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FILE NAME: Talc (TALC) DATE: 1976 Mar 8 DOC#: TALC092 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article - Asbestos Fibers Found in Powders 1 By M arian Burros W ashington Post S taff W riter Asbestos fibers, which are found.in thousands of prod ucts from food to building insulation, have been discov ered in nine of 19 body and baby powders studied by re searchers at Mt.

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MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS March 9-11, 1976 SUBJECT: Asbestos in Talc The following reporters called in regard to the Washington Post story' on the determination of asbestos in talc by the Mt.

FILE NAME: Talc (TALC) DATE: 1976 Mar 1 DOC#: TALC091 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Telephone Call Record between Dr.

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FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION Dole: F e b r u a r y 2 9 ; 1972 Reply to A{In of: BF"'430 Subject: A s b e s t o s C o n t e n t of Dr* K o l b y e Ts s a m p l e o f Avon T a i Winds S p r a y T a l c To: Dto R o b e r t M0 S c h a f f n e r ^ D i r e c t o r O ffice of Product Technology (BF-400) As shown i n t h e e n c l o s e d a n a l y t i c a l w o r k s h e e t by Mr* S c h u l z e ( D i v i s i o n o f M i c r o b i o l o g y ) Dr K o i b y e r s s a m p l e c o n t a i n e d no c h r y s o f c i J c a s b e s t o s j, but did contain a moderate amount of tre m o lite a sb e sto s0 I asked Mr* S c h u l z e f o r a s e m i - q u a n t i t a t i v e e s t i m a t e ; h e s a i d ; o f t h e o r d e r o f 10% - 20%_, on a p a r t i c l e c o u n t b a s i s ( n o t a w e i g h t p e r c e n t b a s i s ) e I f Dr, K o l b y e a g r e e s y we w ould l i k e t o r e t a i n t h e s a m p l e , f o r i n c l u s i o n in the series of X-ray d iffra c tio n analyses for asbestos Enclosures A l f r e a j W e i s s l e r ^ P hoD0; A c t i n g D i r e c t o r D iv is io n of Colors and Cosmetics Techno1( 4 9 -S'?

FILE NAME: Talc (TALC) DATE: 1975 Feb 19 DOC#: TALC085 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from Barry Castleman February 19, 1975 Dear Irving, t rha.t vou cited General Foods for selling talc-polished fill mey in on what you know about companies following this practic , and how you know, etc.?

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MEMORANDUM OF MEETING March 11, 1976 BETWEEN: Industry Representatives of CTFA Committee on Asbestos in Talc Norman Estrin, CTFA George Sandland, Bristol-Myers Robert Rolle, Johnson and Johnson George Lee, Johnson and Johnson John Schelz, Johnson and Johnson and Representatives of the Division of Cosmetics Technology Ronald L.