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i LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, INC ta MAOlfON AVINUI Nrw YOU*. H. Y. 10017 TIUf( - A44A eof in >0*4 IHfU40*L i MNMirH m *(i*c r* < iHON rfrmAu.. * jo**n v. VKI MOO JUIVvOo M MCf* o c j *a ; if r> Ir k' j Vovwfcar 7, 1966 ; < . v Tot All Master* of the Lead Baalth aad 8af*ty ComlttM ij Attached for your lrforaatlce la the pr*a which vu Mat out CO tba occaaloo of the Ocldv*t#r-Bocr*r paper la Gaa Fraeelaco 00 XorMber Ut, plu* a copy of the p* cc*crte frea tb* flea rrancUco Exealrer of that data. i Va do pot bara copica cf lb# papar, sloe# It baa oot Vcaa produced la lta I-' 3sj final for* for publication. Aa auoo aa the paper la areliable, w* vlll 'i bara topic* for you. '4 Vary truly your*, rofiev 3 aoole. 1 Pea 0. fcarler ..win !y' LIA11926 fc V H l V 8 MUASI Colwbla University School of Public Health tad Adalolstretlve Medicine 600 Veat lC6th Street Hev Tort, I. Y. 10032 (Prof. Leonard J. Gcldvater) Telephooej (212) J79-3933 Release After 9 A.M., Tuesday, lovtdber t s tOU GUUfZA JUTXYE3 SBOV LEAD LEVOS COMPARABLE TO ECXCTKlAI^m) OOWTRH3 A 16-country atudy of "Dorsal" value* of 14 la hunan blood aad urla* shove 00 slc&lfleant changes over the past three decades. Load level* found uoc| Rev Oulnea aborigines, living far fro* Industrialisation, art ccparsble vtth thoae obtained la industrialised countries. <r this mi reported at aa Anerlcen Public Health Aseoclatloo nesting 'i 00 "Evaltntlng Health Xffecta of Air Pollution" la Saa fraocleco Tuesday, loreaoer 1, by Dr. Ltooard J. Ooldvater, Professor of Occupational Medicine, aod Dr. A. Valter Hoover, both of Coluabla tblnrtitjf'i School of Mile Health aod Administrative Medicine. Dr. Ooldvater served a* chalraaa of a special World Health Orjanlsstloo taek fore# that evaluated reeult* of aa International study vhlch 1Deluded lead neaeureneots la the bunaa body. Tbe*e etudiet do oot *upport the cooteatloo, the doctor* etld, that loereaaed burning of (aeollM aod vider u*e of lead la Industry ara causing additional ssposure* to load lo our enrlrcessent. "Ho *1golfleant changs to lead levels of the blood aad urlae la the last three decades have been atom*" they reported. (ore) H ' 'Va N 444.01 Lw .1x1Vj'ijnw nww;win up:a immwti.* mu mm ilHgMBBaB5gja^j LIA11927 = 2 - lb* data pre**nted Included Iced waaureaeot* from H*v Oulne* native* "living la the hill* of Hev Guinea, avay free lnduatrlalliatloo aod aotorliaUcc,* th* report Mid, and tbay tad "blood lead level* higher la range ttaa either urban or rural Californian*.' Th* scan or average lead level lo the blood of the** aborigine* mm higher ttaa that of Maple* froa % .; 12 other place*, Including California aad Ohio, aad aa the *aae aa ttoae froa *v Tort City. The cleatlet* Mid the *tudjf checked for 'ncrsal* value* among people m vho had bo evident occupational, medicinal, or other uauaual aource* of axpoeure. All Maple# were analysed by a uniform eethod (dlthlsone) la order to eliminate variance which had been previously noted la ease measuring technique*. Value* of blood aad urine level* of lead are coo*id*red Indicator* of body burden* of lead. The etudy found that among the total population, $*/% i bad le*e than 65 nicregram* of lead per liter of urine and more toaa 9&5 bad leee than 50 mlcrograa* per 100 alllllltere of blood, the data ugge*ted that the 'normal* level# for lead la the urine race# fra* 20 to 65 4 mlerograa* per liter and for lead la the blood, the "normal" value* range a froa 15 to V) mlcrocraae per 100 mUllUtere. 'It 1* a uU known fact that a certain amount of lead enter* the human body dally, meetly by inf**lIce and inhalation. Meet of thlt amount 1* excreted la the face* without being allotted Into the blood itm*. Xrvgeetloo of lead compound* la food aad drl&klnf water and other beverage* -i contribute* moat of the dally lead Intake. The air alao contribute* to Intake (by inhalation), althou^i to a oonalderably l**er defree than by ? lnf*tloa.* HH . '' r;;: 1\<- < ' r;c v' '*/ * 3>j.-4'. . u -T.. . < ^ *- bI r: ' ' ' , , . -4.,-  "**;1 " ;V M 7'3&j tv. (rra_ $?. ;- -. > ;<_ '$*3^*1 'j` %p%cr HIe W'sJ'^m^m^rnrnii v^; y -'T' ' - ' 3-' - *-- * .; >.-.-- f-Mj - .; . f`-\ .v.*, *..;w.---k-*. :;>*- * I ^S'S^'^.y-V-v,'| *64***-*- Tuti.hwt. 1,1964 trirtr ipji.u-smuiir-ras* W 2 Health Researchers Hit `Poisoned Air' Theory Bp WILLIAM &OQOST fttnr** (bat aatta la r*pr- (caaraUp nac*44 I* n*S* bis| ta mar i at ft* Bite* mt m kaiar4 la bamaa fnxs t*H. froooiitr. A pair o4 CetufnbU Uot**r- a**jb. BLOOD TEST A Staatord Madlcal Carrtar litp phjticUiu *at{t*t*d todap that LVr* la m appraeW abi* eoetamlnatiai o4 lb* air w* braath* Cat U WadcsctAtuni (*aoU** or *Ctar ' lohiWil toad product*. SArrLrvxu 7V* literrtSc*H/ aaf* tevtta Xt* 4ra*a cntkUia Iron PatUrita. *X ha* n**iar*4 taoar mtil *a4 itma (!* Ora** ibo\a< Tb*p rpori*4 Out n pr> nzt *4 0* wb)*n* bad Irr- tt thaa M micr*(ratna par ISO BlUUitara <4 blood; 0* *en*l ru|i la tr*m U la 40. Want -- Dr. Rodtirp R. Beard aad C*ort* War lb ala -- taatad ttudand toisst*r* CZ> pOMd tO MltOA BtfOXUt. 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