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FILE NAME: Johnson & Johnson (JAJ) DATE: 1971 Aug 2 DOC#: JAJ090 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Barry Castleman with Cover Memo B A to* fl. f .- Y i..^ --------- W acg-aw A ^*.*-- ,L.-- > ^ . ^ i m : ^ a ) ) | 1 | ....... "n j a i * - , W i I - ftfa f 'ifTfTit > iirf-.i-.^ - J n f if 'iVJ,fi Mft , i J f m .-- i>T r< rffg*^M W T '--^ - ^ ' tr 'i T -- - r - ' i - n r - ^ - * - - M r. B arry Castleman V~ A ugust 2, 1971 M r. L. G. F o ster i i .`3 T h e atta c h e d is , I b e lie v e , s e lf - e x p la n a to r y . I o b tained the 1895 1 data from Bill Ashton. i If you ag ree , please send it out. me r.' cc: D r. G. H ildick-Sm ith D r . W. N aehed T alc F ile - 503 T . H. Shelley I i Protected Document-Subject to Protective Order JNJNL61 000024920 A u g u st 2, 1971 Mr, B arry Cnstleman D epartm ent of Environm ental Engineering J .hns-Hopkins University B altim ore, M aryland 21201 ' , Dear Mr. Castleman: This is in an sw er to your le tte r of Ju ly 25: 1. The use of ta lc as a c o s m e tic extends f a r b a c k in h is to r ic a l t i m e . M o r e s p e c if i c a l ly , J o h n s o n Si J o h n s o n h a s m a r k e t e d Baby powder since 1895. 2. Y/e have no a s b e s to s in our baby pow der. To p ro v e th is, we , . have had extensive analytical work carried out by m ineralogists at the C olorado School of Mines, by IvlcCrone L ab o ra to ries in Chicago and by P r o f e s s o r F re d Pooley a t the U niversity of Wales in Cardiff. P ro fe sso r Pooley is associated with one of the teaching scientific groups studying the relationship of asbestos and other inorganic particles to cancer. 3. We have no meaningful inform ation regarding baby powder m a n u fa c tu re d by o th e r c o m p a n ie s . We s u sp e c t, how ever, that the "5 to 25" percent quoted by the new spapers is not based on carefully docum ented scientific evidence. I hope the above answ ers your questions. Sincerely, me bcc: M r. L. G. F o ster D r. G. rlild ick -S m ith D r . W. N a s h e d Document-Subject to Protective df&lc F i l e - 503 Thom as H. Shelley, Ph. D D irector Central Research Laboratories JNJNL61 000024921