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July lif, 1958 D r . S . I . Gle a s o n D ir e c t o r o f Re s e a r ch & Develop m en t Wynn O i l Company l l l West i'i ft h St r e e t Azu sa , Ca lifo r n ia Dear Docto r Gle a so n : I a p p r e cia t e you r gen er ou s le t t e r o f Ju ly 1 1 , and I sh o u ld lik e t o com ply w it h th e r e q u e s t in i t s la s t p a r a gr a p h . Un fo r t u n a t e ly th e r e p r in t s , o f w h ich I se n t you co p ie s , are in s h o r t su p p ly, and I fin d i t n e ce ssa r y to e xe r cis e car e in t h e ir d is t r ib u t io n , le s t t h e y become e xh a u s t e d s o o n , I recommend t o y o u , s in c e ,t h e s e a r t i c l e s w er e p u b lis h e d in jo u r n a ls t h a t ca n be fou n d in good m e d ica l l i b r a r i e s t h a t you c i t e them as r e fe r e n c e s f o r c o n s u lt a t io n in s u ch l i b r a r i e s , v/ here i t is p o s s ib le to do s o , and t h a t , o th o r v'ise , you r e fe r th e in q u ir e r to ua d ir e c t ly . I t r xt s t t h a t my s u g g e s t io n s v / ill s e r v e y o u r p u r p o s e . Co r d ia lly yo u r s, &Ifo b e r t A. Ke h o e ,' D . RAK:s s KE 0005054 N 7223 V O O D 4* 2908 CABLE ADD RESS: W I FPO DEPA RTM ENT OF RESEA RCH & DEVELOPM EN T ( m t a M M ' 1151 W EST FI FTH STREET AZUSA, CALI FO RN I A ^ Ju l y 11, 1958 R o b e r t A . K e h o e , M. D . Un ive r s it y of Cin cin n a t i Co l l e g e of Me d icin e - Eden Ci n c i n n a t i 1 9 , Oh io Ave n u e De a r D r . Ke h o e : I am e x t r e m e l y g r a t e f u l t o you fo r ycu r e x c e l l e n t l e t t e r of Ju n e 3 0 . As yo u w i l l n o t e , I am n o t an M.D. b u t I h a ve a l w a y s b e e n v e r y much in t e r e s t e d in the t o x i c i t y p r oblem s which a r is e in the m a n u fa ct u r in g a n d p r o c e s s i n g i n d u s t r i e s . P l e a s e l e t me s t a t e t h a t I am t h e S a f e t y E n g i n e e r f o r o u r Co m p a n y a n d t h a t a s s u c h I am p r o b a b l y w h o l e h e a r t e d l y d i s l i k e d b e c a u s e o f my s t r i c t a p p l i c a t i o n o f w h a t I c o n s i d e r good and s a fe o p e r a t i n g and w o r k in g p r a c t i c e s . Fo r w h a t e v e r t e c h n i c a l v a l u e i t may h a v e , I* am h a p p y t o a d v i s e you t h a t d u r i n g my s i x y e a r s w i t h t h i s Co m p a n y , d e s p i t e t h e f a c t t h a t we u s e a n d h a n d l e o r g a n i c l e a d s o a p s , b o t h i n t h e i r p u r e f o r m a n d i n v a r y i n g c o n c e n t r a t i o n s d u r i n g o u r m a n u f a c t u r i n g p r o c e s s e s , we have n ever en cou n t er e d a s in g le case of a u t o in t o x ic a t io n or t o x i c i t y on t he p a r t of a n y o f our w or km e n . We, o f c o u r s e , impose r i g i d p r a c t i c e s a n d b e c a u s e o f my p r e v i o u s a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h t h e m i n i n g in d u s t r y in Ca l i fo r n i a , p a r t i c u l a r l y the lead car b on at e m ining a c t i v i t i e s , I have a lw a ys imposed ve r y s t r i c t r u le s r e ga r d in g p e r s o n a l h y g i e n e on t h e p a r t o f o u r m e n . Li k e y o u r s e l f I h a ve a l w a y s been convinced t h a t the in ge s t io n of lead is u s u a lly due to ca r e l e s s n e s s and l a c k o f p e r s o n a l s a n i t a t i o n on t h e p a r t o f t h e wor kmen , p a r t i c u l a r l y in co n n e ct io n w it h the con su m p t ion of food and wat er and the use of c ig a r e t t e s and t o b a cco . Yo u c a n b e l i e v e me t h a t c o n v i n c i n g t h e m i n e r s i n a m i n e t h a t t h e use of a pr oper r e s p ir a t o r ana the use of water thr ough the core d r i l l s i s a b s o l u t e l y n e