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J . B . H A F F N E R .PRESIDENT J. M . B O W L .B Y .V tC E PRESIDENT K . C . B R O W N E L L , VICE U . A . M A R T I N O , VICE PRESIDENT R O B E R T LINDLEY 2IE G F E L D , SECRETARY- TREASURER PRESIDENT N E W YORK 17, IV. Y. M ANFRED BOW DITCH DIRECTOR O F HEALTH AND SAFETY February 1 1 9 5 6 Robert A. Kehoe, M .D., D ir e cto r K ettering Laboratory U n iversity of C incinnati Eden Avenue C in c in n a ti 1 9 , Ohio Dear Bob: You may remember t h a t , i n r e s p o n s e t o my r e q u e s t , you w ere k in d enough t o w r i t e me on June 2 iith o f l a s t y e a r a l e t t e r w hich I was a b le t o u s e i n b e h a l f o f one o f ou r A u s t r a lia n member c o m p a n ie s, The Broken H ill A ssociated Sm elters P rop rietary L im ited. I t has ta k en some tim e t o se cu re from them a sta tem en t w ith regard to th e l e g i s l a t i v e tro u b le s w ith which th ey were and are b e s e t, b u t t h i s has now come in th e l e t t e r o f w hich a cop y i s h e r e w ith , s e n t w ith th e th ou gh t t h a t you may f in d i t o f some i n t e r e s t . The "A ct" r e f e r r e d to in Mr. L o v e' s paragraph numbered s i x i s by a l l odds th e most str in g e n t p ie ce o f a n ti-le a d -p a in t le g is la t io n e v e r t o come t o my a t t e n t i o n . L e t me know i f you c a r e t o s e e i t . MB: GW E n clo su re HE 0014300 THE ? r Airaails HI LL, v/ J/ CI MT!: ; V.OFia'Ti . t y I V Z TD 'Joiliiw House, Eelbouraa, C. 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'.Ve have b e e n g la d t o nave i n i s in fo r m a tio n on hand in c a se o f need 1 Ti may oc n f i n t e r e s t i f vm s o t o u t b r i e f n o te s on t h e a t t i t u d e of ih n a u t h o r it i e s in t i l l s co u n tr y tow ard s th e u se ox len d in g e n e r a l nno c a in tn in p a rtic u la r, 5 , ,Ir-guiationa r e l a t i n g to in h e a lth o f lo a d w orkers i n th e l a t e o f fie to r ia a r e a lr e a d y known to you bavin?; oeen s e n t t o you w ith ou r i.r-tte r -'>373 o f the lith Pesemner, 1?53. 6 . T r, F o n lg e r , i n his l e t t e r d a te d 3 r d J u n e , l b ? 5* e n c lo s e d w ith r r . P ow ditoh l e t t e r d a te d i h M i June* r e f e r s t o r e p o r t from Q u e en sla n d . Th 'ueenslaad lep arim en t hand ling h e a lth end raedical s e r v ic e s has fo llo w ed t h is m a tte r up v e r y s t r o n g l y and r e c e n t l y t h e lu e o a s la n d L e g i s la t u r e p a s s e d a lav? en t i t l e d ''The ile a lt h A c ts /iCiendaent A c t o f 17-55" w h ich amounts t o a t o t a l p r o h i b i t i o n on th e us o f p a in ts c o n ta in in g lo a d . In t h i s c a s e th e q u e s tio n o f b lin d -- n e ss, so fa r a s we know, did n ot a r is e , A copy o f t o la Act i s n closod la c a se you ..rule; l i k e to s e e i t . 7* I n i s proposed L e g is la t io n , w h ils t s t i l l under c o n s id e r a tio n , was d ia e n sso d a t l e n g t h w it h t h e Q u een slan d a u t h o r i t i e s b u t t h e y p ro v ed q u i t e adam ant arid w ould not con sid er any m odification 8 . 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The V ic t o r ia n a u t h o r i t i e s c o n te m p la te L e g i s l a t i o n o f w h ich t h e e f f e c t may be summarised as fo llo w s* HE 0014907 ' X<* 1. r c e g u la tin n s -w i l l b e p rom u lgated In t h e n e a r .fu tu r e nndr t h e P oison s L e t, and i l l p r o b a b ly be o p e r a t i v e a s from l - 8 e t-v 9 r>56 3y i.hai d ^ fe i t i s e x p e c te d t h a t a l l sa rra fa cta riirit f il l be abl-v t a c l e a r t h e i r awn s t o c k s o f p a in t n o t com plying w ith th e i'-higuifitijone. 