Carroll,
I Googled Lewontin and the sentence you mentioned and got the following exchange in letters column from 1983: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1983/apr/28/the-corpse-in-the-elevator-an-exchange/?pagination=false

This is a discussion of Lewontin's 

              
                                  The Corpse in the Elevator                                                
              
January 20, 1983
                              
    Against Biological Determinism Dialectics of Biology Group, edited by Steven Rose
                              
    Towards a Liberatory Biology Dialectics of Biology Group, edited by Steven Rose

which seems to be:


http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1983/jan/20/the-corpse-in-the-elevator/




One of these should have what you need.



best
sam

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Carrol Cox <[log in to unmask]>
To: SCIENCE-FOR-THE-PEOPLE <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Fri, Jun 29, 2012 10:48 pm
Subject: Query


Years ago there was an article by Richard Lewontin in the NYRB which, among
other things, pointed out that the statement "Germs cause disease" was
incorrect. Of course in an issue or two there was a lively dispute in the
letters over that. I'm sure I downloaded the article, but I can't find it. I
don't remember the title or which decade it was published in. If someone can
help me on this I will be grateful.

Carrol