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Six-page letter from the AIA/NA Executive Secretary responding to Robert Sherrill's January 21, 1973 New York Times Magazine article on asbestos. It disputes the article's portrayal of the industry as indifferent to worker health and defends the five-fiber standard, industry-sponsored research and industry dust-control spending.
- Author
- Matthew M. Swetonic (Executive Secretary, Asbestos Information Association/North America)
- Published by
- Asbestos Information Association/North America
- Series
- Asbestos Information Association documents, AIA-36
- Date
- January 26, 1973
- Number
- Bates 01-02053 to 01-02055
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 20944 · asbestosclaims.law/library/20944
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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From Matthew M. Swetonic (Executive Secretary, Asbestos Information Association/North America) to The Editor (The New York Times Magazine).
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This is document AIA-36 of the Asbestos Information Association documents, documents used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits, 6 pages. Production numbers 01-02053 to 01-02055.
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Matthew M. Swetonic (Executive Secretary, Asbestos Information Association/North America). “Matthew M. Swetonic to the Editor of The New York Times Magazine on the Sherrill Asbestos Article.” January 26, 1973. Asbestos Information Association documents, AIA-36, Bates 01-02053 to 01-02055. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 20944. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/20944.
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