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FILE NAME: Ford (FD) DATE: 1970 Nov 16 DOC#: FD208 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to the Girl Scouts from Dr. Selikoff, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Zkpartmenl MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 4 oj The City University oj New York 6 * F I F T H A V E N U E A N D I 0 0 T H ST R E E T N E W Y O R K , N..Y. 1003 SWiiinf - November 16, 1970 G ir l Scout o f the U .S .A . 830 T h ird Avenue New Y o rk , New York 10022 Dear S ir s : A number o f e d u c a t o r s , and o th e r con cern ed c i t i z e n s , have c a lle d my a t t e n t i o n to th e volume p u b lis h e d by you in 1968 e n title d "Moreabouts. " \ * * In t h i s book, on Page 43, in s tr u c tio n s are g iv en fo r u sin g a s b e s to s d o u gh . On Page 6 4 , i n s t r u c t i o n s a re g iv e n co n c e rn ing the p reparatio n o f th is m odeling "Mix 1 part w allpaper p aste w ith 5 p a rts asb e sto s pow der." 2 th in k t h is is bad a d v ic e . A c h ild or oth er person doing t h i s , w ithout thorough knowledge o f the p o te n tia l dangers o f the in h a la tio n of a sb e sto s, might be su b jected to hazardous exp osu re, e s p e c ia lly i f no r e s p ir a to r p r o te c tio n is u sed . I t i s now amply known t h a t such e xp o su re in c lu d e s th e hazard o f subsequent developm ent o f a number o f form s o f c a n c e r, a f t e r a l a t e n t p e r io d o f tw en ty or more y e a r s , I am e n c lo s ing s e v e ra l r e p r in ts on the s u b je c t . 1 would s tr o n g ly su g g e st th a t t h i s a d v ic e be r e s c in d e d , and th is be done w ith a l l d e lib e ra te speed. Sincerely your6, IJS.'BB Enc. 8000 1636 PPnTVTf'trn o v