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3 y .ntfe --'A ; ' ^ ' ' - ^ V " '.* . ^ , - 0 Hayzl* 1958 Mr* J . 13* Hunger T ide W ater A sso c ia te d O il Company 17 B attery Place ; '- Hew York . . , .* .t v B ear Mr* M unirs* , Your l e t t e r o f Kay $ th addressed to ttie B th y ^ C a so ^ n u C orporation concerning the case of Is alleg ed to he s u ffe rin g fro b o i^ ^ a u s e ^ o y ^ e x p o s u re to Tydol Ethyl G a s o lin e , h as been r e f e r r e d to me f o r re p ly # Over a p e r io d o f y e a rs my asso cia tes and I have In v e stig a te d cases of alleg ed injury'am ong persons engaged In h an d lin g lead ed g aso lin e and d u rin g t h a t tim e we have b een u n a b le to f i n d a s i n g l e In s ta n c e of I lln e s s o r o f damage to the s k in a t tr i b u ta b l e to th e le a d c o n te n t o f th e g a s o lin e * As a m a tte r o f f a c t we f in d no re a so n f o r b e l ie v i n g t h a t le a d e d g a s o lin e d i f f e r s m a te ria lly in i t s e f f e c ts from the g a so lin e base to, which th e F lu id h as b een added* You a r e d o u b tle s s f u l l y aware of the fa c t that: co n tact w ith g aso lin e under su ita b le c irc u m sta n c e s may r e s u l t in b u rn s and may a ls o r e s u l t In derm atitis* O ccasionally th is d erm atitis Is of d istre ss* lng p r o p o rtio n s , so much so th a t s u s c e p tib le persons may have to d is c o n tin u e t h e i r ex p o su re to g a s o lin e f o r some fcir.e, or perhaps even In d e fin i t e l y In o rd er to he cured o f t h e i r s k in in ju ry * We have s tu d ie d c a r e f u l l y a fe u su c h cases and have found th a t they are s e n s itiv e to various m a t e r i a l s in th e g a s o lin e * . In no in s ta n c e have we found any p e rso n s who r e a c t e d to th e in g r e d ie n ts o f B th y l F lu id * As a m a tte r of. f a c t , B th y l F lu id i s l e s s i r r i t a t i n g in I t s , co n c e n tra te d form than i s g a s o lin e i t s e l f * I t seems ap p aren t t h a t -some o f th e m a t e r i a l , e s p e c i a l l y th e - u n s a tu r a te d com pounds, which are produced by v a rio u s crack in g p ro cesses, are c o n sid e ra b ly more i r r i t a t i n g to th e sk in than is s t r a i g h t run petroleum d is tilla te * ; I t would b e d i f f i c u l t a t t h i s d ista n c e to express an opinion as to the na tu re of the skin le sio n s In the case of M r * H o w e v e r 1 should be p le a s e d to g iv e you th e b e n e f i t o f my o p in io n i f you co u ld o btain f u rth e r in fo rm a tion aa to th e o n se t, th e appearance and th e p ro g re s s o f Mr. c o n d itio n . I t may w e ll - 2- v . iyx bo t h a t h e h a# a g a s o lin e deipfflatifcisv ba th e o th e r hand nb o i l s " a re l i k e l y to r e s u l t from o th e r c a u s e s , and i t may be th a t th e re Is no r e la tio n between M s co n d itio n and h is co n tact w ith gasoline# I f i t were p o ssib le to tran sm it a o m ^ o re c is e in fo rm a tio n from some p h y s ic ia n who h a s seen Mr. tBjBBHHfcu i t would be much e a s i e r to ex p ress an o p in io n In any c a se I s h a l l be g la d to do w hat I Can tow ard th e so lu tio n of th is problem . Very tru ly yours, RAKjl S ' V . '` Sober t &7 Y'eiioe