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t' t.r L 5. (P*>v f 4 A  ^ V v ; N350.01 i ! l ut t-- of tl , W*-* m*ci*i ww. I nher* nanp9 twdu< `KisS PACT* AND FALLACIES Of KUMItSM cmanaaooo*t cdaUtatt*^^ AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIM ppoudad X th# Land portfolio. Ev ----- . your WTHWCMtO T. X*<rOHt kU. Keabh and 1 a* well aj a fi up. have dm oeotifa, m kranpapm, bgalsuon. Aj of bean put traded. Let m M for thatr , [ Chicago's tough Wt Sid* to 1810 a Xrrnlntfr r(nil phyiiclnn attirrd la fraaal* cinching acurrMu Id aad ou( of dart tOry* and around th# machinery and staking pota la dtuna] fatorla. seeking a dtaliul Tbit Marck andad la a bark tab. Thai jnnr ardn dried***, Dr. Akca Mudba, bad oraa dnooritteedddmtthhdaattaattbhta*nafloed rlroettuiggann-m--ohiaoo-lrraJend-y-mm-w-khUaiiWc-Owh pl ro--ofdut-ch--ea-d-t paralyaU of tha nzrrmttim, "brato faf* and scan*, l. A paiholo time* death. Sha further obaervid that At tjctlaa aboot to pobtai that tba moist g n* darn stair aad worked la hduTila maas(arturlng balfma equipment. Puradog tha due, aba leanwd that tha odending agast as tbs tool bora Infaat wv !,' nai i to tho 1 laononiad Is tha wwmehng proem*. Why do I irlato thll episode? Dr. Hamilton did atainapfara* by I far u I know, t not diicnvu* a an diaraaa. Tha snetont pfaydetam or to th* bona, deweribed tho apa and r Twfinusl of phsnhiam, *t did thr Italia* Ktnrnninl kt tha 17th Cantary and aad aaa ahia to fa tho Englishman Lrgg* of tha 18th Cantary. Dr. 1 Has la aad . of cha stmorphsrt Kamfkon'a otyreti** woo to oenrlaoo hilalOtibb ' 8T Io__n_a_, lla X LLoeta tha fAAti and IrgHlaton that land potomfng an an isis'sf rantod rhaaata. Qua to bar pfraionring and tfaiada l**x. I do* of tho Industrial Wygleotot Is tho yoan that fofbuwd, " * *"7 landaM la a fart that aartooa bod boradcatioa In industry "** A* " odds' k rara la twenty yiart I koao hod only ooo oaoo ** _ f^dooni of load rncrphakUi and two of wrirt-drop. Bat *"** ** of thr tr foCoty to Miora that tha ktddanco But door TMot at* mad* to ek f*0* j occur baa so dgntftsoe*. Industry and Industrial modlclno srad sot ho tohi.' g uoctfr BMttaarOr crttirlsad aba * wnlouih antriad aferanwotk oubatanc* or a scaly raafiad rtiasdtal (rafatn *"*"7 5? ^"Oxrlng tstountaon la an njsaid worker Moat of Ana* ^Cosobna |mj oubatanc** or* subjected to ontswl and tonwtlmas *dfw and It fatanwa npRkmlatM briar* bring Introihirad M u* Aorahn* as industry, but It It cut ahrsrt pcetjhl* to foncmt **' Atooapharfe harmful or tonocnotn ifttn. W know that oflas of ftonto* what occur* X tho hums suy sot tab* pt*0* la **']*<*. O th* *ntrnal or w* mt Th* myfltum dust** It ^ haiardt la Let an axaatpb of that. But w* know a] w* Mad Id _"*** ** other know about bwd hatarda kt thalr vwicu# for***. 1 .**** partkwnt to Thru why dost had haoriaatiou ocraf !"* I"0* **h th* 1 appreciate that tkk I* a bchntytd queodon, oa oontnntiom w*r but I ouapeci tho o**w*r h usually jutt as trim. " pointed namely, u* not* and tocidrnc* lewd* In nail plant* having so hi g|na program or aaodknl nap*r> tton It k i fart that they an th* ptM of> i- ^'I'r.'ili'a'fiMiTm 'iiMbiii J fayhn But Ikl faBnry to brbmw that had !toaication la our Urg* Indurtriea docs not occur i and It not ooatjy. Of unit** when It door occur to largo company th* nctw* la Tttsnan tsror.* Quit* true, but who la th# human who *mf Ar* wa to eonttnus to blama human am* on tha wtlotrOignxn or ctrrimra of th* works, or should w* s<d>rt th* bonf And who la th* boas? At what lovd of saatpan* dor* h* eparata? lo th* Lor Aagrla* orsneb of on* of th* largest Industries la tha world. 