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M e m o r a n d u m Concerning a Telephone Conversation wjith nr. H e n Penrose out of Toronto on Tuesday, M a y 25 195q-.s.fc about 3:30 P.M. ! This is related to the m e m o r a n d u m made way To, concerning also a telephone conversation w i t h Hr. Penrose, u r m g tn is conversation, H r . Penrose stated tnat It. of the l01 m e n who h a d b een working since ^ay p on the Sun Oil tank, Itocated on their tank farm out of Toronto have stated that they d6 not feel well, the principal symptom b eing "butterflies in thei:r stomachs." These me n started 'work on the 3 5 00.0-barrel flee ting-roof tank after all cleaning operations h a d b een completed. The lead test- on the air of the tank after cleaning showed a ooncentration of 1 m i c r o g r a m of lead. Most all of the w o r k dorr ^ -T-r -- !-, ^ O & "p 1 A has b e e n done on the roof of the tank and fro m t.he outside, although there have bee n instances where men weipe fox* short periods of time w i t h i n the t a n k . . The w ork cons: jt-ea oi paint burning, wir-e-brushing, cutting and welding* 1113.' s wox. p W -3 O ieen proceeding for the past three weeks. Of the ten men involved in this work, only four have h a d any physical c< men who have complained are i age It? age 1, age 31 and age 3 0 * On casual questioning b y Mr. Penrose no symptoms other th an the gastric disturbance could be elicited. They apparently had no 5nsomnia, no loss of appetite, no nausea, and no colic, Six of the ten men had no complaints whatsoever. There is certainly very little likelihood that the symptoms of these m e n are due to lead absorption. The is certajinlm I a possibility, however, that they may have abso pbed some: lead from their paint-burning operations particularly. Especially beca u s e cf the attitude c-.f the men and bf their immediate ?supervisor it was thought advisable to have them seen by a Griffin physician. Therefore, a call was made to Dr, F r a n k n pf Toronto who has done preemployment examinations ior us and he was asked to make an examination of the fou r men. Mr. Penrose has some sample bottles in storage in Toronto and. the e will be u s e d not only for the collection of urine samples `r o m the compl a i n i n g m e n but also on the other m e n of O x b grou;p of ten who do not have any complaints. Dr. Griffin w ill report his findings to y.s find s m a us unstained blood films from the complaining meh. Lester W. Sanders, n. 0017327