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FILE NAME: Ford (FD)
DATE: 1971 May 6
DOC#: FD109
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Merrill-Palmer Institute from Roy Gealer RE Danger of Asbestos Use as Molding Material
Ford Motor Company
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20000 Rotunda Drive
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
Mailing Address:
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Dearborn, Michigan 48121
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May 6, 1971
Merrill-Palmer Institute 71 E. Ferry Detroit, Michigan
Gentlemen:
This is to call to your attention a potentially hazardous
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activity suggested in youi: book by D. Keith Osborn and Dorothy Haupt
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entitled '`Creative Activities for Young Children." On page 40 of the ~"'_V .
1964 edition is a description of asbestos for use as a molding
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material and on page 94 are recipes for making the asbestos modeling .
dough. In this connection, I am enclosing a letter by Professor--
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Irving J. Selikoff, M.D., to the Girl Scouts Headquarters warning .
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about the hazards of using asbestos in this way. Prof. Selikoff,
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.. a recognized expert in the field of asbestos disease epidemiology, .... ' ' *
is the author of many articles'on the subject. You may wish to
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Sincerely, ' "
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Roy u. Gealei, Ph.D.
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Mice:, .Prof. I. j. Selikoff. M.D
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