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NEW YORK OFFICE January 31, 1973 Dr. C. C. Blackwell, Jr. Medical Dept. Chicago Dear Charles: The attached article from the N. Y. Times Magazine sec tion of January 21, 1973 on asbestos sure is food for thought. Coincidentally Dr. Irving Selikoff who wrote the article you gave me a few days ago takes a prominent place in this write up. As I recall you said Dr. Selikoff was the "Ralph Nader*' of industrial medicine. I am attaching a copy of the article for all people receiving copies of this. /d Attch. CC: Messrs. E. H. Feierabend R. A. Frick G. L. Romine J. R. Shepard F. E. Tayler D. K. Rennie FEB 2 1973 ABE^QBPOBATION SPNY 000104 MEMO from the desk of: /0/7 ! disease ! < NEW YOfcK (AP) ~As- ' < beSWi/itf^dy liiikftd with i < lung cancer. .in .insulation , workers who smoke, wee <' further ' linked yesterday j <' with cancer* ' of the esopha-..as, stomach, colon and < ..rectum. A substantial cumber of deaths oyer what would be expected from "these can cers were found In a study of insulation'.worker* ihthe U.S. and Canada :covring[ the .period ,0943 through I 1971. Die reportcame from Dr.: Irving J. Selikoff of.the ! Mount Sinai Schoolbf MOdi* | Cine in- New York: and t>r. E. Cuyl^r . Hammond and Herbert'' Seldman : of the Americsa.Caacer'Sodety. . Hheir report was pre sented to. a meeting of a workings group - formed to. assess the biological effects . of asbestos, at Ihe-Interna tional Agency for Research on.Cancer, World Health Organisation, ihvl/y^n, France. It was made avAJlf able in New York by. the ;-.^h^c^^ahceri^Ccittyv