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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1976 Mar 1 DOC TALC091 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Telephone Call Record between Dr. Shapiro & Dr. Langer Mt. Sinai Dr. E. Shapiro . , Epidemiology Unit RP7-103 and Dr. A. Langer Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York New York finished Dr. Langer had just asbestos in tale and wanted Given Ks Burros speaking with Marion Burros to inform me of the concerning information he had diffraction scanning admittedly Dr. Langer had examined purchased shelf twTehnetsye bwraenrdes of talcum powder which were for each of these brands ray single grab samples was used and the numbers below analysia twenty samples contained asbestroesgresent weight percent Ten of the Five contained anthophyllite and ranging from two to twenty percent lite T alone and two tremolite A 3 contained tremo- contained anthophyllite A alone The containing talcum powders are esbestos Cashmere Bouquet Baner & Black Baby Coty Air Rosemary ZBT Saby Fabregi Brut Yardley Invisible Yardley Black English Leather Mannen ~. talc 20 A 15 plus 11 11 30Z % 52 A quartz 5 3.5 2X A 22 Dr. Langer promised over the talephone to send a with some letter confirming the additional details information given Discussing these results Dr. Langer remarked samples represant more than that if these grab a one time . diffraction analysis should pick occurrence simple ray percent level and above up asbestos at least at the five I have written Dr. Langer to obtain charists samples of these tales for our DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Barry Castleman P.O. Box 188 Garrett Park MD 20896 MAY | | 2005 Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration College Park MD 20740 F05-4604 Dear Mr. Castleman In response to your request of NIEHS on talcum powder products January 26 2005 for documents examined for the presence of asbestos from Enclosed are the records you requested We have searched our files and find no responsive information Your request is also being referred to one of our component offices In order to help reduce processing time and costs certain material has been deleted from the record furnished to you because a preliminary review of the records indicated that the deleted information is not required to be publicly disclosed If however you desire to review the deleted material please make an additional request at the following address Food and Drug Administration Freedom of Information Staff HFI 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville MD 20857. Should the Agency then deny this information you would have the right to appeal such denial Any letter of denial will explain how to make this appeal Charges will be included in a monthly invoice if your request total more than 15.00 If your monthly total is LESS than 15.00 the material is free Please DO NOT send payment until you receive an invoice for the total monthly fee Reproduction 1.30 Search 0 Review Other 0 Total 58.30 THE ABOVE TOTAL MAY NOT REFLECT THE FINAL CHARGES FOR THIS REQUEST Enclosure Sincerely yours Patricia FOI OFFICER Executive Operations Staff Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition