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December 14, 1670 P. S. I . Bar r y, M. D. The As s oci at ed Oct el Company Li mi t ed El l es mer e Por t , Ches hi r e Engl and Dear Pat : V Fi r st , l et me s ay t hat I f ound your mes s age t hat you woul d be i n Washi ngt on, ] ( as i ndeed you wer e) i n your l et t er of Oct ober 27t h whi ch X had r ead wi t h some car e f or i t s i nf or mat i on about your vi s i t wi t h Mr . Baumgar t e t o Dr . Lehner t . Unf or t unat el y, I was deepl y i mmer s ed i n edi t i ng t he paper s of t he Ams t er dam Conf er ence, and whi l e X mus t have s een t he l as t par agr aph of your l et t er , X pas s ed over i t hur r i edl y and di dn' t r et ur n t o i t , f or t he s i mpl e r eas on (X as s ume) t hat X had pl anned t o at t end t he Congr es s i n Was hi ngt on and knew X woul d s ee you t her e, and di dn' t gi ve i t anot her t hought , unt i l , i ndeed, X di d see you. X mus t conf es s , t hat X am mor e t han a l i t t l e embar r as s ed t o have t o admi t t hat I do not s eem t o be abl e t o car r y mor e t han one i dea at a t i me i n my head, when t he i dea i nvol ved i s one on whi ch I have t o concent r at e vi gor ous l y. I do not l i nger i n embar r as s ment , however , s i nce I am sur e t hat you wi l l not bear t he mat t er i n your mi nd agai ns t me. I am and have been, f or s ome t i me, concer ned about t he Ger man s i t uat i on, si nce, des pi t e our pr oper l y r emember ed r es ent ment at t hei r deeds i n t he l as t hal f cent ur y, we mus t r ecogni ze t hem as a r eal f or ce i n Eur opean t hought and act i on. Thi s br i ngs me t o r epeat t o you what I have s ai d pr evi ous l y, t hat i f t he t i me s houl d come when you and your peopl e bel i eve t hat X s houl d di s cus s t he l ead s i t uat i on wi t h t he r i ght peopl e i n Ger many ( or t ake s ome ot her act i on whi ch mi ght be usef ul ) , X s hal l make mys el f avai l abl e ( i f not at once, cer t ai nl y wi t hi n a f ai r l y br i ef t i me) t o do what Z can r eas onabl y do. We s hal l have had enough exper i ence i n t he Uni t ed St at es, i n al l l i kel i hood, t o have s ome i dea of what mi ght be done and sai d. Thi s i s no l onger a l ocal i s s ue anywher e. The ver y l i f e of t he i ndus t r y i s at st ake, and f or s pur i ous r eas ons . I am convi nced t hat t he i ndus t r y mus t t ake act i on, however , t o deal wi t h s ome of t he pr obl ems ef f ect i vel y - t hat i s, s ome of t he i s s ues whi ch coul d be r ai s ed pr oper l y, s uch as ( 1) t he mat t er of t he cons er vat i on of l ead agai ns t i t s was t age t hr ough di s s i pat i on i n t he ai r , and depos i t i on on* t he l and, and ( 2) t he means of avoi dance of s er i ous conges t i on of aut omobi l e t r af f i c i n cer t ai n of our ci t i es. Thanks ver y much f or keepi ng me i nf or med as t o what comes t o your at t ent i on. X expect ear l y i n 1971 t o ext r i cat e mys el f , as much as pos si bl e, f r om t he mat t er s whi ch have been occupyi ng mos t of my t i me and at t ent i on dur i ng t he pas t t wo year s . X mus t get at t he publ i cat i on of t he exper i ment al wor k i n whi ch we her e have been engaged f or near l y hal