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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1971 July 30 DOC TALC419 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo RE Hazardous Substances Act MEMORANDUTMO Mr. William Grantham FROM | _ EJEllsworth SUBJECT 7 os 4 Hazardous Substances Act DATE July 30 1971 Referring to our discussion of yesterday relative to the above indicated Act I want to confirm the information that I have given you and some of the - ' problems involved The matter of asbestos in talc is not only involved in this Act but also in the - Pure Foods and Drugs Act We are receiving requests for certification environment that our talc is not hazardous hazardous but according to the Law I have read it talc is considered hazardous if the user works in a dusty We ". are now investigating this thing more specifically I am engrosing engrosing a few spies of some correspondence thatwill give you some- thing to think as about it has vs. greatest Of importance is the request for a threshold limit value The U.S. Department of Labor publishes a Material Safety Data Sheet a copy of which am enclosing This was sent to us by our New Orleans agents DESERTALCfi Mehaffey and Daigle Inc. at the request of their customer Standard Paint and Varnish of New Orleans a time user of We had similar request from Sinclair Paints of Los Angeles Accordingly I asked Tom Remmers to check with the American Conference of Governmental Hygenists . Industrial which apparently is the laboratory tied in with the Department of Labor The answer that we received back from them is quite , disturbing as think you will realize after you look through this file . meantime we In the are having Dick Lamarmake further investigations | . because he has some questions that hewants to put forward have also sent . another Certificate forthe Cosmetic Corporation of America to Bill Fischbach - him for his verdict as to the extent of our involvement I haven't heard from _ yet Finally intoday'stoday'smailwe received a communication from Strauch : Chemical distributors in Chicago , which ties in with theinformation you : secured from Johnson & Johnson no 2 am also checking with theDepartment of Labor to get more information subject Fischbach's We will not sign any Certificates that would involve us in the matter without your a val or to Bill approval if you want us to send : it to him | build the everybody This is very serious matter and meantime I have asked am trying to up a file on it In . in the office here to refer all requests for information to me so that we can be consistent in the answers we give our trade I suspect we will be getting many more inquiries and I will keep you informed When it seems appropriate to discuss this matter in person I think we should arrange to have Earl general meeting general oo pes ae agee Enclosures Tom and Dick Lamar included a in . Be 000124 1