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CONSUMERS RESEARCH INC. ' W ash in gton , New Je r se y F. J . Seh lin k , P r esid en t and Tech n ical D ir ector G 0 P Y February 21, 1956 H r . Man fred Bow ditch Lead I n d u st r ie s A sso c ia t io n .520 Lexin gton Avenue New York 17, New York Dear Hr. Bow ditch : I was g la d t o r e c e iv e t h e mimeograph ed m a t e r ia l which came w ith you r l e t t e r o f Feb r u ar y 2, an d gla d t o le a r n t h a t t h e amount o f le a d in t h e atm osph ere o f Los An geles and m ost c i t i e s i s su pposed t o be n ot enough t o con cern on e. I t i s n ot e n t ir e ly c l e a r from t h e mimeographed m a t e r ia l where t h e fi g u r e s o f li o z . p er 100 m illio n cu b ic fe e t an d 1 o z. were D etain ed . (The r e fe r e n ce a t th e bottom o f page 6 m igh t be r ead t o mean "in any c i t y . " ) I sh a l l be gla d t o h ave a lo ok a t some o f t h e fig u r e s on atm osph eric le a d m easurem en ts some t im e a t you r con ven ien ce. Do you h ave a fig u r e fo r an a ssu r e d ly s a f e co n ce n t r at io n o f le a d in t h e a i r , b ased on 211hour exposu re? A cou p le o f weeks ago I was In t h e c i t y an d c a lle d up t o se e i f you were fr e e fo r lu n ch , b u t your se c r e t a r y sa i d you would be ou t o f town fo r se v e r al days. I w ill be c a llin g up again one o f t h e se days, but i t i s d i ffic u l t to se t a firm date in advance becau se out h ere in th e woods, we som etim es h ave se r io u s d i f f i c u l t i e s w ith ic in g and sl e e t i n g o f r o a d s, and we h ave t o d r iv e a c o n sid e r a b le d ist a n c e t o g e t t r a i n se r v ic e . S:G t Yours sin c e r e ly , / s / F. J . Sch lin k F. J . Sch lin k KF 0014317