K) (108T) (109T) (0452K) (C512Z) (0709X1) (0872K)
s . rj . Lewin's Results (X-Ray Diff.) fremolite (%) Chrysotile (%)
5% ' 4%
4% ?
2% 3% 8% 10% 12% 15%
ND ND
ND ND
15% ND
10% 7%
ND ND
trace
ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
5% 10%
5% ? ND 2%
2% ND
8% ?
DCST's Results
Tremolite (fiber/nig) Chrysotile Optical Microscopy (%) - DTA.
5 ,10 0 (.51%) 2 ,5 0 0 (.25% ) 300 (.03% ) 5,60 0 (.56%) 1 3 ,0 0 0 (1.3% )
ND ND ND ND
ND ND
trace 6 0 ,0 0 0 (6%) 8,90 0 (.89%)
ND ND
ND -
ND ND
ND ND ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND 1,80 0 (.18%) 400 (.04%) ND
ND ND ND ND
trace 3 ,0 0 0 (.3% )
ND ND
SAMPLE #
PRODUCT NAME AND MEG.
151 Early American Old Spice Talcum Pcwder
152 Corsage Dusting Powder; Lander
153 Airmens Powder, Medicated
154 Bismoline Medicated Powder
155 Rite Aid Pure Baby Powder
156 Warner Pure Baby POwder
157A Mavis Imported Talcum
158- Avon Brocade Perfumed Talc
159 Avon Blue Lotus Perfumed Talc
160 Avon Beauty Dust Refill - Charisma
163 Pinaud Clubman Talc
164 Grand Union Baby Povder
165 Cashmere-Bouquet
167 Tawny Tone Body Talc From Black Heritage; Beauty Mustus, Inc.
168 Colgate 'Booth Povder
169 Dr. Lyon's Tooth Powder
170A 173A
"C" Bouquet Talc; Winarick, Inc. Corsage Dusting Pcwder; Lander Co.
175A larder Baby Pcwder
176A Lander Lilac & Roses Body Talc
CODE
(101672) (4212DX) (2662) -
I
s . z . Lewin' s Results (X-Ray Diff.) 1'renolite (%) Chrysotile (%) ND ND ND ND ND ' ND 2% ND ND ? 2% ND 6% 8% ND ND ND ? ND trace 10% 10% ND 1% ND ?
2% ND ND ND ND ND ND 8% ND ? ND ? ND ?
DCST's Results Trenolite (fiber/mg) Chrysotile Optical Microscopy (%)- DTA
ND -
ND ND 200 (.02%)
? -
ND 200 (.02% ) 9,00 0 (.9%)
ND ND ND
ND ND ND ND
ND 9 ,0 0 0 (.9% )
ND -
trace
-
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
I ND
. 6,30 0 (.63%)
ND
.7
- ND
- ND
SAMPLE #
PRODUCT NAME AND MFG.
178A Jean Nate Talc No. 60
194 Tinkerbell Dusting Powder; Ititi Fields,' Ltd.
CODE (2264)
Z . Lewin's Results (X-Ray Diff. Tremolate (%) Chrysotile (%)
ND
ND
DCST's Results Tremolite (fiber/mg) Chrysotile Optical Microscopy (S)-DTA
ND
ND
(1) Results are shown for only those talc products analyzed by both Lewin and DCST.
(2) nd - Not Detected
(3) DCST treirolite % is based on following conversioni 1000 fibers/mg talc = 0.1% trenolite where average trerrolite fiber dimensions are 5 x 15 ^im. If itrassumed that microscopist sees 10% of fibers present, % values would be increased 1 order of magnitude.
Sample No.
143 144A 145 148 149 154 156 157A 160 163 164 . , 167 170A
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S. Z. Lewin's Results (X-Ray Dif f.)
Tremolite (%)
Chrysgtile (%)
5 10 5? ND 2 2 ND 87 2 ND 2 ND 68 ND trace 10 10 ND 1 2 ND ND 8
DCST'S Results
Tremolite (fiber/mg) Optical Microscopy
Ghrysotile (%)-DTA
1,800 (.18%) 400 (.04%) ND trace
3,000 (0.3%) 200 (0.02%) 200 (0.02%)
9,000 (0.9%) ND
9,000 (0.9%) trace ND
6,300 (0.63%)
--
ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
-- --
ND ND
TABLE II
COSMETIC TALCS ANALYZED BY IJ WIN AND REPORTED TO CONTAIN CI1RYSOTILK ANI)/OR TREM0L1TE
M U C H WERE NOT ANALYZE ) M f DCST BY EITHER DTA OR OPTICAL MICTAOSCOPY
Sample No,
66 67 76 91 .108 109 111 130 172 . 183 184 187 188 189
Tremoiite ND 2% 5% ND 2% 9<7
1_.?.win Results (X-Ray Diff.) Chrysotile 2% ND ND 5% ND ?
1% trace.
2% 1% 3% 2% 1% 1%
ND trace.
ND ? ND ND ?
ND
According to John Stuart's notes, the. above samples are not present in the lot of Lewin's samp Inventory of Lewin rs talcs verified that DCST does not possess the above samples.
Analytical Method
Source
Total Analyzed
Chrysotile Detected
Tremolite Detected
TABLE III
SUMMARY OF DCST'S ANALYSES OF COSMET1 C TALC PRODUCTS BY DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS (DTA) AND OPTICAI, MICROSCOPY (OM)
S. Z . Lewin
Differential Thermal Anal ysis
FAS Investiga lional and Consu tier
78 76
2
5? (2)
0
0
NA NA NA
Optical Microscopy
S. Z . Lewin
FAS
Investigaclonal and Consumer
57 C1)
47
11
00
0
30 0
0
(1) Includes 25 of 37 samples in which S. Z. Lewin reported presence of tremolite by x-ray diffraction* DOST detected trefaelite in 22 of the 25 samples. DCST detected tremolite in 8 samples where S. Z. Lewin reported none detected.
(2) Results on all 5 samples were ambiguous .ue to interferences and/or low levels
of chrysotile.
TABLE IV
SUMMARY OF S. Z. LEWIN'S ANALYSES OF COMMERidlAL COSMETIC TALCS FOR TREMOLITE AMD CHRYSOTILE BY X-RAt DIFFRACTION
No. of Samples Analyzed
195
Samples Only Chrysotlle Detected
6
Sam])les Only Tremolite Detected
24
Samples Tremolite and Chrysotlle Detected
13