2 A ll p ig sen te d . a r c h it e c t u r a l p a in t s o ld f o r d o m e stic u s e , th e pigm ent o f w h ich c o n t a in s more th a n 1;1 o f s o l u b l e l e a d c a l c u l a t e d a s Phc? a s d e t e r * n in a d to? t h e s p e c i f i e d m ethod (Copy of* sm ieh i s a t ta c h e d h e r e t o ) a ro t o bear the follow in g sta tm e n tt- Cnj|?AISn hv m `u st n o t b e a s a d nn r o o f s u s e d f o r w a te r c o l l e c t i o n o r on a r t i c l e s u s e d by c h i l d r e n . The eo rd a rC'9!?Al?Io LKi.l"5' m ast b e i n s t y p e s i s e n o t s m a lle r th a n t h a t o f th e name o f th e c o lo u r ap p ea rin g on t h e t in * The rem ainder o f th e d e c la r a tio n ay b e in sm e lle r ty p e , provided i t i s la r g e enough to bn c le a r ly leg ib le, . The aaove statem en t must on p laced in n s'lnspicuone p o s itio n on tan Lin, p referab ly on th e l i d . I ts in c lu sio n w ith th e tr a c tio n s fo r o iil net be -perm itted. 3a :'ne u e r a ass u se d above w h ich r e f e r a vo ,-a in t n n ld f o r d o m e stic u se , i s to In terp reted in th e broadest .sense and, w ithout U n itin g the `r d i n s r y m ean in g, in c lu d e s an y snbstaw c * o f any h in d w h a ts o e v e r used o r intended to be used, fo r a p p lica tio n as a colou rin g or p ro tectiv e co stin g to any s u r fa c e . th e vusa in c lu d e s o i l p ain t w ater p a in t, em ulsion p a in t, 'nssnej, n i t r o c e l l u l o s e la c q u e r and d is te m p e r , b u t e n v i o u s l y d o e s n o t in d u c e uapig rafted f in is h e s su ch a s V arn ish es o r c le a r n i t r o c e llu lo s e la c q u e r . 1 . Tambero o f th e in d u s tr y a r e r e li e v e d from m y o b lig a t io n s to r e fr a in f r o a a d v e r tisin g th e f a c t th e t co se o r a l l o f th e ir products conform to th e H egu lstionai Our s a v ie e i s t h a t t h i s s e c a s r e a so n a b le under a l l t h e c ir c u m sta n c e s and t h a t no good purpose would b e served by tr y in g to op p ose i t . i t seca a to be g e n e r a lly agreed th a t lea d con tain in g p ain ts should n ot be used fo r a r tic le s o f fu rn itu re w ith which In fa n ts and young c h ild r e n tsay ceno in c o n ta c t. T h is in indeed m entioned by f r * "roenburg i n lit? l e t t e r d a te d t h e 15t h Jisn s, 1955", t o "r , ':Uwrditch. 10. i s fa r as w hite lea d p a in ts are concerned use in t h is country secsss to be d isa p p e a r in g and c o n s e q u e n tly i t s i g h t n o t be w o rth w h ile t o d e v o te to o much tin? o r t r o u b le t o corsbat l e g i s l a t i o n a g a in s t t h e us o f a -ra t e r i a l w h ich m y d io s; p e a r i n any c a se b efore so very lo n g . n a tu ra lly deplore th e d eclin in g use o f w h ite lead p a in ts b u t t h e r e i s no p o in t i n r e fu s in g t o f a c e f a c t s . The ns o f le a d f o r c o lo u r s and f o r u n d e r c o a ts seem s f i n a l y e s t a b l i s h e d and l i k e l y t o c o n t in u e , -:"e w ould b e i n t e r e s t e d t o have any v ie w s you may c a r e t o e x p r e ss on th e p rob ab le fu tu r e o f w h ite load p ain t fo r fin ish in g c o a ts, 1 1 . r a y we s a y a g a in t h a t wo v e r y ranch a p p r e c ia t e th e c o - o p e r a t io n wo h a v e had from you and in th e even t o f any fu r th e r d i f f i c u l t y h ere we s n a i l be o n ly to o g la d to a v a il ou rselves o f your kind a ssista n c e once a g a in . ~ Hk 0014908 /s / i br Tours f a it h f u lly , S . Love Brian T aylor -