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UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS COM PANY 310 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE CH I CAGO U S A October 30, 1941 Dr. T. -K. Sierwood Tecnnlcal Aide to Division B national Defense Researca Committee O15f3f0iceP SoftreSectieNn.Wtif.ic Researcn &Bevelon`ment Washington, D. G. Tetraethyl and Lead Reaction Products Dear nr. ofcerv'ood: Removal from Gasoline Containers Your letter of October 10th to Mr. Aither was turned over to me for study and answer. to us. wTea hg avperobalenmumdboeersonfotsulgogoekstilvikeemaenthoindssurarnadoutnetsatbelde one out ostnaendoninga ffiovre-sgixallmonontchasn. o3fyetthheyliuzseedogf asstoelaimne'awndhifcihltheardinbgeen out the suspended lead particles in the water we. were able to reduce the lead content therein to 0.1 ppm. Until these ex periments we had no knowledge about the problem nor whether 0.1 ppm. of lead is toxic or not. I am attaching a copy of our report on this subject. Other methods arc -suggested using emulsifying agents with and without chemical reactants, detergents, solvents, air, steam, and various combinations thereof. ' - Gasoline TChoirspotryapteionofwporuoldblehmaveseecmosnstiodebraeboleneknthoawuledthgee Eonthaynld would be the best qualified people to handle. I telephoned the Ethyl Gasoline Corp. here in Chicago and they suggested getting in touch with Dr. Kehoe or Dr. Machie of the Univer sity of Cincinnati. I then telephoned Dr. macule and he osntaetetdo tshoilvseprinoblaemprwaacsticaavlearynddqifuficickuwltayi.f not impossible. . hinadWdaosnheinIsgontmonae wadbiosorckuu'tastlseoinondngawytisiltlhsagoDlinrDse.r. GaEnrdadhgalamarteEadrdvgsiasuregdagnedtshteSadthatgfheeertyti!nI'gV 1 v in touch with Dr. Robert A. Kehoe. The matter was^discussed whaetittahwcahDserd.fo.KrweDhaorred. inKogveheoareltheaentdtepDrhorno.enEytdhegsiastrermsdaaaiydttetarhn,edycohwepyoaudoldvfiwsbeehdicphtlheaaissted _ D to work on this problem. N5314 2- - SCuogpaiersanodfVK/teheaihsroeel.eqtutieter wanidllionugr.rtoephoerltparien ganoyingwatyowDe rcsa. n. Sincerely yours, GE:AB cc Dr. Graham Edgar Dr. Robert A. Kehoe Gustav Egloff