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Hcnrejaber % 9 1 9 3 8 llT t Charles D Huss e l l B calty BuildingSavannah^ G eorgia . Dear S ir? - Your le t t e r s of October 2 ith .and 29 t h a d d re s s e d t o Dr* H e rb e rt Am L ab s, as 11 as y o u r' l e t t e r to Mr# B# L* M iner of th e 12 I . duPont a ftemoura and Company, mmre fo rw ard ed to xm by th e above gentlem en w ith th e re q u e st th a t 1 provide you w ith th e , . In fo rm a tio n w hich you d e s ir e d # T his came a b o u t, I c!arc say because 1 and my a s s o c ia te s in t h i s la b o r a to r y have bees engaged in the study of tbs problems of In d u s tria l @nd p u b lic h e a l t h a s s o c ia te d w ith th e m an u factu re and u se of te tr a e th y l le a d , and a ls o w ith ,th e d is tr ib u tio n Of lead ed g a so lin e sine th e i n i t i a l experim ental use of the product# . I think, in a ll fairn ess to y o u , I sh o u ld e x p la in t h a t th e i l l n e s s o f th e man whose as you a r e h a n d lin g h a s been r e p o r te d to me by a p h y s ic ia n in Savannah who w ro te to so f o r in fo rm a tio n , . presumably because of th e published a r tic le s in m edical l i t e r a t u r e which have issu ed from th is lab o ra to ry # I s h a l l g iv e you th e same In fo rm a tio n 1 gave him D uring th p erio d o f th e p a a t . fourteen years or soV c-series of investigation have been c a r r i e d o u t in .m is la b o r a to r y and o la o by th U# S , P u b l i c H e a lth S e r v ic e , th e U* S* Bureau o f B in e s, and th e B r i t i s h M in is tr y o f H ealth Tho r e s u l t s o f a l l . th e se s tu d i e s ,have bees th e seme in th a t they have n o t g iv e n th lig h te s t e v id e n c e t h a t an im als o r p erso n s . exposed fear prolonged per io d s of time to leaded g a s o lin e , by n e ttin g the skin or by in h alatio n of vapors, have . . . absorbed stesatiredblft q u a n titie s o f load 2 do n o t speak her o f th e o ccu rren ce o f le a d p o iso n in g , no case of , . which lias been re p o rte d or -seen, so f a r as I can determ ine# I peak r a th e r o f le a d a b s o rp tio n , w ith o u t w hich, o f c o u rs e , no p o iso n in g c o u ld occur* P erso n s who a re exposed t o le a d compounds in such a manner as to absorb le a d in to t h e i r b o d ie s show th e r e s u l t s o f such ex p o su re by an in c r e a s e in th e e x c re tio n o f l e a d , an d by an in c r e a s e in th le a d in th c i r c u l a t i n g b lo o d , and y e t p e rso n s who have b e e n g ro ssly exposed to -liq u id or vaporised leaded gasoline over a period of years f a i l com pletely to ex crete increased 'S s * f^ |||p P im -i* * m g 43 J0 fe S-'.. 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JE3 C ... 4. ** 1 1 g S* ^ V . * m p a~i Np : s sills c a: CT o.o Uj  X . t r u s t t h a t _ X h a v e .a n a e e jp e d your q u e stio n s adequafcsly* Xf X should ha glad t # g iv e- you any. f u r t h e r ihiesssa&ioQ sh io h x p o sse ss* -SIS1i'?;s.; Very tru ly yours# RA&tt*- Fcoberfe '&. Kck'o*" Tib * K 0011994