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FILE NAME: Thane (THAN) DATE: 1972 Sept 28 DOC#: THAN011 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Bulletin RE Asbestos in Talc & Government Regs BULLETIN V xV TO: FROM: ALL INDUSTRIAL SALESMEN PHIL KIZER - KANSAS CITY SUBJECT: ASBESTOS IN TALC The F e d e ra l Government as o f J u ly 7 ,1 9 7 2 en acted 1 u sin g A sbestos in t h e i r production which is e x p o s/ o n ly A sb esto s i s a f f e c t e d in t h a t many T a lc s a r * usage a ls o . Here is a d iscu ssion th at hopefu ' few f a c t s th a t w ill enable you to r e l a t e thejJfiSbhi your custom er. any in d u s try fe a i r . Not :e^t to lim ited ^illu strate a and s o lu tio n to Q. W hat's a l l the d is c u s s io n about T a l c s ja f jj some a r e n ' t ? f e r a l ! y approved and A . T h e re a re two F e d e r a l R e g u l a t io n s (1 ) O ccupational S a f e t y and Heal"" to Federal Regulation Vol. 3 7 / amounts o f A sbestos dust ( f ib j n i s t r a t i o n (OSHA) p e r t a i n i n g became law J u ly 7,1972 allow able a ir in a manufacturing p lan t. ( 2 ) Food and Drug Adminis forms of T alc found in FDA) a llo w a b le amounts o f A sb e s to s lets. Q. J u s t what a re th e s e lim its fo r A sbestos forms of T alc ? A. OSHA w i ll a llo w ovj aur time w eighted av erag e not exceeding 5 fib e rs, 5 m icr ngth per m i l l i t e r and no more than 10 f i b e r s up t o 15 m inute AiJSiiour. The FDA p ro p o s a l s t a t e s t h a t a l l fo o d products are t ' pee o f A s b e s to s f o r p r a t i c l e s " . Q. 5 f ib e r s , 5jm |er allow able in le n g th p er m i l l i t e r sounds l i k e a p r e tty low 3ow can i t r e l a t e to my b u s i n e s s ? A . In a rodn^Q ||;3(^50 1X 1 0 0 ' , .5 o z . o f a 67, T r e m o l i t e co n ta in e d T a l c e x p o si^ W ^ ^ ^ atm osphere w ill be over the l i m i t . Another example w o u ld ||g /il^^i 5 0 l b . bag w ere b ro k e n , T a lc w i th a 107 T re m o lite co n te n 1 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 ^ ) 0 0 ,0 0 0 f ib e r s would be exposed to th e atm osp h ere. Q. Where i s th e a r e a o f c o n c e rn a c c o r d in g t o th e r e g u l a t i o n s . A. Any p la n t h a n d lin g b ag s o f Ta l c c o n t a i n i n g T r e m o l i t e exposed to co n tin u e the a i r .i ZE\ 1U z& l i r Tl exhibit no.. bj. to Stipulation of Confidentiality & er.5#ie, a to l a .P. Grttn t, cf oL, Jackson County, MO, th a t could be ITT XXT A1 A Bulletin (Cont'd) Asbestos in Talc Q. I thought T a l c was T a lc ; what's Trem olite got to do with Taic? A. T a l c d e fin e d chem ically i s hydrous magnesium s i l i c a t e . Asbestos a l s o i s d e f in e d as magnesium s i l i c a t e . The d i f f e r e n c e ji s /the / molecular s tr u c tu r e , Talc being platy or f l a t in p h y s i c a l / ^ / appearance, asbestos is fiberous in stru ctu re. Now you've r e a l l y confused me. I thought you wer,e^L)cing about T r e m o l i t e ; now you are t a lk in g about a s b e s t o s . A. There a re v a r io u s forms o f fib e r o u s magnesit Amosite, C ro cid o lite, Ankophyllite, Actiono] Government h a s defined them a l l as "Asbestc^ e, Chrysolite, Trem olite. The Q. Does t h i s mean th a t everyone in the Ta ss is out of business? A. No. We're in luck again. United Sij Tremolite fre e . Their California ntana Talcs are absolutely e no d e t e c t a b le amounts. Q. T h is sounds l i k e a r e a l s a le s a Trem olite T a lc s by cross r e fe r Can we simply re p la c e th e A. Yes and no. Depending upon A b e stin e 325 c o n ta in s 807. match) c o n t a in s 95% Talc a b so rp tio n could be dif: l a t i o n a PVC w i l l a l lo w " ty o f the T a lc you are r e p l a c in g . , while Beavenwhite 325 (the n e a r e s t sbestos. I t stands to reason the o i l An easy a l t e r n a t i o n o f the p a i n t formupaint p ro p e rtie s as in the old rorm u lati Q. PVC?? Are you t a l k ! Poly vinyl chlorid e? A. No. PVC i n . p a i n t important fa cto " rela tiv e to tands f o r Pigment Volume C o n ce n tra tio n , an formulations meaning the percentage of. pigment of binder used in the formulation. Q. I s i t d i f f i c j 'a l t e r the PVC in a p a i n t fo rm u la tio n ? A. No. Mos_ o f pluggfj could be made in an hour o r two. number in a m a th em atical fo r m u la . I t 's ju st a matter Q. How sh( go about using t h i s s a l e s ad va n tag e ? A. Ask your plan t manager, paint chem ist or s a f e t y e n g in eer i f they a re using a C a l i f o r n i a or New York S t a t e T a l c . I f s o , a r e they aware o f the Federal R egulations. I f not, give them a copy fo r them selves. Meantime l e t them know your T a l c s a r e T r e m o l i t e F r e e . T h e y ' l l do the r e s t. SubJ. to Stlpulitioc (Co.IWentl.Uty * Order, Sult. i r - A A G ^ T W A IN ! ft1 i\A < ^ Bulletin (cont'd) Asbestos in Talc Pg.3 Q. I f I have d i f f i c u l t y making the change who can I talk, to? A. United S i e r r a has o f f e r e d t e c h n i c a l l i t e r a t u r e and p e rso n al s a l e s c a l l s . I t ' s a l l for the asking. Q.' I s p a i n t th e only in d u stry a f f e c t e d by the new r e g u l a t i o n s ? ' ' / A. No. There w i l l be concern in paper, p l a s t i c s , rub4bfj fiberglass too. J| i ^ Q. The more I h e a r the more e x c i t e d I g e t . they have asbestos free ta lc also? How a ^ p e t i t i o n , do A. Only o n e . P f i z e r has some t a l c s mined asbestos free also. t o o . They are Q. I f t h a t ' s t h e c a s e , I had b e t t e r get^ buyers or c h e m i s t s in my market tog meeting to t e l l them the s t o r y ? about g e t t i n g my a seminar or a luncheon A. Great id e a . T his should cu t d qualify your customers time i t ta k e s , plus you can Statement: I'm excited. something sounds a "me t o " product I ' ve r e a l l y g ot paint industry out of a bind. I t PK:kc Subj. to Stipulation of ConBdcntlality & Order, /, * aL %A .? .G r tc * Rt/naaria,ctaL, Jackson County, MO, C ss. No. #0(MCV*207056 THAN 010456