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Eelas J. Eiersaan, (BfF-MO) Director, M v i s i o n o Cossetics Technology THEOCGH: Henry H. itoti, <KFF~446)
Chief, Preducr Con^osltlon Braach
Jaausty ? 1576
Ronald h, Yates, (ilPF-446)
Prodaet CisapostioB brandi
Tabulatoli Resulto of B C S ^ s Analyses for Asbesto Minerale la Lewin, Ffeld Astivity Surveillsnce (FS), Ittvestigatloaal and Consumar Cosatic Tale Produci
Attach! are a sei tafeles eusmjatlzlng data obtainad frcm th BCST analyses f eosetlc tale products fot asbesto tdeerals. Alao ineluded, fot* puxpoees f coffipanisoa, are Br^ 3* E. lewin's analytlcal data obtained by -rQr ifiiractosHStry.
Attaehaent;
a. Bastar table. "Suasiary Tafele of Resulto of th Investigations ef Gooaaarelal Cossetic Tale Products ler As&eatoa Minerale by S* E* lsili and ih Biviaiim o Cosmatic Tedmology" This toble contaiss analytical data of li Ut Lenin saaples analyzed fey SCST. Xaclsded is Lewia's data a fcbese sasplee.
b, Table 1 "Sttatnary of Resulto E BCST'g Aaalyises Far abeetos Minorala in Tale Sasple Repotted by tosato to contala Trejaolite aad/or CS*rysotile.!' Information is this tsble v&s extraeted froa th sater table m S Usto enly thoaa tosyles which Levia reported th presente E asbesto alnerals,
e. Tabi 11 !teoaeie Talee Analyzed by Levia and Seported to
Ccntain Cbryaotile sBd/or Trenodite whlcfe vere net Aaalyaed -
by BCST by Either BT or Gptical KtcroscopyE< BCST dee tot
posse th saaples liste! in this tabi end, therefore -ere
unabe to analyre tosa
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d- Table US. "Suaaasry of BGST's Analyses of Cosssetic Tele Products by Biffeteatial Thereal Analyais (STA) and Optical Microscopy*' This table seamariaea, by naasjteer of sas^les* BCST's analyses
of tele esagito ftoa all scorce.
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e. tafele IV. "Suenary of &, X. lewin* Analyses of Cgaaaercial tales Foe Trottolite ad Chrysotil fey t~Rsy Diffraction," this tafele sosarizes* fey nosfeer of Epies, * 2. Lesris's resalts
H e & a l d I,, t t t t e s
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SUMMARY TABLE OF RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS OF COMMERCIAL COSMETIC TALC PRODUCTS FOR ASBESTOS MINERALS BY 5. Z. LFWIN AND THE DIVISION OF COSMETICS TECHNOLOGY
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SAMPLE #
PRODUCT NAME AND MFG,
14 Desitin Baby Powder, Antibacterial? Pfizer .
26 Helen Pressl "Little Lady"
29 Johnsonls Baby Powder
35 Lewis Baby Powder *
37 Macy's Scented Borated Talcum
38 ' Macy's Talcum, Apple
42 Mennen Quinsana Foot Powder
50 Quest Deodorant Powder;
52 Riviana Foods-Italian Stearin Talc; For Rice
53 September M o m By Pond's
54 Seven Winds After Bath Talc; DuBarry
56 . Vaseline Intensive Care Baby Powder {same as 130)
57 Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Spray Talc
58 Z B T Baby Powder "
59 . Zeasorb Super Absorbent Medicated Ppwder ?'Stiefel
60 Ambush-Dana Dusting Powder
61' April Showers
62 Avon Unforgettable Perfumed Talc
63 Beloved Perfumed Dusting Powder, Prince totchabelli
CODE (1139Z)
(028QJ
(ZK4) (H202)
(19B) (021085) (1209)
(F1021)
(9884)
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Tremolite {%} Chrysotile (%)
ND(2) '
: ` ND
ND ? , ND . ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
. ND
ND
ND ND
ND ?
ND ND
ND ND
ND -
ND
ND ` ND
ND
' ND
'
' ND '
ND
ND ND
5% ND
DCST's Results
Optical Microscopy (%) - DTA
- ND
ND ND
ND ND
200 (*02%) <3)
ND ND
- . ND
600 (.06%)
?
- ND
-. -
ND ND
.-
-
ND ' ND
ND . ND
. ND
' '- .
