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Mr* Slehard H Porter, United Safety Service* 180 I. Waohsr Drivo, Chisago* Illinois* tear Kr* Portcri This will aotaovlsdgo your latter of January 10* The question af load oonpounds in fumes txxm drying paint* la oo laqportast to ua that Z felt obligated to obtain authoritative opinloa on tho natter* Tea state that yea referred the question to S* C* Taaawi, a ohnalet* Zt is possible that Mr* Laaasn is an outetandlnc oheniat and is an authority on tho subject* I have no Inclination to bo t&frlandly or to orltielao Hr* Tmai Zn order to locate hin* Z did tho natural thine la referring to tho directory of tho Aasrleaa Chealoal Society* X did not find H* C* Taseon listed aa a member of the American Chanioal Soeiety July* 1940* Z bollewo this la tho last directory published by tho ACS* In cur m organisation at Dayton* ec nom hare sixteen graduate chemists and chemical engineers* The mother la now lower than it hao bean* The ^resident of our Compaxqr la a chemist from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Inong our fores ee have tee men with Ph* D* dogreea. Tf you will consult tho directory you will aloe find that tho writer** name la listed* Tho entire time of thla chanioal force 1s doTotod to the study and production of paint and paint products* Tho moot of ua have had quit# a number of years of experience* There has never been any eridenee that wo have discovered that indloatoo that fumes from drying paint oontains volatile lead onapounde* As a ohomloal group w# invito Mr* Lassen to submit ovldonoo that such la tho ease* lot being satisfied with our own exporlonoo in tho matter* I referred tho question to Ur* Sebert A* Kohoo* X.D** tho directing hoed of lettering Zaharatary of Applied Physiology* University of Cincinnati* and an outstanding world authority on lead poisoning* Z should prefer to submit to you a copy of hie letter but Z have not obtained hie per mission to do this* Z am reasonably certain, however* he would have no objection to mo taking the following quotations from that latter. "Zt la not reasonable to suppose that anything happens to the lead whereby it beeaawc volatile* and X do not need to tell you it does net give rise to dust from the surface* Z have aa ldaa that the chemist who arrived at this startling 0007-SWP-000030966 t Hr* IMvl I* *K* *e conclusion obtained mam* staples. of the win# at pariom oho hod boon subjected to this alleged load exposure , and that ha found load la tbo arias* This would aot bo ra--rlablo la riow of tho prwooaoo of load ia all nsraal uriaee* If ha voro scnewhat Tore oareful la hlo observation*, and if ho took saaploo both boforo aad aftop tho alleged exposure* ho my hove foued dlfforanooo la tho load oi.no ontTatloa boforo aad after* Variations la tho urinary load oanoentratlen oooor aad nay bo of eonelderabla nagnitode, and by shaneo alone* variations night have ooeurrod in tho direction of laoreased. ecnoentratioa*" "I would suggest that you pat it up to Ur* Porter to submit tho evidence oa which Mo stateaent io based* for eritiool orami nation* I think bo should hero it pointed out to hia t(*at thio la a serious natter end t?at the noot oerefully obtained orldonoo would bo necessary to prowo such on otherwioo unraoonoble stateaent** "There is altogether too nuch loose talk in this field as it is.* Dr* Sshoo, aa you nay know, was placed st tho hood of tho laboratory established by lir* lettering for the purpose of studying industrial health heaerda* Ur* lettering established this laboratory after a rather large aosber of lead eases developed froei exposure to tetra ethyl lead in the production of ethyl gasoline. I shall await your reoly with interest* Tours Tory truly* THE LOME SHOWERS COHPiRT SBTjQS * ft* Fasig 0007-SWP-000030967