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G r a h a m K t >o a r
DIRECTOR OF R E S E A R C H
Et h y l Ga s o l i n e -Co r p o r a t i o n
2 5 U liO AU W AY
Y e w Y o r k Sep tem b er 25 , 1929
P B OXI N R E P L Y P L E A S E R E F E R T O
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Dr . R. A. Kehoe . Co lle ge o f Med icin e
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My d e a r Dr . Mehoe:
I h ave yo u r l e t t e r o f Se p t e m b e r 2 3 r d . I s h a l l b e g la d t o
ge t up an a r t ic le on th e d is t r ib u t io n and co n ce n tr a tio n o f le a d as you s u gge s t , though t h is w ill take us a l i t t l e tim e .
tie a r e a ls o m altin g yo u up some ir o n c a r b o n y l, w h ich w i l l
b e s h ip p e d to yo u s h o r t l y . I n t h i s c o n n e c t io n we had a
co n fe r e n ce th e oth er day w it h r e p r e s e n t a t iv e s o f t h e I.G Y, and th e y s t i l l in s is t th a t a l l o f t h e ir e xp e r ie n ce in d i c a t e s t h a t ir o n c a r b o n y l r e p r e s e n t s no a p p r e c ia b le h a z a r d . Th e y s t a t e d t h a t t h e y have had a c c id e n t s in t h e m a n u fa c
t u r in g p la n t in w hich la r g e q u a n t it ie s o f i t were s p ille d ,
an d t h a t a l l o f th e men who w er e e xp o s e d t o i t w er e exa m in e d
and no evid en ce w hatever o f any e ffe c t was o b t a in e d . They fe e l t h a t it s r a p id d ecom p osition is r e s p o n s ib le fo r t h e ir r e s u lt s . They s t a t e d t h a t t h e y h a ve worked in c lo s e con t a c t w it h t h e German p u b lic h e a lt h p e o p le and a s i t h a p p e n s the la t t e r , ar e p e r m it t in g them to s e ll in sm a ll can s a m ixtu r e o f ir o n ca r b o n yl, b e n zo l, and m o n o -m e th yl-a n ilin e , w it h w h ich the mo t o t i s t ca n dope h is own, g a s o li n e . I m e r e ly
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