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October 28, 1933
Mr, H* L* Miner Safe t y Department E , I , du ?on t de Pemours an d Co#,
W ilm in gton , Delaw are
Dear Mr. Miners
^Through Mr# Sa h a e fe r o f th e M an u fact u r in g Department o f the Eth y l G asolin e Corporation your in q u ir y con cern in g th e u se o f lead ed gaao l'n e in blow t o r c h e s made t o Mr# St a c k e r a t t h e Dy Dorics P la n t ha3 b een b r o u gh t t o my a t t e n t io n * 2 remember t h a t you m en tion ed t h i s m a t t e r t o me in Ch icago some w eeks ago# I was u n ab le t o se e Dr# P an ae le e a t th e Dye Works P la n t t o d i sc u ss th e m a t t e r w it h him so
t h a t I ara w r it in g d i r e c t t o you an d se n d in g a copy o f th e l a t t e r to him*
The d i f f i c u l t y o f o b t a in in g g a so lin e w ith ou t
lo ad i s ob viou sly in cr easin g# I t i s quit ap p ar e n t ,
th erefore, th at gasolin e con tain in g lead is very lik e ly
to be u sed fo r alm ost an y pu rpose fo r which ga so lin e
i s u se d * Sh e Et h y l D aso iln o C o r p o r at io n an d th e d i s
t r ib u t o r s o f Eth yl G aso lin e w ill do what th ey can to
preven t th e u se o f le ad e d g a so l'n e fo r pu rposes oth er
th an au tom ob ile fu e l# However I t i s quit c e r t a in t h at
t h ey w i l l n o t e n t i r e l y su c c e e d * l u s t w h at may e v e n t u a lly
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i s alm o st c e r t a i n t h a t I t w i l l b u se d in some m easu re
in blow t o r c h e s# I t seem s i n e v i t a b l e t o me t h a t th e
u se o f le ad e d ga so lin e in blow torch es w ill r e su lt in
d iffic u lt ie s o f th e type describ ed in your le t t e r # I
am no t e c h n ic a l e x p e r t on t h is m a t t e r b u t i t seem s
r e a so n a b le t o n s t h a t some d e p o sit s may o ccu r in an d
ar ou n d t h e Je t s an d t h a t some c o r r o sio n o f t h e p a r t s
male t ak a p l a c e * I sh o u ld b e i n t e r e st e d in kn owin g ju s t
how much d i f f i c u l t y I s l i k e l y t o b e o c c a sio n e d by t h i s ,
an d w h eth er o r n ot i t w i l l be o f an y im por tan ce from
a sa fe t y p o in t o f view# I sh ou ld im agin e t h at th e bad
e ffe c t s from th e p o in t o f view o f in ju r y t o equipm en t
w ould b n o r e s p o n s i b i l i t y on th e p a r t o f g a so lin e d i s
t r ib u t o r s b u t would be r a t h e r an accep t ed r e sp o n sib ilit y
on th e p a r t o f g a so lin e p u r ch ase r s*
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From t h e p o in t o f view o f sa f e t y In r e l a t i o n to lead ab sorp tion , I can n ot con ceive of the lead ed gasolin e givin g r ise to occu pation al h azard. F ir st of a l l th e t h e amoun ts o f le a d o c c u r r in g In th e fume from th e blow to r ch w ill be very sm a ll. 38con dly th ey w i l l be so d issip a t e d by th e r e su lt an t a ir cu rren ts th at th ey can so ar cely be expected to r e su lt In ap p reciab le lead ab so r p t io n . X do n ot fe e l t h at th oro ia any fa c t o r o f d an ge r o f an y moment In v o lv e d I n th e p r a c t i c e o f u sin g lead ed gaso lin e in blow t o r ch e s.
I w otild a p p r e c ia t e i t v e r y much In deed I f you would g iv e me an y fu r t h e r In fo r m at io n w h ich you h ave o r may l a t e r h ave on t h is m a t t e r , o r on an y o t h e r m a t t e r s w h ich may come t o y ou r n o t ic e w h ich a r e r e l a t e d t o h azar d s asso ciat e d w ith th e d ist r ib u t io n o f leaded gaso lin e .
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