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. /, 'T? * * sr* S7^ P rTP r f% k X' H tav jiV- T, r> | a f? il 8>fclw B ARMY SERVICE FORCES ARM Y INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE LABORATORY JO H N S H O P K IN S U N 1V ERSITY SC H O O L O F H Y G IE N E AND PU B L IC H EALTH 61S N O RTH W O LFE STR EE T BALTIMORE-5, MARYLAND 10 O ctober 1944 Dr. R obert A. Kehoe K etterin g Laboratory C in c in n a ti, Ohio Dear Doctor Kehoe: The fo llo w in g in fo rm a tio n , alth o u g h n o t co m p lete, i s a l l t h a t I have on hand a t th e moment, and X am se n d in g i t to you f o r w hat v alu e i t m ig h t b e. The specim ens marked 1, 2, 3, 4 , 6, 8, and 9 were tak en from in d iv i d u a ls who have been exposed t o th e P a r - a l- k e to n e sp ra y s in c e December 1943. The in d iv id u a l whose specim ens were marked 5 is an o p e ra to r of a m obile sp ray in g u n it a ls o exposed sin c e December 1943. The in d iv id u a l whose specim ens w ere marked 12 was th e O f f ic e r - in - c h a r g e who was exposed th re e hours a day e ith e r im m ediately in th e sp ray room or c lo s e ly a d ja c e n t to i t . The in d iv id u a ls whose specim ens were marked 7, 10 and 11 were not exposed to the spraying o p eratio n but were working a t p o in ts n ear by where th e y would have some e x p o su re . The p r e p a r a tio n P a r - a l- k e to n e employed a s a r u s t p r e v e n tiv e c o n ta in s 5% le a d . I f i t i s co n v en ien t f o r you to go to Boston the l a t t e r p a rt of next week, I should be very glad to accompany you and observe th is o p e ra tio n . I f t h i s i s p o s s i b l e , p le a s e l e t me know im m e d ia te ly , so th e o rders can be w ritte n fo r you. This u su ally re q u ire s 2 or 3 days sin ce they have to be w ritte n in W ashington. M eanwhile, i f th e re i s any in fo rm a tio n th a t you would l i k e to h av e , p le a s e l e t me know. I am le a v in g B a ltim o re th is aftern o o n and w ill re tu r n th e morning of Saturday the 1 4th. Sincerely yours, 0005412 I n c l. (t r i p .) "Names o f W orkers Exposed to Lead. Rust -Raymond H u ssey ,! L ieu t. C olonel, M edical Corps, D irector. Preventive S p r a y O p e r a t i o n ; Boston P o rt of Em barkation" r N 7333  Y iv f j < 9* ;. C T ? * * r* * "' Et CutVivv- Hfew*t> NAMES OF WORKERS EXPOSED TO LEAD RUST PREVENTIVE SPRAYING OPERATION BOSTON PORT OF EMBARKATION No. 1^ 2^ rr ^ 4 5 6 -/, 7= 8x 9y 10* 11 v 12% Age U rine Blood 33 25 19 34 44 37 57 23 19 21 45 25 .14 .075 .18 .09 .11 .06 .30 .07 .08 .075 ? ^ .41 .08 .15 .075 .15 .08 .15 .065 .10 ,06 .12 .05 .07 .035 Sam ples o f b lo o d and u r in e s e n t to D r. R o b e rt A. Kehoe, K e tte rin g L ab o rato ry , C in c in n a ti, O hio, and rep o rted on by teleg ram . \ -RAYMOND HUSSEY L ie u t. Colexael, M edical Corps, Commanding. co T '"! 3 lO O o ! CD U4 A R M Y I N D U S T R I A L H Y G I E N E L A S O ^ > c r 'O R Y N 7333.01