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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1975 Feb 28 DOC TALC087 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to Barry Castleman from Dr. Selikoff Mt. Sinai School of Medicine MOUNTS SINAISINAI MOUNTS SINAI MSMEDICINE a * SCHOOL EDICINE SCHOOL OF EDICINE MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FIFTH of The City University of New York AVENUE AND 100TH STREET YORK N.Y. 10029 SITY UNIVE OF Department of Community Medicine February 28 1975 Mr. Barry I. Castleman Maryland Public Interest Research 0137 Armory University of Maryland College Park Maryland 20742 Group Dear Barry When I visited with General Foods about a year and a half ago I was told by a scientist who accompanied me on a tour that they did not sell talc polished rice in the United States but that this did not hold for export if my memory serves me to Europe We did no studies on this and it is anecdotal information only Too I know nothing about other companies following this practice Cordially Irving Selikoff M.D. Professor IJS