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:! > **** A { MM M*O IOf 4v^wl. NW to *. 0(h? T*V*MOto ''MO !** COO* ! 6*Wt ODlia *if>t)AO NW VOMI SUBJECT TO EtVIglCH LEAD mPOMPITAL HEALTH COOCTm Kiwna Sh*r*ton-Mt. JUj j t l I Hotel Hontreel, Cwda April 27, 19^7 Tb* seetlng wi colled to ordcr t 3<00 p.. by the ChtlrMA, Hr. LV. tolecc msm fxrpssnrrn*) K.V. Heleoa <7.0. Serick K. Best H.I. Kelttiters W.M. milM 3.K. Pier : O.J. 3t<v?*, K.B, E.J. Gey iV- ' K.V. Bkltoa Aeerlcen &*#ltln4 A Re flnln* Caepeny St. Joeepb Le4 Coopeny Ccnlnco Ethyl Corporttloo Es8 Inc. Bo m,tco Cheatcl Cospetay E.I. So Boot de Scnour* A Caepeny A,ocl*t*l Cotel Correry ltd. Broken Kill Attocleted feel tere,Tty.,1*4. I D.M. Bo t c Im, Secretary-Treerarer, L.Z.A. D.O. forler, Director, Keelth end Safety .j Director, Health end W,ty CVESTS 0. fouls, Jr., K.D. B. K. Scilll J. Vllln<too K. L. Dtubbe C. Thcetpioo Ethyl Corporation Ethyl Corporation Co* loco 1XA/ London Kill uni K/toellon j ^ i \ .r ft Agenda Itea Bo. 1 The HInuts* of the September l?, 1966 nesting wr fproved 11 mttnd by sail. Agenda Itea So. 7 - Vr. J. 0. Devlck of the at. Joseph Lead Company was unanlnouily elected the new Chatman of the Lead IhvlrooBentAl health Ccoalttee. Thl* action followed a notion by It . Otopps of E.I. do root de flesour* Coepany, seconded by Mr. H.E. Kessslberg of the Ethyl Corporation Agenda Itr Ho, 3 - A lengthy discussion *M neld on (l) the Pennsylvania Air loUutloo Control Caaslaslon's action taken on April ?5, 1967 In adopt ing a tentative air quality standard for lead of 5 alcrograaa per cubic eater of air, (?) an open hearing to be held on May 7i>, 1967 by the Montana State Air Pollution Control Ccral salon on the question of adopt ing, among other thing*, an air quality atandard for lead of one alrrog-aa per cubic eater of air averaged over a tvtnty-four hour period*, and (3) possible similar situation* which night arlae la other state* brought about by the passage of the propoed Federal Air Quality Act {3.T&)). With regard to the Fennaylranla eltuatloo, it was pointed out that the acceptance of a tentative (tandard, rather than accepting the nueher^ proposed without qualifying It, reflected a decree of uncertainty on the part-of,the Ccmlsslon car hen. The staff reported that It had learned t;at the N-/ Fecniylraala lepartaent of Air Pollution had recalculated Cr. Fehoe'e date and hal ccce up with a figure of 8.3 rtcrograas lmtead of 18 nlcrograni a* calculated by fr. he ho*. It va* further retorted lht the ihliadelphla Bulletin had taken an active Interest In thl; situation and Sad published ccnpreSen'lve article# on this subject, Including an tutorial vhl<*h warned the Ccre.ltslon aesbers to "live rlcv-t' vlth regard to accepting. the prenosed lead laniard. The staff presented a legal opinion, obtained by lb# St. Joseph lesd Corpany pricr to the hearing In Pennsylvania, that the lead Industrie# Association should request a rehearing for taking addition*! testimony If the Cccnistlcei should adopt regulations that are too severe and unreasonably obstruct the grevth of the Industry In en-otylvanla. following discussion, tie representative* frees Ethyl, du Toot and l.F.O. volunteere-1 to subait the above l*<;al optnloo to th-tr legal department# for review. It wae also unanlccsisly agreed by the Ceraltte* that any reccererotation by the with regard to the current Fvnr.sylvanla situation should be held In abeyance until adequate public relations and legal guidance Is secured. Hth regard to the Mr-ntana situation, It was noted that thelijpntAn* 'tale Vard of health will hold a public fearing on lay lrX>7 to eonstder sore of the lowest criteria rubbers ever brought up for consideration. following an #*t#nl/ Hscuseltn of the #rt'u*nes of the over-all current situation Irmlvlrg the es'.ablIshreot of unrealistic air quality later revised to o ! >' r % ` .. - mm 3>-  > ? i * standards for lead, the Ccnslttea arree<l unanimously to recccwend to the Dealers of the Association that: (l) the Lead Health and Cafety C<mittee