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nm* * *** : ^h W \ LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION. INC. a*a MAOIION AVKNUI NKW VOW*. N. r. 10017 miMM - MU MM mt b x a is b a x d ttnn pbo o bam--19&* Don 0. hl*r Director of Health tad Safety. Lead Industries Aa.ocUtlcc. Inc. Since our ordinary activities In Health and Safety foliar a routlaa <rf answering qua*tIona, Inquiries, attending nestings, rte., and alnoo a tool naey of thaaa activities ar* llstod for you la the Association'a Quarterly Reports and cemented upon for you la Mr. tirgfeld'a Annual Report, m thought at this tlx that It mlgit be instructive to outHot la grMter detail several uoue'ial altuatlooa that cane to our attention la the peat year. Accordingly Z would Ilka to dlecuaa three ltana la creator detail than la ordinarily possible la our Quarterly end Annual Reports. first, one of the aore faaoua T.V. ehcM, then a dlacuaaloo of a certain usilvaraity profeaaor end finally aa outline of a new poaltlwe action program that we are etartlaf thla year. the Bea Casey T.T. au3w--October.yxjaa T.V. portreymle of physicians are ordlaarlly not of great latereet to M but thla particular ahow waa headlined aa a aolutlon to a laad polaonlac prdblan la laduatry ao I watched. It turned out to be one of the aort obnoxious progress Z have ever eeea, although the examination by Dr. Caaay of tha "lead poisoning problem' waa acre Juvenile than obnoxious. The ahow portrayed tha eoaipaay doctor la a really rlcloua Banner all the ihlls lnferrli* that Aaerlcan buelaeee flraa would condona ahabby and unathlcal nodical practice. Aa a natter of fact tha entire ahow waa a traveaty on tha way a nodera American buslaesa la conducted In that all of the employees In the enell abop abeam were supposed to have laad polaonlac aad yet tha eonpeny doctor refuaed to adalt It, told than they bad beadaefaea aad atonaefa achea, and hid thla bad situation frou tha Board of Health aad other government. authorities. Then of c o u t m Bea Caaey discover* the altuatlon aad ride, to the rescue of tha poor downtrodden enployeM by ex po*lng tha eaapaay doctor, coafouadlac the company lawyer aad outwlttlac the naaaceaeat. To ae It wme a coaedy--although a tragic one--aVoce Bea Caaey w* entirely wrong la hla expleaatlaa aad diagnosis of lead polaonlac aad equally wrong la hla undentending aad portrayal at nodarn American bualaeaa. Ihe ahow nade ae vooder, again, la what world the Medlean Avenue eerlpt writer Uvea who aerlously portrays a company which hides, or even attests to hide, froa Its union, from the govaraaent and from Its own physician a poisoning altuatlon aa aerloua aa thla particular one waa supposed to be. He ben at the office considered that our beat approach to the network and T.T. station (ABC la thla case) would ba through tha aedleal profession. Z could not locate aay physician by phone who bad watched the program but all war* equally shocked, with aa, *>aa Z outlined the program content to then. In order Presented at the }6th Aaaual tortlag of the Lead Industries Association, Inc., Chase-Park Plata Betel, St. Louis, Mo., April 1-22, 196b : r uiiii)pmw.uwi 1 m'Bn;. qp.Miui awBw mi;iljiwjiiJ 4itjpjjipaLijf Mj1 -- ......-- N 3256  i So b 0. fowls*__________ -- - -a--------- Health m4 Wr ficgrsa- l$6k to stir up *c m action Z wrote to the President of tbs Industrial Msdleel Association outlining thougjts la tbs satter aad requesting tbolr cooperation la bringing thl* natter to the attention of responsible authorities. This 1* vfcmt happened. la the february 196k official Journal of the Industrial Medical Association, tba President, Dr. John Horrls of Bsstaea Kodak, wrote aa editorial fras which I would Ilka to quote. "In a Baa Casey show oc television oa October 30, 1963, a 'coaqeny doctor' vu portrayed la a 'particularly and unnecessarily villainous nenaer'. I'a quoting Deo fowler, Dlractor of Baalth aod Safety of tba Lead Induatrlea Aaaoclatloo, 1*0 flrrt brougit thla to our attention. Since tba AMI eaducaua proudly reeta aaoog tba eradlta for thla progrea' to qpede Do b fowlar again, we have asked Henry Bcwe to use tba Influence of the Cornell ea Occupational Health to prevent aucb a thing la tba future. Perecnel lettara frta you to tba prograa director of ABC-TV will also half.* Aa a result of thla editorial tba Aaarlcaa Medical Aaaoclatloo and tba Industrial Medical Aaaoclatloo ease*led a coMlttee of ecspetent pbyslclaaa to a private screening of this T.V. abo*t la order to plan a aatbod by ebleb future prograae of thla type caa be screened and corrected before they are above. Theea discussions between the wedlcal profeaalon and the T.V. Industry are still la progress and aa far aa Z know a --rhsnlew for revise of such progress baa still to be established. Lead In tbe Ocaaa A professor In tbe Separtaeot of Oeelogy at tba California Institute of Technology bee expanded hit Interest in recent years to include tbe ocaaa. &li particular professor has also becaae an expert aa nuclear plt^bology ifeiA Is a fascinating specialty that takes advantage of tba anlpreaesce la lead sad see of three isotopes of lead. Since these three Isotopes of leed bewe equally well-known precursors la tbs stcale scale. It le possible, by aeaa* of delicate and extreaely sensitive aeseurenenta, to deternlne tbe rntloa of tbe three Isotopes, end their radio-active precursors la soHe, rocks, etc. These aeaeureaents eaa be aade so accurately that a