Asbestos Information Association Letters to the Editors of Consumers Research (1974) and The Wall Street Journal (1972)

Two letters from the Asbestos Information Association. The first, dated 28 January 1974, answers a Consumers Research article on asbestos and says the general public is not at risk from ambient asbestos. The second, dated June 15, 1972, criticizes a Wall Street Journal article by Barry Newman on asbestos health hazards and asks the paper to print a retraction and an apology.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: AIA letter (R. H. Mereness) to the editor of Consumers Research, 28 January 1974, responding to an article by Beatrice Trum Hunter; the letter's page 2 is not in the exhibit
• Pages 3-8: AIA/North America letter (Matthew M. Swetonic) to the editor of The Wall Street Journal, June 15, 1972, objecting to Barry Newman's June 7 article on asbestos

People and organizations

From R. H. Mereness (Executive Director); Matthew M. Swetonic (Executive Secretary) to The Editor, "Consumers Research" (Editor); The Editor, The Wall Street Journal (Editor).

• Robert H. Mereness (author)
• Matthew M. Swetonic (author)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (its organization)
• Annals of Occupational Hygiene (named)
• Cement Asbestos Products Company (named)
• Certain-Teed Products Corp (named)
• Consumers Research (named)
• EPA (named)
• GAF Corporation (named)
• IARC (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• Mount Sinai Hospital (named)
• National Academy of Sciences (named)
• National Gypsum Co. (named)
• Raybestos-Manhattan (named)
• The Wall Street Journal (named)
• U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) (named)
• World Health Organization (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: EPA · IARC · Johns-Manville · Raybestos-Manhattan.

About this copy

This is document UC-1642 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 8 pages. Production numbers 407958 to A0796C.