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May ?, 1955
Dr* H* B* Wright Hanna Building Cleveland, Ohio
Dear Dr* Wright*
Alio la to thank you for your letter of May ifth and for the telephone call of a few days ago about your patient who has a polycythemia*
fhe purpose of this letter is to
express my general point of vie to you about the
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manner of handling leaded gasoline at air ports.
Perhaps I can best state the background of my point
of view by sending to you, as I am doing herewith,
a report of an article which we published some time
ago* This article will be followed shortly by a
rather lengthy one which is the result of certain
more detailed studies*, The results substantiate the
conclusions which I originally arrived at to the effect
that the hazards of exposure to leaded gasoline in the
present concentrations are too m a l l and insignificant
to be measured by even the very delicate methods which
we have employed* I am of the opinion that leaded gasoline
should not be used either for leaning various parts or
for general use in cleaning motors* In the first place,
there is no advantage gained by using leaded fuel for
this purpose, and there is so far as I can see no point
in permitting any question of risk by such means. Of
more importance, however, is. the fact that there are
certain reasons for believing,that from time to time
mm materials may be added to gasoline for aeronautical
purposes, and it is,quite likely that eventually the
lead concentration permitted in such fuels will be higher
than it is at the present.time. It Is very bad practice,
in my opinion, to permit the development of practices
which may eventually result in unnecessary exposure of
workmen to any and all materials which may be added to
gasoline* Fuel la Intended for use as a fuel and not
for the thousand and one other purposes for wh'ch it might
conceivable be used* I believe, therefore, the attitude
of motor people should be consciously developed so that
they will understand that their fuels shall riot be used
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for ay purpose other than that for which they are irifcendedU
Cordially yours,
RAK:is
Robert A. Kehoe, M.D,
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