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-> >?* ,.o- .,'hrt 'rti,jj-<^<i^W<S^;-,ri'V<iHih'T--vfw-l'n'fe'"";:>- >-iHa'1- t s*r-t- ->- ' *% UJoAirk 4e> (YU?. J-/A (7k/vten t)ona 33, Lead Induntrlcai AaaocIatioii.Lio. aa MADISON AVKNUK W*W YORK, V. T. 10017 mu e*+ m <m 'jf m. .oaitn * luM Ov a u m i. mu. w*m i AM I. MN*UT UVll M IQACWIA Ju m 22, 1^66 Tot All H--frrr* of th* I**A ZaluotrlM A*aoolatloa, Zoo. Hot 0m*t* Baarlac* Air Tollatloo :-;5 Quill*--0| Attach*! harrto It rrport 00 th* *A>t for *11 UA Mtxn by t th* Director of B--1th ao! 6*fty# )tr. Deo fovUr. th* lUlf M*b*r* Alrrctly ccocrro*! fowler, Bo o m*, Doaroln* m4 QjttrUf - ittwM *11 hMrti(, F :;V ? It 1* oar opinion that th* load tadustry ca* out u veil *a can V* xp*ct*4 *t this tlaa, altbcub v* crrtataly ((t h vlth th* final paragraph of Deo'* rrport la tfclcb h* point* out that thrr* 1* such d m! for ecot lour! rrMarch. V* bar* probably Ju*t flaiabad th* flrrt tUralah of a loaf war. ..'1 Blaerly, ! JIXj w MtUxurt r Earli ii. Sorrloa llabarlajr" * '7 [i ;I g^fflJ4!^y4KXKw,'-'Tstsjv 3rwKai:S.*7"jy!t 'v.?tw^j!^''n*e^wjrvM fcr !.?; ;v -5*>,W '. %s>v..^-' .-. vi '..- .-...`.A ry ";;;". \ '/ ''*'?ff- '''f^jjrffrii "<~ li i - r-1 1-,,,,j ,~t '-,. , - .-.<( %r.\ v .* i >. ' ?ia>.vVS*-i-^>i^l(>-~i.*''.,1|i t. ^,-Mtti.r. iHHi tas^eo... Tree* tf*e Mimiw el HmH oed Safety Im4 MmMm A>cWIv lac g&eaew in Medbee Ave. Hew Yerk 17, M. Y. ' .= \ 1 I as; June 21, 1966 LEAD EYOEOa AID fiATZTY BOLUm S2iJL Tot All ftaabera of the Lead iDduetrlee iuocUtloo, Id o . Scneej-y of Senate Bearings 00 Air Pollution fjuae 7. 8. 9. 1^, H) Ob Ju d o 7, 1966 the Subcoaalttee 00 Air aod Motor Pollution of the Senate Caanlttee oo Public Work* opened bearing# on 8. 5112 end 6. 3^00. The Cbalraaa of the Subcooelttee, Senator Ettad 3. Kuakle, preelded throughout. Only Senator Po o l * wee at all eooeUteat In participation - a f*v other e amit tee aoabara attended Intermittently. The audience wee cooaletently loot then 100. Pro** attendance vaa potty. Bill 3. 5112 would authorize federal code* la oupport of fUto aod aumlclpal air pollution control proenuse, both nerwly Instituted end thoaa ba* under way. Bill 8. JWOO would autborita fund* to carry out a prograa of dlapoaal of Junked actor vehicle*. Id hla opening atataaast Senator Muakl* eeptaelted that tha Subccueilttee would 'explore the question of envlrooBental coctaalnatloo fran lead aod other sateriele.* la three other place# la hla abort twopage opening lUtmrt Easetor Muakl# aentlooed lead. Da/ h7 day at--irlee tollom p^itday, June 7, iy%. Secretary of Health, Education, aad Welfare, Jcha V. &arloe r) JoraanCw* Laa, editor of the Saturday Perlev of literature and chalraaa of a Hew Tor* City Ccoalttee on Air Pollution, and Sen* tor'Paul Dojglae, proponeot of Bill B. y*CO, teetlfled. '= Senator Donglae talked only 00 the automobile aorap problea. Secretary Oar-doer erpreeeed gray* concern aod etreeaed that air pollution la a contributing factor to reeplratory dleeaeee such aa lung cancer, a;-r.y*ee, aad eetoae. He pointed out that Dr*, evrvart aod Prlndla would teetlfy CB lead aod other toxlo aaterlala. Kr. Coualna dlecueeed the hew York City liuatloo la general, with aapbaala on rulpftur aod all pollutant# free auto exheuete. A - .. >WlJie|!