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S3AIHDHV IVNOIiVN ; 3HJ. v a s o n a o a a s H r OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL IN REPLYING ADDRE88 THE 8URQEON GENERAL U. 8. P U BLIO H EALTH 8E R VIC E TREASURY DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF T H E PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE WASHINGTON May 1 , 1925. I C r ^ CsfU ' I =7 t - 3 I o/S^lo^ The D ire c to r, Bureau of Mines, W ashington, D. C. Dear S ir: The p o s s ib le p u b lic h e a lt h and i n d u s t r i a l h a z a rd s in th e manu f a c t u r i n g o f t e t r a e th y l le a d compound and in th e d i s t r i b u t i o n and u se of t e t r a e th y l lead gasoline has been under co n sid eratio n by th e Public H e a lth S ervice f o r a number of m onths. I t has been f e l t , however, th a t up to re c e n tly evidence has been la o k in g upon which could be based an i n t e l l i g e n t d is c u s s io n of th e h e a lth hazards which might r e s u lt fran use of t h i s g a so lin e. Now t h a t a l a r g e r volume o f e x p e rim e n ta l d a ta has become a v a i l a b l e , i t is b e lie v e d th a t a conference a t th e p re se n t time would be p ro d u ctiv e of a b e tte r u n d e rstan d in g of th e whole q u e stio n . As th e su b je c t i s o f n atio n -w id e i n t e r e s t , I would a p p re c ia te your a tte n d a n c e a t a conference to be h eld by th e p u b lic H e a lth S e rv ic e on Surgeon G eneral.