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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1972 Oct 2 DOC TALC437 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo RE United Sierra and AsbestosForm Talc UNITED [ 50 1201 TRENTON NEW JE DIVISION CYPRUS MINES CORPORATION SIERRA SIERRA SIERRA TELEPH8O 09 N 883-5E 111 | TWX S October 2 1972 t Gentlemen Re UNITED SIERRA AND ASBESTOS TALC United Sierra Division of Cyprus Mines Corporation has electe to market only MISTRONS that are free from asbestos contamination as measured by established test methods ' The Government's definition of asbestos includes chrysotile amosite crocidolite tremolite anthophyllite and actinolit These minerals are covered by the term asbestos partic as stated in the recent FDA Proposal We have therefore eliminated these minerals from all of our MISTRON products manufactured since July 7 1972 are i MISTRON VAPOR MISTRON FROST and MISTRON SUPER FROST contin as described in the FDA Proposal to carry the GRAS status 16407-8 These the Federal Register Vol 37 157 pp free of asbestos particles as measured b products Ray Diffraction techniques . The Occupational Safety and Health Administration Departmen Labor has published regulations in the Federal Register Vo 37 No. 110 which concerns the allowable amount of asbesto and asbestos particles to be present in the air of a manufacturing planctontMaIiSnTROaNsbVesAtPoOsR anMdISa TRsOb N e FRsOt STosanpdarMtIiScT SUPER FROST do not so are affected by these OSHA regulations Neither agency of the Government has yet established firm me of measurement to properly qualify either set of regulations When these test methods are clearly defined we will agaicno tact you as to these test methods " vy " Sincerely nh, _ UNITED SIERRA DIVISION Cyprus Mines Corporation 3 . GJG om J. ce GORDON AEM ~ Marketing Manager ', | - . Paper 0002610 261