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FILE NAME: RT Vanderbilt (RTV) DATE: 1971 July DOC#: RTV 147 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Chemical Week Magazine Article - Asbestos in the Boudoir with Cover Letter to Desert Minerals, Inc. TQ- ^-- HpaeraXa Jru u . ..; , ,, A t [ t i J C w l b y ^ - g s e d * , I m * Troinoiat & A nthophylllt A sbeate f i b e r s f@und in Talo Da* T*t Attached i s "ehfc art: lot talcan fr o a th J u ly ll}.fcb issu f fch Cbamibal-Weak j a a g a a l n o * _,;-- _ ' - WAuld t h i s i> fAund in any f ur gradba? I f n t peorfcaps m hay a atlling tr. Asbestos in the boudoir A* much as 25% asbestos: content was found in sampler of two leading brands o f talcum powder, according to New York City's Environ mental Protection Administrator, Jerome Krctchmcr, And at the city's request, the U.Si Food , ,and Drug Administration wilt do more testing and analysis, starting with an ex amination, of the test data obtained by I electron microscopy and X-ray diffrac- i tion tinder the direction of Dr. Irving j SelikofT at the Mount Sinai School of j Medicine, Sclikoff reports finding 5-25% | concentrations of tremdlitc. and an- , tftophyllilc asbestos fibers, in particles 1 iUM MVMS8 SOI) under 5 microns in diameter, Krctchther notes that hi# agency is in no -post*" YOVide'evidence that this level of v. ,.<sure contributes to disease in later life. Hut he calls on FDA to '`min imise all exposures unless they enn he demonstrated ctthclusivcly: to. be harm- less," It is unlikely iliiit the government will take any immediate action'against , talcum powders. One city spokesman says asbestos can be screened from talc in the manufacttiring process, Johnson & Johnson, (New Brunswick,' NJ,). a leading talcum powder tviartufac- turer. states that its test# reveal no as- besto# fiber in its tale products, I | /] / j , STRAUCH CHEM ^At DISTRIBUTOR CRMC-HT-TALC-000119