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FILE NAME: RT Vanderbilt (RTV) DATE: 1972 Oct 2 DOC#: RTV 167 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: United Sierra Memo RE United Sierra & AsbestosForm Talc ;UNITED SOXiaCH . TMMTOfl, H iW JEr division Cy p r u s mines c o r p o ration SI E M E N TLPHON SCS S98i"S11"i TWX October 2, 1972 Centimes; Re: UNITED. SIERRA AND ASBESTOS-FORM TALC United Sierra Division of Cyprus Mines Corporation has ele c t e . to market only MISTRONS that are free from asbestos contam ination as measured by established test methods., The Government's definition of ."asbestos" includes Chrysotils amosi.te, crocidolite, tremolite, anthophyllite, and actinolit These minerals are covered by the term "asbestos-form partial' as stated in :the recent FDA Proposal. We have therefore eliminated these minerals from all of our MISTRON products manufactured since July 7, 1972. MISTRON VAPOR, MISTRON FROST, and MISTRON SUPER FROST contain to carry the GRAS status, as described in the FDA Proposal i; the Federal Register (Vol. 37, No. 157, pp. 16407-85. These products are free of "asbestos-form particles" as measured b; X-Ray Diffraction techniques. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Departmen Labor, has published regulations in the Federal Register, Vo #37, No. 110, which concerns the allowable amount of asbestc and asbestos-type particles to be present in the air of a manufacturing plant.' MISTRON VAPOR, MISTRON FROST, and MIST SUPER FROST do not contain asbestos and asbestos-type partie so are not affected by the.se OSHA regulations. Neither agency of th Government has yet established firm me of measurement to properly qualify either set of regulations $3hen these test methods are clearly defined we will again, ct tact you as to these test methods. Sincerely UNITED SIERRA DIVISION Cyprus Mines Corporation G J G :crc : Marketing Manager Paper CRM C-HT-TALC.00026I