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Gould Plant.Danger To Areal
(Continued from Page One) tenance of the company venti
company concessions aimed at
combating the load danger. Dr. Wolfe's study concluded
lating system had been "lax," with large holes in the venti lating ducts, which are used to
that the urine test used by the filter the air.
company to determine lead content in the body is "worth less."
Switch To Blood Test
The company, according to Watts, has agreed to do away
In a meeting with Gould offi cials Oct. 5, Dr. Wolfe said that he advised them to im prove their maintenance procedures in the plant an`d
with the urine test and replace cleanup operations around the
it with blood tests every six to plant. He also suggested that
eight weeks for workers in ; the company be responsible
high risk jobs and every three , for administering blood tests
months for others.
for each child living in the
Dr. Wolfe, who has studied neighborhood.
company medical records ot
No rea Measures
employes since beginning his Since then, he said, he
investigation a year ago, says understands that some im
some 13 men have contracted provements have been made
lead poisoning in the last IS in the ventilation system, but
inonths.
that no apparent attempt has
. On a tour of the plant, Dr. been made to check the possi
Wolfe said he found that fain- . ble infection of neighborhood
children, especially on Dun
ham Street.
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If lead poisoning is contract ed, Dr. Wolfe said, a child can suffer brain damage or mental retardation. Advanced cases are often associated with leadbased paints. He said workers may suffer muscle paralysis if the disease is allowed to go un
checked and it could shorten the life span.
Thomas Spain, superintend ent of Trenton's Gould plant, had no comment on present negotiations with union offi cials, or the Nader report. He referred questions to a Chica go public relations office for the company.
According to Spain, Gould Inc. has one other battery making business in Kankakee, 111., and does a combined $40 million a year business at both pianIs._______________ .
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