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' r- ir. 3. Herzog ii. S. Hesselberg Pu blic H ealth Aspe cts o f th e Use o f Le ade d Ga s o li n e s New Yo rk .D e tro it larch 2 8 , 19 6 1 The r e c e n t co m m u n icatio n s frcta Am e rican S m e ltin g and R e fi n i n g Company and th e Co n s o lid a te d Min in g ana S m e ltin g Company o f Can ada, Ltd . w h ich h ave be e n fo rw arde d t o E t h y l b y th e Lead I n d u s t r i e s A s s o c i a t i o n h ave r a i s e d th e qu e s tio n o f th e s ta tu s o f In fo rm atio n to combat p o s s ib le e ffo r ts to lim it the use o f leaded gas o lin e s because o f pu blic h ealth co n side ratio n s. I b e l i e v e t h a t o u r m o s t e f f e c t i v e an s w e r t o LLA m igh t be a lo n g th e f o l l o w i n g lin e s: E e fe r them t o P u b lic H e a lth S e r v ic e p u b li c a t i o n Ho. 712 w hich i s th e r e p o r t o f t h e Ad v is o r y Co m m itte e on T e t r a e t h y l l e a d t o th e Surge o n Ge n e ra l o f th e P u b li c H e a lth S e r v i c e on 'P u b li c H e a lth A s p e c t s o f I n c r e a s i n g T e t r a e t h y l Le ad Co n te n t i n Mo to r F u e l . Th is r e p o r t i s th e m o s t co m p le te summary a v a i l a b l e and h as th e a d va n ta ge o f U8PHS s p o n s o r s h ip . Inform them th a t we a re p a r t i c i p a t i n g w ith th e P u b lic H e alth S e r v ic e i n th e reco m m endatio n o f t h e Ad Hoc Co m m itte e t h a t : "The P u b l i c H e a lth S e rvice , in c o lla b o ra tio n w ith th e m anufacturers o f te tr a e th y l le a d , th e petroleum in d u s try, and o th e r appro priate o rga n iza tio n s , con duct s tu d ie s t o p ro vid e more d e f i n i t i v e d a ta on l e v e l s and tre n d s o f atm o s ph e ric lead, contam ination in s e le c te d urban are as and o f th e body burden o f le a d in s e le c te d p o pu la tio n gro u ps . I f th e s e s tu d ie s sho uld b rin g to l i g h t new d a ta o f s ig n ific a n c e , you may w is h t o re co n s id e r th e recommendation o f t h i s Co m m itte e ." Men tio n t h a t my i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f th e p r e lim in a r y r e s u l t s o f th e program on atm o sph eric le a d co n tam in atio n now b e in g c a r r ie d c u t b y th e USERS i s t h a t b o th th e l e a d i n a i r and th e l e a d i n b o d y bu rd e n d a ta b e i n g o btain ed c u rre n tly are in e x c e lle n t agreem ent w ith th e in fo rm atio n re vie w e d b y th e Ad Roc Cc o m itte e , I t i s my a n t i c i p a t i o n t h a t th e y e a r lo n g s tu d ie s o f th e atmosphere as w e ll as le a d body burden in P h ilad e lp h ia, Ci n c i n n a t i , and Los An ge le s w i l l p r o v i d e up t o d a t e , p u b l i c i n fo r m a tio n confirm ing our co n ten tio n th a t the use o f leaded gas o lin e s does not ad ve rs e ly a ffe c t the p u blic h e alth . N15299 Herzog - 2- March 28, 19 6 1 Or t h e s i t u a t i o n i n th e s t a t e o f C a l i f o r n i a , i t i s c o r r e c t 'th a t Mr. Gris w o ld o f th e Lo s An g e le s Co u n ty A i r P o l l u t i o n Co n tr o l D i s t r i c t has made p u b li c m e n tio n o f p o s s i b le n e e d f o r l e g i s l a t i o n t o c o n t r o l th e amount o f t e t r a e t h y l l e a d i n g a s o l i n e i n th e Lo s An ge le s a r e a . The same co n ce rn h as a l s o be e n e x p r e s s e d b y S u p e r v i s o r Dora o f th e Lo s An ge le s Co u n ty Board o f S u p e r v is o r s . I h ave bee n i n c o n t a c t w ith Mr. Gris w o ld t o d e te rm in e , i f p o s s ib le , what actio n he in ten ds takin g. I t appears th a t h is coneera o ver the use o f leaded ga s o lin e s i s s p e c i f i c a lly re la te d to th e