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February 22, 1963 J. E. Eckerle, M.D. Reynolds Metals Company 2827 Hale Avenue Louisville 1, Kentucky Dear Doctor Eckerle: Mr. Cbolak handed me your letter of January 30th concerning a program for the detection of the occurrence of lead poisoning among your Company'8 employees - or rather 1 should suspect, for reasons which I shall indicate later, for the detection of the existence of an hazard, since this is a medical problem in which the analytical work, although the most skillful part of it is still only the hand-maiden, so to speak. Since you are to be here next week, the medical (physiological) principles on which such a program is based will be much more apparent after than before the Symposium. I shall be glad to talk with you at that time, so as to know the scope of your problem, and to be able to advise you more fuj.ly than 1 can now. Since any such program tends to be costly it should be adapted to fit your needs in the most effective and yet most economical manner. I should suppose that the industrial process about which you are concerned is familiar to me, but in case it is somewhat unusual, you should be prepared to describe it fully to me. This should serve in J.ieu of a personal inspection of the premises, operations and manual procedures. The understanding of the type of the hazard is more important, perhaps, to its control than to its identification and measurement. However, the scope of one's observations of the people,as well as the expense involved, depends upon the degree of uniformity of the exposure, the number of people involved, and, therefore, the amount of information that is required to cover the situation. This is why this is always a medical problem. X shall look forward to seeing you in Cincinnati next week. Cordially yours, Robert A. Kehoe, M. D REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY 2827 HALE AVENUE L O U IS V IL L E 1. K E N T U C K Y SPRING 4 -2 3 4 1 January 30, 1963 Jack Cholak, Chief Chemist Kettering Laboratory University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Dear S i n At the suggestion of Ed Largent, Industrial Hygienist; for Reynolds Metals Company, Richmond, Virginia, I am inquiring as to how to prooeed in setting up a program for detection of lead intoxication. Our chief interest is to determine if a problem exists among our employees. In order to do this we feel your group would be of great assistance in analyzing blood serum samples and or urinary specimens. Would you please advise us on quantity and conditions under which the samples are procured, the method of handling and transportation, the cost of this type of service. Plans are practically complete for me to attend the Symposium on Lead at Kettering Laboratory on February 25 through 27, 1963. Perhaps at this time we could complete final details on such a study. Sincerely: JEE/bj Exec u tive O f f ic e s , .Re y n o l d s M etals Bu il d in g , R ic h m o n d 18, V ir ginia