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Johnson BABY PRODUCTS COMPANY RARITAN N.J. 08869 June 27 1977 SUBJECT TO Status Report - Defense of Talc Safety Mr. D. D. Johnston Since our report of April 28 the talc scene has been following comparatively quiet and the status of ongoing activities represent current I. & Talc Data Generation II III 1 The Battelle vitro lung macrophage pilot study . is still progressing and the investigator is hopeful of developing dose response information 2 CTFA has initiated a Round Robin retesot f the major powder brands because of laboratory discrepancies Contrary to prior agreement the Mt. Sinai laboratory has refused to apply the CTFA methodology OTC Panel - Talc Reviews There have been no announcements of further reviewsreviews for talc by the Panels Talc Scientific Publications IV Rebuttals to the Langer Consumer Talcum Products paper by Hildick and J. Krause of Colorado School of Mines were published as letters editor in the June mailing mailing of the journal Non Talc Studies 1 Lovelace Foundation This study which is sponsored by the FDA reported that after 9 months of a very high inhalation exposure no adverse pathology has been observedobserved in the autopsied hamsters Protected Document to Protective Order 0146270 JNJS71R_000009841 -2- Status Report - Defense of Talc Safety D. D. Johnston 2 NIOSH Vermont Talc Workers To date we cation that still their have not received NIOSH notifi- final report of the Mortality Study is ready for issuance and discussion The Environmental report has been presented at an industrial hygiene conference Findings were positive and the NIOSH technique for fiber examination was declared unsuitable for talcs Harvard has not reported on the Morbidity study 3 Vanderbilt Industrial Talcs At the instigation OSHA has withdrawn of Nader's Health Research Group its Field Memorandum definition for fibrous particles which had formerly allowed the Vanderbilt Co. to sell its industrial talc without an asbestos labelling Then as a result of Vanderbilt pressure OSHA commissioned the National Bureau of Standards to analyze commercial talcs using NIOSH methods and to recommend a definition of asbestos Because NBS has declared that the official OSHA method cannot be used to identify asbestos a workshop NBS to discuss definition and has been called by measurement methods for asbestos July 18-20 V. BPC Product Strategy 1 Product testing is still underway with treated JBP which have aged Research testing will talc 2 Package Engineering is progressing towards a fall product test with the living hinge cap which is a child resistant cap This is still the preferred cap design for safety and greatest protection against contamination lby Distribution George Le^ 5 Protected Document to Protective Order 0146271 JNJS71R_000009842 TO CC DISTRIBUTION D. D. Johnston B. M. Deavenport D. R. Petterson R. C. Stites E. West R. S. Fine B. Semple J. E. Runnells J. R. Marshall S. P. Falk R. N. Miller H. Kramer C. La Rosa P. Lonergan Protected Document to Protective Order 0146272 JNJS71R_000009843 ae Z NS QoyE J. J. 2. 11. P.P. Protected Document to Protective Order 0146273 JNJS71R_000009844