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FILE NAME: CTFA (CTFA) DATE: 1974 Sep DOC#: CTFA042 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from J&J - Cross Reference w ith J&J File #8 SEP 9 19*4 G. LE E f'imvTi N E W B R U N S W IC K . N. J. 0 8 9 0 3 Septem ber 6, 1974 AR ossboecritaMte. DSicrheacftfonrerf,orPTh.ecDh.nologyBureau of Foods Food and Drug Adm inistration Departm ent of Health, Education, and W elfare 200 "C" S treet, S. W. W ashington, D. C. 20204 Dear Dr. Schaffner: Johnson Sc Johnson has been cooperating w ith the C osm etic, TToalicle. tryInaannd eFfrfaogrtraton caensAwsesor cthiaetiqouneSstuiobncoambmouittttehee orne qAusibreesdtodseginree of sensitivity of the method of assay for asbestos in talc, our statistical group has made an estim ation of a theoretical safe level of asb e sto s fib er in a baby pow der utilizing the official TL.V for asbestos and the data on dusting of baby powder. The calculation shows that a substantial safety factor can be expected with talc ocfondteatienrimngin1i%ngwl/ews sa sthbaensto1%s faisbbeersst.o s Tinh etraelcfoarere, mnoetthnoedcse scsaapraybltoe assure the safety of cosm etic talc. The report is attached herewith. Since I have been assigned a new function at our R esearch Center, I will be turning over my responsibility in the talc/asbestos area to the R esearch Division of our Baby Products Company. I would appreciate your giving me the opportunity to personally presen t them to you and your staff to assu re a continuation of the cooperative effo rts of Johnson Sc Johnson in this difficult p roblem . The following individuals from our Baby Products Company will be Dr. R. Schaffner -2- September 6, 1974 available for a m eeting to be set a t your convenience: DB..RS.emP eptltee,rsMo.nD, .P, hD. Dir.e,c tVo ricoef-PMreesdiidcaeln ta,ndRReseegaurclaht.ory A ffairs G. Lee, Manager of Applied Research W. C. RWeagguglaotnoerry, APfhf.aDir.s,. A d m in istrato r of M edical and 1 hope to hear from you soon. Very truly yours, JOHNSON & JOHNSON w n/cw V,\j . M by: W. Nashed, Ph. D. Associate D irector of R esearch Domestic Operating Company Attach. bcc: Dr, A. Goudie DMrr.. GG.. KLielod*i*c-l--c---SmiSitLh M r. J. Melton DD rr.. DR.. PReotlltee rso n Dr. T. Shelley M r. G. M iller MM rr.. R. \V. MDeilalne,r,J&"WJ iGndrseoartMBirnitearianls Dr. B. Semple Dr. W. Waggoner AttachC ount B eg A tta c h C onfidentiality C u s to d ia n DateM od DocExt E n d A tta ch FileN am e F ile S iz e PgCount ProdVol Text Path JNJ000240291 Metadata 1 JNJ 000240291 N Legacy 1 09/06/1974 12:00 AM TIF JNJ 000240296 K000076563.TIF - K000076564.TIF 0.00 2 TALC_GLOBAL_002 TEXT\0235\JN J 000240291.txt O R IG IN AL O R IG IN AL O R IG IN AL O R IG IN AL O R IG IN AL O R IG IN AL O R IG IN AL O R IG IN AL O R IG IN AL O R IG IN AL O R IG IN AL O R IG IN AL