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MARK F . BOYD. M.D..
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MEMBER
J . E R N E S T E D W A R D S . D . D . S .. MEMBER
MIAMI
Jlnrt Iflarir of Hralt?
W ILSO N T. S O W D E R . M .D ..
STATE HEALTH O FFICER
PO ST O FFICE BOX 210
BUREAU O F PREVENTABLE D ISEA SES R. F. S o n d a g . M .D.
D IR E C T O R
JA CK SO N V ILLE 1
December 12, 1949
DIV ISION S VENEREAL DISEASE CONTROL
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE CANCER CONTROL
D r. R obert A. Kehoe The K etterin g LaboratoryC ollege o f Medicine - Eden Avenue U niversity of C incinnati C in c in n a ti 19, Ohio
Dear D octor Kehoe:
This -will acknowledge w ith thanks the re c e ip t of your l e t t e r of November 28 about the a irp la n e ta n k clean in g o p eratio n s a t E astern A ir Lines in Miami, F lo rid a . I agree w ith your opinion th a t a serio u s lead hazard is n o t to be expected.
I am g la d t o l e a r n t h a t y o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n i s t a k i n g on
t h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n . Our chem ist is a tte n d in g a p o s tg ra d u a te c o u rs e ,
c o n s e q u e n t l y , t h e volume o f our l a b o r a t o r y w ork i s r e s t r i c t e d . We
have made o n ly a few p r e l i m i n a r y d e t e r m in a tio n s f o r E a s te r n A ir L in e s ,
th e r e s u lt s o f which a re f r e e l y a v a ila b le to you i f you wish them.
So f a r as s u g g e s tio n s a re c o n c e rn e d , I have v e ry l i t t l e t o o f f e r .
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I th in k th a t Dr. Edwards1 idea of doing lead determ inations of
employees before and a f t e r exposure would be a sound p ro ced u re. A lso,
you might wish to en larg e the b a s is of your study by co n tactin g th e
Pan American A i r L in e s i n Miami. The p l a n t p h y s i c i a n i s D r. Jo h n T.
MacDonald, 813 In g rah am B u i l d i n g , Miami. We w ould a p p r e c i a t e h e a r
ing th e re s u lts of your work in th is in v e s tig a tio n .
Hoping t o see you in Chicago in A p r i l , I am
'"Youps v ery t r u l y ,
Jo h n M. McDonald, M .D ., D i r e c t o r D iv isio n of I n d u s tr ia l Hygiene
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