0 workman who, from prwelout ezperienoo. w*a corniau* of (ha aympeoow of land poisoning, bellovad no had a and to tnforswd hit krtntt. tha fortman Uurbad at him. Tha man wwa not rtftried to tha swdtcj drpartsMut. Ha thaw chore an eutnda doctor who by prapor trrti proved tho <mao to h* ooo of knd pntaonmg. A day or two him o anoond worker mods a similar dala. Tha foreman than took tha aSrgntton to tho plant *up*r> kitandrnt, who also laughed. "Why. k It ridkatknm - we dal have load poisoning to dki plant.* Wsb- ot going furthor halo drtofla, k w*o euhaequeotly sncnvrrtd that sea* twonty am had vofytnf dr gram of bad (ntmi atiun and Sum* thirty or forte mora who did not have k. Hilnrad thad tby had. A smart attorney pet In mnVlpla dklm for pmnna Mot dnabibty. By tha Hco* th* company's hired ortaraev*. hygiaarot. siodlcol dksetor aad th*n bom dm bom* oAoo b*d com* Is Loo Angdts hecptentV over a period of a year to fght tt no d fab* titling and by tba Hm kal soedemrats were j mad*, k coat th* company nearly a million dollar*. | Hum to arm*? It Mill wno. la a largo Lot Aagrba plant. Inflowing a cnao of pbnwlftm. the nmo snggraicd tba etna to a needy creeled aupeetnteodea*. Bel b* wa* *too bnry esak* tog good to th* front often* to poy heed until a soccemion of caret oocerred. 1 Thaw thee* wn* a recre* dtontfnn in wfafeb 0 worker lufutnud hi* towiwdloto auperic* that tho men had been Imutd th* wrong trp* of fotpdratc*. The ontwer woo os tofenwen that the wetkeet kn*v* nothing about th* proper miration of foepiralor*. No - load totodention it not oomBood to tho ail plant, nor doe* k ahray* retufa from th* taukmf of a dumb wutkman. LAewie*. to anren o prrvtouO juration -- who it th* boa* - I brfaev* h* should b* viroran ratal control mta jn tba totreral mai/nttf br thru* at the lop. Ttoviding ptuteittvo mcaaur** and porting dkarticn* at* not mfhiliip- It addition to th* trubbra of rantraomrata] earn trof miating to individual Industrie*, there la coaafbly Da even grraltr ioUtn which k primarily u* to* 4 ... . * - A REPORT Of HTJOTH AJTC) AITOT DIU3K** Manfred Bcwditch, Director Rather than risk torins you with detailed statistics of actlvltlsa, Z will ay only that tha health and safety work continue* to how 4 healthy growth {there he* been an increase of at least SO per cent sine* it* inception) and will give a few example* llluetreting it* nor* important phase*. CKITIH303 LEAP POKCanO Bacauae of the difficulty of it* solution and the greet aaount of adverse publicity which It *n5*odar*, childhood lead poisoning haa continued to be a ntjpr tine conauaking headache. 1 recent news it** in the Hew fork Daily Xawa with the heedline wiead Ibieoaing Rilled 10 Rida in Brooklyn in '5S Highest Toll in the City." la a typical exaxple of the latter. Through our retponaee to the latpiirlea of phy sician*, hospitals aid clinic*, the aponaorahip of research, and cooperation with such organiaationa aa the American Acadany of Pediatrics and Anerleaa Medical Association, X bailer* that we are aacurir* a better understanding of this profcle* and wore reasonable attitude* toward* it. I PTO3TRI11. LEAD POZBOHJO Although th* recognition of lead poisoning as a dlseass data* back to antiquity, and despite the feet that lte causes and control are wall understood, ywt, as Or. Rahoe he* told us, there has been a diminution in the aerarity of