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BY AI R MAIL Sh ell International Petroleum Com pan y Lim ited ST H ELEN ' S CO URT, GREAT ST H E LE N 'S, LO N DO N , EC 3 T eleph on e: A v en u e 4321 TELEX:LONDON 2 8 2 0 5 , 2 8 8 0 4 TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: SHELL LONDON ALL CODES USED YOUR REF OUR REF e h s / j k A - 4 Medical Division LETTER NO d a t e 1 5 t h March 1 9 I . P r o fe sso r R. A. Kehoe, D ir ect or o f ;Kett er in g Research Laborator y, College of Medicine, Un iversity of Cin cin atti, OHIO. U.S.A.: Dear :We have r ecen t ly had en q u ir ies from some o f our asso ciat e d Companies in un derdeveloped co u n t r ie s, concerning th e h azards o f clean in g tan ks t h at have con tain ed leaded ga so lin e . M l ar e as have f u l l in st r u c t io n s and th e handbook issu e d by th e Associat ed Eth yl Company on how t h is sh ould be- car r ie d o u t . They have also been t o ld t h at t h is i s a dan gerous proceedin g, but t h a t , provided th e in st r u c t io n s ar e car r ie d out ab so lu t e ly , th er e sh ould be no dan ger to per son n el. ; However, th ey have come back st a t in g t h at th e Unions ar e demanding/ t h at men doing t h is kin d o f work sh ould be given m ilk. I appr eciate th at i t has been said in medical text-books in th e p ast th at milk h as a b e n e fic ia l act ion on the excr et ion o f lead and in th e preven tion o f T .E.L. and lead poison in g. I know many o f t ae se employees may be under n ourish ed and t h er efor e milk would be good fo r them. But I would be very gr a t e fu l i f I could have a statem en t from you to the e ffe c t t h at m ilk does or does n ot a ssi st in th e preven tion o f lead poison in g. Obviously th e Unions w ill a lso brin g up sim ilar q u est ion s with regard to th e u se o f lead p a in t s, and perh aps you could in clu de t h is in your r ep ly . I am sor r y to worry you on t h is p oin t , but I have been asked to obtain th e opin ion o f th e b est modern au t h o r it ie s on t h is ooin t , and th er efor e I would be gr at e fu l fo r your a ssist a n c e . In our own Company in t h is coun try we do n ot give le ad workers milk because we halve been given to un derstan d t h at , provided the pr oper p r ecau t ion s as to p r o t e ct iv e clo t h in g, e t c . are car r ie d ou t, and provided th er e i s adequate v e n t ilat io n ip workshops, th ere sh ould be no dan ger o f lead p oison in g. In fa c t , we have had no case s o f t h is so r t fo r many y e ar s. Kin dest r egar d s. lou rs sin cerely, . Attachei co y o: a u i r t i . e r Le t t e r /:. Loh - r r . . ch i :: err. in g . E Lh o / u i t L w \ ik i C.il.O)