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_...'..................... . , mm - '-. - LIA 1575 8 raf i - i m feSaj^siiriatriarTf 11 i ii^aMataiMSBgBSiaaiifcSa^ Poe 0. fowler, Director of Health sod Safety 81ao ee last art, goweruseatal aganclas, particularly those la Washington and la the 8tat* of California bar* tore Intensifying ttolr efforta la the investigation off air pollution la general end tto ocntrlbwiina free eutcadblla arbaust la particular. A scientist at tba 0. 8. Oeologlael 8urrey baa discovered tbat laed cernes out of auto &aust tailplp** and be baa docuaanted tbla la a widely publicised report i*sleh gives tba reeelka of bar tasta ce road*Ida T*cvtatloo. Add tbla to tba sailtltudlaoue afforta of goremeat agencies la cities, la towns, la states, la Tinagss aad la turtles, to tbat effort vhlch baa gens before, and we bare a truly staggering aaouat of tlaa aad effort epaat ce tba problea. Va eetlaate ttat govensaat expenditures by mesne of graate to unlvaraltles aad others, aad by direct expenditure, total la tba millions of dollara ce lead mlattoa Sometimes Z tblak tbat our relatively snail expenditures oa the problae are somewhat lort aa far aa overall effect la cceoamed. bvrar, ea are maintaining our efforta aad keeping up, ee tblak, eeea though tba Bet affect aay to cea at ruealog faat to atay where you are. Oartaialy aoea of our efforta baa succeeded la aay aarkat for lead la gae- ollna, but neither have ea loat our aarkat. What ee are dolag la to aaia- tala a atrlctly aclaatlfle approach by apooacrlag raaaarcb prrigr-- a laed at factual portrayal of tba altuatlca as it exists, aad Investigations f tba potaetlal affect ea tba health of tba population daa to tba existing altuatlca. flparOBB KESSMC3 TtOSVCt Oea cf our raaaarcb projects, lfcleh la located at tba Staeford Besaerch Institute la California, aod lAieh Is Jointly sponsored by tba Kthyl Corporation, duPoot Corporation, tba Aaerlcaa Petroln* Iaatltuta aad cures leas through ESP la concerned vltb aa laeaatlgatloa of particulata lead la tba atmosphere of representative urban areas. 8paciflcaily, ea m attempting to classify tba fiat particulata lead alia fractions by Mount, site and casualties. Tba Intent of tbla study la to ascertain bow mtoh of tba laad ebleb exist* la tba atmosphere daiiees frea auto almost, or gasoline, aad bo* aucb coats froa other sources. Va are also attesting to detersId * bar aucb at the total lead vfclch ea find la tba etaosphere la of a resplrabla a lx*. Par lastaaoe, va kaov that particles above a certain sis* rang* are not absorbed la tba hags aod, therefore, are aok of physiological significance. Therefor*, we wish to loaov bow aaay of these particle* exist la our air with tba ultlasts Intactios of drteralalas tba total algniflcaooa of laad as aa atmospheric pollutant. grTTRUIO IABCRATCST PROJKT This la ebara our other study, bslag eonducted at tba Kattarlag laboratory under the Joint sposaorablp of tba Itbyl Corporatloa, tba duPcct Corporatics, tba United States Ftblie Bealtb 8arrls* aad ouraelvea through tPCF, esters into the picture as a complement or other half cf tba Stanford Study. la tba Kattarlag Study two buaaa subjects are breathlag mounts of finely-divided laad dispersed la ataoapberle exposure chambers, and doing so for lengths cf time ihleh are calculated to slaulata those exposure* likely to occur la urban atmospheres, with tba results cf these studies available we expect to to able to advise those eonoexned with air -1- . i ' s it u ly ii i-i ini ................................ ji iimi'in]j.itwj 'WBif' suns. m.u i - j j u u p p i- . 