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PILAN T N O - 4 W A P A K O N ET A . O H IO Pr i c e Ba t t e r y Co r p o r a t i o n E S T A B L IS H E D 1918 u cm a n f a t u r e r s o f BATTERIES OF QU ALI TY G E N E R A L O F F I C E S A N D F A C T O R I E S H A M B U R G , P A . , U. S .A . P LA N T N O . S W ALTH AM . M A SS. December 0,1959 Our 42nd Year Ketterlin g Laboratories U n iversity of Cin cin n ati C in c in n a t i, Ohio A t t e n t io n : Mr. A lvin D a v is, M.D. Dear Dr. D avis: We h ave r e c e iv e d your a n a l y si s on Sam ple Nos. 59A-11216 t o 59A-11221 in c lu siv e in d ic a t in g mg. o f le a d p er 100 gram s o f o ld hood con ducted both sp e c t r o g r a p h ic a lly and by th e lead dith izon e method. Alth ough i t i s d e sir a b le t o have le ad in blood a t a zer o l e v e l , we r e c o gn iz e t h e f a c t t h a t w orkin g in a le a d in d u st r y , t h i s o b je c t iv e i s im p o ssib le . We would t h e r e fo r e a p p r e c ia t e you r fe e l in g s a s t o what you would, c o n sid e r t h e "n o r m al"lim it o f le a d in blood in in d u st r y , h an d lin g le a d p r o d u c t s. We would a l so l i k e t o know th e u pper le a d li m i t so t h a t when t h i s li m it i s o b t a in e d , em ployees can be removed from t h e i r p r e se n t h a z ar d . 'There c e r t a in ly i s a stan d ar d procedure follow ed by in d u st r ie s in le ad in h an dlin g em ployees where t h e se pr ob lem s may a r i s e , an d we would a p p r e c ia t e a s much in fo r m at io n a lo n g t h i s li n e a s p o ssi b l e . At tbs P r ic e B a t t e r y C o r p o r at io n , t h e r e a r e c e r t a in departm en ts w h er e- th is le ad h azard e x i st s and oth er departm en ts t h at a r e c o m p ar at iv e ly le a d f r e e . When u pper le a d l i m i t s a r e o b t a in e d , em ployees can be sh i ft e d from a h azar d ou s a r e a in t o a r e l a t i v e l y n on - h azar d ou s a r e a . Vie would a p p r e c ia t e y ou r a d v ic e s a s t o t h e p e r io d o f t im e you f e e l would be b e n e fi c i a l in s h i f t i n g an em ployee from a h azar d ou s lo c a t io n t o a n on - h azar d ou s lo c a t io n . Very t r u ly y o u r s, PRICE BATTERY CORPORATION