>| tiU.WPqfjH-HJ,1, ^ 456.01 art/*- - % lead Hygiene h Safety Bulletin Bo. 16J 2- Jwsa 21, 1$66 Vedeeaday, June 8, 1966. The Surgeon General of the Public Health Service Dr. Willies H. Stewart, Dr. Richard Prlndle of the Puhlio Health Service, end Hr. Veiter R. Bibbard,Jr., Director of the 0. 8. Bureeu of Mines, testified. Both Dr. Stewart mod Dr. Prlndle node extensive coemsta ehout lemd vlth special reforecce to ite pretence in gasoline. Senator Rtskle meked both of the physicians whether or Dot restrictive legislation vould be required et thle tine to control leed in smeoline end both msevered in the negative. Dr. Prlndle etmted thet norm reeemrch ie Decsssary, ecd, la response to m question from Sesetor Hiskle, Dr. Prlndle eteted thmt et leeet five years of study of the pixtole* vould be req^tired. Sesetor Muskle questioned Kr. Hlhberd ehout the recently announced joist American Petroleum Institute-Bureeu cf Hires research project co potor fuel snd eir pollution. Hlhberd pointed out thet beelth effects ere not pert Of the reeeerch end, in soever to direct questioning on what proved to be a coatroverslel clause 1a the APZ-USBK contract, eteted thet the Bureeu of Ml nee vould sot be restricted la publication of results la any wanner as e result of the contract. Thursday, June 9. 1*^6. Testifying vers Dr. Harriet Hardy of Mseeechuaette Institute of Technology, Dr, Robert A. Keboe of the University of Cincinnati, ead Senator Metcalf of Hoctens. Dr. Bardy reed a prepared eteteasot co be 17111u snd did not nention lead until Senator His Us asked her concerning it. la response Dr. Hardy sectioned thet she was concerned about certain segaeats of the population, such as the ill, pregnant vooro, etc., and she felt that current knowledge of the situation ves too fragmentary to make any decisions. Dr. Xeboe ves on the stand for apprcocixately 1 hour and 10 minutes covering hie prepared teettaocy end quest iocs fron Senator Hails. A particular point that Senator Muekie pursued ia the form of a hypothetical question was tfcetber or not Xahoe vould recocoeod the removal of lead frees gasoline if aa equivalent and noo-toxla additive were to be found. Dr. Kahoe ultimately said 'yet* but insisted that there Is no substitute eaterial available and that say Dev additive vould have to be completely and thoroughly investigated, as Til. has been, before It vould be safe to use. Senator Hukte cade several comments to the effect that Dr. Kahoe's certainty about the safety of lead vas highly unusual. Dr. Keboe persisted thet there Is no potential threat to the health of the American population free the use of lead la gasoline at the present time, an4 trust the amount of reeeerch presently being carried 00 Is sufficient to alert the euthorltlss long In advance of any such threat. Senator Metcalf r*ad a lUteasst la which he case ovt for air pollution octroi la rural areas - particularly Hoctana. slay, June ijs, 106A. felts Vorsaer for the lead Industries Association, P. 8. OeasseIgard of the American Petrolswe Inal llute, and Hr, Vernon MacKeosle, Chief of the Division of Air Pollution of the U. 8. Puhlio Health Service, testified. L -liiJJJIdl l^STiU' ypMfi /* ** rnr 'v'-"."vvhlli*f*--' ''f' ` 1:., -T'Ht* ' * lead Hygiene l> 8af*ty Bulletin *0. 