f a cent ur y. I ' ve been made pai nf ul l y awar e t hat what we have done i s not known and under s t ood #er y f ar beyond t hos e who, P. S. X. Bar r y, M. D Page 2 December 14, 1970 by r eas on of t hei r l ong- t er m I nt er es t s , have been f ami l i ar wi t h t he i nf or mat i on t hr ough i nt r amur al di s cus s i ons . Thi s has handi capped me gr eat l y i n t he br i ef appear ances i n whi ch I ' ve been i nvol ved publ i cl y. A det ai l ed monogr aph i s gr eat l y needed, and I mus t get at t hi s pr ompt l y. Her e agai n, X s hal l have t o i mmer s e mys el f t o t he excl us i on of al mos t al l el se, and you, as wel l as ot her s who ar e i n t he know, wi l l have t o br i ef me, per i odi cal l y, wi t h what i s t r ans pi r i ng t oday and t omor r ow. At t hi s t i me, however , I mus t s t op t al ki ng of t hes e mat t er s , and. convey t o you my Chr i s t mas gr eet i ngs . I ' ve wr i t t en t o Anne, t hanki ng her f or her t hought of us. Al so, I have wr i t t en t o t he Bevans *. Bot h Luci l e and X have dear f r i ends i n t hi s count r y, but my t hought s al ways t ur n at Chr i s t mas t i n t o Engl and, par t l y, of cour se, becaus e of Kat y, whos e f eel i ng about Engl and and s ome of i t s s peci al peopl e i s ver y l i ke my own, but i n l ar ge par t becaus e my f r i ends t her e ar e ver y dear t o me, among whom t he Bar r ys * r ank ver y hi gh. Si ncer el y, RAK-. wb Rober t A. Kehoe, M. D. Pr of es s or Emexi t us of Occupat i onal Medi ci ne HE 0006309 THE ASSOCIATED OCTEL COMPANY LIM ITED ELLESM ER E PO RT , CH ESH I R E : ,Head Office 20 Berkeley Square London W .l TELEPHONE: ELLESMERE PORT 3611 TRUNK DIALLING: OSIELL 3611 TELEX NO. 62384 TELEGRAMS: OCTEL. ELLESMERE PORT, TELEX CABLES: OCTEL. ELLESMERE PORT r br . R. A. Kehoe, ~1 Depar t ment of Envi r onment al Heal t h, Ket t er i ng Labor at or y, Col l ege of Medi ci ne, Uni ver s i t y of Ci nci nnat i , Eden and Bet hes da Aves . , . Ci nci nnat i , Ohi o 45219, Lj j . s . a . _1 OUR REF. A. 3. 1 . YOUR REF. 27t h Oct ober , 1970. Dear Dr . Kehoe, . Many t hanks f or your l et t er of Oct ober 20t h. The at t acks upon t he use of l ead i n gasol i ne cer t ai nl y s eem t o be gai ni ng gr ound; . but as you say, we can onl y hope t hat r eas on wi l l pr evai l , al t hough at t he pr esent t i ne, t hi s does not appear t o be t oo l i kel y. On Sept ember 23t h I vi si t ed Dr . Lehner t at t he I ns t i t ut e of Occupat i onal Heal t h of t he Uni ver s i t y of Er l angen i n Ger many, accompani ed by Her r Baunyar l e, our Di i ' ect or of t he Bi ebes hci n pl ant . He made t hi s vi si t t o hi m f ol l owi ng r epor t s on some of hi s wor k1' whi ch have appear ed i n t he newspaper , Fr ankf ur t er Al gemagne Zei t ung. I encl os e Dr . Lehner t 's ar t i cl e, t oget her wi t h a r esume of our di s cus s i ons wi t h hi m on Sept ember 25t h. Vie f ound Dr . Lehner t t o be a ver y r eas onabl e per s on of hi gh i nt egr i t y, who i s deepl y i nt er es t ed i n mat t er s of occupat i onal and envi r onment al heal t h. He was ver y upset wi t h t he comment s t hat appear ed i n t he newspaper , as he di d not cons i der t hat t hese f pi ' sent ed t he f i ndi ngs out l i ned i n hi