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LIA217A4 f ii f 9 F F I LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION Grsybar Building, 420 Laiirvyton Avonoo Naw York, N. Y. Juns ZU 1*34. To Mea.hars of *hs lasd Industry! taslosad plaass find a cow of a syndicated haalth artlcls which ho* haaa widely published la newspapers throucbout lbs Ballad States satitled. *Toa 'Eat' lead Dally. Tot It Isn't Sorlous** by Dr. Morris Tlshbela, Editor of tha Journal of tbs Anarlcan Medical Association sad of Ircsla^ tbs Health Mags tins. Ye belles* that this Is tbo rsrult of a hattar radar- standing of load hyclene which tha sadlcal profession baa ao juired oalaly through tbs sctsnttfle researches of Dr. Ash sad bis associates at Harvard. Dr. Eahoa la Cincinnati, sad otbar workers la lead during tbs past tsa roars. It cost, tbarsfors. ho gratifying to tboso asohsr* of tha Load Industry, ohs b&ro supported tha sdsntlfle lars*. tljatIons at Harvard sad alsswbein oa load to flad tbslr work hoarlac fruit* Trii'.i'rTjnaoi 111* 'yrsgvisii^iu.ji ipiwj'mwi .w. t i jsj wysm m m fffm m j i ; mppwrsesswwwseswrp U|JjWL iiiy s5i m' CUPPOD m raiccss, i. r. gcun May 28, 1934. unva* ms iaarT sniocs By Sr. Uorrlt Tlehbela, Id1tor, Journal of the American Medical Association. Tour body is full of mUIi of various types. In tha yumtltlss it contains, these metals ere not harmful or poisonous, bit In larger yiantltles they msy prodocs serious effects. tony met.vls ire sbselutsly essential to Ilfs - calcium, eodlus, eiagaeslua, Iron, copper, arsenic, tine, sod tin ere s few of those which seen to be vital, in mil qosnti tles, to proper operation of your body. In sons industries, lead fumes and dost easily get into tbs human fore. Tor most people, hoeerer, such lead as enters c o s ms tram food end drink. Load pipes occasionally are used in plumbing, and bottles of which the class contains lead aay Civs off s o bs of the tMtal to the fluids within then. The siphons of soda water fountains con tain small amounts of load. It is alto possible to c*t lsed into your body through beans, moat, apples, chtrrles, tausaett or otherfcod substances. Tor instance, noat may con* tain lead, due to the feet that cattle may lick newly palntod surfaces. Sometime grape Juice will contain lead because the grapes have been sprayed with lead arsenate. la American physician has estimted that tha average parson in this country takes in from one-fifth to one-half of a thousandth of a gram of load sach day and gate rid of about tha earn mount every day. Thlle lead in these small Quantities is not serious ly harmful to the Inman body, larger mounts ary be distinctly troublesome, and aay factor which say suddenly increase the mount of lead coming into the body my be serious for health. umiHiesemwii.WM' 1 l MP'ienimni..4i j i e<a.i.>is;>'T s.jimmQi, ,n)L|.nwjuliao"|i|| - , ... ................... . N 729.01 I - Jfctjfn---* TggWMBMgg' fP> " ' "itorT `rwrar-t ^ Jf V* X -3- cuppm not smcuss, i. t . mm Hey 26, 1934. It hu also bsen known that lead and other metals Boy nccujmlate lo tha body and thus eventually reach an amount capable of producing ham. Tortunntsly the new Investigations (how that tha body reaches a halanos In which thi mount taken in li equal to tha amount passed out and for thi* reason, tha mall amounts taken daily In food and water ara not llkaly to cause aarloua lam. In oar tain Industrial, tha amount of load fwai or load duat that may ha lnlmled la so {rut that tha body does not jot rid of It sufficiently toon to ha safa. Tor this reason, tha load hazard In Industry la controlled by tha Installation of ventilation systems, cases for especially hasardoua operations, and tha marine of face masks which filter out lead dusts, for those workers who may ha la contact with largo volume of tha duat. l i \mn m iu p u miii. pi; ip U. l i I Jt. N 729.02