problems w hich th e y may impose i n th e develo pm ent o f s u i ta b le c a t a l y t i c d e vic e s fo r th e re d u ctio n o f unburned hydrocarbon s and carbon m onoxide. I t i s hoped th a t th e c a t a l y t i c d e vic e s w hich are b e in g s ubm itte d t o th e S ta te Motor Ve h ic le P o llu tio n Co n tro l Board fo r c e r t i f i c a t i o n may s e rve to reduce h is co n c e rn i n t h i s a r e a . To o u r kn o w le dge a l l o f th e r e p u ta b le o r g a n i z a t i o n s a c tiv e in th e developm ent o f c a t a l y t i c d e vic e s are aware o f th e p o s s ib le co m plicatio n s o f le ade d ga s o lin e and are th e re fo re ca rryin g out th e ir developm ent programs on fu e ls o f normal te tr a e th y lle a d co n te n t. Hie p e rfo rm an ce d a ta on th e U .Q.P . 'P u r z a u s t" c a t a l y t i c c o n v e r t e r , w h ich h as been fo rm a lly s u bm itte d f o r c e r t i f i c a t i o n , were o btain e d on g a s o lin e s c o n t a i n i n g 3 .0 ml TEL p e r g a l l o n . .ve h ave n o t be e n aware o f an y a c t i v i t y t o c o n t r o l TEL u s e a g e b y Dr. Lin s ky o f th e Bay Area A ir P o llu tio n Co n tro l D i s t r i c t bu t w i l l i n v e s t i g a t e t h i s i n th e n e a r f u t u r e . As f a r a s th e S t a t e o f C a l i f o r n i a i s co n ce rn e d , i t i s my u n d e rs ta n d in g, a f t e r d is c u s s io n s w ith r e p r e s e n t a ti v e s o f th e S ta te Department o f Pu blic H e alth , th a t i t i s n o t t h e i r in te n tio n to take any a ctio n as re gards fu e l co m po sitio n . In fa c t, I have been Informed, th a t th e re i s p r e s e n tly no l e g a l b a s i s on w hich th e s t a t e can even contem plate actio n o f th is n ature. Re gardin g th e a c t i v i t i e s o f Bzv Warren o f th e Geolog y departm en t a t th e U n i v e r s i t y o f B r i t i s h Co lu m bia, we h ave be e n aware o f h i s s ta te m e n ts r e g a r d in g l e a d i n s o i l and v e g e t a t i o n f o r some tim e . I t i s Dr. Ke h o e 's opinion th a t h is fin d in gs correspond, a t le a s t q u a lita tive ly, to o b s e rva tio n s t h a t have been made in a number o f c o u n tr ie s o ve r th e l a s t 30 ye a r s and t h a t th e r e s u l t s a re n o t b e in g re gard e d w ith ap p re h e n s io n . On t h e b a s i s o f a r e q u e s t r e l a y e d th ro u gh Dr. . L. F a i t h o f t h e A i r P o l l u t i o n Fo u n datio n from Dr. Warren we h ave fu r n is h e d Dr. Warren s e v e r a l re fe re n c e s on th e le a d c e n te n t o f v e g e ta tio n and a ls o a r e p r in t o f an a r t i c l e co ve rin g some o f th e d a ta . I b e li e v e th a t th e m e d ical p e o p le o f our Can ad ian company a r e much more c o n v e r s a n t w ith th e B r i t i s h Co lu m bia s i t u a t i o n th a n a r e e i t h e r Dr. Kehoe o r m y s e l f . The q u e s ti o n o f l e a d i n s o i l and i n ve ge ta tio n has not been ra is e d , to my knowledge, by e ith e r th e people in th e U .S. P u blic H e alth S e r v ic e o r in th e Ca lifo r n ia Department o f P u blic H e alth . W h ile I am s u re t h a t th e abo ve p r e s e n t s o n l y a p a r t i a l an s w e r t o th e o v e r -a ll problem s o f le ad e d ga s o lin e and p o s s ib le p u b lic h e a lth co n s id e ra tio n s r a i s e d b y LIA, i t I s a b o u t th e s t a t e o f th e s i t u a t i o n a s I s e e i t . I t m igh t be a d v i s a b l e t o s u g g e s t t o Mr. Badtke t h a t I w o u ld be a v a i l a b l e t o re vie w th e va rio u s a s p e cts o f th is in vo lve d s itu a tio n w ith him a t M s co n ve n ie n ce . :i H :br CC: M e s s r s . R. K. C c a le s K. J . Gibs o n . Dr. R. A. Keh oe h. 2 . H e s s e lb e rg KE 0012321