s ar t i cl e on t he concent r at i ons of ALA i n ur i ne among Muni ci pal wor ker s i n Fr ankf ur t . V.'e al so di s cus s ed anot her ar t i cl e of hi s on t he ef f ect s of concent r at i ons of l ead i n^ t he bl ood on chr omosomal changes. Thi s i s r ef er r ed t o i n t he encl os ed r esume of our di s cussi on. I am havi ng hi s or i gi nal ar t i cl e t r ans l at ed i nt o Engl i s h and wi l l f or war d t hi s t o you i n due cour se. On Oct ober 22nd I went wi t h Il err Baumgar t c t o Ober j esi ngen, a smal l vi l l age si t uat ed some 30 ki l omet r es sout h of St ut t gar t , wher e a man named Ewal d Sor g has set up a pr i vat e l abor at or y whi ch he has cal l ed t he Bi ol ogi cal and Physi cal I ns t i t ut e f or t he pur pos e of t he bl ock anal ys i s of some 24 cons t i t uent s of bl ood, i ncl udi ng l ead. He us es a s pect r ogr aphi c i ns t r ument f or t hi s wor k, but we di d not get an oppor t uni t y t o sec i t and he di d not gi ve us any expl anat or y det ai l s of i t s oper at i on. Mr . Sor g i s not medi cal l y qual i f i ed, and i t was not made cl ear whet her he had any ot her t ype of qual i f i cat i on, al t hough I woul d i magi ne he mus t have had some t r ai ni ng i n chemi cal anal ysi s. Ilo mai nt ai ned t hat concent r at i ons of l ead i n t he bl ood of up t o 13 mi cr ogr ams per 100 gr ams wer e nor mal , but t hat concent r at i ons i n exces s of 20 mi cr ogr ams per 100 gr ams wer e t oxi c and gave r i se t o non s peci f i c sympt oms, such as f at i gue, i r r i t abi l i t y, l ack of concent r at i on and a vague depr essi on. He i ndi cat ed t hat concent r at i ons of l ead i n t he bl ood of l ess t han 20 ni cr ogr ams per 100 gr ams di d not gi ve r i se t o t hese sympt oms. 0006310 / cont i nued. . . . N7715.01 He t ol d us al so t hat he had been appr oached by t he Mi ni s t r y of Heal t h i n Ger many t o j oi n a "gr oup of exper t s " t o cons i der mat t er s r el at i ng t o t oxi c subst ances, wi t h a vi ew t o det er mi ni ng accept abl e l evel s. Hi s l abor at or y i s qui t e smal l and obvi ous l y a ver y new uni t , but i t l ef t me wi t h t he i mpr es s i on t hat i t was bei ng oper at ed by uns ki l l ed peopl e and xvas of ver y doubt f ul cr edi bi l i t y. He obvi ous l y knew ver y l i t t l e of i nves t i gat or y wor k whi ch had been under t aken by ot her s i n t he past , and when xve l ef t Baur agar t e and mys el f had f or med t he opi ni on t hat lie was t he near es t t hi ng t o a char l at an, who encour aged ar t i cl es t o be publ i s hed i n news paper s whi ch woul d i ncr eas e t he number s of hi s cl i ent el e. I t i s ext r aor di nar y t o me t hat peopl e can be so gul l i bl e and be t aken i n by a man l i ke t hi s. I encl os e an ar t i cl e whi ch appear ed i n "Bi l d" whi ch r epor t s upon hi s wor k, and whi ch I t hi nk you woul d agr ee, conf i r ms our opi ni on of hi m. -' I al so encl os e ot her ar t i cl es whi ch have appear ed i n Ger man news paper s over t he pas t f ew mont hs, whi ch i ndi cat e t he r i s i ng t i de of oppos i t i on t o t he use of l ead i n gasol i ne. I nci dent al l y, Kat i n was t r ans f er r ed about a year ago f r om t he Mi ni s t r y