ND
`
700 (.07%)
ND
'-
ND
' 36,000 (3.6%) ND
SAMPLE #
PRODUCT NAME AND MPG
64 Coty Face Powder -Rachel (Airspun)
68 Faberge Flambeau Deodorant Spray Powder
70 Jeris .Talc, Flesh A & B
71 Jolie Madame Dusting Pcwder, Balmain
72 Lady Esther Face Powder, Rachel
73 AfiB Max Factor F&Cs Powder, Rachelle 74 Medicated Contort Powder; Parke-Davis
75 OHI de London Talc; Yardley
77 Touch and Glow Face Pcwder, Creamy Peach; Revlon
78 Toujours Moi Bath Powder? Oorday
79 Yardley April Violets
80 Chantilly Dusting Powder; Houbigant
81 Cashmere Bouquet, Imported White Talcum Powder
82 Jean Nate Talc
84 Shcwer To Shower Body Powder? Johnson & Johnson
85 Pure Baby Powder, Dart Drug
86 Pond's Dream Flcwar Perfumed Talc 07 Almay Hypo-Allergenic Face Pcwder 88 Constance Carroll, Bouquet Talc
89 Djer-Kiss Talcum; Kerkoff 90 Flamingo Dusting Powder, Tussy 92 , Mavis Talcum; Vivaudou
CODE (37WBF)
(498)
(4908)
am
(on 345} (5578G) (K11C) (013D)
(L1047)
Z. Lewis's Results (X-Ray Diff.) Trenolite (%) Ctirysotile (%)
ND ND m ND ND ND 3% ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 3% ND 5% ND ND ND-' HD,- ? ND 7 ND ? ND ? ND ? ND ? ND ? 4% 5% 5% 5% 3% 5% 5% 5%
Ttemolite (fiber/mgj uiryavu...* Optical Microscopy (.%).- DTA
- ND
- ND
,500 {+05%)
ND
ND ND
ND ND
3,300 (,33%)
ND ND
2,800 (.28%)
7 7
96,000 (9,6%) ND
- ND ND ND
ND ND
- ND .
ND
ND ND
- ND . ND
7,000 (.7%)
ND
2,900 (.29%)
ND
4,000 (.4%)
ND '
7,300 (.73%)
ND
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'SAMPLE # ________
PRODUCT NAME AM) MFG.______________
93 Mavis Body Powder; Vivaudou
94 Tanges; Luft-Tangee
95 ZBT Baby. Powder
96 Blanchard's Dusting Powder
97 Born Wild Dusting Powder; Del Labs
99 A&B Lander Lilacs and Roses Deodorant Body Talc
100 Miss Dior Dusting Powder
101 Tai Winds Spray Talc; Avon
102 A&B Tosca Dusting Powder
107 Coty Muguet des Bois Dusting Powder
131 Johnson & Johnson Medicated powder
133 Johnson's Baby Powder
134 Johnson's Baby Powder
135 Johnson & Johnson Medicated Powder
136 Johnson & Johnson Shower to Shower Body Powder
137 Johnson & Jolmson Shower to Shower Body Poder
138 Johnson & Johnson Shower to Shower Body Powder
143 Pin-Sow Talque; Perfection Beauty Products, Inc.
144A Overton's "High-Brown" Face Poder
145 Softee Face Powder
148 Lady Wayne Face Powder
149 Solitaire Cake Makeup
CODE
(B0048)
(DCC1272)
(2DO) (117LK) (108T) 109T) (0452K) (C512Z) (0709X1) (0872K)
5, 2. Dewin' 5 Results {X-Ray.biff,) Tremolite (%) Chrysotiie (%)
5% 4%.
4% . *.
?
2% 3% 8% 10%
12% 15% ND ND
ND ND
15% ND
10% 7%
ND ND
trace
ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
5% 10%
5% ?
ND 2%
2% . 8%
ND 7
DCST's Results Tnemolite (fiber/mg) Chrysotile Optical Microscopy (,%) - D m
5,100 (.51%)
ND
2,500 (.25%) 300 (.03%) 5,600 (.56%) 13,000 (1.3%) ND trace 60,000 (6%) 8,900 (.89%) ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 1,800 (.18%) 400 (.04%) ND trace 3,000 (.3%)
ND ND ND ND ~ ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
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SAMPLE
PRODUCT'NAME ANDJfG.
