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=-*-*yyf ,;.\VT VJK**-" ~,;`i-^7r'' Z* rf ' iSk. v:- >> , A-.-;'.,. 'l*y-*v**"**v f ' 5 V^4 nV- rf.- ' *r / <fC. p, Fa*uti-- Xcad VOMM a. ttott&A*. HlMNif KUlttN W. *tt*. <M4 WiMlH IiHOA A- #T**V*I. **M MO*4to WlMtA f. TM<< V*i ***** L~ W4 AVll M 0*HMA IHNf*At Ml WWMIto diastjrfea Afi30<c3olI<oii,2nc. 293 MADISON AVCNUf XBW YORK* X. T. 100*7 MU CMI III M I-Hll October 7, 1966 Dr. Ralph X. Larson Taft Sanitary Engineering Cantar 4675 Coluabia Parkway Cincinnati. Ohio 4S226 Daar Dr. Larsen* On Soptcaber 20. radio station WJR in Detroit carried the a .cached statement o.. its 6 a.n. new# prog ran. As you will nota this is '__ued on an Associated Press story icor, Ic/a City, low., following an address you had pade to sciarca writers at the Jnivoraity of Iowa. As you will ssa, the Associated Press news account strongly inp`. la# that lead poisoning araong children wnic.'. you discussed i. related to notor vehicle exhaust. The reporter apparently was not aware nor would the reader he, as you .urely are, that accidental lead poisonings anong children are in no way related to auto exhausts or lead in the ataoaphero. You will egree, vc`. sure, that this aiai..-erpretation / the press illustrates the langer o.' statements o.' t.... kind using taken out of context and cresting erroneous inpr..ions when given 1 rtner circulation. We urge that you, ss a representative or ,..s V.i. Public Health Service,' nake a clear distinction between ,j *. , auat e.-.lsnione a,,J accidental ioAd i..gostion by chlldf.... /ro decades of cal arvl scientific Investigations relative to lead with whicn ve ere familiar, w* .now of no .ata linking auto xhau.t with lead poisoning in children or others. rp.'jg atwtopMywy t V Vr. Ralph X. Laraea -2- October 7, 1966 With the current high intcrost in air pollution and i: ita control, wo boliavo that ovory caro ahould ba taken that the public bo fully Infomcd of oatablished facta but not be oialod through niaintorprctationa auch aa aoeeia to havo occurred i here. j . <, y .'i i `vi Sincerely youra. David K. Borcina DhSjco Secretary, Treasurer *: Attl cet Kr. Vernon o. K-o Xenaie ? i i1 V - L [; ?: I-;-V. "V " Associated Prase -- (Zowa City, Iowa) -- An axpart on air pollution says this country is running out of air. Dr. Ralph Larsen -- an official with the U. 8. Public Health Service -- made the remark in an address to Science Writers at the University of Iowa. According to Larsen, pollutants in the air hurt man, animals, plants and property. And he adds that moat of the pollutants come from the exhausts of motor vehicles. He says the foreign matter they produce can cause dizzy spells, headaches, respiratory ailments, and the like. The air pollution expert told the science writers that lead -- a so-called cumulative poison -- can lead to brain damage, especially among young children. As evidonce. Dr. Larsen tated that lead poisoning has a fatality rate of 25 percent. -? Larsen recommends one particular way to obtain what he calls quality alri that is to eliminate 90 percent of the sources of air pollution. But he cautions that the consumer must pay for the doing away of air pollution.* 'ewagy. j ml | 1 igyy;jyw a ., [i a "11111J. p^nSri?*5n***?: N 419.01