of Heal t h t o t he Mi ni s t r y of I nt er i or wher e he cont i nues t o exer ci s e hi s i nf l uence t owar ds t he r educt i on and f i nal el i mi nat i on of l ead f r om gasol i ne. What t he out come wi l l be i t i s i mpos s i bl e t o say at t hi s t i me, but we cont i nue t o hope t hat i n t he ul t i mat e gover nment al r eas on wi l l def i ne a pr oper sol ut i on. Mr . Har r i son, our Techni cal Manager , i s pr opos i ng t o at t end t he Second I nt er nat i onal Cl ean Ai r Congr es s i n Was hi ngt on bet ween December 6t h t o 11t h, and af t er di s cus s i ng t he mat t er wi t h hi m and al so Dr . Ai cki n, i t has been deci ded t hat I shoul d accompany hi m. I have asked Er r ol Gay t o have me i ncl uded as a par t i ci pant and wi l l l et you know of mv accommodat i on , and t r avel ar r angement s i n due cour se. I do hope t hat I shal l have an oppor t uni t y t o see you t her e. Ki ndes t r egar ds t o you bot h. Your s si ncer el y. October 20, 1970 P. S. I . Bar r y, 11.D. The As s oci at ed Oct el Company Li mi t ed El l es mer e Por t , Ches hi r e Engl and Dear Pat : Your l et t er of Oct ober 7t h br ought good news es peci al l y t hat about Kei t h Fai r l ey' s vi si t . We shal l , bot h of us-_, be del i ght ed t o see hi m. I f he comes t o us i n Apr i l or May, we s hal l cer t ai nl y be i n Ci nci nnat i , and whi l e we haven' t much r oom, i n our new apar t ment , we s hal l f i nd t he means of ent er t ai ni ng hi m. We s hal l al s o make poi nt of s eei ng Mi 's. Ber &t i c. We, no doubt , s hal l be her e ( except f or my s hor t t r i ps hi t her and yon, and al s o f or t he pos s i bi l i t y t hat Luci l e may go t o Fl or i da f or son s uns hi ne) r at her t han i n San Fr anci s co. We s hal l har dl y go wes t bef or e t he mi ddl e of December . Emi l Pf i t zer at t ended t he meet i ng i n Pr ague. He has J us t r et ur ned and gi ven me an i nt er es t i ng account of i t . I t was good t hat he went . He and I have wor ked t oget her cl os el y i n some mat t er s, and I have concl uded t hat he i s a good man t o t ake over my wor k, wi t h a t eam compos ed of hi m and an equal l y compet ent phys i ci an. I don' t expect t o qui t f or qui et a whi l e, but by wor ki ng t oget her and exchangi ng i deas, t he t r ans i t i on wi l l be f ai r l y pai nl ess, I t hi nk, f or hi m, and r eas s ur i ng f or me. Thanks f or t he i nf or mat i on about Kat i n i n Ger many. I s hal l appr eci at e your keepi ng me i nf or med of mat t er s i n Eur ope. I obt ai n i nf or mat i on f r om Et hyl S. A. i n Br us s el s , and now f r om Ar t Hawkes, who i s s t at i oned t her e, whet her f or t he moment or f or a pr ol onged st ay, I don' t know. I don' t know t hat I can do anyt hi ng much about t hes e t hi ngs, but I s hal l cont i nue t o i nt er es t mys el f i n what i s goi ng on. We ar e goi ng t hr ough qui t e a has s l e i n t hi s par t of t he wor l d. Ther e ar e t o be t wo hear i ngs i n Cal i f or ni a - Los Angel es ( November 9) and San Fr anci s co ( November 10) , i n whi ch I s hal l par t i ci pat e. I t appear s now t hat t he Cal i f or ni a Depar t ment of Heal t h i s pr epar i ng t o get t he s t andar d f or l ead i n t he ambi