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Industrial Minerals September 23, 1991 Cyprus Technical Center 8985 East Nichols, Suite 300 Englewood, Colorado 80112 303-643-5000 TOM LANDELS CYPRUS WESTERN SOURCE BHC-2 TALC Project No. 91-308 ISSUE .

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PLAINTIFF'S EXHl8JT THAN-2?

CAM-232 CAMC-Logiudice-002711 CAMC-Logiudice-002712 CAMC-Logiudice-002713 CAMC-Logiudice-002714 CAMC-Logiudice-002715 CAMC-Logiudice-002716

United States Patent .im Baak et al.

CAM-303 ITA-Ratcliff-001079 ITA-Ratcliff-001080 ITA-Ratcliff-001081 ITA-Ratcliff-001082 ITA-Ratcliff-001083

CAM-319

IF.RRA TALC' A ('LAY COMPANY operates f tliree mills, two in Los Angeles and one in Keeler, Inyo County, California.

DOMESTIC COSMETICS/PHARMACEUTICAL ACTUAL INDUSTRY SALES.

August 24 1979 Mr William Curran Hanson Curran Parks 1210 Turks Head Building Provdnce Rhode Island 02903 Dear Mr Curran In reply to your letters of August 20 and 21 we enclose herein booklet prepared by the Italian Talc people which gives you some backqround concerning cosmetic pharniaceutic taics in general and Italian talc in particular It also contains nearly complete report on the work done by Professor Pubino We believe that if you will review this booklet it will enable you to understand what the Italian talc picture is In addition as time goes along we could have made available to you great deal of liMrature and test results by the industry on both Italian and Montana taics There is in our office voluminous file which tracLs the whole history of the controversy of asbesto3 in talce At some later date you might find it helpful to review this You will note in the Rubino report that there were no cases of Mesothelioma in either miners or millers even after ire than forty years exposure and that exposure during periods of extremely high dust concentration due to the state of the art of dust control in the distant past We trust that the enclosed will be helpful to you We would like to have actively nvestigatd the po.aLbi11.ty Weatfall proexposure to asDstos as nav.ng occurrea to zu.s empi.oymen CAM-397 CAMC-Abeyta-002752 -- William Curran Hanson Curran Parke Page August 24 1979 at UniRoy8l either in Service or some other job related contact We hope you will be successful in obtaining this information Please keep us fully advised of any developments which may occur Very truly yours COMETROPOLXTAN TALC INC DRPeb anc Donald erry CAM-397 CAMC-Abeyta-002753

December 27, 1978 M iss A lice G reife Department o f Health, Education & Welfare National Institute fo r Occupational Safety & Health , 944 Chestnut Ridge Road Morgantown, West Virginia 26505 .

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) The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association, Inc