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K'.V' . -ysrOfer^-'" .? --;- ~$zw&mxmw cc. P F&*LXrK - , ' r- - Xcad jO**H A. ttott&A*. HlMNif KHittN W. *tt*. <M4 iWH WIiHlMOAtAA- #T**V*I. **M f. TM<< V*i MO*4to 4* L~ KJMV4AV4T |IMV*)* W4 MVll M 0*C**A IHNf*At Ml WWMIto diastjrfea Association,!^. 293 MADISON AVKNUK XBW YORK* X. T. 100*7 AIU CMI III M Mill October 7, 1966 Dr. Ralph X. Larson Taft Sanitary Engineering Cantar 4675 Coluabia Parkway Cincinnati. Ohio 4S226 Daar Dr. Larsen* On September 20. radio station WJR in Detroit carried the a .cached statement o.. its 6 a.n. news prog ran. As you will nota this is '__ued on an Associated Press story icor, Ic/a City, low., following an address you had pade to sciarca writers at the Jnivorsity of Iowa. , As you will ssa, the Associated Press news account strongly in.>`. ;,t that lead poisoning arcing children wnicn you discussed i. related to motor vehicle exhaust. The reporter apparently v.j not aware nor would the reader be. as you .urely are. that accidental lead poisonings among children are in no way related to auto exhausta or lead in the atmosphere. You will agree. vc`. sure, that this aisi..-erpretation / the press illustrates the lunger of statements or t.... kind using taken out of context and cresting erroneous lnpr..ions when given 1 rtner circulation. he urge that you, ss a representative or ...a v.i. Public Health Service,' make a clear distinction between .it auat e.-.lsnions a,,J accidental ieAd i..',ostion by chlldr.... /roa decades of cal arvl scientific investigations relative to lead with which ve are familiar, we .now of no .eta linking auto exhau.t with lead poisoning in children or others. ? ,V*.;-W gj. i^ijjWCjTV jg>jjys LIA11876 Math*ts*. jjg?!,.I.V' tr Wi'.-f iVSfeffiii 'h Yr, Ralph Z. Darsaa -2- Octobcr 7, 1966 With tha currant high intcrost in air pollution and its control, wo bolievo that ovory caro should ha taken that tha public bo fully informed of ostablishod facta but not ba jaialod through nisintorpretationa such aa sooua to havo occurrad bara. Sincaroly yours. i CvtAV" ECOi co Atti cc Kr. Vornoa 0. X-o Xanxio David X. Borcina Secretary, Treasurer ui i h m h f fc-S r-^-. 'Vtp'f. Wf f j Radio Station WJR, Datroit, Michigan ' gjQO A.H. Kewa Broadcaat Prl,, September 30. 1966 * Associated Press -- (Iowa City, Iowa) -- An xprt on air pollution aaya thia country is running out of air. Dr. Ralph Larson -- an official with tha U. s. Public Health Sorvica -- made tha remark in an address to Science Writers . '-i at tha University of Iowa. According to Larsen, pollutants in tha air hurt man, animals, plants and property. And ho adds that moat of the pollutants coma from tha exhausts of rotor vehicles. He says tha foreign matter they produce can cause dizzy spalls, headaches, respiratory ailments, and the like. Tha air pollution expert told tha science writers that lead -- a so-called cumulative poison -- can lead to brain damage, especially among young children. As evldonco. Dr. Larsen ii stated that lead poisoning has a fatality rate of 25 percent. -? Larsen recommends one particular way to obtain what he calls quality airi that is to eliminate 90 percent of the sources of air pollution. Rut he cautions that the consumer must pay for the doing away of air pollution.* wtsy-jM.1 w ' i). - ' *; i.- - *.% N 419.01