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LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION
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October 72, 1958
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To the Heater* of the Lead Industries Association*
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LEAD AXD ns DiCROJUnC CCKT0C9CM
The Aaarloaa Industrial Hygiene Association, leading Maberahlp organisation of Industrial health workers, includes In it* aerrlcec to lndertry the preparation end dlaaeednatlon cf Hj-fienlc Guides on the cr* lc^ortent Industrial toxic hazards. The aost recent of thee* la that on Lead and lta Inertadc Cocpounde, a copy of which la herewith. VIthin the 11*11* of ao oondenaed a publication. It la both authorltatlY* and collate, and should pror* aost useful to ear Maker* aa a baale text.
Sixty of these Ryflenio Ooldea, on subject* ranging fro* Acetaldehyde to tine Oxide, bar* been Issued to date. A list, and the guides thaaeelres, at 2S cents each, are obtainable frtaa George D. Clayton, Executive Secretary of the A.Z.B.A., lltl25 Prsvoet, retroIt 71, Michigan.
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Hardly a week paatee without ewe pobllahed at* tenant, la the preaa or elaeWbtre, co the raxing problea of childhood leed poisoning. An Increasing cosher of theee are In the fora cf leafleta Issued by goremnentel agencies et all lerela. Perhaps the best of then to date, In that It la brief, clear, aad free of unwarranted scare* faaturea, la Public Health Servlet Publication Ho. 5c6, 1958, the aecccd sodeeure herewith.
LEAD H1DHXZ CCKPDtBCS Chicago, Horenber 6-7, 1958
Third aad fourth enclosure* are (a) tha prograa of oar Lead Hygiene Conference^ to be held et The Drake, Chicago, on Xovertber 6th and 7th, and (b) a reproduction of an editorial, engendered by the announeeaont of thla neetins, In the Hew England Jcornel of Kedlolne. An editorial of this nature la a leadInf aedleal journal la as unusual aa It la gratlf/lt*.
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LEAD HYGIENE CONFERENCE
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HOW CHILDREN GET POISONED BY LEAD
ChlUm of thla age (1^ l3 jean) wwHlaMfiar
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or toys Children naj aha cat dried paint flakes.
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painted many timer, and ohm She paint pete old k crocks and flake* off, Yowf children can ccrateh off piece* and cat them.
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Although trad pobnntng b infrequent, la oao eky, oot of rrrry fire children oho did ham trod pob amine one child died. Yhm the child with lead paboaing doc* oot die he may nffrr bating harm.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
* Any off the following may be rigor of trod pohonhg. \s Only yoar doctor can IdL
1. Screre otomarh ache L Frequent vomiting 3. Conrtipatloa 4. Frcqnmt hradachre 5. Fretfalaeoa 6. Comlilom
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WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOUR ailLD
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1. CW* the child a (Imi teething ring or hard robber toy to chew aa.
! When you buy paint for INDOOR work ajwuy* nk the man at the (tore if there U trod in k. NEVER bay lead paint to me Indoor*.
S. 5erape off the old point from place* like window Ut* (place* a toddling child con rrorh) before potting on new paint. (The old point may bare lead ink.)
4. Outdoor paint ho* lead la It. If yon bora *weh paint left oerr from outdoor work NEVER n*r b for Indoor work.
5. If you think your child may hare eaten paint with lead in It coll your local health department. They will *end omrone to bmatlgolo.
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The erUff Ind polaonlng In a child (a found and treated tl*e better the ehaaeca are that he will recover. If joo wilt too long before going to the doctor jour child majr die. or hia brain naj be harmed.
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HEAM.VG THE LEAD
Tt multiple and increaung uan of trad lam udt it, *n additina to one of the mrtak tnt worked bjr man, mrood in importance. probably, cedy in iron in rrUlxm to indiafry. Ita miDrohtlity. io atomic ntafiil and iu manace to coriowuo fine rotnaa mrttdrd k to ita nrljr pnmrtne cmpioyrn; la naodrra tinea ita phrtical and chrmical (aakaitioM bote
gnen k an abnoat imlmutod (eld cl lurfiilarm Lrad't chatacaetmic danenag ia tlx way at
flatahibty waa ngmficaotly noted by Coleridge ia reference to bit ancient mariner*! aJhaoow, which
tank Ur lead into the tea, and lead baa been and by other mariner^ brfare and ainen, lot "^iliiiabit^* the depth td entr. Whin lead baa long bean a bmac nuierial in the manufacture cl enduring paint, and the red oudr waa undoubtedly taatd by Iroutuimn, eowboyt and roOrge Hudrnta when they painted the town ia that color. Lead pipe bat been manufactured by the mile, although a arction acarcciy a foot loa^ k all that ia nenrntry far a rhoreangt weapon at enaniderable ttrikmg power.
It ia wed known, however, that lead ha> other and more tubllr tcmic propenin and k la in rriatioo to theta hamnb that the conference on lead hygiene, noted thru ben k> thia baua of lha Jeered, k to take place early neel month in Chicago
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