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" C " ERr 6 0 EAST 4 2 n d S T REET NEW YORK 17, >'.Y. April jj, 19b9 MANFRED BOWDlTCH d ir ec t o r o f h ea l t h an d s af et v .1JTjS^. V ._il06, i'j. L., H r 3Ctor 'ottering Laboratory of Applied Physiology Cniversit.v of Cincinnati been Avenue incinnati 1?, Ohio ran ion will recall ny letter of Larch 12th, ' or subsequent talks ip Chicago, and ray letter of Loren fj-ro, ail relative to the possibility of our :inancing seme studies on the relative solubilities ano nonsequent tonicities of such lead compounds as the chromate, sulfice and silicate. I .judge from the absence of a reply to the _at ter chat there is little likelihood of your turning r: .were for a talk with us prior to our meeting in L.ic- ;o y.\ . .pril 21st. Low has come from Imperial Color the letter of ..'.ten ; copy is herewith, obviously tying in closelr with .;r. nut discussed. I hope you will give us the benefit f .ne :: rents on it. . LI: ih : r-, r> ' " , 1 CTVw AO G l c n s Fa l l s .N.Y. April 1, 1959 Mr. t. L. Ziegfsld, Secretary Lead Znduatriaa Association 60 Bast 42nd Stm e t Kew York 17, M. T. Dear Mr. Ziagfeldt- Thank you for your lottor of March 20th r(rdiAf tbs q p n * . tion of protaetlng tha uso of load in color pifwiati fro what m foal are unjustified reatrictioee. Tour latter raises the ques- v " tion that the chroeiu* radical ia often considered contributory and / a possible source of cancer Zt is true that the basic ehroate chemical pro dueinf industry has been investigated along the lines yon mention, but the same thing is not true of the chroma chemical ssa- aualag industries Actually, there is considerable quoatioa about the hasards of chromium toxicity at this source,ybut when the chrom ium has been converted to the chromate formi I believe you will fled very little to justify any stigma on this chromium compound* f We are one of the basic producers of chrome chemicals, sad probably the largest consumer in the world, and although we bars handled millions and millions of pounds of chromium ia the form ef Lead Chromate, we have never had a single case ef cancer treoeeble to Lead Chromate exposure If this were not enough proof, we have' also never heard of a caae in the plant of any of our customera for the Lead Chromate pigments, and I am sure that with the large exposure the workmen would got et thin point, that if it were a severe hasard, wn would havo haard of it. W# know that certain chroma producing plants have had n bad experlance, end that wan the reason for tho investigation, but the ~ results have Indicated that there is some intermediate form in the producing of e chromo chemical not in the use of it, which soema to be at fault, but for soma reason or other our pmscoss for producing chrome chemicals does not seem to present the haaard, eves mt this point, that some other producers seem to have Zt is this point which has been invnntigated, and to my knowlmdgm no dmfiaits son elusions have been drawn. / * It in a far cry fron tha concentrated exposure that *our workmen get,and our customers' workmen get, to the exposure sf the user who applies a paint film to some surface I believe that many (6E>B 01 783 .' ... 2- Mr. R L. Zleg/*14, Secretary U a 4 Zaiatris Aatooiatios oallal eaaes of laa4 paiaaalaf *ay hara occurred witb aora aalabla fornm of load plfaenta, bat orn io ouch eases I think it io pooibi that ooMlttaiau oro draw thieb bad they b a a a investigated oarefally by an Assodatici snch as years, aay bars boon controverted. Tours vary truly, IMPERIAL COLOR CHEMICAL * PAPER CCP. \ SLKsAEG / General Manager Pigiaent Color Division ..-.a?*- I 017 84 f..*-* :.'r \ -'Sc. S?/ ts-; i'-