Elton R. Homan to Jean-Paul Sicard Forwarding Selikoff's 'Household Risks with Inorganic Fibers' (1982)

A cover letter from Elton R. Homan to Jean-Paul Sicard of the Molecular Sieve Department forwards an attached article that Dr. Greenspan of Bushy Run brought to his attention, noting that it refers to zeolites. The attachment is a reprint of Irving J. Selikoff's 1981 article 'Household Risks with Inorganic Fibers' (Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine), covering asbestos disease, smoking interaction, mesothelioma, family contact disease and a Q&A passage on zeolites.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover letter, E. R. Homan (Bushy Run Research Center) to J.-P. Sicard, Oct. 4, 1982, with handwritten routing notes
• Pages 2-17: Reprint of I. J. Selikoff, 'Household Risks with Inorganic Fibers,' Bull. N.Y. Acad. Med. 57(10):947-961, Dec. 1981, with tables, Q&A and references (some pages out of order)

People and organizations

From Elton R. Homan, Ph.D (Associate Director, Business Development and Liaison, Bushy Run Research Center) to Mr. Jean-Paul Sicard (Molecular Sieve Department, Linde Division, Union Carbide Corporation).

• Elton R. Homan (author)
• Jean-Paul Sicard (recipient)
• Bushy Run Research Center (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• American Cancer Society (named)
• American Journal of Cancer (named)
• Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine (named)
• Charing Cross Hospital (named)
• Medical University of South Carolina (named)
• Mellon Institute (named)
• Molecular Sieve Department (named)
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York (named)
• New York Academy of Medicine (named)
• U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Pennsylvania Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document Union Carbide 629 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 17 pages. Production numbers A04695 to A04704.