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THE ASSOCIATED ETHYL COMPANY LIMITED NORTHWICH CHESHIRE ^ te le p h o n e : N O R T H W iC H 2 2 3 7 . JJ& ad O ffic e A R T ILL E R Y H O U S E , A R T ILL E R Y ROW , L O N D O N , S.W . I. ABBEY 3 0 7 4 . O UR REF. X* 2 YOUR REF Ueleprm ns tCahies: e t h y l p o r t , N O R T H W IC H . d a t e 2nd June, 19^8 directors: N. A . G A SS. J . B. AUG- K ESSLER, (NETHERLANDS) J.W .B O Y LE . F . G .C . M O R RIS. R .H .P O R T E R S . R.W . S E L L E R S - D. A .S H E P A R O , (u . S .A.) A. J . SING LETO N. G. SPRY. , . t . r .a .b ev a n , ( M a n a g in g } Dr. F.A, Kehce, n et -.nr' ng Lm-bora t o r y o f Appiie d P h y s io lo g y , 3 ch o.T o f -io(.1i c i n e , Hden `.vruue; - , Cine in n a ti, tnrjiTOX ' ' ; ' I Dear Dr. /?hoe} I ni s o r r y t o tro u b le you agn in but t h r e e p o in t s n*roe up atft r e c e n t 'tec h n ic ! Committee m eetin g on which I have beer, asked t o ob tain vour comments. ( 1; Sylphon S e e l - Is i t s t i l l b e in g used a t Eaton Rouge and i s i t cons idered s a t i s f a c t o r y ? I did make an en q u iry on t h i s in my l e t t e r o f the loth February, 1948. : (2) The fori', type and c o n s t r u c t i o n o f the a c t i v a t e d -carbon a i r f i l t e r p la c e ! on th e a i r i n l e t o f th e com pressor. , ' . (3) A s e c tio n of the Lanageraent here i s p r e s s in g fo r the removal of s t i l l lo o th s. -Another s e c tio n , including; m yself, want to retain' them, as th e r e bnv.e been number o f l e a k s r e c e n t l y and one s p i l l , and t h e booths at- '. le s t keep th ese is o la te d . I understood from you th at in one b u ild ih g at" ' baton houge th e s t i l l booths h>-d been removed. This made c l e a n i n g and th e : o p e r a tio n much e a s i e r , , and, moreover, th e r e has been -no a p p r e c ia b le ' -increase? in th e lead a b so rp tio n and e x c r e t i o n o f the men employed i n ' t h i s p a r t i c u l a r , building; as compared w ith th ose b u ild in g s in which booths were s t i l l i n s t a l l e d . Has the p ic t u r e , .changed s i n c e Baton Rouge has been on th e reduced . c y c l e snd P h ea v ie r charge? '"as a n y a d d it io n a l v e n t i l a t i o n or r e d e s ig n r e q u ir e d f o r the-h s t i l l floor without booths? . ,g -r l'rofeasor Pavlovsky o f Buenos Aires i s in t h is country a t the moment and P r o f e s s o r Dodds i s throw ing a luncheon p a r t y fo r him tomorrow a t the Dorchester, a t which I s h a ll be p resen t. I am b r in g in g him bck here tomorrow e v e n in g , and showing him round th e p la n t on F r id a y . From .p r e s e n t knowledge he look s a f t e r tw elv e p la n t s in th e Buenos A ires a r e a . He has' been asked by L iisso-O il 1 to a d v ise on the o in tm en ts o f 'c o n su lta n ts a t s.i-x' p r o je c te d pj.a.nt' in other `rtu os* Lr g e n t i n a . I w i l l l e t vou knew th e outcome o f our discussion. As reg a r d s t h i s l e n t a t i -resent, I am sorry to s nowhere . v-o have g o t i t su< e r f i c i e l - l y clean, n1 he ve a gng ;oxng abound doing h e d e t a i l e d c le a n in g in a d d it io n to tn t 1ready A-;ne by th e process A. lch oe, C in c in n a t i. ?nd dune, I 94? Da t b. w orkers. As r e s u l t o f our combined American e x p e r ie n c e s , some s e v e n t y - f iv e m o d ific a tio n s end improvements proposed e r e in beynee owing- to sh o r ta g e o f m a te r ia ls and men, and I cannot s e e ny hope o f a s i g n i f i c a n t improvement in the d eg ree o f exp osure h ere u n t i l t h e s e are com p'leted. In some p la c e s th e r e i s no ho^e o f improvement; fo r exam ple, th ere is not s u f f i c ie n t power in th e exhaust motor in the furnace b u ild in g to perm it the in s t a lla t io n o f a ja c k e t around th e d ry s lu d g e ch u te and torq u e m otor. V,'e have had some p:iretty bad s p i l l s h ere r e c e n t ly , in c lu d in g an o v er flew o f a blending tank, which contam inated about 100 square fe e t o f th e flo o r and ui>set a t e s t I was ru n n in g . "'e had one v o lu n te e r to do a week on p ack in g drums, b le n d in g , s t e n c i l l i n g and bung c le a n in g , who l e t us have a l l sam ples passed Viere and a t home. He was supposed to be on o J2 hour week, w ith one dy o f f in ev ery sev en , b u t, u n fo r tu n a te ly , one week he ws p erm itted to go Up to 70 h o u rs. I t i s known th a t i f 'workers in t h i s p a r t ic u la r b u ild in g do 70 hours w ith o u t a break , th ey a lm o st in v a r ia b ly show v e r y h ig h f ig u r e s , and re uire to come ou t o f th e b u ild in g . I t r ie d to f i x a 40 hour l i m i t w ith one day o f f in sev en , but t h is had to be m od ified to 52 hours to s u i t w orking co alition s. The typ;e o f work had no b e a r in g on th e e x c r e t io n s , w hich, w ith th e e x c e p tio n o f two sa m p les, were above normal but w ith in s a f e l i m i t s , n t m n g e ly enough th e e x c e s s o f s p i l l a g e d id n o t show up in th e lea d e x c r e t io n o f u r in e , and th e e x c r e t io n on th e day o f f was n o t s i g n i f i c a n t l y lo w e r . There was a ten d en cy , how ever, f o r th e e x c r e tio n t o be low er on th e d ry f o llo w in g th e day o f f when the in d iv id u a l had retu rn ed to w ork. I t i s a p p r e c ia te d th a t some co n ta m in a tio n o f th e s e sampues i s in e v i t a b l e . We are p/rop o s in g t o run a fu r th e r t e s t on t h is man fo r th r e e months in th e Autumn. I w i l l n a tu r a lly l e t you have t.he r e s u l t s . L a st month we did a s e r i e s o f t e s t s on d u st masks issu e d to workmen in ih e fu rn a ce and a l l o y b u ild in g s . A ll had been in use fo r a p p ro x im a tely th e same le n g th o f tim e . The lo a d c o n te n t o f th e -e masks was in in v e r s e p ro p o rtio n to th e amount o f le a d found in th e f a e c e s . V.' have, s in c e lea rn ed th a t we may have keen unkind t o some o f th e in d iv id u a ls co n cern ed , as th e f a c e - p ie c e s did n ot f i t , and we are now en d eavou rin g to en su re t h a t t h e ve w i l l be more than one typ e o f f a c e - p ie c e so th a t each in d iv id u a l can ber is su e d w ith re a so n a b le pro tec tio n . V.'i t h k in d e s t p e r so n a l r e g a r d s, .. Yours very sin c e r e ly , RE no.,:,!'