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After discussions with Cap Hall of Ethyl I had our Chicago affiliate obtain a copy of the paper and the press release that went with it. The paper was telecopied to Cap Hall who will give it to Hesselberg and our copy, received this morning, is enclosed, together with a press release that went with it and a UPI wire story that was serviced on August 29. It appears to me that this is pretty much a rehash of Darrow's submission to EPA on the lead-in-gasoline question. \ If this story rums in major newspapers we should consider a follow-up letter I to the editor of important newspapers,- especially those in Washington. JDCisdd Enclosures cc: P. Robinson1 J. Smith D. Lynam C. Thompson M.Swetonic ^i James D. Callaghan u LIA-76443 ypiSoS (LEfiD INTQNICfiTION) CHICAGO (UPI) -- LERD EMITTED IN RUTOMOBILE EXHBUST FUMES HRS INCRERSED THE NUMBER GF LERD-RELRTED DEPTHS OF YOUNG CHILDREN; HUUUKHIn U IU H LfirMfiUUlfi RcbcHfilhtR. IN H PfiPER PREPARED FOR DELIVERY PT fill RMERICfiN CfiEMICfiL SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM TODfiY; DfiN DfiRROH OF THE DARTMOUTH HEDICfiL SCHOOL SfilD THE HMOUNT OF LEfiD IN CHILDREN'*S BLOOD STREfinS IS INCREASING. "THIS INCREASED BLOOD LEfiD AND HIGH PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS IS THE RESULT OF ENVIRONMENTh l LEfiD POLLUTION AND IS NOT NATURAL,K DfiRROH SAID. HE SAID LEAD INTOXICATION IN CHILDREN HRS OF"EPIDEMIC - PROPORTIONS. i: I LD SPY THAT 1. TO 2 RER CENT OF fill URBAN CHILDREN HAVE BLOOD LEfiD LEVELS HHICH, CURRENT STANDARDS, INDICATE THAT THEY SHLULD BE RECEIVING HOSPITAL TREATMENT,8 DfiRROH SfilD. HOHEYER; HE SfilD, HOST THOSE CHILDREN PROBABLY HERE NOT RECEIVING ANY TREATMENT BECAUSE OF EXPENSE OR OTHER FACTORS: IN ADDITION TO CAUSING"DEATH, DfiRROH SfilD, INCREASED LEfiD IN THE BLOOD STREAM CAN AFFECT fi CHILD'S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES AND EVEN BRING ABOUT BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITIES, SUCH HS NEGATIVISM, DISTRACTRBILITY AND CONSTANT NEED'FOR AFFECTION. UPI 98- FEDXc.. i i lIA-76444 N 955.01 CHILDHOOD EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL LEAD V Studies have shown that urban children have more lead in their blood than urban adults. Over half of the reported deaths from lead poisoning occur in two year old children. This increased blood lead and high percentage of deaths is the result of environmental lead pollution and is not natural. The epidemic proportions of lead intoxication in children cannot be supported on the bs mx c ..Xead .paint alone. Fall-out of lead from the exhaust of automobiles burning leaded gasoline is increasingly implicated in this childhood disease. There are 38 million cars in the U.S. emitting four pounds of lead in the environment yearly. t A critical review of the literature suggests that children are more sensitive to lend intoxication; they may absorb more lead into their bodies after eating or inhaling lead, and they are probably exposed to more environmental lead than an adult. Studies in Brattleboro, Vermont show more lead in the air below the four foot level where a child might breathe it than at higher levels. Studies in the past have sampled air at heights at five feet and above. Dirt and dust on streets, sidewalks, porches and inside homes where children play contain sufficient lead to account for increased lead values in children. There is accumulating evidence that the increased lead burdenG in children may result in impaired neurological function, which show up as hyperactivity, impaired fine motor control and behavioral abnormalities such as negativism, diGtractability and constant need of attention. LIA-76445 N 955.02 PRESS , L'-/.S d Studies on the brains of mice exposed to low levels of lead throughou developmental stages showed abnormalities in DNA and protein. There is need for more research on that segment of the populatio at greatest risk. There is enough evidence to implicate lead in gasoline as a major contributory source of lead for children. Lead should be removed from gasoline to minimize childhood exposure. Lift-76446