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LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 4M IXXINOTOW AVtftUC MCW VOM IT. M.V. o\ Daoenbcr 1, 1950 l e a d nr: id t a s d 8Arrrr wur:v; no, n gub>cti r epo r t or icrmrtss To Unbar* of tha Lead Indaatrla* ilsoclUy Tha following la a brief ausaary cf Health rod Safety Actlvitlee of th* Association aloe# Dec*A>r 1, 19k0* the date of the last report, fheserically, th-ae acttrlt-les have again lnereaaed, tl.la year by about lij over those of tha year preceding, and it should once oora be nctod that th* tan natter* llrtad at tha end of thl* report hare been of collective ispertance calling for sus tained attention outweighing all other* cooblnad. Qavan rlslt* ware nada during the year to nerbar coepanlrs In Boston, Chicago, Cleveland ar.i Pittsburgh. Othnr rlalt* tar* Included fcTteen to goat> rrrental office*, ala to hospital* and clir.lca, four to educational Institu tion* and ore to a norv-ooe bar plait, in .heltlaora, Boston, Cincinnati, Cleve land, See Tor*, rashlngton and IQ (Hand, pa. TantT*^lx aeetlrujs har# been attended. These Included tha annual neeting* of tha Arertean Industrial Hygiene Association In Chicare, the American Instltutua cf llrirg and 1'et hl.rclccl L'-glr.eera and th* American lining Congress, both In Rre T<-rk, the American Fu'ilo Health Association In St. Loris, tha Greater Hew Tork Safety Council la Km Tor*, tha Ir.distrlil Hygiene Foundation of Aster-- lea In Pittob r-h, the IeJ Industrie* A*#ccltlor. lr. Chicago, tlie Ilasoaehusrtt* lledical Society la Boston and the Rational Safety Council (including a *srlon with the Acerlcan Aea-Vny of P-dlairics) In CMeage, a* well as the Concresa on Ir.<*jstrlal Health of the Aarrlcan Medical Association In flew Tork, Alao fire local aectlon aeetlngs of th.a American Ind-rtrlal hygiena Association lr. Cleve land, l>w fork and "ishir.-ton ar.d a local neeting of the Ancrlcar. Institute of lining and Uatallurgleal Lujlr.eer* In Sew Turk, Two gcvenv-.'ntal Resting*, both held In 'Taahir.ftor, *er# a hearing on peeticlde* conducted ty the 0. S. Food end True Adr.l/.iatratlon and the Uvree-day Technical Coffer err# on Air Pollution apenaored by the tepartasent of the Intaricr. Carlttra neat Inga Included on* of th.a Conrlttaa on Toxic Chuts and Fine* uf tha American Standard* Association In tte* Tork and t--) of lta S'Scoaeltto# on Leal In Chicago, on* of tha Toxic Materials Cor-nitte* of tha Rational Faint, 7arr.l*h and luwjuar Association la "aohlngton, and <-ne aacn of t.'e A*avlation# C?c-ltt*e of tha Rational Safety Council and tha Advisory Cc*r.ltte* to Consider Tr^prsed ilic* Relating to tha Painting Trade, both In Hew Tork. Heelings held in thl* rity by the Row Tor* t'nlvcrolty P-terah;alo Ur i:1 School and th e Vstio.n-.l Furl for Verticil fixa tion rare a)#o attended. The writer 1* currently ( i-.tlrran cf the A,.'.A. SutccwBlttaa on Lead, terved aa chairman of tha lloalnating Cc.-r.ilta* of tha Industrial IIS'' Bg,'i|W. I {U | w'i,u'l'w^ra^gt')pyjvtl .JWHWiMPlJIgf LI A 10785 -2- Jtyjien* Section of the A.P.H.A. and 1* raster of the Cemltte# on Activities of the Section. represent* th* A.I.H.A, on a Corarttte* on Inter*ocl*ty Coopera tion which Include* twelv* associations coneerned with Industrial health, 1* a aanber of the Exacutiv* Coralttea of tho Metal* flection of th Rational Safe!/ Council and filled a speeking n(t{tMn'. at th* Cleveland aectlnt of tho A.I.H.A, referred to abcrr*. Of two hundred and seventy-nine Individual natter* r**iulrlnf widely varylec extent* of mention dole* th* year, thirty-elx orlelnatod throush lnrjulrte* froa eweber ourca*, eicht#*n frc* physicians, flftoen froa educational lnstltotlon*, fourteen frcn ccverreental agencies, four froa Journal* and rrer.ty-fo'ir froa other non*eater source*, larcely nar-u/acturlr-j ccepar.le*, once nor* point* Inf up the *fxjblic relatione* lapcrtanc* of the work, rdrty-three were subject* brought forward froa