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PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT ;Asbestos fibers found in body, baby powders ' Asbestos fibers have been discovered in nine of 19 body and baby powders, according to a study by researchers at Mt. Sinai hospital in New York City. ..Hie nine samples contained asbestos fibers in i quantities panging from- 2% to 20%, according to Arthur M. Langer, head of the physical sciences section of Mt. Sinai's Department'of Environment V' tai Medicine. | y Asbestos can cause a rare form of chest and ab..-dominal -cancer and asbestosis, a scarring of lung tissue. A safe threshold level for a carcinogen like' - asbestos is not known, according to an expert on ' occupational disease at Mt. Sinai. . Powders with the greatest concentration of .. asbestos fibers--ranging from 8%'to 20%--were ZBT Baby Powder, Cashmere Bouquet Body Talc, ..Coty Airspun Face Powder and Rosemary Talc. Bauer & Black Baby Talc, which had a 15% concenT. tration of asbestos fibers, is no longer on the ' market. Smaller amounts of asbestos fibers--less than 5%-- were found'in'Faberge Brut Talc, Yardley Invisible Talc, Yardley Black Label Body Powder, Mennen Shave Talc and English Leather After Shave Talc. Other powders studied that-contained no asbes tos were Ammen's Medicated Powder; Avon Bird of Paradise Beauty Dust; Diaperene Medicated Body Powder; Johnson's Baby Powders, one made in England and one in the U.S.; Johnson's Medicat ed Powder; Mennen Bath Talc; Yardley After Shave Powder; and, Yardley Original Body Pow der. The Diaperene powder contained no talc because it is made of cornstarch. v V BON - 02255