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June 7. 1973 Bfc*. Francis Leib Vice President Keystone Metals 612 Frick Building Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219 Dear Mr. Lelb: Lead In Occupational Exposures In response to your recent telephone request for information on occupational health programs for Industries producing or using lead conpounds, I am enclosing the following publications. 1. Position Paper entitled "Industrial Inorganic Lead Poisoning--A Program for Prevention," Lead Industries Association. 2. Reprint entitled "Industrial Lead Poisoning," by Robert A. Kehoe, M.D. 3. Facts about Lead and Industrial Hygiene, Lead Industries Association. . *i. Recccraendation section of the Criteria Document for lead published by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. This excerpt contains the reccmendations of NIOSH in their Criteria Document which they haws submitted to the Department of Labor. As you can see from the Position Paper, we recommend, strongly that biological monitoring be used aS the primary means of determining cotipliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act. At the present time, the only standard under OSHA is the airborne standard of 200 ug/in3 of air. I enjoyed talking with you and if we can provide additional Information, please do not hesl&fe&e to contact us. Sincerely, Donald R. Iynam, Ph.D. Assistant Director. Environmental Health Jm encs. LIA-76428