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FILE NAME: Johnson & Johnson (JAJ) DATE: 1971 Aug 2 DOC#: JAJ001 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from J&J to Barry Castleman - Stating Asbestos in Their Baby Powder DO M ESTIC O PERA TIN G COMPANY N E W B R U N S W IC K . N. J . August 2, 1971 M r. B arry Castlem an Departm ent of Environm ental Engineering Johns-H opkins U niversity B a ltim o re , Mar.j*land_2JL201 Dear M r. Castlem an: This is in answ er to your le tter of Ju ly 25: 1. The use of ta lc as a cosm etic extends fa r back in h isto rica l tim e. M ore sp ecifically, Johnson & Johnson has m arketed baby powder since 1895. 2. We have no a s b e sto s in our baby powder. To prove th is, we have had extensive an aly tical work ca rrie d out by m in eralo g ists at the C olorad o Sch ool of M ines, by M cC rone L a b o ra to rie s in Chicago and by P ro fe ss o r F red Pooley at the U niversity of W ales in C ard iff. P ro fe sso r Pooley is associated with one of the teaching scie n tific groups studying the relation sh ip of asb esto s and other in organ ic p a rticle s to ca n cer. 3. We have no m eaningful inform ation regarding baby powder m anufactured by other com p an ies. We su sp ect, how ever, that the "5 to 25" p ercen t quoted by the new spapers is not based on carefu lly documented scien tific evidence. I hope the above answ ers your questions. Sin arerei' Tnomas H. Shelled Ph.D D irector Central R esearch Laboratories me