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''LEAD iIL -SSOCIATION N18413 '/ Ui* i \ 7u , 1 1 *r ^ .,, T l A ff ,, ^ ,J ^ , : H . J . W H I T S O N , VICE P R ESID EN T R O BERT LIN D LEY ZIEGFELD E XE CU TIVE VICE P R E SID E N T AN D TR E ASU R E R D AVID M. BO RCIN A S E CR E TAR Y AN D AS S I S T AN T TR E ASU R E R J a n u a r y 12, 1965 R o b e r t A. Ke h o e , M. D ., D i r e c t o r K e tte r in g Laboratory U n ive r sity o f Cin cin n a ti C o lle g e o f M e d icin e --E d e n Aven u e $,C i n c i n n a t i 1 O h io D e a r Bob : Some t im e a g o I d i s c u s s e d w it h yo u t h e a r t i c l e e n t i t l e d "Lead P o is o n in g in C h ild r e n " b y M o n cr ie ff, e t a l , wh ich a p p ea r ed in t h e B r i t i s h " A r c h iv e s o f D is e a s e s i n C h ild h o o d " f o r 19 6 ^ . A t t h a t t im e yo u m e n t io n e d t o me t h a t y o u w e r e w r i t i n g e i t h e r t o t h e a u t h o r s o r t o t h e J o u r n a l E d it o r w it h yo u r com m en ts a b o u t t h e d e f i c i e n c i e s wh ich you fou n d in t h e a r t i c l e . I w r it e t o you a t t h i s tim e b e ca u se ou r fr ie n d s in En glan d a r e in n eed o f h e lp t o com bat t h e a d ve r s e p u b lic it y wh ich t h e a p p eara n ce o f t h i s a r t i c l e h a s g e n e r a t e d . Can yo u l e t me h a ve a s h o r t s t a t e m e n t wh ich I co u ld u se t o h e lp ou r fr ie n d s in E n glan d ? I h ave a lr e a d y c r i t i c i z e d fo r them t h e p o r t io n s o f t h e a r t i c l e wh ich a r e in my a r e a o f com peten ce ( d e fic ie n c ie s in th e a n a ly t ic a l tech n iq u es u sed fo r b lo o d t e s t s ). Ap p a r en tly a d ver se p u b lic it y o f t h is kin d is s t i l l r a r e in E n glan d and t h e s u b je c t a r t i c l e h as c r e a t e d a r a t h e r u n fa vo r a b le clim a t e o f o p in io n among t h e m e d ica l p r o fe s s io n and in t h e p u b lic p r e s s . I hope t h a t you w ill be a b le t o h elp us in t h is m a tter . Very t r u ly you rs, DGF:md Don G. F o w le r m .0 0 k A h e a d w ith L e a d KE 001465