2847. A look back at chloromethyl methyl ether: Beavers, E. M. (1974). Lung cancer in chloromethyl methyl ether workers. New Engl. J. Med. 290, 971. In an article published during last year (Cited in F.C.T. 1974, 12, 551), brief reference was made to a paper by Figueroa et al. (New Engl. J. Med. 1973, 288, 1096), who reported a roughly eightfold enhancement of lung-cancer incidence among men exposed to chloromethyl methyl ether (CMME) at a chemical plant