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Th e B. F. G o o d r i c h C o m p a n y F I R ST IN R U B B E R AKRON, OHIO Septem ber 10, 1953 D r . R. A. Kehoe Ketterin g Laboratory U n iversity of Cin cin n ati C in c in n a t i, Ohio Dear Dr. Keh oe: Th is i s a r e p ly t o you r l e t t e r o f Septem ber 1 , 1953 r e l a t i v e t o th e con tam in ated blood and u r in e specim en s. F o r t u n at e ly , from t h e st an d p o in t o f n ot h avin g t o r e p e a t th e a n a ly sis o f th e th ree in d iv id u als in d icat e d , th ese people are no lon ger in our employ an d, t h e r e fo r e , r e p eat exam in ation s w ill n ot be n ecessar y . . Very t r u ly you rs V. S. LcCormick Department of I n d u st r ia l Hygien e and T o xico lo gy vc 0005628 N 7383 Sep tem b er 1, 1953 M r. W illiam E. M cCorm ick D epartm en t of In d u strial H ygien e and Toxicology The B. F . Goodrich Com pan y A k ron , Ohio D ear M r. M cCorm ick: I regret very m uch to h ave to report to you that the occu rren ce of an accid e n t al con tam in ation of th e a i r in on e of o u r an aly t ical la b o r a t o r ie s r e su lt e d in th e con tam in ation of a se r ie s of sa m p le s w ith le ad in th e p r o c e ss of t h e ir p r e p ar at io n an d a n a ly sis. A p p ar en tly the leak age of oil from the b earin gs of the co m p r e sso r of an a ir con dition in g un it in to an a ir duct gave r ise to th e p r e se n ce of fin ely d ivid ed le ad - b e ar in g d u st, w h ich bein g d ep o sited cau se d an unknown am ou n t of le ad to be ad d ed to sa m p le s th en in p r o c e ss. Th e tr ou b le w as n oted fair ly prom ptly, but not b efore a se r ie s of sam p le s h ad been con tam in ated. The r e su lt s of the an aly se s of th ese sam p les a r e quite u se le ss excep t to d isc lo se som eth in g of th e n atu re an d d u r ation of the d ifficu lty w ith in th e Lab o r at o r y , an d t h e r e fo r e t h o se in volved in th e e p iso d e w ill n et be r ep o r t e d . I lin t b elow th e n am es of y o u r grou p of e m p lo y e e s w h ose sa m p le s w er e in volved , t o ge t h e r w ith th e type of su ch sa m p le s, an d r e q u e st th at you let u s know you r w ish es in th e m at te r of th e rep lacem en t of th ese sam p le s. No ch arge w ill be m ade fo r the an aly sis of eon tam in ited sam p le s, sin ce th e fau lt is ou r own. I r e gr e t the in con ven i en ce to w h ich you m ay be put by t h is c ir c u m st a n c e . O ur own lo ss in th e m it t e r is co n sid e r ab le , sin ce som e of th e sam p le s in volved in som e of our experim en tal w ork cannot be replaced . O n ly r a r e ly h ave we exp er ien ced d ifficu ltie s o f th is type, but it m ay be u sefu l to call atten tion to th is a s one of the p rob lem s th at atten d th e con duct of m icr o ch em ical an aly se s of elem en ts th at a r e so w ide sp r e a d in n atu r e a s le ad . Th e tem p o of o u r w ork w ill be r e t ar d e d som ew h at by th e n e c e ssit y of m ak in g ce r t ain r e p a ir s an d of clean in g out the a ir d istrib u tion sy st em of the in volved an aly tical a r e a , but we sh all com plete the sam p le s on hand plu s an y d u p licates th at m ay be su p p lied to u s, at th e e a r lie st p o ssib le tim e. In o r d e r to sav e t im e we a r e forw ardin g to you th e con tain ers and equipm en t req u ired to du plicate th e sam p le s list e d below : KB" 0005629 M r . W illiam E . M cC o r m ick - (2) - Se p t e m b e r , 1953 U rin e Sam p les Urin e an d Blood Sam p les Very tru ly y ou rs, Robert A . Keh oe, M. D. RA r 0005630