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LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION
420 Lexington A venue New York 17, N. Y.
MANFRED BOWDTCH D IR E C T O R O F H EA LTH A N D SA FETY
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long unansv/ored.
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T here i s r e a lly no adequate re p ly to tho q u e stio n
rhich you p o se . W hite le a d 'p a in t ' i s u n q u e stio n a b ly to n ic ,
sad r h iie the m a jo rity o i canxpnof lo ad poisoning in liv e
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f r e s h p a in t from fen ces'c-r- f a r t b u ild in g s or ir o n con
ta in e rs , paddies/,/ e tc . c arelessly i- - f t ab o u t, th ere are enough r e p o r ts o f p o is o n in g c a u s e d by th e c k e r in r o f
d r i e d s a i n t to r e n d e r t h i f i i n a t t e r w h ic h c a n n o t ho wholly
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to in g e s t 'in a given tlrae to be a d v e rse ly a ff e c te d .
P o ssib ly p r; R obert A. Kehoe, D ire c to r of the l e t
te r in g L ab o ra to ry , C o lleg e o f ie d ic in e, Been Avenue,
C in c in n a ti 10, O hio, could give you a a c re s a tis f a c to r y
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Very truly yours,
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