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Ju n e 1 ? , 19hX Mr. Hugh F o s s e tt c/o B ritis h E thyl C orporation U6r t h w i c h . r. . ; . C heshire, E ngland. My d e a r P o s s e t t : . Thanks fo r your v ario u s corrcnunlcations w hich have gone la r g e ly unansw ered b e ca u se th e y seem ed to r e q u i r e v e ry l i t t l e in th e way o f r e p l y , .and a ls o b e c a u s e , as you may e x p e c t, I have been v e ry busy w ith o th er th in g s, I have approved the arran g em en t made th ro u g h Mr. B a tc h e lo r f o r en g ag in g B r, Freeman te m p o ra rily in accordance w ith the en clo sed copy. There is l i t t l e p o in t, I b e lie v e , in my w r i t i n g i n a n y d e t a i l to any o f t h e s e m an, B r. F a irly can be tr u s te d to provide com plete in fo rm a tio n to men who a r e e n g a g e d w i t h h i s know ledge a n d c o n s e n t , and I b e l i e v e t h a t u n d e r p r e s e n t c o n d i t i o n s we may j u s t a s w e ll c o n te n t o u rs e lv e s to allo w th in g s to be h an d led i n t h i s f a s h io n . C hanges a re l i k e l y to be made f a i r l y fre q u e n tly and sin ce I have w ritte n to D r, F a irle y t e l l i n g him o f my p o i n t o f v iew i n t h i s r e g a r d , X b e l i e v e th ere i s l i t t l e I need do o th e r than to keep aware o f what tr a n s p ir e s . A ll in a l l i t seems a r a th e r d i f f ic u lt s i t u a t i o n b u t I s h a ll do th e b e a t I can w ith i t . W ith re fe re n c e to your correspondence w ith N. V. de B ataafsche Petroleum lia atsc h a p p lj concerning the contam ination of w ater w hite g a so lin e w ith lead ed g a so lin e , I -th in k you have t a k e n t h e r i g h t p o s i t i o n . We c o u ld , o f c o p r s e , a r r a n g e to have some a n a ly s e s done f o r them and w i l l be g la d to do so J.f f o r a n y r e a s o n y o u c o n s i d e r i t a d v i s a b l e . On th e o th e r hand X w ould f e e l t h a t su ch a n a ly s e s w ere made p u re ly f o r th e p u rp o se o f s a tis f y in g them add n o t f o r th e purpos of o b tain in g any needed in fo rm a tio n . l i t is q u ite c le a r th a t th ere w ill be no dangers involved in the procedure they w ish to c a rry on. A pparently they are not c le a r in t h e ir m ihds a s to th e p u re ly th e o r e tic a l c h a ra c te r o f the dangers in v o lv ed in h an d lin g lead ed g a s o lin e . I t i s , in f a c t, absurd to considdr the to x ic ity o f g aso lin e from th e p o in t o f view o f i t s le a d c o n te n t, i f th e le a d was d e riv e d o n ly from su c h a so u rc e a s th e y have in m ind. In th is c o n n e c tio n , you m ight re p o r t to him . I f you w ish to do so , th a t i f th e le a d c o n te n t o f g a s o lin e i s le s s than one p a r t p e r thousand by volum e, th ey need n o t c o n sid e r th e 2 q u estio n of le a d poisoning as the r e s u lt o f any type o f norm al handling o f g a so lin e . T his, I b e lie v e , is covered i n th e memorandum w hich you c a l le d to t h e i r a t t e n t i o n , b u t i f you care to m ention i t s p e c ific a lly in a d d itio n to what i s s a id t h e r e , i t w i l l do no harm . O bviously you are q u ite r ig h t i n t e l l i n g them th a t th e re i s no s h o r t c u t r e a c t i o n by means o f w hich th ey can d eterm in e th e le a d c o n te n t o f g a s o lin e . G en erally sp eak in g i t would be p o s s ib le f o r thorn to t e l l w h e th er le a d was p r e s e n t i n term s o f th e c o lo r o f the g a s o lin e . T h is, how ever, is n o t alw ays safe s in c e g a s o lin e may be d i s c o l o r i z e d to some d e g re e . However in the case o f f r e s h g a s o lin e , i t m ight be w ell to p o in t out to them i f the dye can n o t be seen , th en tne le a d con ten t must indeed be m inor. I was- p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t e r e s t e d to f in d th a t you have m oved.your o ffic e I think, th is sh ould be h ig h ly advantageous from the p o in t p f view o f m a i n t a i n i n g c o n t a c t w i t h al^. o f y o u r a c t i v i t i e s . I am g la d to know t h a t y o u r fa m ily i s o u t o f London, and I hope Lorna and th e c h ild re n , as w ell as y o u rs e lf, are n o t having too d i f f i c u l t a tim e. I would a p p re c ia te i t ijf y o u w o u ld g iv e L o rn a my v e r y k i n d e s t r e g a r d s when you gee h e r , a n d f o r y o u r s e l f , a s a lw a y s , my v e r y b e s t w is h e s . S incerely yours, R A K :ls R o b e rt A. K ehoe, M.D.