c e s s a r y t o t h e i r good h e a l t h and w e l f a r e . R e t u r n i n g t o o u r own p l a n t , we a l s o w i s h t o a d v i s e y o u t h a t t h r o u g h c o l l a b o r a t i v e e f f o r t s o f s o me o f o u r m a j o r v e n d o r s we h a v e c o n d u c t e d some v e r y c r e d i b l e r e s e a r c h a n d t e s t i n g i n a n d a r o u n d o u r own p l a n t to d eter m in e both the ch lo r in a t e d hydr ocar bon le v e ls and the v o la t ile l e a d l e v e l s . The r e s u l t s o f o u r t e s t i n g s a t i s f i e d u s t h a t d a n g e r o f t o x i c i t y d e v e lo p in g from t h e s e s o u r ce s was p r a c t i c a l l y n o n - e x i s t e n t and n e g li g i b le . / R o b e r t A . Ke h o e , M. D 2 Ju ly 11, 195S We w i s h t o a l s o t h a n k y o u f o r t h e s p l e n d i d p u b l i c a t i o n s w h i c h yo u i n c l u d e d a n d a d v i s e t h a t we h a v e r e a d t h e n w i t h a g r e a t a m o u n t o f i n t e r e s t . We a r e c e r t a i n l y g r a t i f i e d t o f i n d t h a t y o u r o w n , a n d your c o lla b o r a t o r ' s , work and a c t i v i t i e s go a lon g way toward su b s t a n t i a t i n g o u r own o p i n i o n s , i d e a s a n d e x p e r i e n c e on t h e s u b j e c t of lead t o x ic it y . Q u i t e f r e q u e n t l y we a r e c o n t a c t e d b y t h e i n d u s t r i a l h y g i e n e d i v i s i o n o f some m a jo r m a n u fa c t u r i n g company who becomes i n t e r e s t e d in our Vvyn n t s F r i c t i o n P r o o f i n g p r o d u c t s r e q u e s t i n g f r o m u s i n f o r m a t i o n r e gar d in g the p o s s ib le accu m u lation of lead p oison in g through the use of our p r o d u ct s . Us u a lly t h is q u e s t io n is aimed a t the a b s o r p t io n of petr oleum hydrocarbon s o lu b le or gan ic lead s a l t s . N a t u r a lly , w it h o u t go in g in t o t o o much c o m p o s i t i o n a l d e t a i l r e g a r d i n g our p r o d u c t s , we a t t e m p t t o a l l a y a n y a p p r e h e n s i o n on t h e p a r t o f t h e s e people concer ning th is s u b je ct . I am c e r t a i n l y i n c l i n e d t o a gr e e w it h yo u , b ased upon t he in fo r m a t io n and l i t e r a t u r e which you have s u p p lie d t h a t the p o s s i b i l i t y of a ccu m u la t io n of s u ffi c i e n t lea d in the system by a b s o r p t io n th r ou gh the skin is in co n s e q u e n t ia l and n e g li g i b le . I n c l o s i n g we liax^e a r e q u e s t t o make a n d d o h o p e t h a t yo u w i l l be a b le t o accommodate u s , nam ely the a c q u is it io n of a d d it io n a l cop ie s o f t h e t h r e e p u b l i c a t i o n s w h i c h y o u s u p p l i e d u s . We w o u l d l i k e v e r y much t o have p e r h a p s t e n of e a ch of t h e s e p u b l i c a t i o n s . In the e v e n t t h a t we r e c e i v e a n i n q u i r y f r o m s o m e o n e wh o i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e h e a l t h a n d w e l f a r e o f m a n y w o r k m e n , we c o u l d s e n d t h e s e p u b l i c a t i o n s t o them and I am s u r e t h a t t h e i r q u e s t i o n s would a l l be a n s w e r e d t h e r e i n . As a n a l t e r n a t e i f yo u d o n o t c a r e t o f u r n i s h u s w it h t h e s e p u b l i c a t i o n s would i t be p e r m i s s i b l e fo r u s t o s u g g e s t t o in t e r e s t e d p a r t ie s t h a t they communicate d i r e c t ly with your Div is io n and r e q u e s t t h a t t h e s e p u b l i c a t i o n s be s e n t t o t hem? Aga in p le a s e a c c e p t ou r d e e p e s t g r a t i t u d e fo r yotir kin d a s s i s t a n c e . Co r d ia lly yours SI Gi g c S. I.^ Gle a s o n , Ph. D. Di r e c t o r of Re s e a r ch & De ve lop m e n t 0005058