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Rry-j ta/^.4! Johns-Manville Internal Correspondence To: Filtration and Minerals Division Environmental Committee Members* From: Harry R. Keefe Dato: June 12, 1974 Copies: Listed Next Page Talc Labeling *E. M. Fenner R. P. Carter W. A. Cooper D. E. Hillier T. M. Jackson,' Jr. R. W. Mclndoe >> t W. B. Rertze y S. W. Schulmeyer F. J. Solon, Jr. w. c. Streib R. B. VonWald Paul Kotin, M.D. Below is the suggested label to be used on our desert talc products. The % fibrous Tremolite will read 15% for G-l crude produced products and 7% for G-2 crude produced products. CAUTION CONTAINS ASBESTOS FIBER AVOID CREATING DUST BREATHING ASBESTOS FIBER MAY CAUSE SERIOUS BODILY HARM. S This commercial talc product aa$ contain mgjximum^^^ % fibrous Tremolite, which has been classified by O.S.H.A. as an asbesti- form mineral. However>--^indr^<>rmal-conditions ..jof._u&afe, witd%s^.dequate dust control as is currently required by O.S.H.A. mineral dust standards, `thfe=us=^this product w44~L=et&o *"to j xSMg&y with O.S.H.A.'s standard for exposure to l asbestos dust. ' ' CAUTION a V'"**'"** PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE QUANTITIES OF TALC ALONE CAN BE INJURIOUS TO HEALTH. AVOID CREATING AND BREATHING TALC DUST. RESPIRATORS OR DUST MASKS APPROVED BY N.I.O.S.H. OR THE BUREAU OF MINES ARE RECOMMENDED. CRMC-000458