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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 ^UNT% MOUNT SofITNheACIitySUCniHveOrsiOty LofNOewFYoMrkEDICINE F I F T H A V E N U E A N D 1 0 0 T H S T R E E T - N E W YORK, N.Y. 100 2 9 Department of Community M edicine 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 infor mation only. Too, I know nothing about other companies follow ing this practice. Cordially, I] Selikoff, M.D P] IJS:sa