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September LI, 1975 :r. LLohael ". liackert Personnel >iaa:..;er dasalton Lfboraoorlos America, Inc. 5200 Leesburg Turnoike Vienna, Virginia 22190 Lear If. Lhickarti I have b3-.ro as a cony of a letter written to you by Stan Gross on Lucast; 20. It occurs to tae that perhaps I should acquaint you with the situation which has led me to turn over a great mass or experimental data on the "Metabolism of Lead in linn" to this young oan to study and publish. _ In doing this I muso assure you that I have developed an assurance that he rill do a good job of making these data available to other students of the problem and especially chose who have responsibilities for the safety of industrial employees in die lead trades. For this is what I had in mind in planning and carrying out the observations on a sufficient number of parsons to cover (hopefully) the variations in human behavior. I believe that the data show that the responses of normal human beings are fairly straightforward. It is especially important that the facts in the matter be made known, for under the present governmental regimen it will not be possible to carry out such experiments in the near (and perhaps, remote) future. I expect to write an article (separate from, ode publication of these data) on certain of their practical applications, and it may well be that certain other investigators will take ddvantage of these published data to do likewise. I cannot do ibis now (and I may not be able to do so later) because of certain disabilities of old age (oculnr cataracts etc.) some of which may <,hopefully ) be corrected somewhat. because of the significance of the data (theasliven) in relation to hygienic problems, I hope other investigators will examine them critically, and so I preferred to have them made available without amy help and without the oseudo-authority of my name except as source. Gross will employ his own method of presenting them, under his own name, do as to satisfy himself as to their authenticity 2his trill explain to you the reasons for the unusual circumstances and I hope you 'fill find it possible to approve of Dr. Gross' work on this matter. He, I am sure, will do his hast not to presume unduly upon the interest of your group in this project. 'lease accept my thanks in advance for your consideration of this matter. , Cordially, hobert A. Xehoe, Li. B. Professor Emeritus of Occupational Medicine ft