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LlftZl''78 LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 0 CAST A*NO STRICT NEW YOU* 17. M.Y. OotObeT ^ ^ QUARTERLY REFCRT 0? THE SEC RETART July 1 to September 30, 1957 The following report covers the highlights of Association activities, during the third quarter of 1957. More detailed information on these activities or others not onura rated herein will be supplied on request. GENERAL 1. Lead" - Another Issue of the quarterly "Load* was distributed to our mailing list of nearly 50,000 people, and still another was prepared and Is In the hands of the nrlntcrs. 2. Research Survey - The "Evaluation of Research Needs and Formulation of a Research Program" for L.I.A., started by Battelle Manorial Institute in May, has proceeded on schedule. Three eenthly progress reports were submitted by the Institute to our Technical Steering Comittee and a nesting to discuss findingr infernally is being arranged for our Committee and Battelle personnel for October. 3. Cable Sheathing - John Robertson Co. has informed us that the experimental extrusion press is' under construction and may be ready for operation this fall. h. Annual Meeting, 1958 - Arrangements with the hotel for the 1958 annual meeting have been completed. TE will be held Jointly with the American line Institute at tho Chase and Park Plaza Hotels in St. Lcuis cn .'.pril lii-16, 1958. The first day will be devoted to the Zinc Institute necting, the second morning to a Joint session, and the second afternoon and third morning to L.I.A. sessions. 5. '-Bcrtcnn Mining Congress - Tho Sccrotary attended the annual meeting of the Western Division of A.U.C. in Salt Lake City. 6. Publicity - A number of publicity releases on various applications of load were picked up by the press. special artiolo was prepared for publication in the house organ of Lyfces Eros. Steamship Co. 7. Annu'l Review - Tho annual review of technical developments in lead was pre pared for "Industrial and Engineering Chemistry," and will appear shortly. Re prints will bo circulated. Hi- .ITR AND S. JETT 6. Governmental Throahold Limit for Lead in Air - '71th tho publication in SepU-cber of thu "Threshold Limit Valu-s for i.5$T,` --oorlcan Conferonco of Ooverawntal Rygionists, tho olltsrablo limit for lead in the atmosphere of work jiyy 'HM' ,I,. WW,-nr--rty^wyseff--o mm. ny ^t?31iiiHMHiU WIKWIUIBHI'U LIA21479 ym 'w>P O pmmwwi Quarterly Report -2 - October 1, 1957 places was officially Increased form the long-accepted 0.15 to 0.2 milligrams por 0 cubic me tor of air, .'.s was pointed out in our Lead Hygiene and Sa/otjr Bulletin No. 125, Sept. 25, 1957, this 33 l/3< increase followed the recommendation of a subcommittee of the American Standards .'.asoclation of which our health end safety director is chairman. 9. Rod Lead Paints in Potable Water Supply Tanks - To prove the fallacy of on opinion adverse to tho use of rod lead points cn the interiors of potable water supply tanks, given by an official of the U. S. labile Health Sorvice in 19h9 and accepted at that time by the Army Engineers, a study of ths lead content of waters in tanks so painted was initiated by us in 1950 and, with uniformly fuvorable results, is still being carried on. The value of thle study was demon strated anew in August of this year, when, os the result of erics propaganda for competing prints, the Stool Structures Painting Council and a committee of tho American VTatcr '.forks Association again brought this practice into question. As this is written, thoro is every reason to believo that the more than seventy findings to dato in our study will again serve to support tho entire safety of this use of red load paints. 10. Warning Labels - As had been prodicted, a wave of legislation relative to requirement of warning labels on products allegedly hazardous to health has been sweeping the country. With tho cooporatlon of the Hrnufacturlng Chemists1 Associ ation, such legislation has been watched in tho 0, S. Congress and in the States of Idaho, Indiana, Iona, Kansas, Maryland, lUnncsota, Nebraska, New Tork, North Carolina, Texas and Washington, with results on tho whole favorable to cur effort 0 to secure uniformity in such enactments. As a further movo toward uniformity, a conference was hold on September 26th with representati vus of tho M.C.A., with the purpeso of bringing their labelling reeonnendatlons into lino with thoso of tho American Standards Association. .. major victory In this field was tho roversal, by the North Carclins Supremo Court, of a lcwer court deolalcn In which hoavy damages had been awarded for failure to label a shipment of lithargo as "poison.* 11, Lead Poisoning from 'Actor Exhausts - The allegation in 1955, by a Los Angelos group, that lead from the exhausts of motor vehicles using ethyl gasoline consti tuted a hazard to the public health, was effectively rebutted t/ measurements of lead in street air, secured from officl'l sources in half a dozen major cities, none of which indicated concentrations remotely approaching a hazardous level. That eternal vigilanco la required in this, as in all such propaganda adverso to lead, was shewn in August and September of this year, when the allegation was again put forward from tho Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago. Rebuttal of these latest statements is currently under way. 12, Childhood Lead Poisoning - The problem of childhood plumbism continues to vex us in a variety of ways, In our favor was the fact that the Health Department of Philadelphia submitted to us, prior to publication, the manuscript of a leaflet on this subject, thus enabling its modification. The allegation that children t may be poisoned by load in newsprint Is again to the fore. To settle this once and for all, arrangements are being for analytical work at a competent laboratory, Tho last week of September brought telephone roquodta for assistance from two agencies of tho U. S, Public Health Service and the Health Deportments of New Jersoy and California in connection with largo importations of Japanese toys stated to bo coatod 'dtta paints containing c high preeentago of lead. Though a North Carolina Importer is said to be withholding those toys fron the market pending investigation, it sooma doubtful that there is any legal moans to prevent their sale. It is our belief and that of the Toy Manufacturers of the U.S.A., Inc. that no toys made in this country are ooatod with load paints. f I m LlA 'T9~m *1 *80 *?