ent ai r adopt ed at 1. & mi cr ogr ams per cubi c met er . Under t he l eader s hi p of J ohn Gol ds mi t h, t hi s i s t he f i gur e adopt ed by t hem t o pr omul gat e i n t he hear i ngs . I t appear s al s o t hat some, at l east , of t he oi l compani es ar e pr epar ed t o accept t hi s wi t hout pr ot es t . Thi s may s eem t o t hem t o be wi s e pol i cy - t hat of goi ng al ong wi t h t he t r end - at t hi s t i me, but I t hi nk i t l i kel y t hat t hi s i s onl y t he f i r st st ep. I n any case, i f Cal i f or ni a t akes s uch a st ep, i t wi l l have t o cut back on t he us e of l ead ant i knock mat er i al s , and I woul d doubt t hat t hi s woul d br i ng about a meas ur eabl e decr eas e i n t he cont ent of l ead i n t he bl ood of r epr es ent at i ve gr oups of peopl e. Ther ef or e, i f t he ef f ect i s t es t ed adequat el y by a compr ehens i ve s t udy of t he popul at i on, i n t he f ai l ur e t o achi eve t he des i r ed r esul t , i t wi l l be neces s ar y t o go s t i l l l ower and per haps t o el i mi nat e l ead ent i r el y. I nci dent al l y, i t i s qui t e doubt f ul , i n my vi ew, t hat s uch a s t ep woul d pr oduce t he des i r ed ef f ect . What t hen? Barry, M.D page 2 Oct ober 20, 1970 However , we s hal l see how t he ef f or t t o combat t hi s s t andar d wi l l go. I doubt t hat i t wi l l be succes s f ul , but I s hal l do what I can t o del ay i t , at l east . I am s ur e t hat you know t hat I am compl et el y s ympat het i c wi t h t he s et t i ng of envi r onment al s t andar ds whi ch mus t be achi eved. I am s ur e t hat you wi l l al s o r ecogni ze t he f ut i l i t y of s et t i ng s t andar ds as a means, i n t hems el ves , of s ol vi ng knot t y hygi eni c pr obl ems. Thi s, i n t he hands of r eal i s t i c per s ons i n gover nment , i s mer el y a pol i t i cal ges t ur e of good wi l l f or whi ch one may pr oper l y expect a r ewar d at t he pol l s of f or mal el ect i ons or i n t hos e of publ i c f avor . Ther e ar e ot her s, however , who t ake t hes e as cr us ades i n whi ch t he f ai t hf ul t ake one s i de and t he heat hen t ake anot her . Unf or t unat el y, when t he "cause" i s at st ake, r eas on f l i es out t he wi ndow of t he i ndi vi dual mi nd, l eavi ng onl y t he emot i onal el ement of exal t at i on on one si de, and ment al depr es s i on on t he Ot her , accor di ng t o t he out come. I am i n t he f ul l - bl own pr oces s of wr i t i ng a paper f or "The Li t er ar y Cl ub, " t he holy of hol i es " i n my l i t er ar y l i f e, on Aus t r al i a. I am l i mi t i ng my paper t o t he or i gi n and s omet hi ng of t he nat ur e of i t s peopl e, and I mus t f i ni s h i t wi t hi n t he next f ew days. The dat e of my pr es ent at i on i s November 2, and i f t hi s t ur ns out t o be a "f r os t , " i t wi l l be becaus e I di dn' t begi n ear l y enough, i n t he pr es ent s t at e of my mi nd ( and body, s t i l l s omewhat under par ) , t o make pr oper us e of t he mat er i al whi ch I have amas s ed. I shal l t r y t o avoi d s uch an out come, and s o X mus t get busy. Bes t r egar ds t o Anne and your s el f . Si ncer el y, RAKi wb Rober t A. Kehoe, M. D. Pr of es s or Emer i t us of Occupat i onal Medi ci ne 0006013 