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COPY American Craftsmen's Cooperative Council,Ino. 485 Madison Ave. Hew York 22, H.Y. May 26, 1946. 3ditor, Craft Horizons: On reading Ann Leichliter Munn's article "UBing Sheet Lead As A s- Leoorative Medium", I was appalled at the casualness with which she mentions the danger attendant in the general use of this metal for decorative design. May I, for the benefit of those unwary craftsmen who are contemp lating using lead in this manner, mention a few of its "Disadvan tages" since the author has failed to do so anywhere in her arti cle. Some of the symptoms of this "very lovely experience" are- nausea, vomiting, anemia, abdominal pains, muscle cramps, and Joint pains, to say nothing of possible impairment in function of any part of the nervous system, often leading to muscle atrophy and the character istic foot and wrist drop, even brain disease. Is it any wonder her chemist friends "seemed a bit disturber''? Otherwise it was a good article and she is a beautiful crafts man. Sincerely, (Miss) Trancis C. Puller, Occupational Therapist 161 V. 16th St., Mew York 11, H.Y. To the Aiitors of Craft Horizons New York. City, H.Y. Germantown rike at Whitehall ^oad Horriston Square fennslyvania (R.D. 2 Norristown) June 6th, 1946. Gentlemen: It 68 with great indignation that OE write you concerning the very attractive article in the May issue of Craft horizons, "Using Sheet Lead as a Decorative Medium" by .-ain Leichiiter Munn. The article is so enticing and the medium so flexible that almost anyone would dive headfirst into crafting lead. The writer men- imises the terrible dangers to such a point that it is like blow ing a bit of thistledown off one's shoulder, rerhaps she has never seen anyone suffer and finally die of lead poisoning. child could iquickly become ill by just having rubbed his tiny hands several times over the design on her attractive chests and then putting * his fingers in his mouth for a moment. House painterd get what is known as "painter's colic" from having absorbed whitelead thru the skin, and yearly thousands of wild ducks die from having eaten lead shot that have dropped In shallow water. Several years ago I wax horrified to s e e A h e Philadelphia Art Alliance a beautiful bird bath of cast lead. The maker certainly couldn't have been con- 'H V?o* r',*-0 o-i "*;!? hi--ds & lethal bath and drunk. ^ _ page2- COPY In all fairness to your readers I think it would ne wise to pub lish a more definite warning against the use of lead for art pur poses, especially when in the hands of the average jperson. It is no joke to have offered a dangerous medium, with y f p possible death from its use She enclosed item from the Philadelphia Even ing Bulletin is very timely, it seems to me Yours very truly, villiam Slough American Craftsmen's educational Council 465 Vadison Avenue at 52nd Street June 13, 1946 Mrs. Ann Leichliter Sunn 726 Duff ---venue Anes, Iowa Dear ^rs. Sunn: I enclose a copy of a letter which I have just reeieved abofct lead poisoning. I think the man is an over-alarmist, but I thought that I would publish his letter in the Craftsmen's Yorum of our August issueand perhaps you would liae to answer it in advance. I would be most appreciative if you would do so. I hope that you liaed the way we ran your article and will be glad to send y7ou some extra copies if you tvould lime to have them. Yours most sincerely, -ileen V. ,'ebb Srs. Vanderbilt /ebb Vice-Yresid ent notation in longland: Jhe second letter came after I wrote this Say we have them back? i o o 3 ;o