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W W H tW " L IA22349 A.---il:.<r^,-:--V-^.^-^g t t j J M ; ' aWMi;:1,^'-- LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION --n.Ti > a t , N C W YORK 1 7 , M. Y. January 14, 1959 QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE SECRETART October 1 to December 31. 1958 The fo llo w in g re p o rt cover th e h ig h lig h t o f A sso ciatio n a c tiY iti A ir in g th e fo u rth q u a r te r o f 1958. More d e ta ile d in fo rm atio n on th e se a c tiY it ie e o r o th e r not enum erated w ill be su p p lied on r e q u e s t. No attem p t ha been made t o cover routine a c tiv itie s . GENERAL 1 . "Lead" - The f o u rth 1958 iue o f t h i s q u a r te rly was p rep ared and m ailed t o o v e r 50,000 p eo p le. 2 . M eetings - The T echnical S tee rin g Committee, I n d w iry Development C o o n itte e, and Board of D irector a l l met, w ith prim ary co n sid eratio n given to budget and a c tiv itie s for 1959. 3 . Annual Reviews - The annual review o f le a d in 1958 wa p rep ared f o r p u b lic a tio n in the February, 1959, issu e o f "Engineering & Mining Jo u rn a l." A short r e view o f new developments in le a d was p rep a re d f o r p u b lic a tio n in th e Jan u ary 5 1959 is s s s of "S te e l." 4 . Heme B u ild ers Show E x h ib it - L .I.A .* e x h ib it was rem odelled and brought up to d a te f o r use in th e Home B u ild ers Show i n Chicago i n Ja n u ary , 1959. 5. Science and 'frurineBrlr.K Career Conference - At th e re q u e s t o f th e T ech n ical S o c ie tie s C ouncil, David M. B orcina, a s s is ta n t to th e s e c r e ta r y , addressed New York high school se n io rs on o p p o rtu n itie s o f c a re e rs in th e m ineral in d u s trie s fo r th e th ird successive year. HEALTH AM) SAFETf 6 . Lead Hygiene Conference - By f a r th e most im p o rtan t h e a lth and s a f e ty a c t i v i t y o f th e y e a r J u s t clo sed was th e Lead Hygiene C onference h e ld a t The Ek-eke l a Chicago on November 6 th and 7 th . The statem en t in th e r e p o rt o f th e t h i r d q uar t e r th a t th e conference program end o th e r arrangem ents had been completed proved unduly o p tim is tic , f o r rearrangem ents up to th e l a s t moment were re q u ire d t o make th e conference th e marked success which i t u n q u estio n ab ly waa. T his waa in la rg e m easure because th e r e was f u l l and f r e e d isc u ssio n by th e q u a lif ie d le a d e rs in i n d u s t r i a l h e a lth and m edicine who com prised th e g r e a t m a jo rity o f th e g a th e rin g , fo llo w in g each o f th e tw elve p ap ers. Of th e t o t a l attendance o f 140, h a lf were p h y sic ia n s. 7 Conference Proceeding - The tenotype re c o rd o f th e co n feren ce com prises th e rem arks o f 40 p a r tic ip a n ts . The alxable Job o f sep aratin g t h is reco rd , subm itt ing i t to th e speakers, securing l t a re tu rn end forwarding i t fo r th e f in a l e d i tin g p reced in g i t a p u b lic a tio n in th e Jo u rn a l " I n d u s tr ia l Had1c in e and Surgery" was going on a th e y e a r c lo se d . j . j ^ g jguilj.i; ajj.1m MWSggg E I- l i pUf TO-ITO* Wi I IW.tMIM m w p j p w . f i m t* L ift 2 2 3 5 0 V** :.