te ASSOCIATED OCTEL COMPANY LIM ITED ELLESM ER E PO RT , CH ESH I R E Head Office; 20 Berkeley Square, London, W .l t e l e ph o n e : ELLESMERE PORT 361t TRUNK DIALLING: 051ELL 36tl TELEX NO. 62384 ' TELEGRAMS: OCTEL. ELLESMERE PORT. TELEX CABLES; OCTEL. ELLESMERE PORT n>r . R. f. . Il ehoe, Hi ghl and Tower s, I C7l Cel est i al St r eet , Apar t ment 1501, Ci nci nnat i , Ohi o -13202, " 1 OUR REF. A. 3.] Y O U R REF. _J 7t h Oct ober , 1970, Dear Dr . liehoe, Then!; yon ver y much f or your l et t er of Oct ober 3r d. I an sor r y t hat you wi l l not be goi ng t o Pr ague, as t hi s wi l l mean t hat wo shal l not have an oppor t uni t y of seei ng you over her e. I shal l wr i t e t o Lor i t i c and l et hi m know of your now home addr ess, so t hat hi s wi f e nay cont act , you on her ar r i val i n Ci nci nnat i i n Kovenber . I hope t hat you wi l l not mi nd my doi ng t hi s, but I t hi n!: t hat you wi l l f i nd her t o be a mos t char mi ng per son. As r egar ds Kot i n, t her e i s not much mor e t hat we can t el l you. abor t hi m at t he pr es ent t i ne, /.s you know, he pl ays a ver y act i ve par t i n t he Ger man Mi ni s t r y of i l eal t k, ( al t hough he hi ms el f i s not medi cal l y qual i f i ed, but I bel i eve i s a chemi st ) . For a whi l e he was associ at ed ' wi t h t he Common mar ket Gr oup of Compani es based 1:: Geneva, but lias been bad: at Comi I bel i eve f or a year or so, and i s act i vel y engaged i n per s uadi ng tiic Ger man Gover nment t o i nt r oduce l egi sl at i on, t o r educe t he pr es ent maxi mum concent r at i on of l ead i n gas ol i ne fro::: 0. 63 gr ams / l i t r e down t o C. -l gr ams per l i t r e, whet her such l egi sl at i on wi l l , i n f act , be i mpl ement ed i s as yet not. known. I not e t hat you. wi l l be cont act i ng Ar t i i awkes on t he subj ect , and cer t ai nl y, as and when we l ear n mor e of Kat i n' s act i vi t y, we wi l l keep yon i nf or med. Ke have i nvi t ed Kei t h Fai r l ey t o vi si t t he U. K. , and he has t ol d tis he woul d l i ke t o do t hi s i n May of next year . On hi s way over her e, he wi l l t r avel acr oss t he Uni t ed St at es, and woul d hope t o spend a. day or t wo wi t h you i n Ci nci nnat i ( i f you ar e t her e) , or i n San Fr anci sco. I have asked Kei t h t o 'wri t e t o you i n t he h o w f ear when he has f i xed hi s t r avel dat es. I am gl ad t hat your ver t i go pr obl em has i mpr oved, but es peci al l y t hat no or gani c cause was f ound. You may r emember that. Kay be van suf f er ed fro:.; a si mi l ar pr obl em i nvol vi ng t he . semi ci r cul ar canal s. At t i mes he was compl et el y i mmobi l i zed by i t , but i n r ecent year s, I gat her i t has become l ess of a. pr obl em t o hi m. I am not sur e i f I t ol d you, but ear l i er tfE 0006314 / cont i nued. . . . N7715.03 t hi s year he was exper i enci ng some pai ns i n t he chest , whi ch v. ei e s ubs equent l y di agnos ed as bei ng of angi nal or i gi n. I don t bel i eve however , t hat t hi s i s t r oubl i ng hi m much at t he pr es ent t i me. l.'i t h ki ndes t r egar ds t o you and Luci l c, and we hope t hat we shal l be seei ng you bot h agai n one of t hese days. Your s si ncer el y, i PSI B/ dl . ' KE 0006015