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Th e Un it e d Sa f e t y Se r v ic e PUBLISHERS of THE SATE FOREMAN 180 NORTH WACKEB DRIVE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS January 20, l$kz llr. X. X. Fasig, General Superintendent, The Love Brothers Oompany, Dayton, Ohio Dear llr. Fasig! . . ihank you for your letter of January lSth about our artlole on lead poisoning. We are always glad to hear fron our subsorlbers and to profit from any suggestions they offer us. I haws talked to several people about the points you mention. The 8afety Engineers do not CO know of any lnetanoes where workers have gotten lead poisoning from breathing in the fumes of freshly applied paint. Thus, from a practical viewpoint, our example was a poor one. To get across the point we bad in mind we should have seleoted something else. Unquestionably your oriticism is good. However, llr. H. C. Lassen, the chemist to whom we referred this question , says that the lines you quote are correct. He tells me that ^recent tests have shown that people sleeping in a room freshly painted with paint which contains lead will have seme lead 11l their bodies. He says the amount is enough to measure but he doesn't say how long it would be before it would be enough to cause lead poisoning. I am sorry we didn't use a littls more oare In prtparlng this article. I trust ws will bs abls to do better in the future. Very truly yours. Th e b h it e d s a f e t SERVlCE * Richard H. Porter, E liaaager. N18334 0007-SWP-000030963