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Mote to Scienoe/gnrtrottme ntal Writers
The todeni government* ooimnqnttiss serose the ssttos sadl indnstrial groups srs ooodoctlag s strong effort to eombst the problem of childhood lead poisoning which is esneed whaa ehfidras est old, chipped sod flaking lead-based ppfats UA were applied to die interior of dwellings many years ago.
k an effort to shed more light os the problem sad encourage greater action, two conferences os cbllAood lead poisooiog were held reoeady coder fte saepioea of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Chicago sad Wilmington, Delaware. The Lead fadostrle* Association, which participated in dm conferences, has published edited proceedings of the two meeting! and is making thsm available to physicians and public health workers as part of a oontlngtng LZA program to help in radnotng ohfldhood lead polaoalng. We hare endneed a copy in die belief that It may be valuable to those of yon who are earnestly working oa stories concerning tide topto or aa a reference to hare for yocr fflea.
Slnomely,
Jerome F. Cole, Be. D. 9f|mtor, Environmental Health ec
LIA-75607