B. J. Pigg (Asbestos Information Association) to ABC News President Roone Arledge Criticizing the Documentary "Asbestos: The Way to Dusty Death" (1983), with Handwritten Cover Note to "Bill"

The exhibit is a handwritten cover note dated 9/16/83 on B. J. Pigg's AIA stationery, followed by a four-page letter of February 9, 1983 from Pigg to ABC News president Roone Arledge. The letter criticizes ABC's December 27, 1982 documentary "Asbestos: The Way to Dusty Death" as unobjective. It disputes the death figures used and discusses the definition of asbestos, mesothelioma causes, childhood mesothelioma, and the "day in court" remark.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Handwritten cover note dated 9/16/83 from B. J. Pigg to "Bill" on AIA Executive Director stationery, sending along the attached material
• Pages 2-5: Letter of February 9, 1983 from B. J. Pigg, AIA/NA, to Roone Arledge, ABC News and Sports, commenting on the documentary "Asbestos: The Way to Dusty Death"

People and organizations

From B. J. Pigg (Executive Director, Asbestos Information Association) to Mr. Roone Arledge (President, ABC News and Sports); Bill (recipient of the handwritten cover note; surname not shown).

• B. J. Pigg (author)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (its organization)
• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (named)
• Department of Health and Human Services (named)
• Epidemiology Resources, Inc (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• Journal of the National Cancer Institute (named)
• National Bureau of Standards (named)
• OSHA (named)
• World Symposium on Asbestos (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Johns-Manville · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-3669 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 5 pages. Production numbers UCC 008711 to UCC 008715.