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WINTH ROP W . ALDRICH MORGAN B. BRAIN ARD H OWARD COONLEY BENJ AMIN F. FAIRLESS WILLIAM S. FARISH WALTER S. GIFFORD E. ROLAND HAKRIMAN TH OMAS I. PARKINSON ALFRED P. SLOAN. JR. TH OMAS J . WATSON CHARLES E. WILSON
2 0 N O R T H WA C KE R .DRIVE C H I CA GO
COL- TORN ST I LW E LL, Presiden t W . H . CAM E R O N , M an agin g Director
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ch ert A. Seh oe
lAi-terln g Lab oratory o f Ap p lied I h ys io lcg y
U n iver sity c f Cin cin n a ti .
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C in c in n a t i, Ohio
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NED H. DEARBORN Education
I. W. MILLARD Finance and Treasurer
WALTER S. PAINE. industrial Safety
LEW R. PALMER Transportation
A, V. ROHWEDER Home an d Farm Safety
R. T. SOLENSTEN M em bersh ip
LESLIE J . SORENSON Public Safety .
ROY V. WRIGH T Comntunity Councils
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Dear I r . ICehoe:
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h'e e r e a g a in in d e b t e d t o ' you fo r p ou r c r it i c is m s cn t h e le a d p a m p h le t .
ke a p p r ecia te pour p o in t o f view r ega rd in g th e statem en ts cover in g th e n o n -tc::ic e ffe c t s c f le a d when d ep o sited in th e h on es, end th e l i k e l i h coc o f d a n ger from r e v e r s a l o f t h e fle w - - e t c .
Gur h r . 1Z. J . Downing, I n d u s t r i a l H y g i e n is t , b e l i e v e s t h a t t h e s t a t e m en ts w i l l h e a cce p t a b le t o you a s r e c a s t b elow: and t h a t co n s id e r a b le ch an ce fo r h e a lt h p r o m o tion m igh t be l o s t i f we d e le t e d t h e a p p e a l fo r cle a n liv in g and ge n e r a l h e a lt h m a in ten an ce. ills id e a s on t h is r e s u lt from e xp e r ie n ce " in th e. f i e l d " in B a k in s d e t e m in a t io n s o f. le a d co n ce n t r a t io n s . an d fr om s e e in g i l l e ffe c t s from le a d m a n ife s t e d wh ere o ver in d u lgen ce a p p ea r ed a s an im p or ta n t p o s s ib le co n t r ib u t o r y cause-.
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" A u t h o r it ie s d i f f e r a s t o how dam age t o t h e .body n a y t a k e p la ce subsequent to th e d ep o sitio n o f le a d in th e bon es. Some h a ve s u g g e s t e d t h a t t h e flo w o f l e a d m ay b e r e v e r s e d fr om t h e b on es in t o t h e b lo o d (wh ere i t m ay, i f p r e s e n t
in s u ffic ie n t q u a n t it ie s , cau se le a d -p o iso n in g), because' o f a cid o s is , changes o f d ie t , or r e s p ir a t o r y illn e s s . Other a u t h o r it ie s .doubt t h a t t h e above fa c t o r s a r e c h ie fly r e e p o n sih ie fo r th e' m o b iliza t io n , o f le a d from t h e s k e le t o n . I t I s g e n e r a lly a gr ee d , h owever, t h a t p er so n s who may h a ve..lea d d e p o s it e d in t h e i r b o n e s , o r who a r e e r p o s e u t o le a d p o is o n in g h a za r d s , sh o u ld b e s t r o n g ly a d vis e d t o r e fr a in , from o ve r in d u lgen ce ( p a r t ic u la r ly in a lc o h o lic b ever a ges) end fa u lt y d ie t."
You m ay Ye i n t e r e s t e d I n w h a t we h a d in m in d when s u g g e s t in g t h a t s a m p le s o f u rin e to be te s te d fo r lea d be taken under th e su p er vision o f a p h ysicia n . I t was f e l t t h a t in .m an y o f th e sm a lle r p la n t s , th e r e s p o n s ib ilit y fo r s u p e r v is io n o f t a k in g t h e sa m p les wou ld i n e v i t a b ly f a l l t o t h e com pany p h ysicia n , and th a t he, w h ile perhaps n ot s u ffic ie n t ly a p p r ecia tin g th e d an ger o f con ta m in a tion , wou ld he more a p t t o un derstan d, th e s it u a t io n th a n an y o t h e r in d iv id u a l in su ch a p la n t , 'fou r n o t a t io n s a r e ve r y w e ll p u t , an d we w i l l a d op t th em , lie h a ve ad d ed a se n t e n ce a ft e r t h e th o u gh t t h a t t h e sam p les he t a k e n u n d er v e r y c a r e fu l s u p e r vis io n , a s fo llo w s :
"Depen d in g upon t h e s iz e o f t h e p la n t , t h is s u p e r vis io n n a y f a l l to th e in d u s t r ia l p h ysicia n , ch em ist, or la b o r a tor y' te ch n icia n ."
1 wan t t o p a r t ic u la r ly th a n k you fo r you r prom pt a t t e n t io n t o our pam p h let a t a tim e when you a r e so b u s y.
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