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FILE NAME: CTFA (CTFA) DATE: 1974 Sept 6 DOC#: CTFA035 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from J&J PPCEIWIE SEP 9 19/4 G. LEE famcn N E W B R U N S W IC K . N. J. 0 8 9 0 3 Septem ber 6, 1974 R obert M. S chaffn er, Ph. D. A ssociate D irecto r for Technology Bureau of Foods Food and Drug A dm inistration D epartm ent of Health, Education, and 200 "C " S tre e t, S. W. W ashington, D. C. 20204 W elfare Dear Dr. Schaffner: Johnson & Johnson has been cooperating with the C osm etic, T oiletry and F ra g ra n c e A ssociation Subcom m ittee on A sbestos in Talc. In an effo rt to answ er the question about the req u ired degree of sensitivity of the method of assay for asbestos in talc, our statistical group has made an estim ation of a th eo retical safe level of asbestos fiber in a baby powder utilizing the official TLV for asbestos and the data on dusting of baby powder. The calculation shows that a substantial safety factor can be expected with talc containing 1% w /w a sb e sto s fib e rs . T h e re fo re, m ethods capable of d eterm in in g le s s than 1% a sb e sto s in talc a re not n e c e s s a ry to assu re the safety of cosm etic talc. The rep o rt is attached herewith. Since I have been assigned a new function at our R esearch Center, I will be turning over my responsibility in the ta lc /a sb e sto s area to the R e s e a rc h D ivision of ou r Baby P ro d u cts Com pany. I would a p p reciate your giving me the opportunity to p e rso n a lly p re se n t them to you and your sta ff to a s s u re a continuation of the cooperative efforts of Johnson & Johnson in this difficult problem . The following individuals from our Baby Products Company will be Dr. R. Schaifner -2- September 6, 1974 av ailab le fo r a m eetin g to be s e t a t y o ur convenience: D .R. P etterson, Ph. D ., V ice-President, R esearch B. Sem ple, M. D ., D irecto r of M edical and R egulatory A ffairs G. L e e , M anager of A pplied R e se a rc h W. C. W aggoner, Ph. D . , A d m in istra to r of M edical and Regulatory A ffairs. 1 hope to h e a r fro m you soon. Very truly yours, JOHNSON & JOHNSON wn/cw Attach. V,VJ . M'_-- by: W. N ashed, Ph. D. A ssociate D irector of R esearch Domestic O perating Company bcc: Dr. A. Goudie D r. G. KLldick-Smith M r. G. L e o ^ . <35% M r. J . Melton D r. D. P e tte rso n D r. R. Rolle Dr. T. Shelley Mr. G. M iller M r. R. M iller, W indsor M inerals M r. W. Dean, J& J G re a t B rita in Dr. B. Semple Dr. W. W aggoner AttachCount Beg Attach Confidentiality Custodian Date Mod DocExt EndAttach F ileN am e FileSize PgCount ProdVol Text Path JNJ000240291 Metadata 1 JNJ 000240291 N Legacy 1 09/06/1974 12*00 AM TIF JNJ 000240296 K000076563.TIF - K000076564.TIF 0 00 2 TALC_GLOBAL_002 TEXT\0235\JNJ 000240291.txt ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL ORIGINAL