4 J. - -* --' --& * ------=- - LIA 1575 9 wfrimi pollution ocntrol as to pc&ertlel exposures which or* lllaly to occur Mi whether these exposures my bo harmful aad to wbaa. Za tbo ocoduct of these studies wo boro obtained tbo ad-sloe and tbo active cooperation af representatives fra* tbo State cf Californio Boaltb Departnest and, aa you have noted, wo have tbo flaaaclal participation of tbo V. . Brtlls Baelth Berrlce, o federal grrrsmpeut Mtocjr. Oar objective lb duel coo, la that wo oyo concerned with acemulating facts, ood tbo distribution at tboao foota to tbooo Individual* and agencies Mao ooo oao tbao Is o logical ood manlngful mnoor. , KW1HI SUM Another project with rtich wort continues la that involved la tbo rotbor eceglleeted ood largo-ocolo atady of load rolaoao fits dinnerwro |Ui m, tbo rtolt project la boles oorrlod ca with tbo ootlwo ood flnonclod participation of tbo 0. B. Potter* Association. Ibis project baa prorod to bo of groat Interest and fcqpcrtaaoa. tbo UpcrtMM la duo to tbo foot that 0017 Uttla ouch factual infCroatIce la available la ooo 111 rigful fore to tboao poopla who aro eceeoroad oltb tbo problan potential. tbua far w bara boon oblo to develop a tnstetlv* toot eatbod rtiefa la practical, and significant, and eepabls of being porfnr--4 la pottorloo aa a coetrol eatbod, aad la gavemeant lrteretcorles oa e policing ootbod, if such la deaned aecoaaary. tbo raoolta of tbo wort parferaod to data ladloato that a probloa axlata only where poor toebelgMa of aaaufacturo occur aad rtere supervision at tbo aaoufoctarlag proooaa la lax. Za ether words, la our nodera Aaorlcea pottorloo, tboro la eo problem. Wo bavo, howrirvr, found la oortala produeta free forelm ewtrloa aad la eartala Aaerleea pottorloa roce for laprovwmet. CHTICHOOP LEAD gpoecra froiy yoar wo euat eactloe at loaat tbo situation regarding poisonings la am 1,1 children, tbia yoor tboro baa boon nnthlig radically arv to report except for a alight Increooo la tbo nurtere reported 00 baring boon polooped by cbevlag old palatod rurfeceo, aed tbo groat lacroam la the mount cf adroreo publicity tbrt wo boro received. Much of our boaltb and safety effort la speet la folioring and attesting to allorlnlo this problem. Par extapis, we are cooperating with tbo Rational feint. Varnish aad Lacquer Association aad tbo Brooklyn Boaltb Depart port la repainting arroral apartneots la a depressed area of that barcu^i. Xhla project is lntoodod as aa oro^lo cf poaltlro action. J onuui) roffoenH lbs fettering Byapoelua on Land Milch was Jointly spenooewd by tbs Xtfcyl Corporation, tbo duPcnt Corporation aad ouroolros, waa hold la February at Claclaoatl and was attended by oret one hundred represent at Iron at private Industry and goremoot. Tbls three-day neetlag brou#Jt fourth a wealth of pertinent Information on lead toxicology aad coctroi nsasurad used la public and Industrial health program. The proceedings vhlnh will eonpriao tbo eonpleto tost at tbo 19 paper* delivered at tbs ayaposlim will be aado available to our Barters and others tpon publication. EULiHSS X should Ilka to nantlon at this tin* that cna cf our Barters, tbo Bthyl CotTorotlcc, baa recently auooasdod la deploying an axbauet aentrol Mtfflar derloo designed for u* oa ear* la the State cf California. lot svwwigPMpo ,0 isji ji.isrrMwgqmMsp '? '.lO'llt . ..J- ".'41. (PflSIPWi qqjrnmm k r-ibatawi -rriinfrv-'if-f LIA15760 tftau n quota fra tba nova mImm laouod by tba Stata <t Callfcrwl* m till* ocoaelao. "Loa Anjalaa--California took aaothar atop tout ridding tba Btata of aataaofclla-creatad mo c with tin aooaptaaoe of a awaoth ndnoct dorioa for official taatin* asd tba approval of atudy. Dr. J. B. Aakav of 8aa Dlago, Motor Vablcla Pollution CcetroX Board Cbatnaao, anccuncad boro today that a oatalytlo'typa auttXtr flaraloyad by Ithyl Carp. will Vo road taatad oa aoon oa prototypaa oaa bo rwoolvoA. *Vo valecaa tba ocloBtlflo and Indnatrlal kaovladga rapraaautai Vy Bthyl Ccrp. is California'* affcrta to find * MtUftotoy to tba oxbauot pollution problaa,' Sr. Aokaw aald. 'X Vallaro tba axparlasca rapraaastad Vy Bthyl Corp. is tba potrolow oad avtcaotlwa flalda will Vo lovaluabla.1 Bthyl to tba aatlon'a lory at ontfocturar of OBtl>tooek coprada aod fuaX addltlwao. Ita drrloo la tbo rooalt of aorormX yaara* 1 j S