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'PTwyr^ -"" * g w >- . ^ ^ i y y r . .w - ' -: .- ,. . - ;-..r' LIA 15 061 '-- *3| 9 Lead Industries Association, Inc. m MlMn A<*nus Kn Yor*. K Y. 10017 Ttisphone: <71 7V*0 H l,;i'ff*y i f j W | jW^ i y T :H August 15, 1973 5 A TO: LEAD DaUSTRUS ASSOCIATION WXBSBSKI? \ GtnUtMli Vben unsupported charge* about tba adverse health affect* of lead are repeated often enough, they tend to be > treated a* go*pel by the nev* aedla. To counter this ten dency, I.TA baa aade It a policy to reapood lnatantljr to Major errors or nlaatateaenta that appear In the press with letters to the editors. Two example# of this ao-golng L1A activity are aa- cloeed. One vas in response to a Sew Tork Tines editorial which called for an in*tant ban on the use of lead shot in waterfowl hunting as a Means of protecting water birds 3 frc* lead poisoning, despite the fact that too little la known about this subject. Cm other took issue with an otherwise veil-reasoned article In the August Issue of fortune. on the auto ealsslon question which treated the lead in gasoline issue as a health problem. sa Ve believe that "keeping the record straight" Is an Important function In a tins when lead is subjected to so aasny attack* based on exaggerated suppositions about the health effects at tbs metal. Sincerely, - PSXtMkl 3 Ends, i Philip X. Soblnsce Kxeeutlva Tice President ` LlAl5062 0 THE NEW YORK TIMES -July 19, 1973 Iron Shot vs. Lead Shot: Unresolved Questions To the Editor Your July 9 editorial lid Shot. flMl Trap** tends to cverwmplify litwun concensmg the ox f Wed gbot la waterfowl hunting which m*aj inovldfttbU peopia thick is wot quite so simple u it might ntft to^id. this may ho why tbs !> partmeot of tbo Ictenor--far from dragjmf hj feet-cooonces to weigh carefully the various ahereaUvca. to* cludtfif tho *ubtnmtiOA of boo shot. Not only b (her* Indication of damip to (us barrels sod other malfuoctxyu with tbe too of iron ahx. there b seoom concern that the crippling rat* among waterfowl ardl bo ngru/>cam)y increased. It b our uodwaca/Mting that tests are d o w bo* fag conducted concerning this latier While wo cannot argue the figures ased la your editorial because wo do tot kx>ow of toy conclusive data that father confirm or deny (hem. it Is totareetisg Id note (hot some Mary* load official* reported last year that 9,000 to 9,000 waterfowl dted of lead poisoning la that state. Subsetuer2y. 4 member of the state's Kaiural Re sources Depersneot reported that three deaths were from all ceases. and seemingly bad beta based oo the * amiaatioa of only 29 ducks asd 94 Even the meet ardent advocates of terming Wad shot la waterfowl fcimt* fag coocade that there are other eaueos for mortality among birda Among than are the water level* tad habitat of thfaf foumg grounda. Manmade as w0 ao natural change* fa the sw- vtronment hare restricted the total ] areas of these feeding grounds. W do not question that ff water* 1 fowl fa rest enough Wed. poisoomg ' wUl occur to the course of tiri*. We do , question whether each yeai 9 to 4 per cam of the nation's waterfowl toe solely from tfus causa, and we era seriously concerned that substitute* such as Iron shot may well Inertaja lery significantly the mortality rata* among waterfowl, perhap* we# be yond the currant one*. hair E. Raoueuofa Executive Vice fmdnt lead lodofarlee Aseorfaftoa New Tor*. July Id. IKS . . . . . '-P1w s * w a s iw - . a w i. u H w H --# .w w *w ay ^ i n ! B J itjJii iy.jjJ.iiuj. ^iw.a.Ljiigpwwejii^piry.' N 3504.01 >Mux|M<|jp^^^*PS^PP'^1i MM|l!fig||P^ .. -; -jz&i ^.^.i4ifoi(*k^^M^.||ifea&3&y;to*iiiaia^ ;i^P8||y LIA1506 3 o TOKTUm Auu*t 19T3 Tatha KdJUca: Tha artirla prwnti * Mfwt picture c/ 1X4 U*fta of prob* Wm larolvod Is rodurlnf awta j vmiaalooa. But tha author m vlua ha dbnaa tha laod-ia* gaaotina niiwliBi with tS* curt iUImu M: **. . . it Un M U4i* calaa that airtomn laod partkvtotaa raa ha harmful ta haahh * thara U ywl rtue* far radorii* Um aiouat at tad ta rtMliv .. ." Ta tha contrary, aaa)ar ocintiflc atod*na a* tha ih)#ct la4ktU tha iawl af Wad out> 1*4 froai automobOa axhaoata poMt no boaJih rlak ta tha r*aral pobik. Far mapk, tha ixawt **Srrta CKiaa Study," which *u ta ipwan4 by tha Fadoral Eariroamoatal PrvUctiM A{*acy, ohawi aa roUtioriohlp Mm tha amount of tad la tha air o*4 tha hU ta tW btad of an than tMO to* dividual# Urine ia major urban arant. Maaauramant of tha aatoent of tad la tha btad la tha arcapiad maaaa of dataradai&f tha poaaibUit/ af adwaraa haahh offacta. If land ta lamorad from gmaotlaa. tha raaoit will ba a I ta I pareoat paoalXj ta crada all at tha taftnarjr. By IM, thto cma maaa that tha uatta w(fl aad ta Import tow 400 mOIloo additional harrala of n aha oH aarfc panr. Tha raural of h*f from yudiia would a*lp aaraa ta foueoifj tha aaargy ertok, woraao our H'irtt of payruiuta poattlou and create conomlc hardship for tha u* m ood Makar* of Undid (* oUnao P11 r j p r,, hoaavacm Ksacutiva Vic# froaidroi Load Indurtrlaa Au mUUm XowYarfcCttjr a N 3504.02