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S ep te m b er 18s 1975 iV>i% G eorge W. Sandland C hairm an CTFA Talc Subcommittee B ristol-M yers Products 225 Lena Avenue H illside., NJ 07207 D ear M r. Sandtandi P u rs u a n t to y o y r request* we. a d v ise chat In. A ugust 1971 & te s t p ro g ram wgis Instituted by o u r company 'to Im u t'e c u sto m e rs using o u r c o sm e tic g ra d e .tales th a t they a r e iV*ce o f a s b e s to s fibers It w as d eterm in ed chat the use of X^n^y dtffm ettoo would be the m ost practical method of d e te ctin g th possible p re se n c e o f a sb e sto s fib e rs and thus a s s u r e u s of a re lla b te and w orkable m ea n s o f periodic m onitoring o u r tales* In th e event that the resu lts of th is .testing showed possible positive resultsj, the sam ple was further* subjected to optical microscopy In a ll c a s e s -the te stin g a # c u r p ro d u cts =yas p erfo rm ed by outside lnd~ pendent laboratories,, O ur file .contains approxim ately 275 rep o rts on 20 to 25 grades of co sm etic te le from a re a s in Alabama* Worth Carolira, Montana* 'Italy, Louth K orea and Vermont T h ese reports' w arn based om apprxilmateiy 57 ground ore-sam ples analysed o v er a period of four y e a rs Addition ally* separate teste made during this period by many of cu r custom ers supported arid ubsteH&ated o y r teat- r e s u lts W feel th at the continuation o f `th is p ro g ram provides the b e s t assurerne that o u r cosm etic cu stom ers w ill receiv e cosm etic teles which a re fra of detectable chrysotllc asbestos,, Very truly yours * AH2TTAKER CLARK ft DANIELS , INC . FFR MS Frederick F,, Rocsch Executive Vice President CK-HAPPY-23 I