FILE NAME: Talc (TALC) DATE: 1973 Oct 17 DOC#: TALC082 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Asbestos Fibers in Food and Drugs i r ' K : S ln - T N.W., WASHINGTON!

BABY PRODUCTS COMPANY \un CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED May 25, 1976 Dr.

Chesebrough-Ponds ine, R E S E A R C H L ABOR A T OR I ES T R U M B U L L I N D U S T R I A L P A R K , T R U M B U L L, C O N N E C T I C U T 0 5 6 1 1 PHONE: 203 377-7100 March 17, 1976 Mr, Heinz Eiermann Pood and Drug Administration 200 C Street, S.W.

November 29, 1973 EXCERPTS OF REPORTS ON ASBESTOS STUDIES CONDUCTED ON JOHNSON & JOHNSON TALC PRODUCTS Gordon E.

criteria for a recommended standard . . . .

American Journal of Industrial Medicine 17:505-513 (1990) Morbidity and Mortality in Talc-Exposed Workers Ebba Wergeland, md, MSc, Aage Andersen, m d, and Anders Baerheim, md Cancer incidence and cause-specific mortality were studied in a male cohort of 94 talc miners and 295 talc millers, exposed to non-asbestiform talc with low quartz content.

DEPARTMENT OF h .LTH & HUM AN SERVICES From June 6, 1985 QRAC (Quantitative Risk Assessment Committee) ^ CSr c Public Health Servie Memorandum Subject Asbestos in Talc W.

BETWEEN: MEMORNDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION March 23, 1976 Dr.

Bains J.

FILE NAME: Talc (TALC) DATE: 1994 Jan 27 DOC#: TALC198 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Talc Symposium - Suggested Cosmetic Comments HZ7-1Y January 27, 1994 Note To : John E.

-O IA ?

ONABY FIBROSre AND OTHER AFFECTIONS a r ASBESTOS WORKERS B .H .U U b tU u ux> .

# ATTACHMENT A D escription of Modified Method to R ev ise Proposed Section 1 2 1 .2006(c) (2) Determine the Nz of the talc.

* HEDMAN MINES LIMITED P.O.

Re: Asbestos Particles in Food and Drugs Establishing limits for asbestos in talc used in the manufacture of food and drug items is realistic and a way to obviate the effect of environmental contaminate levels.