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e '@ Johmon BABY PRODUCTS COMPANY RARITAN N. J. 08869 February 7 1977 Mr. Sarkis Ampian U. S. Bureau of Mines Washington D.C. Dear Mr. Ampian Recently we discussed the current article by Rohl Langer Selikoff etc. on Consumer Talcums and Powders which appears in the current November 1976 issue of Journal of Toxicology being and Environmental Health and which is two months late by that publication distributed about The article has raised the eyebrows of several of us who have strong experience in that area of mineralogy particularly the staff of the Colorado School of Mines Research Institute in Golden Colorado I am giving you on a personal basis a copy of the comments of Dr. J. Krause who just sent me his views on the above article which he has apparently dispatched to the publishing journal Please note that Dr. as a personal communication Krause sent me his critique Sincerely yours by Enclosure Bill Ashton W. H. Ashton JNJ 000277421