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FILE NAME: Pfizer (PFIZ) DATE: 1976 Nov 5 DOC#: PFIZ065 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter and Newspaper Article Vermont Talc Workers M l Johns-ManvHie To: j. H. Swensen internai 'Correspondence M Oma: November 5, 197.6 From- R. S . Lo.'iar 1 Copiiss: p. Kotini U..&. Fenner, H. R. Keefe, J. M. Sharratt, E. R. Bettinardi, D, C Bubi*>ci: Talc -- Environmental Problems The attached article from the Wail Street Journal, Tuesday; November 2, 1976,. page 8, "Exposure of Talc Dust May be Related to Deaths of Workers, Health Unit says", should be evaluated relative to our Penhorwood talc. Notice that this study was'conducted among talc workers in Vermont a'c Johnson and Johnson, Engelhard Minerals and Chemicals Corp. and Vermont Talc Co. Although there are considerable differences among these three companies and the quality of the products;they mine and produce, all are virtually asbestos-free. That is.what makes.this article disturbing. SQitte of these Vermont talcs also contain relatively high concentrations'of arsenic which is, 1 believe, a known carcinogen. As the article states:; "Scientists believe there may, be something else in the mine environment that contributes to the cancer deaths other than the talc itself." attached, also is'a copy of m y letter of April 22, 1J976 to W. H, Ashton at J fi J and a copy of the paper by Giovanni ; F. Rubino,. et.al. "Mortality Study of Talc Miners and . Millers" from Journal of Occupational. Medicine, March 1976, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 186-193. This .paper clearly demonstrates that pure talc mineral is not a carcinogen and cannot in any way be related to the .asbestos-containing talcs from,upper- ' I New York State. I believe that comments from Paul Kptin and Ed Fenner would be helpful. ;V t S , R. S. Lamar ib Attachments all copies (fogol 1) I ! 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Tha Harvard School of Public Health la eQauntrdtnMagInnn,VhRuNbIeOeSnHthreecloememuienodf eodthtwerinIenr-' teg worker exposure to Hbeetoo, and Mhos ctaolucduweaUtaerrns mtnorVbaidrimtyensttutdoy daatttahratnclautrrethnat degras of nwimallgnanl respiratory diesass. ttihoennoctonncoeirunehbaesilbueetanlev.oViceedrmaobnotutwparaodcuhco sen ai the atudy elte because Its mining TreenhvdeieswtoutodhlyertIhnevmiorelpdvueicslemiinotnereraveryicetwMdasn.ewUpiotrhnealwi,moXriknreaaryrsys, opeRrealtaitciveplyropceusns rteallactilvaeluysepdurleataalev.ariety einlgIntdaulcsutrmialpaonwddceornasunmd ecropsrmoedtuiccsts,, uInpchluidll monthss.hould be available la about six Out-Of-Date Online athnadt pthlaesirticstutduyiara.ddIrnnvssesntetgoanlolyrttheemhpahzaasrizdes of working with the law material and In no of T39hemcilulirornenptaurolcdiedsuspteerxcpuobsiucrelosotat nsdiaarbd was act in 1910. Howsvar, this standard wu wusoiyng-stuaglcgepsrtosduacntsy. danger to conaume The three companies that own the tele m19e*9reelybya thhoeldAomveerrbicaanndCoonnfeiresntcuedyotInGIchvecnunental Industrial Hygienists. Am a result, oBpnegreeltbteard Mstuindieerdalsarke CJohhemnsiocnalskCJoorhpn.saonnd. Vermont Tale Co. the"aWtaendewredluasicnugt oml odruee.s'ophisticated airsampling procedures to get an Idea ol cur emTphloeyewdorbkethwiseteonri1e9s*0olainOdi 1m97e0n uwnhtiol wtheerier deaths or the end of the study ware re rmpeonasntuird,cuNeIitnaBlemHvalIlanaudIuhdstermciallilnnhseayd.g"idesrnasiymste.at"JiDochaulnslytDaxten- vwieewreede.xTpohseedacttouatlheameotcunatnodf ttihmeeptehreiomdeonl employment thereafter w an among the fac 1s9y1s0teWmshaahnpdlaImntpsletnmaetanltleeddwneetwdrviellnintiglatpiroon cedures. But tha levai ot sslaty remains to teoxrpsoscuornesiddeurreidn.gThthee stluod-yyaraerlapteesrioOdnlysatol duolcesndu'terle.dact current levels ot exposure to Six lung-cancer deaths were found, tear bs dsUrmlasd," bn says. amminoenrg maninderms ialnledrst.wAopapmaorenngtlyco, mlubningatdioisn ease may develop u early u years after witThhtehMe OdaOtaRacfoclMlecstaepdUbnycdHaatravwaridll beoveUntsud ally to update tut air-quality standards for- IBnOiOtiMalSOexypeowssuraefteerndInictaianlceexrpIo1s0sudries.ceErlneivbelen talcSpmoikneisnmg,en ter Johnson A Johnson and wuenrodyrkedbrrissotnadcsihetsidt.isfs.ruocFmhivaensoocnfhmrotihlnlegiscneaenmmt parhneyaspwelrmear-ae EexnpgoesluhraerdInMtihneeirralms isnteys tahrac l"ewveellsl obfeldouwa"l the government standard. -We are coni' mweSrleerceo,mobnienavtiroaSnwaormkeinrse.r and the others Rlgbar-Thso-Ekpoetad Rate fmsapirootkelodegsmibcyaelncI,nu"lraWrImen'tvaeetrtapbnree,'et1anstaioaynbslteohfetoSthnkegeeeelpphietdhreda taIrgrncaletnnhalatlnisotsnthasalaydexetpahetehcteIrTdatddeeesaattahhnssducaVslceurmmlaaotnenydt deruaslt s(atavnadlsatrod,o"nae-dtdesntha oJfohthnesoancchepJtoehdnfseodn hnkeeman. Vermont Talc Co. n in 't Imme doanntlhherastteusdyf.orVreersmpoirnattohryu diasesaosoets.MSu,Wedihu-expected number nf deaths from en- diaHteolyneaUvlaeillealbs,lef-etdoerrcaolmeimflecnUtl,s atftl hollers there Is cuter for concern. -We knew that VmaaaUtgchra-Untuurercszppiraacttoardy ddeiastehasreataendfroam1rMespireBay cancer, when compared with the NJfgr.hDleevmelesnot,l "exbpaotswureeccuarurseentdlyisedaosne'.t"ksnaoyws what the toxic laval ol exposure la. We're uti"lTUhe.ip. rpeospenutlasttiound.y__c_le_a_r_l_y demonatratsa that nonmaUgnant thing) disease (excluding -csthhooenyucleadrrnebeaduslaethdbaeltaleodtetlhueesreIwunoidthuh,stetrosiapxlieccmiamaltleayrleiwarlihsae.l"ns .iepsfxncpeaoug.smeuopreniditaeomo-riroelltoangtliihvsuetlnySshapieurlrrayr ataHssleeol,ce"ivasataenyd.s'"wfIaKidt*he limAe supodkeOsmypaanum(orWmorekerUsnUitendionC,ewmheincth, represents many of Ulc mine workers, ssye. IstJwttueedaeysneSseh.xoIpwtosdsaeusrheainga'htnpsdtraoetvixsectieIctsa'ssl, atahsosaoncciuaiauattsiloegn,abslauatt wmIttie'nnerpa(etlbodspulaesl,taulrudenybg)rpearanothobtilhneemgrsa'Ihdneedvxiecelaaotaipao."noftha fWfcungly Im plicated,-.-.she says. 2072 PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT SC-KGC-2220