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HIIWTS POINT MULTI- SFRVICE CENTER, CHRP. Department nf Health Education 810 East 152nd Street Rronx, New York 104S5 Paul Meiias Chairman L. ?, A. i?(?aFnn<iEfB NOV 2 01972 rasEU'cnEiiy Ramon S. Velez President Lead Industries Association Inc, 292 Madison Ave, New York, N.Y. 10017 Dear Sirs: This letter is forwarded in form of an Inquiry. Is the industry publishing, thru its public Information or education division, any literature explaining the hazards of lead poison among children While I understand that the Industry Is recognizing the problem of lead posonlng among children and Is. Manufacturing leadfree paints of interior surfaces: our concern is over the eating of lead paint chipping off old tenements In the ghettoes of the South Bronx and Hunts point. Since we serve Both these areas, as a non-profit agency providing comprehensive health services to the residents therein any literature you can forward will be used as an educational aide. If you also have literature in Spanish, It would be greatly appreciated since the area Is comprised of 74 A% Spanish speaking residents. Can you forward this literature In bulk? If so we could use several thousand pieces, please forward to the above address, to the 3rd floor. Hunts Service