E. R. Homan to J.-P. Sicard Transmitting Selikoff's 'Household Risks with Inorganic Fibers' (1982)

Cover letter from Elton R. Homan to Jean-Paul Sicard dated October 4, 1982, sending an attached article that Dr. Greenspan of Bushy Run brought to his attention, with a reference to zeolites on pages 957, 958 and 960. The attachment is Irving J. Selikoff's 1981 article reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, covering asbestos disease, smoking interaction, household exposure, and a Q&A that touches on erionite and zeolites.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Letter, E. R. Homan (Bushy Run Research Center) to J.-P. Sicard, Oct. 4, 1982, forwarding the article, with cc list and received stamps
• 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

People and organizations

From Elton R. Homan, Ph.D (Associate Director, Business Development and Liaison, Bushy Run Research Center); Irving J. Selikoff, M.D. (Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (author of attached article)) to Mr. Jean-Paul Sicard (Union Carbide Corporation, Molecular Sieve Department, Linde Division).

• Elton R. Homan (author)
• Irving J. Selikoff (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)
• Linde Division (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: 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 UC-839 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 17 pages. Production numbers A04695 to A04705.