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i fi, ,/ A - Mtrmcvr tt d uIVv.JLJLJ**v*- V-/ - . ^ . w DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE FUELS C HE Si SVS SM I V IC E FOOD AND J)RUO ADM INISTRATION FO M. I). Kinfilow |3ATK: July 1, 1971 Assiniant CoHsnissionar 1er Program Coordination FROM Ernest L. Bris.son, Prgrain Analyst Program and Policy Coordination Staff, AGFC SUBJECT: Asbestos in. Baby Powder /- I taILed fco Rudy Vignone. , Director, Office of Compliance in the Bureau of Frodili:l Safety today to get detailed ini'ormation on a report that. -asb+ffitoi? fibers had beets found ir< s o t : baby poiroens. The Consumer Representative, FTC, in Ret; York City, had advised the Bureau of the report after hearing of it from the new York City Department of Air" Resources, An article on this subject has already appeared in the Rev York Post (June 30, 1971>* ] l seems that Dr. SeliLnff had run rwo different sainpifts ni baby ttvvST and foiind 5-2571 by weight ashasi.ns most of which was less than 5 microns in sire. (The smaller the size, the greater degree of hazard.) The asbosLos wss identified as tremolile and amphy] 1eta. Talc beds in Raw York and California m&v.be implicated. Hr. Rot;or of the New York City Department of Air Resources has sent a copy of his Department1s report to Secretary Richardson last Monday* The Bureau has contacted fir, Rnmer and asked for a cop'/ of. his report and has also alerted Hr* Tine. There is soma question of who should handle this probleml* EPE or the Bureau of. Foods this should h? resolved quickly. Yn addition, 1 have asked Hr* Vignonc to brief Hr. Jensen, or accompany him to the Bureau!s staff meeting wi Lh the Commissi oner tomorrow as I intend to raise the topic during the meeting. r -c s f E rn est T . B risso n a L^ '''''.`K M h W JfeSfr'1 * - - .N i to r i -V^-- - * T* *