167 -3 Jun* 21, 1966 ; Hr. VoMr read hi* UtMot. Senator )fe*kl* posed aumtlcn* 00 tb* "Survey * of 1**4 la the Atooejhere of Three Urban Caasunitl*#" (Cincinnati, Lot Angal**, i' and Philadelphia) and detail* of t*tenant* cade la that report. 7or lxntance. Becater Muikla a*led Hr. Uoreaar vhy ha vaa *0 poeitlv* that th "Three Cltlaa* i report cooflra* th fact that lead cootent of tha air doe* not e coat ltut* a public health hatard, *1d c * Dr. Prlndla and Dr. Gtevart of the Public Health Service had teetlfled prerloualy that they vara not r*aetur*d by thl* report. r Hr. Vomaer replied that bla op Idea resulted fra* tb# fact* of th* actual data found In th* "Tbra* Cltl**" report. lead polluttoo mi Iwr. Mr. Caooalgard vaa questioned In*latently by th* Senator ce vd*tber or not th* API -bureau of Mine* agreeaant vould allow unrestricted and cccplete 41* cloeur* of th* reult* of thl* research project, and h# w j aatured by Gaoatlgard that thl* would b* *o. In addltloa, C*rMelg*rd vaa queitloced r.v about AKX30 noo-lraied gaaolin* and why other cocpacle* could not provide inch a product. Hr. Gaooelgard pclntad cut clearly that at tha preaest tla* It vould b* Tlrtually Lspoatlbl* to produce enough noo-leadrd gaaolia# for (caral ua in thl* country. it Kr. MacKm*la re It* rated hi* opinion of th* gravity of th* overall problen but Dcntlcced lead In gasollo* only In pasting. Senator Muahl# qu*atloo*d bln 00 th* VeetLsoty of earlier vitoe**** and about th* potential hatard of t a . 1**4 In th* atacajbere to th* public health. HacKmtl* anewred th** r question* by reitatlng tb* continuing need for caution and re*arch Vo laeur* perraamt eortrol cf th* prchlea. Wednesday. June 1?, 19^6. Clair Fnttareon, W. D., of CalTech teettflad - at Ire ly on lead. Otter teetlaony vaa given by per*oca late reeted in acrap t and auto body dlapoeal. Dr. Pnttarton preeeated nothin* o*v but offer*d th* eac* point* a* In hi* prerlou* y;er* and speech** that all American* are today being subjected to `chronic laad InsultPatterson dl*al**d th* "Three Cltlee* report a* * "whltavaab*, called th* Vorld Health Organisation report on laad level* "fala* and fallacloua*, and laplied that th* *tatec*ot* on laad by tha Vorld Health Organisation, * eubccmlltee of the Aaarlcan Hadlcal Association, various unlverdtle* * evea a aaxleua permissible lead e or,tent of apple* by th* Cepartaant of Agriculture - all were unduly Influenced by laad lctereet*. V* believe ?*tterco1 e overstatements did not help ht* position vlth Senator Hue*la, Patterson did receive a treat deal of attention firm th* pr*** and bald a new* ecnfvrenc* laeadlately after hi* testimony vu completed. Ia eumary, laad received aucb attention during the five day* of hearings, but la th# end It vould appear that no on* la an official capacity 1* of a alnd to reecascand r**trlctlv* lagtslatlon at thl* tin*. Everyone Involved called for repeated and continuous Investigation of "the lead problem* and that v are la for long-term *tudy **ec* obvious. "`Sat i