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SAI Lab Director ‘Elated’ By Federal Talc-Asbestos Testing Recs: ‘We Need To Be Aware That It’s There’

 
• By Ryan Nelson

State-of-the-art testing approaches increasingly show that asbestos contamination of cosmetic talc is a concern worthy of the renewed attention it is receiving from federal agencies, says Scientific Analytical Institute’s research director Sean Fitzgerald.

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Greensboro, NC-based Scientific Analytical Institute has gained visibility in recent years as a driving force in the renewed discussion around asbestos in cosmetic talc and the adequacy of current testing approaches relied on by US industry.

The lab now is closely watching developments at the federal regulatory level as the US Food and Drug Administration and partner agencies consider the need for testing reform.

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