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^ ^ . " ; :'v.-,:^. \ i x j f l A *....... - O . M * * * * { * ..'.a - ` ` ,J <",-.v.-. ' tSi>( M / h t U*&* eif isjf.-r*J fi-/ Es s o St a n d a r d Oi l Co m p a n y '*/ a ft ! 15 W e s t 5 s t S t r e e t . N e w Y o r k 1 9 . N . Y . LEO W ABE, M. D. M K D tCA L IR ICCrOR .J O H N ' .1. T H O R P E . Nf. I>. A S M IW TA N T M K D K 'A i. G E O R O E K. BOOK, M. D. R O B E R T 1 \ S IM . M . D. R O B E R T S T O C K . M . I). IM IYSICIAN S 1)1 K K t ' T O R C L Y D E M . B E R R Y . IH. 11. 1N D IW T R IA I. H YIIIK N IH T V* ~ V '- f :v t' .* / V' ,, ' February 15. 1955 Dr. R. ;i. Siedenburg baltim ore Refinery res Examination o f T etra-E tb y l Lead H andlers D o c tc rs Flem ing and R ankin o f th e DuPont Company n e t w ith D r. Thorpe and ir.s on F eb ru ary 2 . I t was a g re e d t h a t i n some in s ta n c e s d u p lic a tio n of e f f o r t was working a h ard sh ip on employees and m edical s t a f f s . In order to c o rre c t t h i s s itu a tio n i t was ag reed : 1 . C ontinued c a r e fu l e v a lu a tio n of th e w orking environm ent would remain the re s p o n s ib ility of th e DuPont p h y sician s; 2. ^ ir ila r ljr , a o aith education programs designed to f a c i l i t a t e safe handling of te t r a - e t h y l le a d would rem ain p rim a rily th e re s p o n s ib ility of DuPont p h y sician s; 5. 'Chile th e DuPont p h y sic ia n must r e ta in r e s p o n s ib ility f o r p ro p er conduct of th e exam ination program , he may, a t h is d is c r e tio n , accep t th e exam inations done by lo c a l Esso p h y sician s on t e t r a eth y l ie-d workers. The o b je c tiv e of t h i s arrangem ent i s to e lim in a te in so f a r as i s p o s s ib le exam in atio n s o th e r th a n th e u s u a l a n n u al p e r io d ic by Esso s t a f f members. T his i s p a r tic u la r ly im p o rtan t in lo c a tio n s su p p lied i>y b o th DuPont and E th y l Lead C o rp o ra tio n s in c e some h a n d le r s have been examined th re e tim es in a s in g le y e a r. The lo s s o f tim e from th e jo b i s u n ju s tif ia b le and th e p o te n tia l h e a lth hazard i s magni f ie d unreasonably In th e minds of th e w orkers. The DuPont p h y s ic ia n I s y o u r and management* s c o n s u lta n t i n t h i s CD im p o rtan t a r e a . Use him e f f e c t i v e l y . "" O O Iliade : sg c c : D r. A. J . Flem ing D r. H. A. Kehoe 3 c D r. R. F. S c h n e id e r Mr. W. haden Mr. H. G. M angelsd o rf Mote: An i d e n t i c a l l e t t e r , u n d er th is d ate, went to : D r. T. F. D ev in s, J r . , Hayway D r. J . G. L ione, Bayonne D r. H. H ansen, B aton Rouge