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FILE NAME: Talc (TALC) DATE: 1971 July DOC#: TALC418 DOCUM ENT DESCRIPTION: M em o to Desert M inerals, Inc. w ith Attached Article from Chemical W eek - Asbestos in th e Boudoir ..; b lJ lm J im m m DATE__4luX3^26^.a$7X~- . J ' '. ,< ' ! I y. , i U \ ' - ; . . S U B J E C T & " ' , ' Tramonti & Anthophylllt Asboate fib e r s fim& In Talo a * fm rt A ttached i s a h e i a r t lo l taken from th J u ly Xl}.tb iaau fch CbmtaX-W9k gasino/ -- W uldtMa beivm d in any f ur grada? l i n t t perhaps w bava *' atlX ins p o i n t ? ' r i : : ^ rT v VV'V't A s b s ti in the boudoir As much as 25% asbestos:content was found in samples o f two leading brands of talcum powder, according to New Y ork City's Environ mental Protection Administrator, Jerome Krctchmcr, And at the city's request, the U.Si Food and Drug Administration w ill do more testing and analysis, starting with an ex amination. o f the test data obtained by electron microscopy and X-ray diffrac- lion; under the direction o f Dr.: Irving . SelikoH at the Mount Sinai School o f , Medicinc, SelikofT reports finding 5-25% ' concentrations o f trem dlitc. and nn- v thophyllilc asbestos libers, in particles under 5 microns in diameter, . Krctchmer notes that his agency is in nc posi': divide'evidence that this : level o f v. ,.<sure contributes to disease in later life. Hut he calls on FDA to " tiiin* rmire all exposures unless (hey can be demonstrated conclusively to be harm less." It is unlikely that the government w ill take any immediate action'against talcum powders. One city spokesman says asbestos can be screened from talc In the mamifacttifing process. Johnson & Johnson, (New Brunswick; N J ). a leading talcum powder fitanufac- turer. state* that its tests reveal no as- bestou fiber in it tale product, .; : I ! t j <UM MVMM SOI) ........ i jil L j . STRAUCH CHEMjeXt DISTRIBUTOR 'ft n r 1 J U < t CRM C -H T-T A LC-000119