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SMS i'-'iSfSv . '- > > .' . Jlt ^ * - kttfwfattaUa i^yftVrttibr^ v. Jftpz fih^ili'W:'i i ar: TO PEJ3 1, 6 fcnd Id LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, INC------- tSS MAOItOH AVINVI NEW VOftK, H. Y. 10017 IIWKM - HU ee*S Ml MniU7 2, 19^5 To All Meaber* of the Lead Industries Association, Ino.t to: Lead end Air Pollution - Public Uv 65-206, 88th Congress The passage of this lev represented the first effort of the 0. 8. Congress to legislate la an effective manner against air pollution. The question vblch concern* us here and which vae covered la the lav is air pollution from automotive vehicle*. This vae covered la the following section aad ve here q>iote. "One Tear after enactment of thla section, aad seal annually thereafter, the Secretary* (of the Department of health, Education and Welfare), "ahall report to the Cocgrtaa on measures taken toward the resolution of the vehicle exhaust pollution v: problem and efforts to laprove fuels..........* This portion of the Act vae implemented by the estahllahaeat of aa advisory committee, now called the Quigley Ccsaaittee, since Its Chairman la Jaae* M. Quigley, Assistant Secretary of HIV, vbleh aet and discussed the problem and prepared the . report. The report entitled "Automotive Air Pollution" has new been seat to Congress. Ve thought you vould be Interacted in a section of thle report since It could have been daraglng to lead, and since It fortunately tuned out to be a rather favor* 'rfE! sucnatloo from our point of riev. The following, taken from page lb of thla %af report, la the complete sectloo 00 lead. i "Lead . Effects on Humana decent review tzA study of the concentrations of lead emissions froa auto exhaust as a source of coeounity atmospheric pollution suggest that there has been - : little change la the atmospheric lead concentration over the past tea years. Since ` atmospheric concentrations aay vary significantly from year to year because of source r factor* and meteorological conditions, principally the latter. It Is not pcsslbls : to establish trends on the Halted amount of atmospheric air monitoring data available. It can be demonstrated however that lead concentrations of blood and urine saaplee show the effects of environment. Cata on lead concentrations In blood and urine samples : of humans In the general population indicate these to be la the range presently defined as "nornal".* : When one considers that this Is the federal Ooveromeat report 00 the contribution of lead to the automotive exhaust problem ve feel that the statement le very good. Obviously if there had been any damaging facta available to thla cocclttee they vould have been recorded. The foregoing quotation above that this situation le mot too bad ' from our point of view. There Is mo other mention of load made In the entire report. This Is for your Information. Very truly youre, " fe. . .i-i / samm 01rev tor of Health and Safety w1 Milage