nuclear pliatoologlst eaa tell ue bow old a piece of rock 1s or tbe age of a gallon of water la the ocean. Zt 1* Interesting to know that these are tbe asn lho lave given us tbe exact age of tbe earth--U daoa with lead. In other words, lead la, and baa proved to be for tbaa, a aoet valuable tracer eleaent, far sore versatile and laportast tbaa radloactlva carbon, low here la *ere ve cent la. In asking bis aeasureaasts of rocks and soils and la waters tbe auclear piirtboioglat expects to find lead twiybers and so be does; but recently be baa fotnd ldiat be thinks la too aucb lead la tba ocean. Apparently tbe professor becaae genuinely aloraad and decided that be had to find out there all of this lead Is coning froa, and It was at this stags of bis cogitation that ba rendered our Industry Is selling lead for g***1'** aad that this leaded gasoline Is used la cars sad trucks sad, therefore, coass out of tbe tailpipes of tbesa cars aad trucks. Is spread Into tbe ataospbsr* aod froa the atacepbere drops Into tbe ocean. With this staple chain of svaata at his aental disposal tbe professor was able to explain In satisfactory sanner hew $00,000 tons of lead every year drop Into tbe preens of tbs Hortbera Beniajbere. Aa Bob Ilegfeld said *wn be first heard these fastestla "facts", bars Is tba world's beet lead ala# and'all for fTas. When we looked up tbe publications la which these artlclee appeared we find they are respected} we find that the professor. Hr. Battersea, is respected ^ --........... ....... ^ l.w a b .a .A W lile ............. ........... Ppp^pg^P^ipif1imiUBl _----- *fi' fit fill <f rl TWvi-iiiillrtri Doe o. fowler 3* Health aad Safety Pregraa--196b 9 la the scientific criuMty; and of course w* know 14>et bla university baa an unsurpassed reputation la the world at science. So w# dacldad to talk to lfe Patterson aoo give hla tb* benefit at our knowledge about the eibject of load. I found Dr. Patterson to be a alacaro and dsdlcated scientist vhoaa measuring technique* for lead art beyond reproach and whose laboratory end eifilpoent cannot be matched anywhere la the lead laduatry d o t , for that Batter, la any other university. However, Dr, Patterece, la hi* dedication aa a actantlet concerned with the broad problem of public welfare, feel* that It 1* hla cbllg- atloo to notify everybody about this problem and that la shat be baa ton and la planning to continue to do. Aa you mltfit expect he and Z bad a aerlooa diacuaslce aad X questioned hi* assvaytlons that all of the lead that goea Into the gasoline caaae out of the tailpipes and reaches the ocean every year] particularly when at the tine of hla report we were using a grand total at 170,000 tone at lead in the gasoline aold la this country. Be bad aad* bla eetlaate at tb* $00,000 ten* by asswing run-off# froa rivers aad rainfall aa explaaatlaa for the difference. It wae d o ua* my pointing out to Sr. Patterac* that our own laduatry and that the federal government through tb* 0. 8. Pvhllo Bealtb 8errlc* ha# aad* literally thouaanda at meesurmaents of tb* lead contest of the ataoephere and that these measurements are uniformly low, lever than any level which would be pfayslologlcally significant, and that therefore bla Inter pretation at hi* own data wae probably la error. I further pointed out tbat using hi* own data tba lead level la the oceaa* la about cot hundred tlaa* less than tb* aaoveit permitted la drinking water. Z must say tbst after spending four hour* with Dr. Pattersoo we parted la a friendly manner but be bad not convinced me end, unfortunately, I bad act convinced him. Bla constantly re iterated position 1* tbat lead should be ranoved froa gasoline 1--dlstely ao that we step poisoning all at the people la America* We have not beard the last from Dr. Patterson. Ibis raar be journeys to Greenland there be bead* an expedition thieh will drill Into tb* Greenland Icecap to find two-hundred year old saow thlch be will then analyse for lead with tba Intention at proving that two-hundred years ago tb* lead level la snow vne euch lea* than It 1* today. Our plans for Dr. Patterson Include a meeting between bla aad Dr. Xeho* la which Dr. tehee will present to bin tb* facte cf life concerning lead physiology aad present public exposure to lead. Xt will be interesting to follow this discussion. Depart on Hew lead Information Pi omen At Its Dscesd>er meeting laet year tb* Board at Directors appro.'?* a proposal by cur advertising agency to prepare printed material covering the use sad abuse of lead la present-day Industry and every-day Ufa. may at ow masters have la tb* pset suggested to us tbs assd for a positive setloe program of this kind thlch could seise tb* Initiative and present Infcrestloo favorable to lead to the aedleal profess loo and others who are Interested sod concerned. When Z say favorable to lead Z do not aaaa to l^ly tbat we Intend to be scy thing other thee objective la our presentation cf Information but that va will present facta la a caplet* and rcssadsd manner so tbat medical decisions ana be mads on tba basis cf knowledge rather than Ipxneoo*. lb* first objective of this program, which la now la hiyi gear with 0. B. Tyson writers busily abstracting aad collating Information co lead toadoology, la to reach selected mmbers of tb* aedleal aad public bealtb professions la this country. Z say la this oountry although our Buropaaa friend* are following -<wjppweaw! mmr am .... ? I 'i ' i i . S 4 ii i "n A *r I