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THE ASSOCIATED ETHYL COMPANY LIMITED MORTHWICH CHESHIRE D e / e p / fC / fC : MORTHWICH 32 41 . ead Office - ARTILLERY HOUSE, ARTILLERY ROW, LONDON, S.W. 1. ABBEY 39T4. O U R REF. K . 2 YO U R REF. ^ feleg/wms & Cailes: ETHYLPORT, NORTHWICH. D ATE 2nd November, 19^9 d ire c to rs : N. A. C A S S - J . B. AUG K E S S L E R , (NCTHER1.AN03) J.W . BO YLE. r. G .C .M O R R IS . R. H . PO RTERS. C. V. BARRY, (U .S .A ) O. A. S H EP AR D , (U.S.A.) A. J . SIN G LETO N . T. L . LENZEN,(U.S.A.) . T . R. A . b e v a n , fj* fe> n agm g/ D r. .A. Aehoe, K etterin g Laboratory of Applied irhysiology, U niversity of C incinnati, College of m edicine, Cin cin n a ti, HIC , Dear Dr. nehoe, 1 have heard th a t you have been very busy indeed th is year and, th e re fo re , have avoided b o th e rin g you du rin g re c e n t months. e would l i k e t o t h a n k you f o r e n a b l i n g u s t o com ply w i t h t h e req u e st of our m edical c o n su lta n t a t the Axel Johnson C il R efinery a t h^nashamn in Uweden. The C hlorom ycetin which was forw arded th e r e saved th e l i f e o f th e d a u g h te r o f th e G eneral m anager, who i s c o n s e q u e n tly most g r a t e f u l . h r . Jr. A gren, th e f a t h e r of th e g i r l , is leaking a r r a n g e ments to s e t t l e th e account in d o lla r s . I t was im possible f o r our A ccounting Department to accep t th is charge, which I b e lie v e , w ith your perm ission, is a t p rese n t e n te red in the Idthvl C o rp o ratio n 's books. A ttac h e d a re a number o f a r t i c l e s and r e p r i n t s which may be o f in te re st to you. There is a l i s t showing th e lead co n cen tratio n s of sn ap sa m p le s o f u r i n e ta k e n from workmen* a t r e f i n e r i e s d u r in g t h e p e r i o d I have been employed by th e Company. The men c o n c e r n e d may n o t h av e b e e n p r e d o m in a n tly engaged i n b le n d in g ; some o f them a r e a l s o tan k c l e a n e r s and r a i l car c le a n e rs , and a i l havo o th e r jo b s a t th e r e f i n e r i e s . There i3 no l o c a tio n in t h i s c o u n try a t which a c tu a l b le n d in g i s o th e r th an a very 3iaall p art-tim e jo b . The r e s u l t s o f s a m p l e s f ro m men em p lo y e d i n making sm all blends f o r refe re n c e fu e ls , fo r use in C .F.ii. engines, are i n c l u d e d . T hese men f r e q u e n t l y a c t a s s u p e r v i s o r s o f t h e a c t u a l b l e n d i n g operations. One has been s tr u c k , d u r in g th e p a s t y e a r, by t h e v a r i a t i o n s in th e typo of p ro te c tiv e c lo th in g , such as rubber boots, aprons and gloves, which a re in u se. I t is the exception ra th e r than the rule to find white p r o te c tiv e c lo th in g o f t h is type in th e s e p o st-w a r days when th e r e is s t i l l a sh o rtag e of s u p p lie s . I t is cur experience here on th e x la n t th a t ii.V .C . i s th e m ost s a t i s f a c t o r y m a t e r i a l to u s e . A p p a r e n tl y i t may be o b t a i n e d i n a f o r a a p p r o a c h i n g w h i t e . 'The common t y p e i 3 o f a r e d d i s h - b r o w n (G o n td .) V* TO Dr. S.A. Kehoe. Da t e 2 nd N ovem ber, 19 4 9 * -2- c o lo u r. .'-hen 1 was w i t h you ,70 11 w e re s a n g u i n e o f o b t a i n i n g a a r u b b e r i m p e r v i o u s m a t e r i a l . The l a t e s t i n f o r m a t i o n we h a v e had from you i s on -lastom ar IO5 . One wonders i f any f u r t h e r p ro g re s s has been made in t h i s f i e l d . One i s c e r t a i n t h a t so m ething b e t t e r than the o rd in a ry rubber or s y n th e tic m a te ria ls can be found fo r use in blending. One a l s o f e e i s t h a t none o f t h e s e m a t e r i a l s ' should be too d u ra b le . Nor exam ple, one fees t h a t a 25O hour s e r v i c e l i f e f o r g l o v e s i s q u i t e e n o u g h . Some o f t h e p r o t e c t i v e clo th in g of th is type has been in use fo r years and, although there i s no e v id e n c e o f c o n ta m in a tio n by T .B .b ., one knows t h a t th e r e have been circum stances in which th ere has been contam ination without v is ib le evidence on the p ro te c tiv e c lo th in g . A dm ittedly, t h e c o n ta m in a tio n may n o t have b een o f a n y s i g n i f i c a n t d e g r e e . Cne knows t h a t f o r a. t i m e t h e c o n t a m i n a t e d m a t e r i a l d o e s n o t n e c essa rily sm ell. In any case, cleansing w ith Kerosene d isg u ises the odour of "Ethyl" f lu id . I would a p p re c ia te your views and d i r e c ti o n on the p o s s i b i l i t y o f th e use o f s u b s ti tu t e s fo r p r o te c tiv e c lo th in g which a re le s s im pervious than rubber. In t h is Company's m an u factu rin g p la n t, a t th e p re s e n t t i m e , t h e o r g a n i c l e a d h a z a r d i s w e l l u n d e r c o n t r o l , b u t we h a v e made very l i t t l e real progress in the co n tro l of the inorganic sid e. ' There is s t i l l i n v is i b le d u s t o r fume in th e bead m e ltin g and R ecovery b u i l d i n g , t h e s o u r c e o f w hich we h a v e n o t y e t b e e n a b l e t o d e t e r m i n e . A d m itte d ly , th e mean le a d e x c r e t i o n in t h i s b u i ld i n g i s w ith in th e normal ra n g e ; u s u a l l y a b o u t O.O5 mg. p e r l i t r e o f u r in e , b u t th e f a e c a l e x c r e t i o n i s to o f r e q u e n t l y i n t h e r e g i o n o f 1 .0 mg. p e r sam ple. A s im ila r s ta t e of a f f a i r s , b u t to a somewhat les3 degree, e x ists in the A lloy M anufacturing building, and is p a rtic u la rly applicable to hopper f i l l e r s . We a r e t r y i n g o u t v a r i o u s i d e a s o f o u r own and h a v e m et w i t h a l i t t l e s u c c e s s , and a r e w o n d e r in g i f any ad vances have been made on t h i s a t b a to n Rou g e. The s il h o u e tt e s i n t h e h o p p e r f i l l i n g b o o t h s a r e n o t t h e s o l u t i o n . We i n t e n d tr y in g v a rio u s types o f f i t t i n g s on th e hopper f i l l i n g boot, and lo c a l v e n tila tio n ta ilo re d to the job. We a r e a l s o h a v i n g t r o u b l e w i t h m o i s t u r e i n t h e s u p p l y a i r l i n e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e i l a n t . -He f e e l we c a n o v erco m e t h i s by t h e use of dry in g machines c o n tain in g alum ina g e ls and ag ain wondered i f you have done a n y th in g d i f f e r e n t a t Baton Kouge d u rin g th e p a s t two y ears. E f f o r t s w e re a l s o b e i n g made, a t B a to n Houge t o r e d u c e , elim inate or recover the T.E.L. in the exhaust stacks of th e m anufacturing b u ild in g . This is the s o r t of contam ination which w ill have to be c o n t r o l l e d , o r a t l e a s t a l l e v i a t e d i n t h e Com pany's new p l a n t . Has anythin- f u r th e r been done on th is in th e S ta te s ? quite rec e n tly I took very serious exception to the use of m e d ic a lly r e s t r i c te d persons on hazardous work, and, to what I ro. D r ?->H .A . ivehoe. a t e ..2 nd..IJovember.,..19 4 -9 - - 3' c o n s id e r e d t o be e x c e s s i v e o v e r t i m e . dome men i n t h i s x l a n t have re c e n tly worked as lo n g as e ig h ty hours per week on m aintenance jo b s. w h ils t i t i3 p o s s ib le to g e t away w ith t h i s , one f e e ls i t is v ery bad in p rin c ip le . I remember t h a t a f o r ty - h o u r week had been recommended in th e T.iL.ii. a re a a t b ato n houge and . wondered i f th is is s t i l l a p p lic a b le . I know t h a t a s i x t y - hour week is no t u n reaso n ab le in our p r e s e n t s t a t e o f c o n tro l h e re , b u t a n y t h i n g o v e r t h a t t i m e i s , i n my o p i n i o n , u n r e a s o n a b l e a n d un w arran ted . r r o f e s s o r Dodds i s i n f u t u r e t o come t o t n e x l a n t a t f a i r l y fre q u e n t in te rv a ls to a c t as Chairman a t m eetings of a Committee composed o f members o f th e M an u factu rin g and m ed ical Departm ents. th is should a t le a s t perm it the m anufacturing side to see t h a t recom m endations made on b a s ic p r i n c i p l e s a r e n o t e n t i r e l y m a t t e r s i n v e n t e d b y me a s a n i n d i v i d u a l a s s c o u r g e s f o r the manufacturing* D epartm ent. 'w ith k i n d e s t p e r s o n a l r e g a r d s t o `M r s . Ke hoe and y o u rself, Yours v ery s in c e re ly , L-ncl. KE 0009995