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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1976 June 21 DOC TALC156 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to Dr. Ian Steward McCrone Associates RE Analyzing Talc Samples for Asbestos June 21 1976 Dr. Ian Stewart McCrone Associates 2820 South Michigan Avenue Chicago IL 60616 Dear Ian This is to confirm a conversation I had with Gene Grieger concerning future SAED analyses of talc for Palmolive Company To save time I asked Gane if our supplier could send a sample directly to your lab which you would not analyze until we had a chance to sereen an identical sample in our laboratory by ray diffraction and optical microscopy If the material were found asbestos by us we would telephone you the O.K. to go ahead if not we would ask you to discard it This would save time since I am now packaging tale for shipment to you after we have analyzed it By the proposed method we will save the 2 to 3 days required for the sample to travel from Piscataway to Chicago Gene indicated there are no problems with this arrangement as far as McCrone Associates is concerned This will be a convenience for us and I certainly appreciate your willingness to work in this way Sincerely JPS cc G. R. Grieger J. P. Simko CONFIDENTIAL McCrone2-00583