be expanded to provide for breader representation covering all aspects of the lead Industry, and (2) the Bcabera of the Association beccw wore Involved in actlvltlea by atate administration* la atatea la which they are operating and to expand greater effort In keeping abreaat of proposed atate or federal legislation which night affect their operatIocs. Agenda Iten So. V - The staff presented a suraary of the results of the blood' lead cownarlacn study conducted by the Analytical Chemistry Coasalttee of the American Industrial Hygiene Asaoclatlon. It was noted that the 66 coaserctal, Industrial and governmental laboratories which participated la this atuty had suhnltted a wide range of analytical results on duplicate simples, indicating that ioce of the laboratories were grossly In error, (note: Subsequent to the nesting. It was learned that this study will be repeated.) Agenda Ttcr. Ho. 5 - the staff reported that the UbTW - Lead Id*lace Ccoslttee had established a Cubcacdttee oa Surveillance of Population Lead levels which held Its first costing oa January II, 196?. Co, lei of th* alnutea of that nesting had been forwarded to all membera of- the' toad tevlroccental Kealtb Coenitlee, together with a request for the Coral ttee's ccesaents, opinions and suggestions for ust st the next nesting which ms scheduled for the latter part of April but was subsequently postponed until later date. It 1* expected that another Deetleg will be held scnetlne la Atae or July, 1967. It was noted that the Subcomlttee had decid'd that a study stellar to the ooe ccnl-cted In the"thrc* Cities ituly" should be devric^ed and carried out. However, 6 cities will be Involved In the new study, with Chicago, Jtrw York and Washington being aided to the original three cities (Cincinnati, Lee Angeles and Philadelphia). Ibe staff reported that frofessor Vlgltanl, the ttrector of the Cl mica del Lavoro of the Uhlverslty of Milan, had advised that he would be Interest ed In doing work la Milan along the lines of the new slx-oltle* study. It . Vlgltanl had stated that he felt IM1 a ccnparlsoa between a rather polluted European town such as Milan and the rcertcan cities would be Interesting because their figures a;-,ear to be stuck higher than the American ones and, nevertheless. It does not s^pear a* though the Inhabitants of Milan re suffering fran any dgree of lead poisoning. It 1* expected that the Milan study will cost eppra*tMlely^9,CO''.CO. The American />t/oe-*e Institute has expressed an Interest In co-sponsor! >g this project, following dlec-Mlcn, It was agree! utnInove'.y by the C'-wselttae ikri tfat evppcrt should be provided for the )ii lan project. It v* #irj.*'.ed that trix,er.!*nt * ip;ort slwAiid be provided If the (VbltS Health ferries It not Interested In Including Milan ** sn additional city In the project. !j? r ,/fli I<e*d Enriromental Health Ccssalttee Meeting Minutes J - A : * 9 a Agenda Iteo Ho, 6 - Lead toviromsntal Health Dtnutb Progress A, Progress Reports: LH-75 H^gAri Exposure to Particulate te*d Co t o o u M* ta ths Atr U.~dr Experimental Condition*l University of Cincinnati Progress oo thl* project 1* satisfactory. The aost rscent progress report fron the contractor vu fortardsd to the Casalttee on )fcrch 7. 1967. **-79* 7clcltr Testing for Organo-Uad Coroowd*i The tUne Labor*torle*, Inc. Thle project Involve* conducting screening teste on organic lead compounds. Tests have been completed cn serenteeo carpouads. LH-79B Toxicity Evaluations of Trlcethyl. Trlbutyl iM ' Trlphen/l Lead Acetate; University of Exeter ,T Progress on this project Is satisfactory. LH-06 lead Gists* la Plr-nervere; Rutger*, the Stats University Work 00 this project 1* slnost completed. The contractor vill prepare a ssanual based oo the finding* fron this study, cncczxpasstng new concepts of formulations. structure and firing ccodltlooe of glases for dlnnervare as veil a* the effect of colon on lead solubility. M*9^ Study of the Biological East* for lead Into teat tool Harvard Medical School Progress on this project Is satlsfsctory. IK-109 Study of the Relationship betveen the tea-L fr^xi Hytor Mbitle a-4 that In Consig-er Croaei University Of California A progress report cn thl* project Is expected fro* the contractor shortly. r Uf'Ul 7<viy Stores (>{ leal Po'.lrvtng Continuous vs. Intermittent fee lat j^fTryi flItTS? CiM Progress report* on thee# tvo project* hav# not as ' w yet been received fron the contractor. . Mien* ngin ii|ii w s ih m 11 'Jl'WnHijeW,1. 