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E M ECCAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION me. ' 1790 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 19, N. Y. February 3, 1955 Mr. j . Ohoiak ,, The K etterin g L aboratory U niversity of C incinnati C in c in n a ti 19, Ohio . Lear Mr. Cholaki - I don * t know w h eth er y o u 'r e to g iv e th e answ er on t h i s b u t y o u 'l l n o tic e th a t I have s e n t copies to o th e r p eo p le, which I hope w ill mean th a t th e r i g h t p e rs o n w i l l g e t my q u e s tio n . I 've been w orking up some o f th e p r e lim in a ry pages t h a t m ust p reced e th e t e x t o f th e Lead. r e p o r t . For in s ta n c e , we'l l have to have a t i t l e page and a c o p y rig h t page and I th in k i t would be h ig h ly d e s ir a b le to have a Preface. I have put in the l i t t l e piece of h is to ric a l m atter th a t I could g a th e r from th e p re c ed in g r e p o r t . I don' t know enough ab o u t th e m a tte r o f deterraing lead, i n s i r and so 1 co u ld n ' t make any profound p h ilo s o p h ic a l s ta te m e n t co n cern in g th e im p o rtan c e o f th e s e m ethods. The f i r s t e d itio n o f th e re p o rt did not have any P reface covering the su b ject. Anyhow, h e r s i s th e P re fa c e I have p re p a re d . I would a p p r e c ia te i t a g re a t d e a l i f you would add, d e le t e , comment. ' The F i r s t E d itio n o f M ethods f o r D eterm ining Lead i n M r and i n B io lo g ic a l M a te ria ls was p re pared by th e Subcommittee on Chemical Methods of th e Committee on V e n tila tio n and Atmospheric P o l l u tio n o f th e I n d u s t r i a l H ygiene S e c tio n i n 19-44.* F . H, Goldman, Ph.D . was Chairman o f th e Subcommittee* S a ls e d itio n o f th e manual re p re se n ts a # complete re v is io n o f th e o r ig in a l, th e g e n e r a l o r g a n is a tio n h a s bean r e t a i n e d , so th o se who a re f a m ilia r w ith th e o r i g i n a l r e p o r t should have no d i f f i c u l t y in lo c a tin g corresponding .se c tio n s i n t h i s r e p o r t. The in tro d u c to ry statem en ts have been m odified to ex p ress c u rre n t th e o ry , knowledge and p r a c tic e . L aboratory procedures o u tlin e d are believed to p re s e n t the most modern methods, equipment and m a te ria ls generally av ailab le. * Although th e work o f p re p a rin g t h i s b o o k let re p re s e n ts the u n ite d th in k in g o f th e Committee on Chemical P rocedures, I n d u s tr ia l Hygiene S e c tio n ,(th e l e t t e r subsequently changed to O ccupational H ealth S ectio n ), the a c tu a l accomplishment i s due la rg e ly to the generous c o a trib u tio n s o f tim e , th o u g h t and energy o f J . C holak, C b .E ., and R o b ert A, I s h o e , M.D. a aiT i WRS p u b lis b e d on th e a u th o r ity o f th e I n d u s t r i a l Hygiene S e c tio n . I n f0rmf d ^ f i n a f c in g Committee on Laboratoire Methods o f th e Committee on Researci ? S Waf t the re s p o n s ib ility o f the p re p a ra tio n o f a l l la b o ra to ry methods ' u "e p u b lls h e d bY tb e A s s o c ia tio n a s s e p a r a te volumes o r m anuals. The C o o rd in a tin g . e -8 recommended p u b lic a tio n o f t h i s r e p o r t . The Committee o n R esearch and S ta n d a rd s has approved the re p o rt fo r p u b lic a tio n . - 2- F eb ru ary 3, 1955 P reface continued) Subcommittee on D eterm ination o f Deed in A ir R. R. S a y a rs, M .D. Gbairm&n Jaco b Choleic, Ph.D. G runt S. ln n , Ph.D. Committee on Chemical P rocedures F re d e ric k ; H. Goldman, P h .D ., C hairm an M orris B. Jac o b s, P h .D ., Co-Chairman Dohmsm H. B yers L e t t e r V, C rrrtllsy, Ph.D . C harles J . DeSimone . W illis /.G;,, S re d y i ck , 3 c . D, F e l i x H. pjfolj&eb' Abrjahe Ife iia o h , C .S.* . I th in k pV* o f th e above can be in c lu d e d on one page which would be a rig h t'K a n d p ag e. S in ce ye *11 w ant th e t e x t to s t a r t on a r i g h t h a n d fV g e ,. I t s w ondering a b o u t t h e d e s i r a b i l i t y o f l i s t i n g th e em bership o f th e C oordinating C oraltto e end p o s sib ly th e Committee on Researc and Standards on the back o f the P reface page* Your comments o r th o se mf eny o f th e o th e r s who r e c e iv e c o p ie s o f t h i s l e t t e r v d lx be appreciated. Sincerely yours, c c t Dr. J a c o b s D r. Kehoe >/ F r a n c is D. E ld e r A ssociate Secretary C oordinating Committee on L aboratory Methods 0015371