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/ l \ W l ) PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION Pm American Sm&anj ~ ~ cifo 1501 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE, N .W ., W ASHINGTON 6 . D.C. U.S-A, CABLE ADDRESS: OFSANPAN IN R E P L Y R E F E R tT Oo : AMS0-^600-A lay 26, 1965 R o b e rt A K ehoe, M.D. The K e tte rin g L aboratory D e p a rtm en t 01 P r e v e n t i v e M ed icin e and In d u s tria l H ealth U niversity of C incinnati C in c in n a ti 2 , Ohio. D ear Bob: W hile in K in g sto n , Jam aica th e o th e r la y , one o f th e s a n i t a r y i n s p e c t o r s o f t h e M in i s tr y o f H e a lth , a s k e d my o p in io n on th e p r a c tic e s u t i l i z e d in th e o i l r e f in e r y recen tly placed in operation in th a t c ity . The p r a c t ic e i s so a k in g th e work c lo th e s o f th e men who work i n t e t r a e t h y l l e a d i n k e ro s e n e b e f o r e s e n d in g them to th e la u n d ry . The q u e s tio n r a i s e d was w hether o r n o t th e lau n d ry w orkers would be exposed to lead hazard. ' I s h a l l a p p r e c ia t e v e ry much r e c e iv i n g y o u r o p in io n on t h i s m a t t e r , w hich you c a n s e n d to me h e r e i n W a sh in g to n . K indest p ersonal reg ard s. S incerely yours, 1 Jo{fpa J . B lo o m fie ld