151 Early American Old Spice Talcum Pcwder
152 Corsage Dusting Pcwier; Lander
153,. Annens Powder, Medicated
154 Biamoline Medicated Powder
155 Rite Aid Pure Baby Powder
156 Warner Pure Baby POwder
157A Mavis Imported Talcum
158- Avon Brocade Perfurred Talc
159 Avon Blue Lotus Perfumed Talc
160 Avon Beauty Dust Refill - Charisma
163 Pinaud Clubman Talc
164 . Grand Union Baby Powder
165 Cashmere-Bouquet
167 Tawny Tone Body Talc From Black Heritage? Beauty Mustus, Inc.
168 Colgate Tooth Powder
169 Dr, Lyon's Tooth Powder
170A 11C" Bouquet Talc; Winarick, Inc.
173A Corsage Dusting Powder; lender Co.
175A Lander Baby Powder
176A lander Lilac & Roses Body Talc
CODE
(101672) (4212DX) (2662)
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5, Z. Dewin'a Results (X-Ray Diff.) Treivplitg(%)' Chrysotile (%) ND ND ND ND ND ' - ND 2% ND ND ? 2% ND 6% 8% ND ND ND ? ND trace 10% 10% ND 1% ND . ?
DCST's Results Tremolite (fiber/mg) Chrysotile Optical Microscopy (%)- UTh
ND -
ND -
ND ?
200 (,02%)
-
ND ND
200 (,02%)
ND
9,000 (,9%)
ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
9,000 (.9%) trace
-
ND ND
2% ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND
ND ND ' HD ND
ND 8 %
6,300 (.63%) `'ND
ND ? .
7
ND ?
- ND
ND ?
- ND
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SAMPLE #
PRODUCT NAME AND MFG.
' 178A Jean Nate Talc No", 0
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194 ' Tinkerbell Dusting Powder; Ttzu Fields,' Ltd,
* CODE (2264) .
S, Z. Dewin's Results (X-Ray Di'ff.) Tremolite (%) Chrysotile {%)
ND ?
ND ?
DCST's Results Tremolite (fiber/mg) Chrysotile Optical Microscopy (%)-DTA
. - ND
- ND
il)Results are shewn for only those talc products analyzed by both Lewin and DCST,
(2) n d - Not Detected
(3) dC5T tremolate % is based on following conversioni 1000 fibers/mg talc = 0,1% tremolite
where average tremolite fiber dimensions are 5 x 15 ^im.
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If itrassuned that microscpist sees 10% of fibers present, % values vculd be
increased 1 order of magnitude,
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TABLE I ,
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SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF DOST'S ANALYSES, FOR ASBESTOS MINERALS IN TALC. SAMPLES REPORTED BY LEWIN TO CONTAIN TREMOLiTE'AND/OR CHRYSOTILE
Sample No
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63 71 77 78 88 89 90 ; 92 93 94 95 96 97 ' 101 102 131
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Si Z. Levin's Results (X-Ray Diff,)
Tremolite (31)
Chrysotile (2)
5 3 3 5 4 5 3 5 5 4 2 8 12 15 10 trace
ND ND ND ND 5 5 5 5 4 ? '3 '10 15 ND 7 ND
.
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DCST'S Results
Tremolite (fiber/mg) Optical Microscopy
Chrysotile (SO-DTA
36,000 (3.6%) ND
2,800 (0,28%) 96,000 (9.6%)
7,000 (0,7%) 2,900 (0,29%) 4,000 (0,4%) 7,300 (0,73%) 5,100 (0,51%) 2,500 (0.25%)
300 (0,03%) 5,600 (0,56%) 13,000 (1,3%) 60,000 (6%)' 8,900 (0.89%)
ND
ND ND
? ND ND ND ND. ND ND ND ND
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ND ND ND ND
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Sample No
m 144A 145 14$ 149 154 156 157A 160 163 164 - . , 167 170A
s, z* LewinTs Resulta (X-Ray Diff.)
, Tremolite (%)
ChrysQtile (%)
> .'
,
.
' '
5 5 m 2 8 2 2 (6 . ND 10 ND 2 ND
io ? 2 ND 7 ND ND 8
trace 10 1 ND 8
.
' .
DCST1rS Resulta
Tremolite (fiber/mg) Optical Microacopy
Chryeotile (X)-DTA
1,800 (.18%) 400 (.04%) ND trace
. 3,000 (0,3%) 200 (0.02%) 200 (0.02%)
' 9,000 (0.9%) ND
9,000 (0.9%) trace ND
6,300. (0,63%).
' ,
-- ' ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND " ., -- ND ND
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TABLE II
COSMETIC TALCS ANALYZED BY LEWIN AND REPORTED TO CONTAIN CHRYSOTILE .AND/OR TREMOLITE
. WHICH WERE NOT ANALYZED BY DCST BY EITHER DTA OR OPTICAL MICROSCOPY
Sample io,
66 67 76 . 91 108. 109 111 130 172 . 183
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137 : 188 s! 189 `
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Lewin Results (X-Ray Diff.)
