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GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY ED M ORE. M I C H I G A N . . . T ELEP H O N E AREA CO D E 517 HA mi l i on 7-5151 M AGN ETI C M ATERI ALS SECTI ON Jan u ar y 8, 1963 The K e t t e r in g Lab o r a t o r y College o f Medicine Eden Avenue C in cin n at i 19, Ohio A t t 'n : Rob er t A. Keh oe, M .D., D ir e c t o r Dear Dr. Keh oe: I want t o th an k you fo r t h e m ost th orou gh and fr an k r e p o r t con cer n in g t h e c o n d it io n o f ou r o p e r a t io n h er e i n Edmore w ith r e ga r d t o m ercu ry and le a d h e alt h h a z a r d s. As a r e s u l t , we a r e makin g some ch an ges, ar e p lan n in g some o t h e r ch an ges, w h ile t h o se o t h e r c o n d it io n s which are u n d esirable a t p resen t, ar e bein g corrected in our plan n in g fo r th e n ext expan sion o f our f a c i l i t i e s . I w i l l sa y a lso t h a t we h ave ac ce p t e d you r c r i t i c i sm con cer n in g t h e fa c t t h a t laym an ar e r e c e iv in g , u sin g , an d f i l i n g many r e p o r t s o f t e c h n ic a l and m e d ical n at u r e . However, w it h t h e p r e se n t ar r an gem en t, t h e i n i t i a t i v e fo r a c t io n s t i l l r em ain s w it h m y se lf and fo r now, I can see no oth er su it a b le so lu t io n . You m en tion ed d u r in g you r v i s i t , t h a t you w ere p lan n in g on c o n t ac t in g George Clay t on t o d i sc u ss some o f t h e t e ch n iq u e s fo r a n a l y si s w ith h im , and a l so t h a t you m igh t p o ssib ly ar r an ge fo r c r o ss ch eck in g o f r e s u l t s on some s p e c i f i c sam p le s. We w ould l i k e t o h ave you do t h i s i f p o ssi b l e , and w i l l b e v e r y h appy t o make an y ar r an gem en ts n e c e ssa r y from t h i s location . I w ould a p p r e c ia t e i t v e r y much i f you w ould forw ard one copy o f t h i s r e p o r t t o Dr. C. M ar t elon fo r me so t h a t he may b e k e p t a b r e a st o f our e f f o r t s here to reduce our h ealth h azard s. Yours v e r y t r u ly , George D. Hooper GDH/vw 0005571"