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y >-- - Lr _ Ifovcnbcr 12, 1973 31OSH Survey Hip>loyo>i Relations Corporate Safety cc: J. F. liealy The attached letter vo3 given to no by one of ;;y students ia a Fens, State C31IA class la Reading and I thought it usy lo of interest to you.. There is quite a story behind it and the folicming is a sunnary as It van given to res. The ccupany involved is of medium sire and has -`our (h) plants in the United States; they jaanufacture storage batteries. Duo to their product line, they have a very large unsnut of lead salting, plating and related activities. Their plant in. hontucly vac contacted by the center for disease control, Rational Institute of Occupational Scutty ana Health **"vQ canvass w surwy o.. voavers using b eas. ^suplsng techniques. These teats vers to ho ccllaccod by the hunan ^crfomaace Laboratory of the university cf Louisville under u grant freu the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The battery ccapony refused to grant -emission icr ti.oao tests. : The University of Louisville then contacted the Union, vho inturn node the survey Luovn to its us-nborship. The U._ivarsity set up chop in a local firs company and paid each vorlur in this plant y20 to tahe a blood test. Of course, at this price they had quite a turn out. A second bleed sample vac alio requested and used as a confirmation cf the first findings, feme of the qisplo this prompted the attached letter. As a result of this iettnr, the entire -plant an veil as a good portion of the snail esanunity an which the plant is located, is in quite a state cf unrest. The nan vho gave no the letter ic frou liddle mungnsent and stated that it van his opinion that if the coupany had cooperated vita hl'31 letters cf thin type vculd act have gone out to the individuals. Vet veal a have been subnittad to Sue plant manager. Ho also state! that not lu.ev vast decision has been node by senior ner.agcreent. r-XGEIVED nov * a \m A. K. McMILLAN AP00054555 3oyce/I\. Waterbary* V\ Caith uoveaber 12, 1973 moSK Curve/ Inploycc delations Safety Po^e 2 As rcu can cce, this type of letter is trouble and riOCU will to ere at lengths to ootain data. In this cmc, it appears that this cenpony did not use (rood iudgrent in not cooperating vlth the iTIOSIi rconest. "*/ *i* 11 bis enclosure AP00054556 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL October 24, 1973 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY" ANO HEALTH US. POST OFFICE ANO COURTHOUSE . CINCINNATI, OHIO 4S20Z During the course of a study currently being conducted for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health by the Hunan.Performance Laboratory, University of Louisville, concerning the effects on behavioral performance of inorganic lead, you did not provide our contractor with a second, confirmatory blood sample. The results of your single blood lead sample indicate a value in excess of SO ug/100 g of blood. 'This test should be repeated in order to confirm its validity. On face value, a blood lead value such as yours indicates at least excessive absorption of lead with possible danger of chronic lead poisoning. Pie would highly recommend that you contact your private physician for a confirmatory test or we shall be happy to correspond with the physician of your choice if you supply .us his name. Sincerely yours, c. William S. Lainhart, M.D. Deputy Associate Director for Cincinnati Operations AP00054557 AP00054558 T. J. REGAN, JR. \7- ^ ^SrO , W^J oU^y ^jjk ^oj f^$f AP00054560