R. H. Mereness to AIA Members forwarding Dr. Irving J. Selikoff's Answers to Thirteen Questions (1974)

A 20 May 1974 Asbestos Information Association memorandum to members enclosing Dr. Irving J. Selikoff's 14 May 1974 letter, which answers 13 questions put to him by the AIA board. The letter addresses crocidolite versus chrysotile hazard, fiber size, asbestos filter media, mesothelioma numbers, ingestion, low-level exposure, shipyard workers and lung cancer; the questions themselves are attached.

What the document holds

• Page 1: AIA memorandum of 20 May 1974 from R. H. Mereness to members transmitting Dr. Selikoff's answers (stamped received by Medical Department 22 May 1974; 'xc Dr. Weill' handwritten)
• Pages 2-5: Letter of 14 May 1974 from Irving J. Selikoff, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, to R. H. Mereness answering the questions
• Pages 6-9: Typed list of 13 questions put to Dr. Selikoff (pages 1-4)

People and organizations

From R. H. Mereness (Executive Director, Asbestos Information Association); Irving J. Selikoff, M.D. (Department of Community Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine) to AIA Members; R. H. Mereness (Executive Director, Asbestos Information Association (recipient of Selikoff's letter)).

• Robert H. Mereness (author, recipient)
• Irving J. Selikoff (author)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (its organization)
• Department of Community Medicine (named)
• Food and Drug Administration (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• Medical Department (named)
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine (named)
• Norfolk shipyard (named)
• South Africa Mesothelioma Registry (named)
• The City University of New York (named)
• U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Crocidolite: Blue Asbestos, the Deadliest Type · Johns-Manville · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Washington DC Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-1344 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages. Production numbers 03328 to 03332. The same document is also document Union Carbide 287.