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1 representative of.. attend &recent meeting of the American Cliemloal Socit.t# ^ .*****& York, has reported to the BjBrem x^oa the proposed use <jf le||^^f>== te tra ethyl in connection with fuelf for j^asoline subject was discussed a t the meeting, fixid^lt;!^pei DuPont de Demour* C01153any was interested in the development a n d .# * com m ercial introduction of th i s substance* Inasmuch as i t i s understood th a t when employed in gas lin e e n g in e s , t h i s s u b sta n c e w i l l add a f i n e l y d iv id e d and non d if f u s ib le form of lead to the exhaust g a se s, and fu rth erm o re, sin c e lead p o iso n in g in human b ein g s is o f the cum ulative type re s u itin g fre q u e n tly from the d a ily in tak e of m inute q u a n titie s , i t seems p e rtin e n t to in q u ire w hether th e re m igit not be a decided h e a lth hazard asso ciated w ith the extensive use of lead te tr a eth y l in engines. B eliev in g th a t th is phase of the q u estio n must have re c e iv e d a t t e n t i o n from th o s e i n t e r e s t e d in th e p r o j e c t , I an w r itin g to in q u ire whether your conpany has c o lle c te d any experim ental or o th e r d a ta b e a rin g upon th e danger of le ad p o iso n in g from th is source* Very tr u ly yours, (SIGNED) E. S. CUiaiING, Surgeon G eneral. KJDB i