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WINTHROP W. ALDRICH MORGAN B. BRAINARD HOWARD COONLEY BENJAMIN F. FAIRLESS WILLIAM S. FARISH WALTER S. GIFFORD E. ROLAND HAKRIMAN THOMAS I. PARKINSON ALFRED P, SLOAN. JR. THOM AS J. WATSON CHARLES E. WILSON NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL INCORPORATED 2 0 NORTH W A OVER DRIVE CHI C A GO COL. JOHN STILWELL, President W. H. CAMERON, Managing Director March 19, 1 licbert A. Sehoe Ik-ttering Laboratory of Applied Ihysiolcgy university cf Cincinnati Zfon Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio ~V CC--l pTCUcictlls NED H. DEARBORN Education I. \V. MILLARD Finance and Treasurer WALTER S. PAINE Industrial Safety LEW R. PALMER Transportatio n A. V. RQHWEDER Home and Farm Safety R. T. SOLENSTEN Membership LESLIE J. SPRENSON Public Safety ROY V. WRIGHT Community Councils Deer It . liehoe: L'e are ere.in indebted to t o p. for your criticisms on the lead pamphlet. Me appreciate pour point of view regarding the statements covering tie non-tonic effects cf lead when deposited in the tones, end the likeli hood of damper from reversal of the flew - - etc. Cur iiv 1. -J. Downing, Industrial Hygienist, believes that the statemerits will he acceptable to you as recast below: and that considerable chance for health promotion might be lost if we deleted the appeal for clean living and general health maintenance. ills ideas on this result from experience "in the. field" in making determinations of. lead concentra tions. and from seeing ill effects from lead manifested where over in dulgence appeared as an important possible contributory cause. The revised statement appears as follows: "Authorities differ as to how damage to the body may take place subsequent to the deposition of lead in the bones. Some have suggested that the flow of lead may be reversed from the bones into the blood (where it may, if present in sufficient quantities, cause lead-poisoning), because of acidosis, changes of diet, or respiratory illness. Other authorities.doubt that the above factors are chiefly responsi ble for the' mobilization of lead from the skeleton. It is generally agreed, however, that persons who may have..lead deposited in their bones, or who are enclosed to lead poison ing hazards, should be strongly advised to refrain from overindulgence (particularly in alcoholic beverages) end faulty diet." You nay Ye interested In what we had in mind when suggesting that samples urine to he tested for lead he taken under the supervision of a physician. It was felt that in.many of the smaller plants, the responsibility for supervision of taking the samples would inevitably fall to the company physician, and that he, while perhaps not sufficiently appreciating the danger of contamination, would he more apt to understand, the situation than any other individual in such, a plant, 'four notations are very well put, and we will adopt them, lie have added a sentence after the thought that the samples he taken under very careful supervision, as follows: "Depending upon the size of the plant, this supervision may fall to the industrial physician, chemist, or laboratory' technician." I want to particularly thank you for your prompt attention to our pamphlet at a time when you are so busy. Kf 0015691