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^ . ?' 'i^'i'-.' , - -, - .,.f ^ v' '-'%>-f -Sic lead Indostricn Association ,Inc. 209 MADi+ON AVCNOK * /; v TOJUC, X. T. 1001* MUMNI1I M MM '/ i ft. mimir UMITM W. ft*ten. nM 4 Bsptsnfeer 87* 1$64 Dr. Allan D. Brandt, Chatman Air Pollution Cacnlillca Cc--onwselth of Pennsylvania Department of Health o/o Bethlehai Steal Ccgyany Betblebses, Pennsylvania . s : Dear Hr. Brandt! LEAD Pt TO AtHOCTKOtl In lata Amt or early Jsly the lead Industries Association learned that your Ccsaalssloo was considering action which night involve the establishment of a standard to control lead in tbo ataoepbere throughout tbo State of Pennsylvania. Under data of July it, Mr. D.O. Fowler, Director of Health and Safety far the Lead Industries Association, wrote to your Cctetiasioa oaocerrvlng a Hiin of experlaent* at lettering Laboratories in Cincinnati which, ae they progrtusd, vould contribute specific data toward that standard. * It be* c o m to ir attention that your Ccsadtsloa nay now eat toward tbo adoption of a standard which will say la affect, "no ora than 5 aicrograne of lead par cubic aster of air avenge-during any ooe-oocth period." Me ballsva there is inadequate data to parail a broad and accurate definition of lead In the teblent ataoepbere of tbo State but that there is data vhleh suggest* that there are urban and/or Industrial location* Where any contealnatlon of Industrial origin could result in local conditions where the J elerognme average would be exceeded. At the same tine ve have seen no evldenoe to Indicate that there would be any general health baaard ae a result, for these reasons you night wish to axaalna three additional point* to supplement those In the earlier letter fras Mr. Fowler, these ere briefly! 1. tram the Jure nearing* of the Mua* Is Oubeomlltee on Air Pollution, it iimi definite that neither the Surgeon Oenerai of the United State* nor his Associate, the Chief of the Division of PuiUo Health Methods, believe* that erldance exists today to Justify the definition of safe standards. (Bee Appendix Ztea l) s '. .r s~?-'vvt ?" . `^ ! 2. A recent publication, Surrey of Lead In the Ataosphere of * Thrc Orben CccBunltlas," deaonstratee that 5 mlcrogreuas par cuMo aatar of air sue. in a given sooth could seriously threaten industrial operations unnecessarily. (Bee Appendix lies S) 3. A report of the World Health Organisation to be presented la Bovesbcr at aa franclsco nesting of ARIA will include a statesent of the fact that aboriginal people in the highlands of Bev Ouinea have as nuch body content of lead (as seasured la the blood) as do residents of California, Italy, or lev fork City. Ibis would suggest that lead in the ataosphere is not creating a hazard for the general population and that ingestion beyoed anyone'a control Is the primary source of those asll aaounts of lead in tba average ncmal and healthy body. (See Appendix Its* $ *?*v.:' 'i The Lead Industries Association will be pleased to confer with you or any amber* of your Coonlselon or Advisory Qro<^ in say that nay sesa required. W* would also be happy to report in greater detail on any aspect of the points cade or on the very substantial research progres concerning the influences of lead on health and safety with which we are involved. Ton sight wish copies of this statesent to be sent to the other ssaber* of your Ccuaitslon or to your Area Air Quality. Criteria S'-- Advisor*. Mr. Bor-cine or Mr. fowler will oall la a day or two to isteralne your wishes on this point. 5 JLKivp > (r iiwtjtyyirarif. r -Wt-'1 .fIM1') "p.*'1J V s, * V i*", ^ ^ ^ *' *,-tV*>>^/ f'^ -',,>6. * jfl u?~ *.**- '.i,--^,'--'. . t,. ( '- a > \ **- **.> eg***''* "?$?&* '"*?n:'~ *<'-&* fc* LIA11868 *f v-i * Amiog - To letter trm J.L. Jlnberley to fir. Alloa , D. Dnux)t, dated September 27, 1966 -- Subject! Load la tbs Atxcepbere Item 1* The pertinent quotas offered below art frat a transcript of hearing* under th# heeding ACT FOMimcW-l<^6 - Hearings before a fiubcccnlttes of Air and Water Pollution, Ccoalttee on Public Uarri, Ur.ltrd Etsites Eenate. ilphty-hLRth Congress, Second Cession, on 8. 