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Ford Motor Company 20000 Rotunda Drive Dearborn, Michigan 4B121 Mailing Address: P 0. Box 2053 Dearborn, Michigan 45121 . May 6, 1971 Memll-Palmer Institute 71 E. Ferry Detroit, Michigan Gentlemen: This is to call to your attention a potentially hazardous activity suggested in your book by D. Keith Osborn end Dorothy Haupt . entitled "Creative Activities for Young Children." On page'40 of the , 1964 edition is a description of asbestos for use as a molding material and on page 94 are recipes for making the asbestos npdeling , dough. In this connection, I am enclosing a letter by Professor'- Irving J. Selikoff, M.D., to the Girl Scouts Headquarters warning_ about the hazards of using asbestos in this way." Prof. Selikoff, a recognized expert m the field of asbestos disease epidemiology, is the author of many articles on the subject. You may wish to ` contact him for additional information. * ", Sincerely, ' `` W" jVi ij. 4. ' A, 1 RLGred ". ' -SrrtEnc 1 osureV-v-.r , -r>J Prof. I. J. Selikoff, M.D. i ,'-v bet S. Gratch f~' J- V. Potrocelll , Roy L. Gealer, Ph.D. - J- Chemical Engineering Department" Scientific Research. Staff . -i "i j * * '* J.^i rLoti,l"-i. - , y'mJ* " 'r s " T\*l*- - rJ* *' --- - 010402 PRODUCED BY FORD 0000 1629 gou / 105442