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January It, 1041 Onitad Safety Eenrlee, 100 V. Weaker Driv*, Chi* ego, Illlnol*. lttntlni S. H, Porter, Editor Oastlamant Is your January 1041 loouo of "JTfll Ufl FCUCtf* appears os ortlelo on peg* 10 titled "Load Poisoning*, Thor* or* oororol statement* In that ortlel* that should b* alarIfled, Tha etateennte to whloh I refer ara quoted bolooi `Think of fraahly applied pa1st on a vail tiring off fwi. This may contain load and la tha fwaa scat* of tha load la traveling through the air, Without rantllatlon to keep the air frash tha load eaa roaoh tha ltaga and thus aottla la the body.* While It nay not har* baas the Intention of tha author to imply that all paint aontains lead, still tha first a tataanat.quoted above (Ives tha suggestion to tha roador that all point applied cm a mail contains laad. It nay be that ay Interpretation la a bit erltloal but I bailor* thar* la room for Improvement la tha statement. The etatoaant that tha paint may oDetain lead and in tha fuss* soma of tha laad la traveling through tha air, la aart*inly open to question. I am quite sura that thar* has boon no outstanding reeoareh that haa pro duced orldanaa that paint fiaoa oontaln laad although tha paint from whloh tha fuses origin*to say oootain a high paroantago of laad pigment* If you have ovidonoo that suoh la tha aato, I certainly would b* glad to obtain the information. Tha fuaas from drying point may oontaln volatile produota that ara offensive to oomo pooplo, but novor have I found any eridaooa that tha08 fan** oontaln natal oompoumda from tha paint*. Wa full realise the dasgor from load polaoDlng "d it la part of our polloy t* puhllols* to our employ*** and our ouatOMr* tho safety measure* naaaasary la handling laad compounds, ha ara anrioua, howarar, to make aart*in that our instructions are In aaoordanoo with tha faata. * try never to exaggerate the daagara,neither do w* want to mlnlmito thorn, he have aeon quit# a suabor of example* of orromooua diagnoaas on tho part of phytlolana booauao of tholr uafamlllarlty with tho truo symptom# of laad poisoning and tholr assumption that all paints are potential dangers baeauso of load oompouadt. Fortunately, thar* ara aavaral vary dafinlt* nethoda of tasting today that allminatc all guatanrork in tha diagnoal* of laad poisoning. N18340 0007-SWP-00003096] I'] IUM kfrtjr Iv t Ih , heat* - W, 1MI* '.' Tow oowasta will b* wry anoh apptaalotad, ta Tool that paint has had an ooaaaol Tint of onfavorabla publicity alone **# Ilaan of load poiaonlag tho aodloal profosalcn thrash wfanillarlty with tha farta. Wa ma aatlaflad that thU la as oniatantlonal ootidition. Tart vary traly* s b un atoiuu oowrmr nrM * Fade # w j .. a, V 0007-SWP.000030962