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SCRANTON BATTERY CORPORATION ' . GENERAL OFFICES AND FACTORY AHCHBA12D, '* ,/ , r j June 26, 1952 R o b ert A. Kshoe, M. D. . ' Dept, o f Preventive Medicine and In d u s tria l H ealth College of Medicine U niversity of C incinnati ; C in c in n a ti, Ohio . . ' . . Dear S ir: .. I have re c en tly been in conference and co n su ltatio n w ith Dr. F. B. Lanahan, M edical D ir e c to r o f th e E l e c t r i c S to rag e B a tte r y Co. i n P h ila d e lp h ia re g a rd in g sons common problem s i n le a d ex p o su re i n b a t t e r y w orkers i n th e S c ra n to n B a tte r y C o rp ., A rc h b ald , P a ., f o r which I h o ld a s im ila r p o s itio n t o h i s . My v i s i t was b o th i n s t r u c t i v e and e n lig h te n in g . We a re a t p r e s e n t tr y i n g to e s t a b l i s h a b e t t e r plan f o r d e te c tin g le a d exposure in our w orkers. I t was in te r e s tin g to f in d how p a r a l l e l our th o u g h ts had advanced in d e p e n d e n tly o f e ac h o th e r . Vie a re at, p resen t working on a screening t e s t based upon the presence of ' copop o rp h y rin i n u r in e . We a re a ls o c o n s id e rin g th e p u r c h a s e 'o f a sp e c tro p h o to m eter ag ain st a polarograph. Dr. Lanahan suggested th a t I w rite to you fo r any advice th a t you might have to o f f e r i n our s e l e c t i o n . We have n o t h een a b le t o ach iev e a d e f i n i t e t e s t i n g f o r p resen ce o f le a d i n some few o f o u r lo n g e s t employed men. D r. Lanahan suggested th a t 1 m ight ask w hether th e K e tte rin g L aboratory would check son p a ire d b lo o d and u rin e sam ples on th e s e few men a t a nom inal f e e . I f you can do t h i s f o r me, would you k in d ly send th e n e c e ssa ry b o t t l e s . W hile our f a c i l i t i e s i n no way approach th e m agnitude o f th e E l e c tr ic S torage B a tte ry C o., I would be happy to extend w hatever o p p o rtu n itie s are a v a ila b le f o r re s e a rc h in our employ o f approxim ately one hundred p e rso n n el. We have m a in ta in e d a good e s p r i t de c o rp s w ith our w orkers and I b e lie v e th e y would cooperate w ith us in any problem th a t m ight i n t e r e s t you. Mr. Morry Hollow, p re s id e n t o f the S cran to n B a tte ry C o rp ., and I b o th ap p reciate any a tte n tio n , h elp and advice which you can give us in th is m utual \problem . HHB: m il % Getto* Satten? M ade N20026 V ||