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File Name Borg-Wamer Hazards from Asbestiform Talc Use Scanned ? Source JMA: NA Start Year 1975 Stop Year 1975 Contents memo Notes Johns-Manville 1W internal Correspondenc To: P. Kotin, M. D. Date: March 18, 1975 From: e . M. Fenner Copies: File & C Subject: BORG WARNER TALC SITUATION Following your suggestion, X talked with John Dement of NIOSH this morning. The main points of information that John supplied are: (1) The talc, being used by Borg Warner is. R. T. Vanderbilt's . NYTAL 200. (2) Both bulk and airborne samples were taken by the OSHA inspector. (3) Their X-ray and electron microscope examination of the talc showed no appreciable chrysotile but considerable amounts of tremolite and anthophyllite. (4) Their examination of the samples using the industrial hygiene analysis procedure from' the OSHA asbestos standard and using the Stender revised definition of a fiber found approximately 40 fibers per cc in the airborne samples. John Dement asked that we keep him apprised of developments in the talc situation. 4'