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@ NEWS From Lead Industries Association, Inc. 393 ModUoA Av mm Ah+dw/tf* Lmxf Nrw York, M. Y. 10017-0* *4030 ttUAMi FOB pyTisz of truviKt (fcxprctni Tburdr, Juoa 9) UA 166 (2-6-13-1^-15-16) fuitfcur btfomwHoia poo 0, rovlar FO PULIC HAZARD HCW 1BU) SECT, xusm s'jfcmamz on Foturrio* t o l d Vaahlnctoa -- Fro* raaulta of axtaoalva aclaatlflc laraatlgatlcoa, 'I eaa poaltlraly UMrt that laad cocatltutaa d o public health haxard la Aaarlca today,' Fall* I. Vcraaar, fonaar president of lead Xoduatrlsa Association, today told tba Sanata Public Worts Gubcooslttaa on Air *od Watar Pollution. Nr. Voraarr quotad tTXM tba Ajaarlean Medical Association's February 1966 etateaeot vfclch, oo the basis of "mt clinical rrldence,* concluded that "the genera1 public la Dot now, nor la the lanedlste futura, facing a lead tetarl.* *Jk>r do laa4 anti-knock compounds lnfluanca tba fornattoo of photochemical not,* b stated, citing atudlaa by tb Kldveat Research Xoatltuta. / 8a also cl lad a recently eoaplatad atudy by tba World Health Organisation conducted la l6 countries, lMtudUf tba Cbltad States, that fool thara baa baan no lncrraaa la lr*d contamination m tba laat tvo dacadaa. ^ 'Nora la knovo about tba biological affacta of laad than about alaoat any otbar alr-borna substance,* aald Nr. Woraaer, a former Aaalatant Secretary of tba Interior for Mineral Naoursea. 'It la era of the o#l th`>rc*`gbly iNvaaltgated areas la tha flald of air pollution and baaltb ... Thar* la v-'SSBJ ~ (Nora) -. bV: ***** probably d o nttal About which ao much 1* known la relation to Individual and b ' general health ... Bevertheleaa oaetlautd research on lead acx1 lt significance to huoaa being* Is nctiur; and desirable M 1* being carried wit." The lead Industry ltaalf bu tm la tha forefront la atlxulatlng aad 60 supporting reMarch oo lead la Industrial aad etrrlroaeeotal axpoeuraa, be gggggs|5Wijg aid, "Health aad safety are aattere of paraaount Importance to ua la the lead loduatry." * i Hr. Voraaer'a atateoeat, prepared for dallvery before the Hiakle V {kjbccaaalttee conducting hearing* oo air pollution, vee fives oo behalf of V- 1 the lead Industrial Association, cooprlaed of both producer* aad cocaimara c r of lead, lacludlog aaoufacturere of lead ant 1-knock coopcwvd*. He dlacuaaed research relating to the uae of leaded faaolioe la automotive vehicle*. lead anti-knock cotpound*, be aald, greatly Improve the efflcleocy of fuel, making possible bli cosprenioo engine*, aad alao preserve "a precise K natural reaourca, petroleum, by caking gasoline go much further thaa It would vlthout the** additive*." He aald the tatter of lead additive* ha* been carefully watched alooe i w 1926 vd*n an expert c o c k ittee of the Surgeto General of the 0.9. reported there va *00 bstard to the public la the uee* of auch 00*70uoda. K- A Public Health Service report Id 196) again cooTimed "the fact that i- lead content of the air la low and dot* rwt eonatltul* a public health hatard," Hr. Vorneer aald. The finding* showed no livree in the j*#l ) year* la lead ecocentratlcca la th atr of three r*)or 0.9. ettlaa ** toe Angel**, Ihlladel^ta, and Cincinnati. (Mora) l ,rtpaggf 1WJ. "In c m city, Cincinnati," b* polnUd out, "tb* traod la fact Ui bna downuard aloe* tie lat 19*0'*, ahovin* that locreaaad ga*olln* u m do** not Mc***rlly r**ult la lacraaaad cooctotratleo of l*ad la tb* air.* .; Nr. Voraaar told tb* Ccmltt** (bat "lead ualqu* pbyalcal K-. qualltl** >felch oak* It ta ff*ctlr* **tal la laportaat *oclal, public aaftty, * aad utilitarian u**t. Ascn{ th*a* art radiation abl* ldloc froa tb* X-ray ' rooa to atoalc *o*rcr Installation*, lnaulatlof building* a*aln*t d o Im* aad vibrations, providing packaged povar la tb* fora of atorag* battcrl** .... "for tb*a* reason*, a full understanding of any relationship of l**d to tb* b*altb of tb* paopl* working la tb* laad Industrie* aad of tb* taaaral publlo 1* ***otl*l," Kr. Ucra**r aald. Tb* laad Industrie* Association r aad It* anao*r* *r* continuing to conduct aod support research to *l*ara evarythlng possible* about laad fr\a tb* standpoint of public protection. t l r *