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M>nn ft- wwirf 1INNITM W MMH. Mt mt'NM 0. Mt<Naf */0***tL.* V. T>iH. IH4 NM4f * ** p+*+4*9 0***0 h toccai* ii MMMMf fe-. JUM lV, 1967 : i ":S 6-; ' Sj>- . - TOt AU Weaker* of the LIA Bealth tad Safety CodU* Res State of California Report, 'Lead In The Enrirocaent And It* Effect* Ctt Hunan*" Ih* State of California** Departaent of Public Health ha* t*ru<l t __ report, "Load In The Enrlroeaent And It* Effect* On Bjaan*," which ha* not received public or prea* attenties. Ho*t of the dl*cu*lco* of lead In the report 1* a revive of existing and known literature. Ro u data or lnforstatloe It Included. Deiplte thle, the report doe* Bale recommendation* that itep* be taken to prveent an lncreaee of ealadon* of lead fro* (aeollne and that atudlee be undertaken on the fea*lblUty of reduclr* and/or 1 Valnatl/d lead additive* frea gatolln*. Vo tpeciflc reconmendatloa le aade for an (ablest air lead ttandard for the State of California, although the report aajra one la needed a* aooo a* pceelble. A copy of the A?<w8*nt*tion peg# le attached. If It I* dealred to *ee the cosplete 8l*page report, pleate direct your mjueet to cur office. try truly jrwi, Ce /+ ' fane* C. Acuna* Aeeletant director health and Safety v'Ck/jv Attachment r tinu# It* research on th health consequences of load stored In the body ' and proceed Co Nt air quality criteria, guide*. and ttandard* for load. Emphasis should bo placod on atudloa to elucidate tbo biological offocta of load exposure* on nan. T)>o U.S. Public Health Service ahould bo encourag*4 to support ouch r*March in thla Stoto and elsewberm and to Join with tho Department to work on criteria and atandarda for load. 1. la March on tho offocta of doflnod expoauroa of aoloctod California popuiationa ahould have firat priority. Thla ahould include both adult a and children, with determinations of blood and urine load lovolo. 1 oval a of del ta-aalnolavul lnlc acid, other indice a of altered porphyrin metabolism, red blood cell survival time, and other react Iona 2* Data are alao needed an the extent to which atmospheric lead nay be dopoalted on and absorbed froaa food In homes and roitauraats. froa field crops, and frow the soil. > 3. the State Department of Public Health ahould measure the .concentret len of atmospheric lead at the State network atetlona and con* s duct special atudlea of lead concent rat Iona in areas of heavy traffic and In the proximity of lead-emitting Industries. S, In the interim, while the above la being acccvpllahed.lt la recommended that i 1. ko further lncreeae in the quantity of lead In gasoline ahould be allcwed. 2. The D.S. Public Health Service or other federel agencies ahould Join with industry to study the feasibility of reducing and/or eliminating lead additives from gasoline. *d 3. because expected Increases In motor fuel use at pre seat concentrations of additives will result in an overall increase in exposure, tbo State ehould study the feasibility and ispllcatlona of a policy of preventing any Increase In overall txpoaurei to Isad from motor vehicle eats a ions in California. A, tech producsr or blander of motor fust sold In the StVfe ahould provide the D*partw*nt with data on concsntratIona and amounts of lead and other additives which havs or nay leva health effect*, such ** nickel. menganeae. alkyl halides, and phosphates. i i N 491.01 .v .VvV:*y''