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K J. B, HAFPNER, PRESIDENT J.M. BOWUBY, VICE PRESIDENT K.C. BROWNELL.VICE PRESIDENT J. A- MARTINO, VICE PRESIDENT ROBERT L.INDLEY 21 EG FE LO, SECRETARY-TREASURER -4-20 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK 17,]S.Y. MANFRED BOWDITCH DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND SAFETY July !?, 1956 Robert A. Kehoe, M.D., Director Kettering Laboratory University of Cincinnati Eden Avenue Cincinnati 19, Ohio Dear Bob: "Lead pipe should never be used for potable water supplies," "Lead pipe is no longer used for the transmission of public water supplies." As a handy means of refuting these and similar evidences of misinformation as they crop up with some frequency, I have prepared the list of which you are honored with a copy merely because I thought you would be amused to note that you and your neighbors are among those subjected to this alarming hazard# To me, the most significant item is that Chicago, so long under the protective wing of the redoubtable Dr. Bundesen, rates an "R." Enclosure LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 420 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK 17, N. Y. P 3 P S O O O O O O O O O O O ftj O O fU O O p S II. S. MUNICIPALITIES WHICH REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE USE OF LEAD PIPE SERVICES AND/OR GOOSE NECKS FOR WATER SUPPLIES OF RESIDENCES AND OTHER BUILDINGS (Not a complete list) 0 -- Optional R Required Goose Necks are short lead pipe connections. Services are connections from street main to building or curb. Alabama Minnesota Pennsylvania Birmingham 0 Minneapolis 0 Allentown St* Paul 0 Harrisburg Colorado McKeesport Denver 0 Missouri Philadelphia Georgia Kirkwood St, Louis 0 Pittsburgh 0 Reading Atlanta 0 St, Louis County 0 Scranton Wilkes Barre Illinois Montana York Alton R Butte R Aurora Bloomington Chicago Decatur R R Nebraska R Lincoln 0 Tennessee Chattanooga 0 Nashville Elgin Harvey 0 New Jersey R Camden Texas R Fort Worth Jacksonville R Jersey City Joliet 0 Newark Lake County R R San Antonio R Wichita Falls Moline Oak Park Rockford R New York R Albany 0 Amsterdam Virginia R Portsmouth R Springfield Waukegan Indiana Fort Wayne Gary Hammond South Bend R Buffalo 0 Wisconsin R Elmira 0 Kenosha Mount Vernon R Milwaukee Newburgh R Oshkosh 0 Niagara Falls R Racine R New York City 0 Superior R Poughkeepsie R Wausau R Yonkers R Kansas Wichita Louisana Baton Rouge Lake Charles Monroe New Orleans Shrevesport 0 0 R R R North Carolina Ashville Charlotte Winston Salem Ohio Cincinnati Cleveland Dayton Steubenville 0 0 R 0 0 R R Kr 0014957 N18581.01 July 1956