Dr. Irving Selikoff Pioneering Asbestos Disease Researcher

Dr. Irving J. Selikoff was a remarkable physician and scientist who contributed to knowledge in several areas of medicine, including asbestos-related disease and helped in the worldwide struggle to prevent exposure to asbestos, Dr. Selikoff helped train a generation of occupational physicians who now work around the world. He spent most of his career at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. For more about Dr Selikoff and his work, go to the website of the Ramazzini Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health Research http://www.ramazziniusa.org/sept02/whoarewe.htm .

For more information on asbestos issues today, check out the numerous Asbestos Victims Support groups around the world, founded and run by victims and their families, including:

USA - Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) http://www.asbestosdiseaseawareness.org/index.html

England - Merseyside Asbestos Victim Support Group http://www.asbestosdiseases.org.uk/aboutUs.html

Australia - http://www.adfa.org.au/

This clip is from a 1993 video from the Asbestos Workers International Union.

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[WatermanYvonne]

We owe him a great deal. 

[annchap1]

We should be thankful there are people around like him

[kogvos]

By 1953 it had been known for about 20 years that asbestos was dangerous otherwise they wouldn't have been painting the asbestos coating on steam pipes in ships to hold the fibres together.

[anix95sp]

geek.

[Krisando]

Amazing.