Document qdBBg1EjQZmGB3Q5Ly6zrOKvK

FILE NAME: Talc (TALC) DATE: 1976 Mar DOC#: TALC058 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo - Call Report between Dr. Shapiro and Dr. Langer Kttwrratea for Ehe ecord ef g Tgleykoe* Coe^ceetioe, Ut* VawUj *Xt#to<a, 1 Hatch l|74 between .Dr. A. X. Shapiro - Epldeniolagy Cal. UFT-1Q3 and Dr. A. Laager Mount Sinai School of Kodlcla Utf fork, kev fork Dr. hanger bad Just finished speaking with Marion Burro* conearning abasto In tale, ad vastad to infora se of th* information In bad given Ka. Borros. Dr. Laager bad examined twenty brand of talctn powder which vara purchased of-the-shall. Thaae vara, adnittedly, aIngle grab asaples for each of these brands. X-ray diffraction_8top-scanning analysis vaa used and the nuobera below regjgaeat weight percent. Ten of the twenty seaples contained asbestos, ranging froc two to twenty parcent. Five contained anthopbyllite and treaolite (A + T ) , 3 contained treno-- U t e (T) alone, and two contained aathophyllite (A) alone. The eabeatee containing talcum powders are: Cashmere Bouquet Bauer & Black Baby Coty Air Boeeaary ZBT Baby Fabregl Brut Yardley Invisible Tardley Black English Leather Hannen ... QZ XA+T) talc 15Z 111 U Z (A+T) plus 301 quartz 8X 31 52 3.3Z 2X (A) H Dr. Lsngar prewiaed to send a letter coaftrains the inforaacion given over the telephone, with os additional detalle. Discussing these results, Dr. Laager rmarked that if these "grab"' represent sore than a one tlae occurrence, staple r-ray tfKfrscttoa analysis should pick up asbestos, et least at the five percent level and above. 1 have written Dr. Laager to obtain aajsples of these talc* for our ebanista.