Industrial eases, rather than in their total nusber, This is illustrated by the fact that irs qutrias and case report* continu* with little change In the anmal total* A primary1 need here, as Dr. Johnston# said yesterday, 1* better instruction of our physiclane. uronrrftiAi ms s ic a i it d k t j l Lt b surma Thare la gratifying evidonca of a greater recognition of the Importance of adequate nodical and health serrlcee on the part of th* larger companies. Two axasple* of this have been an Inquiry frees a noo-ckoobar coapeny a* to physician suitable for appointment a* ov.r-all medical director, and a recent request freak g representative of on* of our meefcar# for advice in setting up a oo*p**5y-wid# health progrm* TftSATMEff CT LEAD PQBoant) The ao-called EDTA therapy for pluafclsa, brought forward five years ago, 1* by far th* greateet advance in this field In reoant tinea. It continue# to be ubyeot of intan*It # study, and a report of rscaot findings will shortly ba skailed to all of our ftesfcers. Presented at the 20th Annual Meeting, lead Industrie* Association, April 21WS, XK6, 9t, Louis, Me* 9 -- iJtfatoim iM r t f ***^ *-' Report of toafred Bcwdltoh jjnrsurrDM IN continue to vetch legislation edv* to th* interest* of our Three 'bill* thl* year, too in r Tort ar.d on* in Krw Jan*7, having to do with lead paint*, rcra killed in orr.ltt**, Two Jiew lork bill* on air pollution hav* boon re committed for study ar.d copies of *ubrtttut* dr*ft till pr*pir*d by th* Associated Industries of Nav fork State hare been Belled to cur cot tri in that state, because Of th* ir.;-"*iibUlt7 of keeping clo# witch on ts8 tt*t* legislatures, It would t* Bert helpful if our oerfc art haring installation* In other eta tee wauld notify us of edv*r* legislation coming to their attention, rerroKB UBzmo The trend toward* More end nor* precautionary labeling regulation* continue Ou t effort her* ha* been mainly to eecur* reasonable and uniform labeling requimoectu for leed ootspound* in ell federal and etate jurisdiction*. 7hi* ha* been <pu.it* suoceetful to date, with the elimination of objectionable wording fro* a label inf re quirement of th* C, 8* General Service* Administration the no*t recent episode* IfcdJU flcetlon of th* Xw fork City lead paint labelinf refuletion wee ecured by mean* of American Standard Z66l, prepared by a ooaaittee of the American Standard! Associeties ponaored by tha Lead Industrie* Association, Th* futility of the labeling approach * haa bean bronchi to the attention of health official* In other larfo mlclpalltiee and appear* to have caused thea to reconalder any such plane* CTITOBITT OT KCHBAR POSTS PIPE REPORT i Oettlnf wind of a fbrthocedng report on th* euitablllty of plastic pipe for potable water eupplie* In preparation at th* Ccivereity of VIchi fan, w* arranged to aee tha (allay proof of th* report and, throufh contact* with Banter* of th* ad visory committee on tha report, wore able to aecure elimination of a nuater of state ment* advert* to th* us* of lead stabiliser*. Copies of the report, expected this .1 week, will be mailed to thoee of our Beater* known to be Interested and will he available to any othere on request, 1 AUB31TIOS3 AS TO SCORCES OP 1ZAJ POPOVIX) 1 Erp*ri*oo haa convinced ua that no theory aa to th* causation of load poisoning Is too craay to b* brought forward, Ko natter how absurd such a theory aay bs, it can find its way into print, and froa than on Is almcrt csrtaln to be re garded a* fospel, tr, John*ton* has