Matthew M. Swetonic (Asbestos Information Association/North America) to Member Companies Transmitting the Robert Sherrill New York Times Magazine Article on Asbestos (1973)

A cover letter from the AIA/NA Executive Secretary transmits a copy of Robert Sherrill's January 21, 1973 New York Times Magazine article on asbestos disease and says an AIA/NA letter to the Times about it was attached. The letter calls the article misinformation and says member companies could use the AIA/NA letter as needed. The exhibit also contains the article itself, which discusses mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis, Dr. Irving Selikoff's studies of asbestos workers, and the setting of the federal five-fiber dust standard. unreviewed

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Robert Sherrill. "Asbestos: it saves lives, it has a deadly side." The New York Times Magazine, 1973.

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What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover letter from Matthew M. Swetonic, AIA/NA, to member companies transmitting the Sherrill article and the AIA/NA letter to the Times (January 26, 1973)
• Pages 2-8: Robert Sherrill, 'Asbestos, the saver of lives, has a deadly side,' The New York Times Magazine, January 21, 1973 (page 8 appears to repeat the text of page 7)
• Page 9: Sidebar on the history, uses and production of asbestos, signed R. S.
• Page 10: Page with no OCR text; content not determinable from the text

People and organizations

From Matthew M. Swetonic (Executive Secretary, Asbestos Information Association/North America) to Member companies of the Asbestos Information Association/North America (addressed "Gentlemen").

• Matthew M. Swetonic (author)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (its organization)
• American Cancer Society (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine (named)
• New York Times (named)
• The Nation (named)
• The New York Times Magazine (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)
• Wyoming state health department (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Johns-Manville · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · What is asbestosis · Wyoming Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-4516 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 10 pages. Production numbers A08024 to A08030.