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J. L. Kimberley J. F. Cole Re: Good Housekeeping Article on Metals in the Environment For the record. I would lflce to review the events ef 4uga* n oo the ebove subject. Between 11:00 end 11:80 AM J.F. Smith contacted me by telephone regarding e ooeverssthm between Tim Mulligan of Good Housekeeping and him on the subject et lead gtesee. Jerry was alerted by a comment of Mr. Mulligan that "Good Housekeeping" should do a positive story about land. Whan ho pressed Mr. Mulligan for Information he found that *X>ood Housekeeping" was about to bhlid a story on motile la Gw eaviroamoM and, of course, the indication was that the article would be damaging to lead. I then had a comrersation with Betsy Barley, a staff writer aho had prepared the story. Miss Barley noted that she had contacted the EPA, the Council on Environmental Quality, the FDA, the AMA, and Dr. Henry Schroeder during the information gathering phase of the story but she bed not contacted anyone la industry. After some discussion she agreed to allow me to review and comment on Gw Story If 1 could get comments tottwr within the day sines the story Is nearly ready to be printed. I agreed end dispatched s messenger to pick up the article. I personally informed Mr. Rogers of Gw events at a previously arranged luncheon meeting. Because of confusion at Good Haaeskeeping, Hill and EnowRon dispatched another messenger to obtain the article. Upon my return from lunch Don Lyaam and I discussed our possible comments and these were also discussed with Mr. Rogers by telephone. A letter to Good Housekeeping was prepared sad delivered back to their offices by 6 PM. My reason for ehrenleslliag those events is because It has owe to my attention that Hill and Kuawltou was somewhat disturbed because they were net 'immediately" informed of the article by AMUA staff. Mr. Rogers was informed wlthts 80 minutes of any first kaowlege of the affair and within oas hour of any I2A staff member's initial Information. One of Hill and Knowltoa's mala tasks for X2A should be to alert us la advance of matters lflw tlm "Good Housekeeping" article. For services such as these, as wa discussed Monday, they receive s large percentage of the total environmental health budget. la my view E ts hardly appropriate for/Hlll and Kaowtton to castigate UA when Information - which they should have already had - Aoea not flow from LIA to them rapidly enough. :lp ee: D. Boretea IV. Rogers Thompson IV 1083