nsnticned ssveral of these wild notions, In conclusion let ms emphasise ons of these and cits threo additional and very reoaot I sO * A (roup la Los Anfelee had put forward th* claim that lead from th* exhaust* of eotor vehicles constituted a aenao# to the public health. They were very vocal and vent so far as to hold tltabla mass meetinfs, Ve have secured figures on th* load found by official agencies In th* *tr*t air of Hew Tort, Chicago, Lo# Angel**, petroit, Cincinnati and othr major oltias, have found that none of that* concentration* rmaotaly approach a h*aardou* level, and hav* brought this fact to tha attention of municipal health euthorltle* and other*, whereby It la believed that this (host has been laid* A latter froa a Washington physician, received la Uaroh, stated that *lng#*tton of newspaper ha* boen th* basis of load poisoning in three of our sort reoent oa*o*, Hi* reference was iiii iJji.Tinpi.!1., .|i.r-T-i- -i.i I .. I i* t r ! L t. -j i Vj ? V. S; ^ ? f 'r i ; -< J : 4 m f j " 'win.fl JUport oZ Umr*& Bo*dliofc *- < to plsafclja In swell children, In reply. ww pointed out that there la no load in newsprint, and non* In th* ink with rfiich newspaper* are printed, Oar request that ho axplali tha acure* of tha load In thaaa caaaa brought no response. It would ba of eon* interest, If It war* ao, to know that tha astlng or drinking of load paint* ha* bee on* a farorod naan* of cccxsittlng rale Ida. Such w* would Kara to conclude to bt tha oaaa frea a tabulation received froa tha Astrlcsn Public Health Association, aborning eleven case* of atUasptod eulaide, on* of thaw auocaaaful, during 1955, by aeana of ingaating lead paint** Her* wo her* a reepacted and Important national organisation, pdb liahar of tha Uoerlcan Journal of Public Health, putting forth a *seeingly utterly abrurd ltae of Vital statistics. flben wo quastlonad this, tha reply waa that "it might ba a cl trieal error,* It quit* obviously nit Perhaps tha eraalert of all ni a latter frea a physician la Alabama, reporting in detail on tha eaa* of a housewife thought to ba Buffering froa lead poisoning, allaging a urinary laad value acea tan tinea that found in sower* industrial caaoa, and auggaatlng that tha patient'* habit of biting off ailk thread, while sawing night b* tha causa, Bacaua* of tha association of this physician with aa organisation overseen by one of our leading industrial nadb* cal friends (and on* blaaaod with a sons* of huoor), the** thacriaa were brought to tha latter'* attention and allotted tha wderstanding and aaualng reply froa which, in closing, X will quota, with ainor change** inset tha case of Mrs, X concerning whoa the word* 'lead polaoning* have ippaarod* V* era auggaatlng to Doctor Do* that tha Health Dspartaant ba rwquostad to aak* an investigation to dwterrain* if possible whether )fe-i. X has bean ingesting laad frea sources In the vicinity of her boo*. Should this prov* to b# the case, perhapa it can ba stopped with thaa* sequelaet a) Id. X would f*l bettarf b) The hospitals would ba relieved of doiona of adaiaaiona in addition to tha dosans she haa had] c) Our organisation would ba relieved of the nocoaalty of continuing to pay hospital and physician*' charge* through ensuing jrtartj d) Tha clinician*, the Public Health suthorltiaa, our organisation and the Load Industries* Association would all oarg* triumphant for having had a part, and ifcrs, X, wa hop*, along with all the othora will happily live forever after,* ram