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a cco r d in gly, clea n in g fo r such purposes as t h is 'woulu i n v o l v e ch e c o m p le t e / e / o v a i o f l e a d co n p o u n a a oy p h ys ica l or cae: ile a l n e a n s. I an d is p o s e d to o a lle v e t h a t a good job o f sand b l a s t i n g would make t h e t a n ks s a fe fo r th e purpose o f s t o r in g g r a in , -o'.vever, that would depend on how t h o r o u g h ly t h e job was d o n e , e s p e c i a l l y a t t h e j o i n t s in t h e p l a t e s , w h ich 'would d e p e n d on how t h e job wa s d o n e . h o w e v e r , X d o n o t b e l i e v e wo w o u l d b e i n p o s i t io n to- a s s u r e th e u s e r t-oat i t would be s a fe fo r t he s t o r a g e o f fo o d t u t o r i a l . I d ou b t v e r y much i f s u ch a tan k cou ld be clean ed s a t is fa c t o r ily by wire brushin g,. I r e p e a t , t h e r e f o r e , t h a t , i n . n y o p i n i o n , we s h o u l d d i s courage th e use of such tan ks fo r such p u rp oses. I f th en , an i n d i v i d u a l o r a com p a n yd e c i d e s t o go a h ea d , we s h a l l have no r e s p o n s ib ilit y in t he n atter.
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