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MHWMHMWHWWWHPHMgMHli .JumAWsqwm i emmimi isaapaa-- L l A 1696 A LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION* INC. SSS BAOIAOM AVCNUt mcw romc. m. v. ioait 1966 Tot UA-HZK) LmI Health aad Safety CaadttAA oci Induetry Devslcpaest Co--lttee UA Board of Directors V have obtained for 70a a copy of a speech given by Mr. Vernon 0. IbcbetU, Chief of the Division of Air Pollution of the 0. 8. Public Baalth Service, entitled "Conservation of the Air Resource: A Rational Oxllenge." tbr ipnc> wee delivered ac January 13, 1966 At the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia Bad lA Interesting bACAUAA it la the Only AZpTAAalOB -- bAVS tbua far fraa Mr. --cKen&le following tba Decs--ar Lead Regnal-- 1a Vaahlactaa. Another upect of the aotor vehicle pollution problaa **lch rtflulrH increased attention now aad piAnnina for the future involves the need to control such ccntealnsrrte as nitrogen caldee end lead. Tba actor vehicle la aaoog the aoet lapertant sources of both of tbase ubiquitous pollutant*. The nitrogen oxide* ere A by-product of All ecabustlca processes end ere Already of concern la son* parts of the co--try. Ae fuel cocfcuetloo increases, this prcblea vlll Inevitably be sagnlfled unless Beans of coctroi ling It are developed and applied la the years iBefllitilj ahead. With respect to lead cent sal nation, vhlcfa effects not only the quality of the air ve breathe, but also that of our food aad vatat, geccheslcel Investigations hare suggested that lervls of lead la the enrirocnent bare Increased sharply la the past fev decades. 1a Addition, aedlcal sad biological evldeoce Indicates that the --rgla of safety Against physiologic daaage resulting froA lead intake Into the b\oan body aey be relatively narrow, particularly aaorg rush segments of the general population as children and pregnant veaea. This point was given considerable esphaels at a scientific syapoel-- on environ-- ntsi lead coctealnation held last aocth by the Pifclle Health Senrloe. We In the Public Health Service regard the recent eyaposiua as the first step In s needed re-exaalnatloc - by govert--nt, industry, and the scientific co--unity - of the entire problaa of eorironBental lead cootealnation. Aaang the questions that Bust be Anevervd in this process is whether the use of increasing aacunts *! *.<wr >... - - ISJRMLAI N 33' pp m m ^fWl LIA1 69^5 . ..r.^.g^',^. ..-A ..f \ LlA-HtfD lead Health end Safety CcMalttee -* - March 99, 1966 of lead a* an additive to gasoline 1 consistent with present tad future needs for the protection of public health la this country. Cset this question Is receiving attention at the highest lews Is of corernaect Is Indicated by the fact that the Voreaber 196$ report of the Zhvlronnestal Pollution Panel of the President's Science Advisory Conslttee Included a propoaal for registration of fuel additives not consumed during ccnbustlon." cry truly yours, EOPlSW Dan 0. Powlnr