Tremolite
Chrysotile
ND 2%
2% ND
5% ND
ND ~
5%
2% ND
2% ?
1% . ND
trace
trace. .
21 ' ND
1% ' i
3% ND
2% ND
i%
'
?
1% ND
According to John Stuart's notes, the above samples are not present in the lot of Levin's samples
Inventory of Levin's talcs verified that DOST does not possess tha above samples.
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TABLE III
SUMMARY OF DCST'S ANALYSES OF COSMETIC TALC PRODUCTS BY DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS (DTA) AND OPTICAL MICROSCOPY (OM)
Analytical Method
Differential Thermal Analysis
Source
S. Z . Lewin FAS InvestigationaX and Consumer
Total Analyzed
78 7.6
2
Chrysotile Detected
.
5? (2)
0
0
Tremolite
Detected
NA NA NA
,
Optical Microscopy
--
S. Z. Lewin
FAS
Inves tigational and Consumer
57 47
11
00
30 0
0 0
(1) Includes 25 of 37 samples In which S. Z. Lewin reported presence of tremolite by x-ray diffraction. DOST detected tremolite in 22 of the 25 samples. DCST detected tremolite in 8 samples where S. Z. Lewin reported none detected.
(2) Results on all 5 samples were ambiguous due to interferences and/or low levels
of chrysotile.
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. TABLE IV
SUMMARY OF S. Z. LEWIN'S ANALYSES OF COMMERCIAL COSMETIC TALCS FOR TREMOLITE AND CHRYSOTILE BY X-RAY DIFFRACTION
No,, of Samples Analyzed
195
Samples Only Chrysotlle Detected
6
Samples Only Tremolite Detected
24
Samples Tremolite and Chrysotlle Detected
13
Dr. Alfred Neissler Acting Director Division of Color Technology (BF-430)
Microanalytical Branch:... . Division. of Microbiology (BF-216)
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Microscopic examination of cosmetic talc products for asbestos minerals
The samples of ccesnercial cosmetic products containing talc, which were returned to us by Dr. Lewih of New York University, were examined by means of the polarizing microscope to determine whether they contain asbestos minerals. Results are reported below.
S8. No asbestos minerals seen.
# 60. No asbestos odrals seen.
# 61. No asbestos minerals seen.
# 63. Nbderate amount of tresaolite. ...
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# 70. Small amount of tremolite.
# 71. No asbestos minerals seen.
Considerable amotmt of fibrous material within refractive- index
..... range of talc.
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72. No.asbestos minerals seen. large1amountof very fine material which partly obscures the talc.
#74. Ssall amountcbf *traBblite. . Large amount of com starch. 1
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77. Small amoimt of tremolite. "-' .Large anraunt of very fine material which partly obscures the talc.
# 78. Mbderate amount of tremolite.
# 80. Ito"`asbestos minerals seen.
#85. No asbestos minerals seen.
#87. No asbestos minerals seen. large amount of very fine material partly obscures the talc.
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# 88. Large amount of tremolite.
tf 89. Large amount of tremolite.
# 90. Large amount of tremolite. Sane talc grainshave striations resembling chrysotile fibers.
# 92. Large amount of tremolite. Some talc grains striations resembling chrysotile fibers.
# 93. Large amount of tremolite.
# 94. Large amount of tremolite. Large amount of platy material which may be antigorite.
# 96. Moderate amount of tremolite. Scsne talc grains have striations resembling chrysotile fibers.
# 97. Large amount of tremolite. Moderate amount of platy, striate material which nay be antigorite.
# 99. No asbestos minerals seen.
Talc not definitely identified.
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Large amount of platy unidentified material.
Large amount of quartz.
#100. Very small amount of tremolite.
Some talc grains have striations resembling chrysotile fibers.
#101. Large amount of tremolite. Talc not definitely identified. Large amount of platy, striate material which m y be antigorite
# 102. Large amount of tremolite.
#107. No asbestos minerals seen.
#148. Small amount of tremolite. Large amount of very fine material which partly obscures "die other material.
#149. Tremolite present. Large amount of very fine material which partly obscures the otter material.
#152. No asbestos minerals seen. Large amount of quartz.
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S154. Snail amount o tremolite. #163. Large amount of tremolite. #164. No asbestos minerals seen.
Seme talc grains have striations resembling chrvsotile fibers.
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