1 ......Iij'.n 1 ' n 1 fl1 1111 r i 1 1 1 11 n r 18-113 lead and Tuaor* of the Kidney la Ratei Contractor ha* x>t * yt been aelected. 18-llfc Keurophyelolosleel Effeet* froo Led Er&oure: Contractor Em not m yet been selected. Contract* for th*ie three project* bare not been pieced ** yet. The *taff l* atteaptlng to niece ell thre* project* with the taee cootrector In order to run v concurrent *tudle* end eleo to elnutlxe coct*. 18*117 tffect* of leed on ?l,ue Culture* of the Central Itenrou* fiyttea; College of Fhytlclen* end Surgeon* of Coluebl* Uaiveralty Thl* project he* been cocpleted end the flnel report fat* been l**ued. ' '/ 18-118 Study of teed Burden* in leboretonr Anlnalt Veyno State Unlveralty The cootrector for thl* project he* not m yet tub* altted e progre** report. 18*119 The b>e of bead lotope Coeooeltloo an tow1 roseate! . Tracer; leotcpc*, Inc. - Thl* project 1* proceeding eccording to ichedule. A It vti noted U.i; toe facauley Institute, Aberdeen, Scot lead he* been colrg tore very 1 mere t ting work- la the field of leed, *oll* end plant*. The CcneIttee expressed interest la e recent report Uued b7 thet orgaalietlca '! titled "The leed Content of future herbege' which appeared In the October, t?>-6 tune of V-.rT-.l of the Selene* of food end Agriculture end requested the tteff to tend coplee to *11 Eec.bcr*. ;- i !1 Age-yU X>.fp fc. 7 - The Carltte* dtecu*ted the fee*Iblltty of devTi typing a nedlcel expert la the field of leed envtrc*e*nll heelth wbo tt t* hoped would ullIrately attain the tUture of Dr. Albert A. Kehoe who 1* the world'* leading authority In thl* field. It we, ugeted that a urlveralty rhelr be funded by the leed Industry for thl* purpo**. The person secured would not be an trploye* of the lead indue try but vcxild be on the payroll of the university. It wa felt that a ; !8WWWWP'OtW|J8l- .*prwMewteiaeMHee'i*iMejr>-xM. . i.ieroi weiMj wTHTji lead Environmental Health Committee Meeting Minutes -6 fund of $100,000 par yaar should ba established for thla chair. Since It m fait that tha lead Industry la Europe would also ha interested la developing thla type of par*on, it vaa also suggested that con*Idaration ba given to a dual univanity appointment, vlth ooa la Europe and oca la thla country. |: i following extans Ira discussion, tha Comlttce agreed that Immediate action suit ba talcan In building up nodical expert Isa in tha fitId of laad anvlromantal haalth, and made tha unanimous recommendation that tha staff explore this matter vlth tha Board of Directors. Agenda Itcn So, 9 - Other Business a. Tha staff reported that nev interest has been shown in the healing properties of zinc vhleh baa been shown to be extremely lsqpcrtaat In the repair of dasaged tissues resulting fro* burns and wound. It vaa noted that a noted researcher. It . V.K. Strain of the O.lverslty of Bochaster, has stated recent >v that rlnc baa alao been found to promote growth and etlBulate sexual development and haa shewn most promising signs of producing a possible effect In tha treatment of etherloederoele. I'.-. ^5^# following discussion, the Ccoalttee agreed unanimously that tha staff should Investigate thla matter further and solicit approval,through normal procedures,for a study of sloe body I burdens In narcml Individ.sis and to determine acme quantitative relationships with regard to amounts that can ba aafely added la treatment of various disorders. &r There being d o further business, the Deetlng vas adjourned et d.'lj p.m. Ac '--vara* C. Romas, Recording Secretary Health and Safety t 7/12/61 t jffiu itfJJM1111