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AJ-72. [Report of the Swiss Commission on Leaded Gaso-
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line to the Federal Council on Their Activities dur-
ing the Period 1947--60.] Bencht dcr Kldg. Bleibep--
zm-Komntission an den Bundesrat fiber lhre Tangkeir,
. im Zeitraum 1947-60. *MiU. Lcbcnsm. v. llyg. (Bern)
52, (3) 135-244 (1961). > The various aspects of this report are discussed in several chap
ters by the seveial authors. The report is summarized as
follow A* the r i. re thee `hat pc mi -:~n war civrr- "j ,-dd
trtraeth*,! lead to petrol, or gasoline, >n Switzeiland on .' pr.
11, 19-17, a cpe--it Commission *vi<- api.oi'nrd lo p'Uw the
_effcct c.` its addition or. public lmaltli Prriimi'ru v invesuga-^
lion- of tin- Comm .liG-.icd that 'a; the ') oiL't" of h aii in he
c han't yi,e, `rem cats varu.* ranch and imomt. to ihuiit 20-
5!/f of it." If id present onynrlly in tin jr.i-oline. It ion-i=ts
iii.iinl of r.oi/iriii If .:d -alt: with Irarrt ol volatile organa lead
Jen- atncc. It p.ry rcich much hauler le-ci> it hig'uui motor
:>[ eedo -ince the le.irt nepo-ttec) in me e\ii.iu / pine 1: tin n i < pc-
off by tin? g i^e- 'b,-The lc.i.i pai ieh.? ha*.r .1 dim ih.ih iv-
enges lr-.- tlian >2f) g and vj beha'r jirar-n-ally lil-e a^,',a- The
irw larger particle-, quirMv P.U nu` of tic* air. ft;) Tiic quan-
r>ty of Ic'd absorbed by the lung' ive-ues 60% ot the lead
p.c ent in tne an Tlic average cl" per''-a, " i`A--ro -penal
('.poruic to leaded grsolmo, tikes *ip dad" (.0-30
lead
frem the mr bv Pieathing In con-daring reports of -ifkness
- cafes al tgrdlv ran oil by lead, the ComiT.. found tl.ai 01 the
63 < n-t itnortrd, ir. dr ere mg numb no ir 8 ys einlv 35
Here p--\ed to be leb'ted *0 gnoh-'o Ol the e 3n c. -'s 30
' cr*' closed Lgnsolc'e it-eif and cr.l/ 5 V* totrao hi I led.
In nerst.ni vmkin/ vitli Ir > 1-con1' nnr ci oliro t 1 "r l1 3..--
S6, the blond conle'it ' i<.2ug9o 'i t 1^ >t IU- <> * ' ir ir .
:n >vei ipr ot Is gif % fO-IO ag ',r 1 ia iim-. a Iu -m < no, n
(lecupied 1 > 193f-6-7 Pi i-ons'' oikuit; in r!i 1 . .piiTctme of
1 ad `-`oi'.e fell- had a muff- hnrlim lorit'r*, Gi g" co tr-155
ggrr>. me. Ir id m"rt of blood of Ifi rn',* ill be
eon-ideied noinn! In the .fieer- of J5nrah 'wli ini>"-e
tnlric. tl e lead (i i.*'`ii' 01 m" an " * 1 I u:. /.-i 3 m V
' ith
an mf-f .>-0 10 ` 1 1" /m in I3,f'-6i Fh i 1c ri irnoL be
f-onMde r 1 doTitnru' in *. u-v ot tli<- !. vrb of iGO-b'O ag l i.M
e nhh heil a- 1 .m foi n ' ers n-no ed to U id J . thn 1' pt
of ti` `rcii- I inn 1 ni hi.di"r, fi'in 0 j < 2 '
rrJte
pignut * lead ip , a(''<l i.tti r3cd 1' rl out 02 o 0J ri './
jicr fmi'd.ii m . witzv.itmd and. indm ',,1 i. font it on-* h'
ir f n 1 tht .ti'c*-' i oiuribirod f bj m ;/[. r~on'd ,v Timse
nuintnii t c rill fo he mn=id"refj ,i& m~ sr'ir<u- II 1, r <n-
ct idcd 11 t ti li'! lp.nl >u i.a-ohnc In* ml and n mt
one cl ndii/n ng 1 Irh, b> t rm` n o'-'i1- b'ro'n' a
,p.rth|.--n .prc (In .o p.piic n the is `ncr''-i'c a* `riffc in
creases ar.d since no ii;b.-titijce has yet been found for lead
in the manufacture of gasoline. (LC)"
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