Document 99D574XL5o41NakjG07xO4Z8q

November 6, 19$I}. Mr* John A* Drum Pure -'ll Company oyrncuse, New York ` Dear- Mr. Drums . My associate Dr* Crudgington has reported to me that you are quite anxious to know the extent of the dangers in relation to lead poisoning which are lively bo be experienced b y garage mechanics who work on cars that use Ethyl Gasoline* I should he very glacl if you would let me know nst Y>hat angle of this questionhao excited your interest, or whether there is n peculiar aspect of the problem that is of special interest to you* On a number of occasions we have investigated the lead absorption of a large number of the most prolonged and most seriously exposed garage mechanics without finding lay evidence that there were any dangers from load absorption associated with their work* More over, wo have studied several raen daily over a period of several months under conditions which in my opin'on produce the maximal lead exposure associated with ;he handling of cars \xsing Ethyl Gasoline* V-/e have com pletely failed to find evidences of significant load exposure* The results of these later studies have not been published as yet, but will be published in the near future Our former studies on a large number of garage-mechanics taken at random were published in the Journal of Industrial Hygiene for March 193^ Actually we regard this problem as conclusively settled. On the other hand, we are always ready to look Into any new aspects of the problem Yihich may arise, and I should be very grateful to you* therefore, if you would give me any facts of1 evidences* or even opinions, which impress you as being suggestive of danger In this field* Very truly yours * RAK:IS 00H E ft1.1 0fJ 1MH-1V1 Robert A* Kehoe, JA.D*