the previous year calllnf for further consideration and *lxty were tnveetlyatlon* Initiated within tlva division. Sun*rically the neat tapertar.t were probltea of childhood pltriblaa, air pollution and the toxicity of lead stabilisers, train because of pre-wur* of other work, only orrrn Lead Hyflene and Safety Skillrt 1 rj h*r been lasted. Thoujh a rutstartlxl laprcvacent 0T*r la*t year** fly* thl* record 1* lea* than ws* anticipated, An cnaseratlon of the ten natter* alluded to In the opening paragraph fol lows 1. The >**rrlnd Tcxic Finish*** Law following * series cf four further con* feronce* with foycrrcontal authcrltle* In Maryland, the canpnljrn to rw.w* tr.l* enaot-vrt frew the etatut" book* cf the State was brought to a successful coroluslon wi^n Governor Kill signed the repealer on U-irch 25, 1950, Anticipation rf the Johns Hopkina study listed a* No, 6 below was an leper tar.t factor In thl* legislative act* Ion, 2, Othwr Adverse Legislation Prospect* of prorilgatlon of *le*d labellrf law** In hew York ind ILissach..mtts have caused Coo> cerr. *nd h*r* been the subjects of conference# with Authorities tn both statwe, They continue to be watched. Thro"gh the cooperation of tha Uamfacturlrf Che-tsts Association and the U. 3, r"hlle health flsrvlce, arrange ment* are under way to lecure report* on both tat* and nation*! legislation of concern to us in the future, J, New Terk 9tate Painting Regulations Although word of final action 1* yrt to be received, the onernu* and Impracti cal feat'ire* of the rule* of the ).'w* fork State Labor Department relatlr# to health protection In spray palr.tlnf hare teen revised by a coenlttee In who** deliberations we h*v# participated and assvranc* ha* been given that the*# revision* *111 b* officially accepted, li. Type fT Psl-t It wws reported last year that, despite tha Ion* use of red lead point* fof interior coatln* of water vor*e* U'k* through- out the United States and the lack of any evidence of Kara fro thl* praotlce, an opinion given by a government scientist had placed the continued Ipeclfl- rv^'VHPM wp I' j|ff'i Lpw-I I wyw^w>r)g^j^p jnyjffp-- LIA10786 *.' .fcw*. H - 9 -J- aetlon by th# tJ. 8. Bur**u of Standard# of th* present for* of tush point, known Typo IT, In serious Jeopardy. This natter has boon tha utJ*ot of twenty eddltlcnal conferences In TTashlruptcn, New York, Boston, Cincinnati and st. Loul* *nd oorloo of toot* of waters r-r.>o**d to thla and othor rod load pa Into la boln< ccrd'Ctod by Dr. H. B. tlkir* of Hassachusatts at th* Association's bohaat. Peralta that far are ao favorable that w* har tndioatlon fro* too gorarmental source# that th* Amy's objection to th* uao of th* Typ* IT paint for potabl* water supplies will in all prctoabillty b with dront, 5, Keport* of Childhood Fl'-cblsw Baltimore continue* to b* th* wain aonre* of alleged chll&ood lead poisonings, with 29 eaaea and 2 deatha reported to date In tha current year. It la anticipated that th* atudy discussed in the following paragraph will clarify beth tha antecedent* and actual extent cf thla local protlec. In th* sea* period Dr, E. I. Eyere of th* Children'* Hospital, Boston, whor* our Association 1* partially financing the diagnostic wort:, has reported only fir# pcaltlr* cases and has nerated the dlagnssla of pT-rstlsn In a n-sebor of suspected case*. It la to be hoped that thla very valuable work nay hart continued support. X report cf an Increase In the mrcber of cases at the Children'* Ho"pital la Ci.clr_-.atl has pet to t* e cr.fi rr.nj. Ne-.t account* of scattered casta continue to flow In free various parts of the cc-.ntry, sometimes at th* rat* of fifty clipping* a nc.-rth. h*Uiar Justified or not, th*c* ob viously constitute *o*t adrers* publicity and warrant every effort to find effective preventive nean*. 6, PrcpoeH .