Shang Xingchun Xianyang Research & Design Institute of Non-metallic Minerals 5 Binhe Road Xianyang, Shaanxi Province 712021 Via e-mail : shaiigxingchun@vahoo.cn China Non-Metallic Industry Association 11 Sanlihe Road Beijing Via e-mail: dhain@chinaim.com Dear Sirs: On behalf of the Unites States-based Personal Care Products Council ("the Council", formerly known as CTFA--the Cosmetic, Toiletry & Fragrance Association), I am pleased to submit comments regarding draft documents on talc released by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China Talc Powder (GB15342-200X), Methods for Physical Test of Talc (GB/T15344-200X). and Sample Preparation of Non-powder Cosmetics in Asbestos Testing ( Huimin, F.

Shang Xingchun Xianyang Research & Design Institute of Non-metallic Minerals 5 Binhe Road Xianyang, Shaanxi Province 712021 Via e-mail: shangxingchun@vahoo.cn China Non-Metallic Industry Association 11 Sanlihe Road Beijing Via e-mail: dhain@chinaim.com Dear Sirs: On behalf of the Unites States-based Personal Care Products Council ("the Council", formerly known as CTFA--the Cosmetic, Toiletry & Fragrance Association), I am pleased to submit comments regarding draft documents on talc released by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China Talc Powder (GB15342-200X), Methods for Physical Test of Talc (GB/T15344-200X). and Sample Preparation of Non-powder Cosmetics in Asbestos Testing ( Huimin, F.

Shang Xingchun Xianyang Research & Design Institute of Non-metallic Minerals 5 Binhe Road Xianyang, Shaanxi Province 712021 Via e-mail: shangxingchun@vahoo.cn China Non-Metallic Industry Association 11 Sanlihe Road Beijing Via e-mail: dhain@chinaim.com Dear Sirs: On behalf of the Unites States-based Personal Care Products Council ("the Council", formerly known as CTFA--the Cosmetic, Toiletry & Fragrance Association), I am pleased to submit comments regarding draft documents on talc released by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China Talc Powder (GB15342-200X), Methods for Physical Test of Talc (GB/T15344-200X). and Sample Preparation of Non-powder Cosmetics in Asbestos Testing ( Huimin, F.

Shang Xingchun Xianyang Research & Design Institute of Non-metallic Minerals 5 Binhe Road Xianyang, Shaanxi Province 712021 Via e-mail: shangxingchun@ vahoo.cn China Non-Metallic Industry Association 11 Sanlihe Road Beijing Via e-mail: dhqin@.chinaim.com Dear Sirs: On behalf of the Unites States-based Personal Care Products Council (`-`the Council", formerly known as CTFA--the Cosmetic, Toiletry & Fragrance Association), I am pleased to submit comments regarding draft documents on talc released by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China Talc Powder (GB15342-200X), Methods for Physical Test of Talc (GB/T15344-200X). and Sample Preparation of Non-powder Cosmetics in Asbestos Testing ( Huimin, F.

On behalf of the Unites States-based Personal Care Products Council ("the Council", formerly known as CTFA--the Cosmetic, Toiletry & Fragrance Association), I am pleased to submit comments regarding draft documents on talc released by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China Talc Powder (GB15342-200X), Methods for Physical Test of Talc (GB/T15344-200X). and Sample Preparation of Non-powder Cosmetics in Asbestos Testing ( Huimin, F.

New York talcs contain a high amount of associated amphibole minerals.

More complete data concerning 20 talcs for cosmetic use and 1 for pharmaceutical use purchased in the New York City area from 1971 to 1975 have been published (19): 10 among the cosmetic talcs examined contained, from 1 to 14% (w/w), tremolite and antho phyllite, and two of them also contained traces of chrysotile.

:t'/r' ,' ) The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association, Inc. 1133 15th STREET, N.W,, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005 >202/331-17/0 TELEX' 09-2073 M E M O R A N'lD U M Jamc;5 H.

Mitchell Zavon, tfaeo an associate ef VC* Ketter-# fag Laboratory.

During the past few years, major cosmetic manufacturers in the United Kingdom and the United States of America, as represented by the Toilet Preparations Federation and the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association, have drawn up specifications for cosmetic talc which ensure the virtual absence of fibrous amphiboles.78910*234' 10 At present there is no direct statutory control of the quality of cos metic talc in any country and it is questionable whether such control is necessary to bring minor manufacturers into line with the standards now adopted by the major firms.

Its top trade group, the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association (now called the Personal Care Products Council), established a screening test that it said could detect most types of asbestos at concentrations as low as 0.5 percent.

Ac cording to the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association, the probable in juries from intended uses are less than 10.000 for each 6 billion units sold, the current yearly volume.

Ac cording to the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association, the probable in juries from intended uses are less than 10.000 for each 6 billion units sold, the current yearly volume.

Ac cording to the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association, the probable in juries from intended uses are less than 10.000 for each 6 billion units sold, the current yearly volume.

Its top trade group, the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association (now called the Personal Care Products Council), established a screening test that it said could detect most types of asbestos at concentrations as low as 0.5 percent.