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January 13. 1932 The Eagle-Picherr Lead Commppaann;y (Attention Ur. D. 0. Hubbaarrdd; Temple Bar Building, Cincinnati, Ohio* Subject; Lead Poisoning. Gentlemen; Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of January 7th, in closing a copy of your letter of the same date to Capt. Williams of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, Hary Department. -- The action of the Navy in regard to the use of lead paints ie entirely handled by the Navy Department and is a matter with whioh the Bureau of standards is not even indireotly ooneemed. In regard to the quotations from U. 8. Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletin No. 20, "Hygiene of the Painters* Trade", we would say that we have had this publication in tbs files of our Paint Laboratory since shortly after it was issued in 1913. The question of toxicity of the various compounds of lead is one whioh we would refer to the medioal authorities of the Government, sinoe it ie question upon whioh wo are not competent to render an opinion. However, we would eall your attention to the following paragx&phe from the summary of Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletin Ho. 120; "The dangeroub pigments are the different salts of lead, the basic carbonate, red lead and orange mineral, the chromate, and the basic sulphate. "Experiments with the basic carbonate and the baslo sul phate show that the former it muoh more soluble in human gastric juice than the lattar and causes more rapid and severe poisonir^^n axdmal*\oa Copy to: Capt. Tfilliams Lyman J. Briggs, Aotlng Direotor. P.H.w. S3AIH3MV -IVNOliVN 3H1 IV C3CnQQHd3H N 4006