*if:dy at .'ohm H-phlm A* a net od of Securing a sound evaluation of th* Piltlaor* prcblcn referred to above, our .'association offered *arly thla pear 'o support nr. Investigation by th* Drpvrtr.c r.ts of lY-psl cl epical Hpgicn* and Vstorn.nl ar.d Child Health of th* Johns Kopkin* University of all cases of chlldoood pl-x-.blas rsported by th* Pal User* City He vlth P"partr#nt. Despite continued effort* to get th# atudy under ay, Including siries of fourteen corferences, unanticipated condi tions at the Cnlroreltv rendered this impossible, In th* light of very re cent word fro* tho head of the University's Department of Bedlstrlcs, It la now anticipated, however, that an early start nay b* sad* If adequate sup port Is assured. 7, parental rdutttl?n The only se-*irgly feasible near* of coping with tha " ch.lliSv>od pl r.blsa problr* 1* that ef parental education. Admittedly difficult at beat, ev^ry applleatle oedi rs ahouli b# explored. 7o leaflet* published by th* National Safety Council ar* th* only one* having suitable reference to this subject thus far aeon, but th* booklet tentatively prcolaed by th* Metropolitan Iff* Insurance Ccmpary a year ago Is in th# naairg end efforts art under way to bring about a-Wpoat# handling of th# subject in similar publications of th# Prudential I.-juranc# Company and th# Children's Hcdlcal Center In Boston, Crtc# these ar* available, tha wide at possible distribution should b* secured. 8, Villon Picture rr--<-kl Efforts to further th# proposal to sponsor th* pro' ductlon ef a sound notion plcl'tre, to be shown to *dlcal students and before auetlnr* of nodical societies for th* |iirpce* of inducing sound thinktrg and correcting th* many nisccneeptlor* prevalent LI A 10787 \t i mmw9 'mmw y.ip.jjwe imwp.ij w ml i nw*^ dm* * la the wedieal profession on th* subject of lead pottering, have continued. Vlth view to *conoeqr In prodjction coats, thr** additional producer* hav* been sppreachod, but th* prospsct of any substantial saving without loss of quality and constituent ffsctlveness teens ronote, Txthsr confsrsncoa Kars boen held with repre* seta live* of th* inertcan Halle al Association, which la agsr to cooperate In sponsorship, promotion and distribution of th* flla* Hr. Fletcher'# strong support of tha project at our annual costing will be ree allot. Doth fro* the viewpoint of the financial saring# Inherent In tha prevention of sdsdlagnosls of pltnbltn and that of enhancing tho prestips of our Association, ths value of f'jch a plctixo Is so Croat as to tsa th# Dost Important alngls step that could be taken In the prccotlon of lead hygiene* I 9, Lead Poisoning Antidote Ths renewed Jclrrt support by our Association and ths Research Corporation of th* effort of Or. Alsoph H. Corwin of th* Johns Kopklrs University to develop an sffectire and stable chcnlcal compound for the trcetner.t of lead poisoning will tarclnat* with tho cleat of th* current year, H* plana, however, to con tinue the work with other ruppert and his further progress will bs watched with th# hope of his ultimate ruccess. Juicing frea e report subdtted under date of October 11, VJf-O, the accocpllsluvoct thus far has been in an lcprovecerrt In the c'kirg of dlthlion*, a chceletl useful In laboratory lead detersdnatlono, rather than In evolution of ths sought-after antidots. Toxicity of lead Stabilisers it ths behest of one of our aeebers, th* pro posal that a study bs sad* of ths toxicity of lead stabilisers used In th* namfacture of vinyl plastics has been dis cussed with two leading 1 abcratorles crnr*>t*nt In "v>rk of this nat'ire, Such study would fall L^to two catoptrics, the determination of tcxlclty by ingestion and that of effects on the skin, Including both prlxary irrita tion and sensitisation. Th# forr.er would be by Beans of anlnal feeding or axtract!on tests ar.d ths latter by patch testing on hucan subjects. In view of ths sertirrAy far greater lcjcrtir.co of ths question of effects on th* skin, It Is recoecendrd that any such study b* Initially confined to that Aspcet of tho problaa* dt-A < N,' Itsn/red Jcwdl tch Cirsctor of Health and Safety 0. .