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FORM N O . IO I n t e h -Of f i c b CORRESWINIIEXCB 0 '(V> ,^ v # Et iiy l Ga s o l in e Co r po r a t io n S5 B r o a d w a y N e w Y o r k May a , 1928. hit D r. R. A. Kehoe, Dear D r. Kehoe: A ttach ed h e r e to i s copy o f l e t t e r from Mr. J. 13. F i t s G e ra ld , o u r C anadian r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , to g e th e r w ith copy o f memorandum from D r. Evans o f the. Im p e ria l O il L im ite d to Mr. R oss, a ls o o f t h a t Company. We a ls o en clo se a copy o f our today*s re p ly to Mr. F itz G erald. We hope t h a t y ou w i l l be a b le t o g e t in to t h i s m a tte r w ith o u t d e la y b e ca u se we know you w a ll r e a l i z e i t s im portance because o f i t o c cu rrin g in Canada and in view of th e p re se n t E nglish s itu a tio n . . We would a p p r e c ia te a r e p o r t on th e case a f t e r you have handled i t and would suggest th a t you communicate d i r e c t w ith F itz G erald , whose a d d re ss i s c/o Im p e ria l O il L im ited, 56 Church S tr e e t, Toronto, O n ta rio , Canada, a d v isin g him when you o r one o f your a s s i s t a n t s w i l l v i s i t Toronto i n o rd e r t h a t h e may make the necessary arrangem ents. AEMGIG 1743 COPI Toronto May 2nd, 1928. Mr. A. E. M ittn a c lit, Secretary-T reasurer, Ethyl Gasoline C oro., 25 Broadway, Sew l a r k C ity . Dear A rt: I am e n c lo s in g h e re w ith a r e p o r t on a c ase o f le a d poisoning which occurred a t the S arn ia R efinery o f Im p e ria l O il, Ltd Ho doubt I should n o t i f y D r. Kehoe o f t h i s f i r s t , b u t was n o t su re t h a t he was a t h i s o f f i c e , a s th e l a s t r e p o r t I had on him was t h a t he was over in England in v e s tig a tin g h e a lth co m p lain ts th e r e . T his c a se happened ab o u t two weeks ago and i t was only th ro u g h a v i s i t I ms.de to D r. E vans, M edical A dvisor f o r Im p e ria l O il, L im ite d , re g a rd in g th e b o o k le ts Mr. i'/ebb s e n t o v e r co n cern in g the study o f h e a lth hazard s a ss o c ia te d w ith the d is tr ib u tio n and use of E thyl G asoline, th a t I found out about i t . The e n c lo se d copy o f l e t t e r w i l l g iv e you a f a i r l y good id e a o f th e c o m p la in t. I m ight m ention t h a t when I was w ith th e Im p e ria l O il Company, I sp en t ab o u t f o u r o r f i v e weeks a t t h e i r S a r n ia Refinery' and I happened to remember t h i s chap who i s concerned i n t h i s c ase o f s o - c a lle d le a d p o i s o n i n g H e "Has had q u ite a b i t o f tro u b le f o r some tim e p re v io u s t o h i s w orking in th e .L a b ., and th e re i s no doubt a t a l l , a t le a s t I don't think th e re i s any d o u b t, b u t t h a t i t i s some o ld tr o u b le c ro p p in g up a g a in . T h is I s h ig h ly p ro b a b le becau se he does n o t come i n d i r e c t c o n ta c t w ith th e E thyl F lu id , th a t i s th e co n cen trated F lu id , as 'he only handles th e G asoline a f te r the mixing has taken p la ce . T herefore, under the c ir - cum stances, i t seems h a rd ly p o s s ib le th a t th e re would be any chance of lead poisoning. what I would l i k e t o know i s , do we i n v e s t i g a t e com p la in ts o f th is n atu re through our M edical Department o u rselv es, or Is i t up to Im perial O il, Lim ited to look a f te r cases o f th is kind? There seems to be some doubt i n th e mind o f Dr.. Evans re g a rd in g t h i s and I have never been informed a s to what our p olicy in these m atters, i s . Mr. V ic to r Ross tu rn e d a l l th e d a ta re g a rd in g t h i s c a s e , o v er to me and i f we a r e to conduct an i n v e s t i g a t i o n o u rs e lv e s , why I w i l l go r i g h t ahead vdth i t . I f n o t, I w illtu rn the whole m a tte r over to Dr. Evans to s tr a ig h te n o u t, b u t I would a ls o 'work w ith him on i t to make su re ' t h a t e v e ry th in g was conducted along the: l i n e s o f our p o lic y In t h i s m at t e r . Would a p p r e c ia te v e ry much h e a rin g from you a s soon a s p o s s ib le in th is regard. . . .. :. . . .' . .Op ** h: _b ' Mr. A. E. M ittn a c h t ' -2- May 2 n d , 1928. Oould a p p r e c ia te i t v e ry much i f would l e t rae .mow ju s t as early as you can regarding the h ealth hazard proposition as I would l i k e to ta k e same up w ith h r . Evans w ith o u t f u r th e r d e l Sincerely yours, Fi tz. HE o o i i n