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October a f t 1936 Br# K eith F a irle y 81 C ollins s tr e e t Uelboum a# A u s tra lia Dear.. Br* F a irle y f I t has bean some time sin c e 2 have w ritte n to you# and sins ny l a s t l e t t e r a matter' lias developed In th is country which X think re q u ire s some d is cuss 1on From time to biss over a p erio d of some years# ee have had oases of m ild poisoning in connection w ith the a leaning of -tanks used for? jal&tag and a to r 1x15 loaded gasoline, -he f i r s t o f th e s e eases resu lted In our issuing in stru c tio n s fo r the avoidance of lead exposure in t h is occupation. X g e n e ra l these, ins trac tio n s have been c a rrie d out f a ir ly well# hut In sp ecific instances In stru ctio n s have been neglected and aoa cases of poisoning have developed* HeoenbXy the f la g r a n t d isre g a rd f a l l in s tr u c tio n s re s u lte d in th re e f a t a l cases among seven a c u te ly lobasic&fced workmen . I t g iv es me amm- a n x ie ty to recognise th a t th e m cshanlw which we have p re v io u sly used in p u ttin g o u r in s tr u c tio n s in to o p e ra tio n has f a ll e n down# h have p re v io u sly depended upon th e d i s t r i b u t e r s o f leaded g a so lin e to supply th ese re g u la tio n s in t h e i r own p la n ts . I t scorns ap p aren t th a t In the tin t te d S ta te s m can not depend upon the adequacy o f th is mechanism. X m ust, th e r e f o r e , q u estio n in my own mind w hether th e re may not bo s im ila r s lip -u p s in o th e r'c o u n trie s ` . . .I n v i m f the d i f f i c u l t i e s hero# we have undertaken to make a- thorough in v e s tig a tio n of t h i s whole problem, 1 th e b a s is of- which, we s h a ll be prepared to reeawaend adequate procedures# :'At p re s e n t such ree3sraei3da,ttpns would be premature# However, I t seems to ms i t would be very v ia# i f we were to tak e s te p s to remind a l l of the d is trib u to rs of leaded g aso lin e of the necessity of following our regulations i f they are to avoid se rio u s d i f f i c u l t i e s # X should a p p re c ia te I t very much i f you would have a d is c u s s io n w ith Hr# liu lly la o rd e r to d e te r mine between yourselves what a c tio n can moat fe a s ib ly be taken a t th is time to remind various d is trib u to rs of th is situ a tio n # Obviously we do n o t wish to cause undue alarm# b u t I t w i l l be neceaaary tp bring to th o ri atten tio n the fa c t th a t these K 001 34 ^ 9 I ; * . ` Dr, Keith F airley (oont) 2* * dangora a re r e a l b u t th a t th ey can be combatted by th e us of th e precautions util oh have been suggested and under no circumstances should such precautions be f i t t e d * There a re a am b er of questions in t h i s e n tir e problem t h a t w do not f u l l y understand* Wo should be ab le to answer th ese qu estio n s through the in v e s tig a tio n s whieh wo are now c a rry in g on* From time to time we 3 h a ll ccraaunlcat w ith you f u r th e r as our in f o r m tlo n develops# and X hope e v e n tu a lly to make such recetasnda t io ns as w ill solve t h i s problem to our s a t i s f a c tio n . Meanwhile we should tak e such measures o f pro* caution as w ill assure us th a t th is question w ill not be wholly neglected. I a p p re c ia te th l o t t e r which you have s e n t mo from time to timo and I hope you w ill continuo to w rite mo on a l l the m a tte rs which come to your a tte n tio n . C ordially yours# 1?a k $la cc Mr. Lewis Hobor^' * Kehoe# w.D, K 00134 j 0