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FILE NAME: RT Vanderbilt (RTV) DATE: 1971 Aug 25 DOC#: RTV152 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article [Asbestos in Talcum? FDA to Test] with Cover Letter to Desert Minerals, Inc. from Charles B. Chrystal Co. .'s- -*. . , . s., , . ...... C U N T 3 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK, N,Y. 10007 TEtCPM* B A t t C L A ? 7-2I9I-1IHS CA BtCA D D ftO a H A H TA M A i.A ,*tXW VO tm August 25, 1971 Desert Minerals,Inc. 1891 South Coast Highway Laguna Beach, California ATT:' MR, EARt SMITH Dear Earl: n i{ ! i.xj M jij :> J / i . r "".'r rT..iu n . i] I . I I Enclosed please find copy of article which appeared in a New York paper;recently regarding asbestos in talc, which is actually all we Tcnow on the subject at the present moment. We are still awaiting letter from you advising that none of your talcs ( or at least none of the talcs which we purchase from you) contain asbestos and trust you can send us such an affidavit, ' : ' CRMC-HT-TALC-000125 Yours very truly, CHARLES B, CHRYSTAL CODING. CAC :IH Enc. C .A .CHRYSTAL PRESIDENT ^ *f* 7 / V &J-. / ' --r t ... JjrttuV i r - ^ h*L ^ Wf a**., 2 Ay - . 'h L 'yt4 VtwS A ^ r *-At J. r & A y A f Viw?; / A>s % j :A <^ ^ A - n r A T fc*'tji4A'/// , /A/ fiA cf / ?# v r ftutfoy dx*Jl a-ou/K V ;M : ytyfil- V &A <f`J A h ^ /fifi/efi / A \ diflyArz, * ACipc' w 7*&/9 i? I By STKVK LAW amCK, Bit. Sinai's asbestos expert, Federa Food enei Drape Administration o t fi e I a 1, pushed, by the city Environ-, mental Protection Adminis tration, have begun the first stops toward an inquiry to D, Irving Setikoff, has linked breathing asbestos fibers to high rates of cancer among workers exposed to the mine ral fiber dust over long periods of time. determino whether common Tho "FDA, in response to talcum powders contain un Kretchmer's letter, met Aug. healthy quantities of asbes 2 in Washington with of tos fibers. ficials from the city, federal Despite* this, the head of the FDA's Foods Bureau, Dr, Virgil Wodlicka, said: "We already have Information on 'most major talcum brands , that Indicates they pose od health problems." EPA Administrator- Jerome Krofehmer, In a June 28 * , letter to Health Education and Welfare Secretary Rich1. " ardson urged the federal . government to make a thoj rough analysis of asbestos . ) In talcum powder. government, cosmetic com panies, Selikoff and two of his co-workers to discuss lab oratory methods for. detect ing asbestos in talcum pow der. Even If asbestos particles are found in some powder brands, federal officials .would have to devise some in dex of how much is too much. And thjs In turn will de pend on an assessment of how much of-the product is actually inhaled during nor mal usage. I. Brand Name* During the Washington Krclchmcr'a letter wn s . -moctfiiff^;<i;;*jwkcstnaii-rfdr Johnson J; and ;yJohhron,' a - prompted b y preliminary , major producer of body aludios dono for his agency powder, reportedly said that a t Mt. Sinai; School of Medi babies got no more than a C cino on two brand name total of six full days' ex- / powders. posut-o to the material under "We wer informed that normal conditions. , hese tw o- tnlciuit powder EPA Assistant Commis jp/es both c o n t a i n sioner Harold RomertnkMhc , amount* of fibrous mine*' meeting th at tills estimate mis," identified as asbestos, was "grossly erroneous. -Ro tire EPA chief wrote. wer sail! "the child Is exposed to inhalation of the.particu "J these findings apply to late for many hours n day talcum'*'powder generally, over n. period of two yrm-x'' most of our Infant popula The high cancer rales in tion I exposed to n major UKljeslos miners wore detect ! risk of : asbestos Inhalation ed in men .who had worked ' throughout r.l least the first with the material full time, two year o Ufe" Kretfh* in many oases for 10 to 20 nwr'a letter tzddfid.. years,