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January 6, 1938 Mr. J* P* Adoue S hell Petroleum C orporation Shell B uilding H ouston, Texas. . Dear Mr. A doue:- I have your le tte r of Ja n u a ry 3 rd and I see no p r e s e n t re a s o n why I sh o u ld n o t be a b le to be .in H ouston on Sunday, Ja n u a ry 3 0 th . I w i l l l e t you know l a t e r j u s t when I s h a ll a r r iv e . I agree w ith you th a t i t would be w ise to d is c u s s some o f th e d e t a i l s of t h i s ca se in advance of the court procedure. I am sen d in g you u n d er se p a ra te cover a book in which you w ill fin d most of the im portant in v e stig a tio n s as c a rrie d out in th is la b o ra to ry in r e la tio n to the problem of lead absorption through exposure to leaded g aso lin e. I have o nly a few co p ies of th is book l e f t so th a t I can o n ly lo a n i t to you f o r t h i s o c c a s io n . T h e r-fo re whether or not i t could be done le g a lly in your s ta te , t h i s book may n o t be put in ev id en ce o r allow ed to g e t o u t o f my p o s s e s s io n . You w i l l n o te in i t r e f e r e n c e s to v a rio u s r e p o r ts made by o f f i c i a l ag en cies in th is cou n try and in Great B r ita in . I s h a ll b rin g copies of th e s e r e p o r ts a lo n g w ith me f o r your e x a m in a tio n . T heir c h ief value to you re sid e s in the fa c t th a t they re p re s e n t o f f i c i a l confirm ation of th e work done in our la b o r a to r y , and they a ls o r e p r e s e n t o f f i c i a l s ta te m e n ts to the e ffe c t th a t the exposure to lead asso ciated w ith the handling of leaded gasoline does not c o n s titu te ]a lead hazard In the accepted sense of the word. I think I t should be clear, from our work, and from th a t:o f these government agencies th a t th ere is no p o s s ib ility of the occurrence of a case of acute lead poisoning as the r e s u lt of contact w ith leaded g aso lin e, or exposure to its vapors. As a m a tte r of f a c t , th e w o rs t s i t u a t i o n t h a t was e v e r feared by anybody in connection w ith th is type of exposure was t h a t as th e r e s u l t o f lo n g c o n tin u e d s l i g h t e x p o s u re , ch ro n ic cases of lead poisoning m ight o cc u r. Even th is p o s s ib ility has been excluded by the observations and e x p e rie n c e s of th e p a s t t h i r t e e n y e a rs so t h a t i t how 2 appears q u ite c le a r , and is alm ost g e n e ra lly understood by a u th o ritie s , th a t lead poisoning is not to be expected in any person as a consequence of the handling of leaded g a s o lin e . Very tr u ly y o u rs, i i s R o b ^rlf X . 'Kehoe , M. b . 0003635