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Ob January 12. 197? (k* htunlt Univatalty lectun Mtlu entitled "Choiilotry Applies! to KtelogyM fiiturid Parc XX or tho Laad In Paint pn(rn. Till* pN|W aaa coaearnod with Cha analyti cal aepacta of the problem and wee praaentad Vy thraa apaakara prleerily, with rlicclljM eacMBta by Dr. Slutaky, who, aa you will nroabor, rrMmil on* half of tha easplimat U khla laetura an January 9, 1972. Tha thraa upaakoca warn Kt. Hlllim Burka ef cha Chicago building Saportame, hr. Hywaa Orbaeh, Dlraecwr of Liberatorle ' of cha Chicago Board of ftoalth* and Hr. Harris L&Xly (f) a choalat la cha labJMtoriaa of cha Chleago leacd af llaalch.
Dr. Slutaky wada tha opaalBg cancanca and Introduction* and quickly awmrlsad tha aatariaX la Cha laaC lactucu.
Nr. Vllllaw Burlia ipoka next mod coocamad hiuaalf wleh daocrlfclng tha fdnctlena ol tha Bulldlop Bapartraat aa ralatad ca cha laad la paint laaua. la daacrlbad Ua Job aa tha "allalaatiea af laad at tha oauraa", i.a. tha paallng palac aad plaacar chlpa la tha haaa atnriranaaBC. Tha building dapsttaaat cueulvuo rnferrol* frcs tha Beard of Haaleh, after tha Board af loalth haa dataialaad that a child (or
children) la a particular raaldaaeo haa (have) high blood laad lavula (above 39 ug/100 iraaa of blood) Da eewnaatad that a child aaa atend a dally laad intake of 0.3 ug/duy aad that a paint chip approal" aataly aaa lack aquan coatalna at laaat chna tlaea that level.
Mr. Burke and Mo group uaa an X-ray fluereeconce enolynr to qualitatively determine the preeeeee ef teed la the latarier paint ef the euapaceed doalcUa. They uaa a Prtaeotaa Cawo lack lnotrucaat. The group alee laopacta ell cha walla far pooling palm aad platter and akatch cha latarier of tha duelUac with Che location! of any peallag paint and plaatar ladlcatad. taaploo of tha paint and plotter. If ebay an la poor npalr aad an thought to contain lend, ara ubolttad to tho atcago Board of Roalch Laboratories for quantitative load analyela. If Cha notarial! are found Co ccr.tntn "auTlelanc quantltlen" of load then the toMnta aad landlords an nntiflnd ind gives 30 djya to conploce ropaln. If thin to not dona voK--.tarily cha Building tapanaent ernojaec* the repnln and Mil* the landlord. M*. Curka ccaoiitnd thn. tho coat of repairs la an high In iw e*i"i that the landlord would r.itliar ovlee tho tonante and closo tho building rather than naho the rU(*alre. He alio mend that the repairing of chfelllngt to dlr.-fa-icc t)'<i vxireo in not the ontvor to cha (widening prohlon b"e.->u3o of the uxpuaM, end tbnt the nhvloun nnower la a aedlcel one - either a euro fur pm, or a cure for land poisoning.
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Dr. Otharh v.w the mv imh mI weaker hnJ Ci'm-amed hlnaalf either with glorify Soy. the Oitr.iRe loanI e( He-ilth for being pioneer* in the
lead pui-MiiluK fluid, er Imm.l.iLlng the audience with pseudo arlratlfie plenaticit* of the efface of load on the nctabalian at sugars. the
offsets of Sykle cell a-minln, ev pliesphr-d-b*Hrogs*e*e deficiencies. Met of which hail little er nothing to do with the topic at hand. Vhan ha finally returned to the lead la paint leave ha aaaaantad m the proposed ordinance before the Chicago City Council which would prohibit the eale ef pal-.ita for interior uae which contain aero than 0.011 load* after January, 1171. ha said, with noticeable pride, that thla ordinance will "break Cha hack ef the paint cocpanlas." Tha pride
was genarated because both he and Sr. Slutsky worn laatruMatal In propealag thin ordincites.
Dr. Orbach'a flnal cocneata dealt with tha actual analytic eaehnlguas far eha'dacanaliiaclM af lead la bleed, dried paint cblpa and platter. The taehelgua for whale blood la te coagulate tha pretain free a 2.3 ea. aaapla, adjust cha pi af cha auparaaeaat, complex tha lead with ATEC (asconlm pyrrolidine dlthlccarbonate), extract tha ARK aaaplax with NZW aad analyse the SK extract by atonic abaerptiaii apaetroacopy. As analysis ean ho parforied an tha uatraatad hlaod by using tha Selvas opes cap or the aarhaa red atonlser technique aad atoeic abcsrptloa ipoctroaeapy.
The last apaokor vu Hr. Marrla Lilly (?), aa aaalycleal ebaaiae.
Hr. Lilly dascrihad the tachaigwa uaad by chair lab far tha aaalyafa at lead fa paint chlpa aad plaator. A ICOxg. aaapla af the satarial la flaaly grsmd and than dtp aahod at 3S0C. Tha aah la than dlaaelvail
with 1:1 nitric acid, centrifuged to raaeua particulates aad asalyaod by atoalc abaorptlou apaetroacopy.
Thooo pmsontacioaa caaplotad this lactwra cad the two lecture arias on cha load la point ianwa.
I would aaln libs to consent oa tha gonaral attitude of tho
speakers concarnlnc tha load la palat issua. loth Mr. turbo and
Mr. Lilly pimaated objective laforaaciaa regarding their part* la
cite load progran. Dri. hrbaeh aad llutaky pranancod prlmrll? treeianall
lnforaation la nueb t><o aana tana as a political eandlHnta ii'>::mi on
rloceloa lint. Bath non displayed vary V:oat11a nnltnAci
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peine indmer* and tv/nrd aoy challenge* to tholr lnfnr-arion. They
both advnfifd OK l#*d p-il:-.t* nnd will no doubt rako ikln thair next
t*ua. Jt la alio iatrrcif Ing to note th.it Dr. Slut iky It no: aa
but a Ph.n. goograplior and loaches gaaftraphy nc r<wscvtlt
lalveraity.
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Thr^v.-.hiMii ,mJi of thowi Soctuna.tha apaakan van not ov.ira at
uy afflli.itlint villi S-W, but attar tha January 12 loctun vkaa l vaa
discussing Ow attilydli r tha paint chips villi Mr. Lilly Z gave hte
ay b o m and mlilram amt
Bn. Slutsky and Ovbach cwnttl
that thay dU not raolly neon to nalign tha paint induacry and that
tha "brack tha b.ick of tha paint Industry" cannont vaa only a flgun
oC apoach. Dr. Orbach than oxtandod an invitation to visit thair
laboratoriao.
Richard V. Scott, Dinetoc _ _ -Analytical laaaarch Dapartani
Thanas P. Carll/ac
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