31X2 arid B. 3`*i~,i-'' The'meetings'were 'beX& on June 7, 6, 9* lit ud lj, end the report was printed for the use of tbs Ccnilttee oo Public Vorfca end obtained fra* tbs U. 8. Co t s resent PrintInf Office. Starting oo page 122. Senator Muskle questions tbs Boo. VllUn R. Stsvart, Surgeon General. of tbs United States, and subsequently fir. Richard Prindie, chief of tbs Division of Publie Health Methods, Public Health Servlet, U.8. Pvpartrant of Health, Education, and Welfare, la part and as follow*! "Sanator Mottle i Z vculd lit* to turn loaedlatcly to tbs qoestica of tbs lead problta la ordar to establish continuity between pour prepared tostlaocy and this discussion. Bor the easiest way to ellaloate the lead probIsa would be to ellalaste the use of lead la gasoline and eltevbsre. Is that a recocseeodatlce that poet would be prepared to aate at this tics! t *Dr. Btevarti Bot at this ties. Tour question was the total lialnatloo of lead froi gasolineT "Senator Mustls: Zes. "Dr. Stsvart i I do cot think that we bars evidence which would Justify that procedure at this ties. I5l 12* ~ "Dr. Prlndlsi The principal lessoa Z learosd free the tyvpoelua Is that we steply do not hare the data vs osed to dstsralns to wbkt axtent control action aap be necessary to curb tnassa exposure to lead la the urban tnvirormant. , . . for example, vs need to tows wore specifically which people la tbs urban population hare body accumulations of lead USt can be considered hararderjs and prsclssly who tbsss people are in terns of occupation, moling habits, and so forth. nuixt - "Dr, Prlndlsi I thin*. Mr, Chalrsen, perhaps vlth respect to the specific probla* of lead vs could five pw a general picture of the ties table, I thin* vlth respect to ssanp of these other prob leas ve hare been discuss In* and such things as the point you raised about tha interaction of these vlth other contaminants and so forth, this becaass s wuch store difficult type of thing. As a result of our sywpoelisi and as a result of our other activities, ve have base trying to develop a progress that would cover a specific progress on lead. b!,y?> r h W:P's?z: f-,- * 'i-ivio'.i'' '' ' -V j. N 410.01 <-'*-T- ? sy.;rwjgew-ey* i''^y i t'M JSrrAgae, >j tV?sSS^tlSf8^ * -' -jr .v. ft^mt < i-i,.^' " *t , .si'^ffiaSwittiil.^'. vsa^^vv.^aSiL. -, -..--a^eaM. -i-.' 'it' "r C ^1 "' ', - ''*' ** ' ' Appendix to letter fra* J. L. J&aberlty to Dr. AUto D. Breiodt, dated September 27, 1966 Subjects Load la tbs Ataospher* 2- . . . Is It really solag upT Vs bur* to taka ease tlae to IM if It la golag up. V* need to taka sooe tlaa to aaa what la happening to thaaa people aa a folio* up to exposure. X should think at tha end of a pariod of 9 years va alght v*U have sufficient inforaatlon 00 which at least to Mil Bach battar Judgments thaa we can do today.* Item 2. Certain data of significance which exists la a booklet on air pollution, la an 'Eavlroaaoatal Health Beriss" published by tha U.8. Dcparteaat of Health, Education and Welfare -- Public Health Service, cntltlad "Cervey of Lead la tha Ataospber* of Three Urban Ccmualtlea" (thaaa being Cincinnati, Loa Angelas and Phila delphia). On pp. 16, 17, 18, 29, 30, 31 and 36, facta are given concerning annual, seasonal and noothly *aa concentrations of lead oa weekday* between June 1961 and Hey 1962, la alcrograaa per cubic Deter of air. These references define the lead ccocectretlcoj la tha etjsoepfasrea by aonthly average* (weekaada excluded) end by specific locations wlthla the respective cities. (V# hava Doted values of W.O alcrograas per cubic seter aad over aa particularly pertinent to the prescat Pennsylvania deliberation.} Xb Cincinnati -- no oocth averaged as such as h.O alcrogreas per cubic aeter of air at any of V locations. Xa Loa Angelas -- at oea of 8 locations la Bovwebtr, tha con centration averaged 6.0. la Leecaber, the average concentration was b.6, varying k.9, 8>, 9.1, k.2, aad h.9 for that sooth at other specific locations. la January, the situation was such the saae, with A.6, V. J, A.3, aad 9.3 being reported at various spots. (aad perhaps of special interest to the Pennsylvania Caaaissloo) Xa Philadelphia -- at 19th aad Market, concentrations of A. 8, A.2, and A.O vers recorded for October, Pecester aad february in that order. Xtes 3> The statement below Is based 00 a paper to be presented by Prof. L. J. Coldvater, Professor of Occupational Medicine, School -of Pub11s Health A Adalnlstratlve Medicine, Colvnbla University, Hew Tork, and a ccaber of the World Health Organisation. Dr. Coldvater included the following paragraph la a personal cocsuaicatloo to the Editor of the Hr* T,,rk Tlaes in June 19661 "Decently completed studies on sore thaa a thousand Insane frtas l6 countries have not shewn any Increase la lead absorption over the past 20 or 30 years. Lead la tbs blood of aboriginal people la the highlands of Hew Ounee is no greater than that found la California, Italy or Hew Tork City. If leaded gasoline were aa Important factor, on* would hava expected to find a difference between Hew Oznea aad Hew Tort.* 6 1 -_'ir 1, y.^.?Sr.r- yr ' `--Skt