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; ,\^-\ ~^V iVwMafffffi V .- JvuHSMt&'A LIA14519 ^*m*^lllT1T|l Lead Industries Association, Inc.-- m MiDMii AWM Nn Yort. N. Y. 10017 < Telephone: (tit) 07*4000 \ 4 $ July 15, 1971 n ml e a d ggpraa* mj&mm. Tot Maabara el Land Xnduotriao Association, Xne.i Tha attached transcripts of radio programs by Oaaa Lawio of HHH, Haw York will ba of intaraat. Thay raprasant an afflnaativn poatura in ralation to laad in tha anvironnant that is ganulnaly ancouraging. Wa hop* to atianilata aora aditoriala of thia naturn, a atraw in tha wind of what wa would Ilka to accoapliah on a broad acala. Sincaraly youra. f^ a r,, llll1t , i1tt .^ -...,...| DKBiao Atti David N. Borclna Sacratary, Tranournr LIA1A520 i 1 X July 15, 1571 WH* 8T0RER RADIO, IRC. DEAR LEWIS June 15, 1971 7.05 .*. CONKEVTARY Ftnthtri at tha zoo lick thair furry coatsj laad partlclaa cling to thair coats...therefore, thosa that hava bacoaa ill Bust hava been poiaonad by tha laad from industrial and automobile axhauata. That's tha latast myth to ba addad to tha fictions -- tha out and out fabrications -- about tha danger of laad in autoaoblla gasolina, indaad, a million light yaars away from tha truth. Wa'ra still wait ing on tha rasults of a taat in Saw York City to dataraina how and in what way tha laad in auto emissions might possibly ba harmful to human or animal haalth. Howavar, similar tasts hava alraady baan raportad out of thrsa othar major Amur lean Citias, and not ona of tham shows that gasolina laad is any Isas safa now than whan it was first introducsd fifty yaars ago. Tha laad in angina axhausts is inorganic. As such, it is in no way -- no way -- avan slightly harmful to human bainga. Zf a man of seventy-five had braathad gasolina axhausts all his lifs, thsra might build up anough lead in his system to amount to about tha sirs of A B-B. But in most all cases, tha body throws off this specific kind of laad before it has a chance to accumulate. Besides, there is far more organic laad (the kind which can harm your body) in vegetables and the exhausts from industrial wastes. Many of lead's critics are stomping around tha country yelling, "We can't afford to wait to see what tha ultimata consequences might be." rifty yaars without ona single case of lead poisoning from auto ex hausts and politicians and aalf-seekera have pounced on leaded ga soline as being the major culprit in all laad poisoning cases. Vot ona shred of evidence of any kind,I I made that same statement in similar context on June fourth. A Hr. Darovec of Jamaica, Queens wrote, if I'm so wall armed with tha facts, ha would find tfiem comforting and would like to bear them. / K \ N 3440.01 WOT Cornasntary -2- July 15, 1971 ' Jun 15, 1971 I$ h Good man. Hr. Darovec! Dr. Joseph Calandra, Professor of Pathology and Bio-chsmistry at Northwestern University, atataa, "There ia no i aound madical nor aciantific baaia for tha removal of laad from gaso f line." Dr. Philip Handlar, Praaidant of tha National Academy of Sciancaa agrees; tha Tubarculoaia and Respiratory Diaaaaa Aaaociation agrees (thaaa among many othara). j ; On tha othar hand, thara haa yat to ba a aciantific study mada of tha new un-laaded gaaolinaa which doea not indict tha sub | stitutes which aiuat ba used in placa of laad. Thaaa aubatitutas ara consistently found to ba harmful to tha haalth and wall-being of us all. Not ona caaa of illness attributable to tha laad in , gasoline in fifty years. Further, consider that lass than tan par cant of the pollution we've spewed into the air over New York has coma from automobiles. Turn that around and it means that over ninety par cant of all nan-mada air pollution locally comes from homes, industrial plants, power facilities and other sources. Loe Angeles has done a far batter job than we have in cleaning up tha air. Tha pollution over Los Angelas is a great deal leas thara. And they have more automobiles. Also consider that in many high traffic areas the amount of lead in tha air is far below tha amount of laad in tha air in more open, lass congested streets. You'd have a far better case if you worked to ban tha con sumption of cow's milk because of the fat it contains...A far better case than you'd have in working to get the lead out of gasoline, for in that, there's no case et all. This la Dean Lewis. WOT COMMENTARY June 25, 1971 1 7>05 A.M. You ara being lied to and cheated. Think for a momenta What would you do if your next door neighbor would yell "Fire* to gst you out of tha house long enough to steal money out of the family cookie jar? What would you do if he told you someone was beating one of your children out in tha street, and you found out that was only s ruts to get you out of the housa long enough for him to slep your kids around? That is precisely the horrid scheme being used against you, your family, and your family's cookie jar by New York City Council, with Environmental Protector Kretchreer standing on the sidelines yelling, "Bravo1 Bravo!" Having already bean victimised by Council's endorsement of an exhorbitant tax on leaded gasolines, their Committee rf [. [ MfflliMfirfmsrTHfrii 4 WKH Commentary June 25, 1971 -2- July 15, 1971 on Environmental protection has gone ahead now to draw up a code which, if approved by the entire council, as is expected, would phase out leaded gasoline altogether by January, 1974. Vow, let's start off with the understanding that there is not one iota of scientific data which in any way, shape, or font even indicates that lead in auto exhausts has ever caused a slight health problem. The other gases and solids in exhaust, yes...but never lead. Given that, which is fact, consider that the Council Cosmittee readily admits that, when it comes to dangerous gases, the city's facilities and vehicles are the very worst air polluters -- worse than Con Ed, private companies and all. And, while Council and Kretchster blatantly siispresent the facta of lead pollution from cars, the city itself has contributed to circumstances leading to the lead poisoning of children in the way most all such cases occur -- through the lead in paint which toddlers eat. Even the city's own hospitals are coated with toxic paint which the young patients eat, and there are substantiated cases of children brought in for lead poisoning actually becoming more seriously ill and dying from di seases contracted in the city's hospitals. These cases of city-caused lead poisoning and other ill nesses .. .these cases of city-caused poisonous air pollution are documented in the city's own records. Yet in fifty years of using lead in gasoline, there has yet to be even one case of lead polsoolng resulting from auto exhausts. Still, Council pushes to kill leaded gasoline! Did you know that the additives needed to replace lead are harmful, which lead is not. Indeed, you have been lied to and cheated! Councilman Theodore Weiss is Chairman of the En vironmental Protection Committee. You can phone him, telegram hist, or write him, in care of City Hall. He'll receive a copy of mgr commsnts today. - Dean Lewis iiayirTnih