*?? Quarterly Report -3 " October 1, 1957 13, Publicstlons on Lead Hygiene - Soctlon 10 of our manual on Lead In the Ceramic 0Industries has been reprinted with the title "Handling Lead Compounds In the Ceraado Industries" and supplied to manufacturers of lead-bearing frits for dis tribution to their customers ns a means of securing safe use of these products. Arrangements have been made with the Industrial Hygiene Foundation to prepare the section on Load Hygiene for the forthcoming Monograph on Load of the American Chemical Society, As one of its Hygienic Ouldes Series, the American Industrial Hygiene Association is preparing such a guide on the safe use of lead and its compounds. Through the courtesy of the ccmittee in charge of this work, the draft of the guide has bson submitted to us for criticism and a nusber of changes have been suggested, lLi. A.A.A.S. Industrial Hygiene Program - The Engineering Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science has arranged for its program at the annual meeting in December several papers on industrial hygiene subjects, includ ing the detection and control of such atmospherio contaminants as lead dust and fume. As a member of the section's Program Cormdttee, our health and safety director has been active in securing national ly-kncam speakers for the program. 15, Lead Hygiene and Safety Bulletins - three Lead Hygiene and Safety Bulletins have been mailed to our members during the quarter, METALLIC 'SAD PRODUSTS 16. Sweet's Catalog - The four-page catalog on lead roofing and flashing for Sweet's In ly^O wascompleted and proofs approved. The catalog on load plumbing was written and proofs are await*i, 17, National Chemical Exposition - The design of our exhibit for the Rational Chemical Exposition was epprovod and a contract signed for its construction, 18. Solder - The Soldering Handbook has been completed except for the re-writing of cur chapter. 19, Apprentice Training - Awards were presented to the three best lead workers in tho International Plumbers'.Apprenticeship Contest held at Purduo University. Ur. Borcina served os Judge of lead work, 20. Instruction in Lead Work - Mr. Tetman conducted a series of courses In instruction of lead work lcr instructors of apprentices, hold at the same time. 21, Corrosion Resistance - Mr. Mullarkey prepared an extensive article on the use of lead to handle corrosives in the oil refining 'ndustry which was accepted for publication and will appoar shortly in "Petroleum Refiner,* 22. How Flushing Tool - He are cooperating with the inventor and manufacturer of a new tcol which materially speeds and simplifies wiping Joints in lead pipe, He believe that general adoption of this tool by the plumbing industry will plaoe lead in a much better competitive basis. 23, Construction Bulletin - The third in our series of Lead Building Construction bulletins has been propared and Is roady for the printer. It deals with lead chemical laboratory Installations, V I Wr- W* wvrmm Li a ? l*Bl -* i r,inr~ir>""-,,`'t~-"*-*^`^i - - - *-t'-^1'- ------- ^ Quarterly Report -U - October 1, 1957 CER-JCCS 2h. Supploncnt - The first supplement to "Lead In the Ceramio Industries" Is in the hands cf Vna printors and should be ready for distribution in October. Two ether supplements are in preparation. 25. Exhibits - Design waa approved and a contract signed for construction of nine permanent exhibits on lead in ceramics which will be denoted to accredited college* teaching oeranics. 26. Research - A grant was mads for a third graduate research fellowship, this one at Ohio Stato University, to be devoted particularly to glaaes for clay sewer pipe and sanitary ware, 27. Supplies - The paper delivored by the Secretary at 1956 annual meeting of the American Ceraalo Society assuring ceramists of adequate lead supplies in the future, appeared in the Ceramio Society ftilletln and reprints were obtainod. 28. Advertising - Monthly page ads continued to appear in "Ceramio Industry" and the ^American Ceramio Society Bulletin." 29. Ceramic Technical Coniittee -- This Committee net in Into September and re viewed our ceramic program to date. It laid out a recommended program to be followed in 1958. FED LEAD 30. Highway Painting Brochure - A promotional brochure on red load paint for Highway structures is in preparation to supplement Technical Letter Bo. 12 hy adding a ^Teeter sales impact. 31. Red Lead Technical Comlttee - This Comittce net in late September and reviewed this work to date. A recommended program for 1953 was then laid out. .32 Advertising - The advertising program for 1957, consisting of six one-page ado in "Engineering News-Record," was concluded la September. 33. Research - All files and reports of the i.5 research projects conducted by the lied Lead Technical Committee fer the past seme fifteen years were reviewed, con densed, end brought up-to-date. 3li. Technical Letters - Material for two now Red Lead Technical Letters has been gleaned frem research projects. They can be Issued as soon as funds are made available for the purpose, 35. Reprints - D. B. StoInman, engineer who designed the Mackinac Bridge find one of tho country's top bridge engineers, ordered 1,000 reprints of tho article in "Load" describing tho painting of tho Mackinac Bridge with rod load paint. Although Mr. Stelnman offered to pay for those reprints, L.I.A, supplied them gratis bocauso of tho invaluable publicity to be obtained through distribution of the article by such an authority. V^*~ ---- I < 'U'W," win, W.ur4p:jp>iiiipiii'ii IS LIA21482 Quarterly Report 5 October 1, 1957 RADIATION S3T1JIIH0 0 36. Rational Chcnlc.il Exposition - lead radiation shielding, with particular reference to the uso of radio-active isotopes now being employed more and moro extensively in the chemical processing industries, is being included in plans for cur exhibit at tho national Chemical Exposition. 37. A.S.T.M. Specifications - On request, we have cooperated with i.S.T.U. in formation of a task. Group to explore possible specifications for sheet lead for nuclear shielding and expect to be represented on this group. Respectfully submitted, (rrd* Secretary, a $