- C - t - -. - t _ - e f t . I ~ e Q u arterly Report - 2 - January li, 1959 6 . Uniforr. Labeling: o f Load P a lr.ts - In co o p eratio n w ith th e N.P.V.L.A. e ffo rt* have been under way during th e q u a r te r to p ersuade th e h e a lth a u t h o r i t i e s o f such m u n ic ip a litie s as New Tork and B altim o re, each in c lin e d to be a law u nto i t s e l f , to adopt uniform reg u latio n s re la tiv e to th e precautionary la b e lin g o f lead p a i n t s . Lacking such u n ifo rm ity , a c h a o tic c o n d itio n could w e ll d ev elo p . f-- 9. Pi amo s is of Plu-.blm - K ith th e accumulation o f evidence th a t ru t a l l a ll* - / g a tio n s o f le ad p o isoning in c h ild re n a re b ased upon sound d ia g n o s is , a movement / has been Inaugurated, in concert w ith p e d ia tr ic and to x ic o lo g ic a u th o r itie s , a* / w ell as th e N.P.V.L.A. to e s ta b lis h sta n d ard ise d c r i t e r i a f o r th e diag n o sis o f / t h i s d ise a se and then to seek th e ir acceptance on a n a tio n a l b a s is . ---- -v / 10 , Red l/ad P a in t; fo r W ater Tanks - As th e y e a r c lo s e s , i t appears t h a t a t l e a s t or.e skirm ish in th e 1 0 -y ea r b a t t l e w ith r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s o f th a P u b lic H ealth S e rv ic e r e l a t i v e to th e U3S o f red le a d p a in ts in c o a tin g th e i n t e r i o r s o f p c t e b li w ater supply ta n k s has been v on. I t i s o u r u n d ersta n d in g t h a t an im portant trade Journal w ill refuse to publish a report adverse to th is p rac tice . 11- K etinrs - In ad d itio n to the conference above re fe rre d to , n a tio n a l g ath er in g s attended have te e n th e annual m eeting o f th e I n d u s tr ia l Hygiene Foundation in P itts b u r g h ar.d a co n feren ce on a i r p o llu t io n c a lle d by th e P u b lic H ealth S er v ic e in Washington. More lo c a l m eetings have in clu d ed th r e e o f th e A f r i c a n In d u s t r i a l Hygiene A sso c ia tio n , two in New fo rk C ity and one in P h ila d e lp h ia . METALLIC LEAD FSOC'JCTS. 12. P u b lic ity - As a p a r t o f our p u b lic ity program th e fo llo w in g a r t i c l e s ap peared: P u b lic a tio n American A rtisan C ivil 2tgineering The Science Counselor Modern S a n ita tio n 4 B u ild in g Sub ie c t Hard le a d g u t t e r s , Duke U h iv e rs ity A n ti-v ib ra tio n pads, Union C arbide Hldg. ^General coverage of lead usage M aintenance The Ladle |Lead pan J a n ito r ' s sin k s American Roofer 4 Siding C o n tracto r Hard le a d rowfing and fla sh in g 1,1. Sweet' s C atalogs - f o r 1959 c a ta lo g s in Sw set' t A rc h ite c tu r a l and L ig h t C o n struction f i l e s on sheet le ad fo r ro o fin g and fla s h in g and le a d plumbing were p re -p rin te d and c irc u la te d to t e s t e r s . 1A. N atio n al Metal C onrress - T his m eeting and e x p o s itio n was a tte n d e d by Z , J . M ullarkey and S . W. T urner o f th e s t a f f . 15, N.A.C.E, - Hr. M ullarkey a lso attondod th e N ortheast R egional C orrosion Conforance of the National A ssociation of Corrosion Engineer*. 0 16, S o ld e rln r H n te ria la -T h e lr P ro d u c tio n . P ro p e rtie s and A p p lic a tio n s - An 8 , OOP word a r t i c l e w ith t h i s t i t l e was p reyared by Mr. E orcina f o r u se in Volume H o f "Modem M a te ria ls , Advances in Development end A p p lic a tio n " by H. H. K ansnsr, to be published by Acadeedc P re ss, Inc.