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D epart erm atology UNIVERSITY O F CINCINNATI CO LLEG E O F MEDICINE CINCINNATI, OHIO 4 8 2 1 9 ESD A A V EN U ES March 20, 1968 D r. Leon Goldman D r. R obert A. Kehoe D r. Elmore A. K in d el, J r . D r. Emil A. P f itz e r C ollege o f M edicine Gentlem en: We a r e hap p y to r e p o r t t h a t th e F a c u l ty C om m ittee on R e se a rc h has co n sid ere d your p r o je c t, " P o te n tia l H azard in th e Use o f Lead- co n tain in g H air D yes," and have approved i t . In reach in g th e ir d e c is io n , th e fo llo w in g comment was made: . ' "The Committee has approved th e proposed stu d y w ith th e u n d er stan d in g th a t p a tie n ts w ill be e x p lic itly warned about th e need to avoid exposure o f th e t e s t compound to open s k in le s io n s w h eth er o r n o t they are on the scalp o r on th e h ands, th a t th e c lin ic ia n s w ill include in th e ir p ro to co l the need to c a re fu lly s c ru tin iz e the scalp fo r open le sio n s during the te s t period and th a t p a in stak in g e ffo rts be made to i n s t r u c t th e p a r ti c ip a n ts in th e stu d y o f th e need to keep th e h a i r dye m a te r ia l o u t o f th e re a c h o f c h ild r e n who m ig h t otherw ise have access to the le ad -co n tain in g m a te ria l." S incerely yours, CEK:a A sso ciate Dean K 0 0133*3