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t' t.r .y ''V, iV V. fc t &. r:. K' f LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 410 UCnNOTON AVXNUO MCWTOAK IT, N. V. ' ' WLy , 1*5 ttACjrom mi siren b u l l s a. gpxia To the Mw# ro of the lead Industrial iiieditlwn T*A9 k *1 mucin of Kaolin 0P4 ^at to Do About Thai The interest shoea la the address of Or, Rutherford T Johnetooe on Foots and Fallacies of Finable* and **i*t to Do About Than* it the annual nesting of r Association la St, Louis has been reflected In subsequent requests for substantial ruafeer of copies* tr. Johnstone's long experience as an Industrial eodloil consultant, *ltfc fcli intiaate knowledge of this pertlcular subject, *"*ndered his rmrti of aatarlal laportanee to our Mbtn, and they haro eoeordingly bom reproduced la printed fora and in distributed with thla bulletin. Additional copies are arallabio on request. A oopjr of tba report of tha undersigned at the annul seetlng la alao enclosed* "3 Manfred Boeditoh Director of Health and Safety * >* A V **. 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Z will *y only that the hetlth fend safety work continue* to thorn t healthy growth (there fc*e boon to Inc retto of rt le**t 50 per cent tine* iu inception) and will giro a few example* Uluatratlng it* nor* important phaaoav tmnacoD laio porsorno Bacaaae of tho difficulty of It* eolirtlon and the groat amount of adrere* publicity dvloh It engender*, childhood load poisoning haa continued to ba a major tin* consuming headache. A recent new* item In tha Kao Tork Dally Im arlth tba bead* Una *laad Iblaoalng 1111*4 10 Kldt la Brooklyn In *55, Klghart Toll la tha City,* la a typical example of tha lattar. Through our r**pon*e# to tba Inqulrle* of pfay* lcien*, hoapltala md clinic*, tha vponaoishlp of research, and cooperation lth auch organlaatlon* a* tha American Academy of P<li*tric* and American Medical Association, Z btliara that we ara *curlng a battar undarotanding of thla problm and more raaaonabla attitude* toward* ltc program mo Eonatpo Although tha raoognltlon of load poiaocing as a dlaaaa* datoa back to antiquity, and do*pita tha fact that It* caoaaa and control art wall understood^ jot* aa Ur, Eeboe haa told u>, there baa boon a diminution In tha arrerity of lndu*trial ***, rathar than in their total number, Thla la Illustrated by tha foot that to* quirt** and eaao raporta continue with llttl* Chang* in tba anmal total, A primary Mod hora, aa Dr, Johncton* said yesterday, la better Instruction of our physician*, PTP3TKU1 MEDICA1 AMP M7JLLTB SOTTCM There la gratifying rrldonc# of a greater recognition of tha Importance of adequate medical and health ttrricee on the part of tha largar ccmpanla*. Two axaspla* of thla have boon an Inquiry fro* a nt>n-e*eb*r company aa to a physician aultabl* for appointment aa rer-all medical director, and a rocont request from a representative of on* of our maebar* for adrlc* In aettlng up a oceyt^y^elde health progrsm. nrxTVS/T & u a p w p q u p o " "' - - --- . The #o-e ailed tUTA therapy for pliable*, brought forward flew yeare ago, 1* by far tha greateet advano* In thla field In recent tinea. It continue* to be a tubj*ct of lntenalr* study, and a report of recent finding* will ahortly b* mailed to all of our member*. i ePreaanted at tha ?9th Annual Meeting, 3 teed lndu*trie* A*oclatloo, April fWS, 1556, St. Louis, Mo, A : r. { -aHjaB^gW t ! ................ ..... ? Raport of l&afred Bcwditoh H3isuTra> W# continue to watch legislation adveraa to th# interest* of our Mtrf. Three bill* this year, two In Row Tcrk ar.d on* in Xew .'eraay, having to do with lead paints, were killed In orr.lttea, Two hew Iork bill* on *lr pollution fc*ro boon reccsdtted for atudy ar.d Co t 1s of substitute draft till prepared by th* Associated Irduatriea of New fork State have been nailed to cur coven in that state, lecsu Of the ir..;-' a a Sillily of keeping a clo# watch on bS tat* legislatures, It would be ncvt helpful if our oerfctr# taring installation* in other atate* would notify us of adveraa legislation coxing to their attention, CSgOKH IdBZLPO The trend toward* nore and nore precautionary labeling regulations continu* Ou t effort here ha* been mainly to eecure reasonable and unifon* labeling requiresant* for lead eonpound# in all federal and atate .Jurisdiction*. 7hi* ha* been quit* auooeetfol to data, with the elimination of objectionably wording from a labeling re quirement of th* 0, S. General Servlc** Adalniatratloo th* scat recent episode* Mdt flcation of th* X*w York City lead paint labeling regulation was secured by soaos of American Standard 166,1, prepared by a caaeltte* of the American Standards Aaaociatior sponsored by th* Lead Industries Aaaoclatlon, The futility of the labeling approach baa been brought to th* attention of health officiala in other large mlcipalttia* 1 and appear* to have caused than to reconsider any such plana* -) mvraam or k t h b a x f u s t ic mp r r e p o r t 'z ri Getting wind ef a forthccsing report on the suitability of plastic pipe for potable enter supplies In preparation at th* Onlvaralty of Virhigsc, we arranged ; to see th* galley proof of th* report and, through contact* with saobera of th* ad* rl*cr7 cocsitte* on the report, wore eel# to secure elimination of a amber of stata* Mnt* adrera* to the us* of lead stabilisers* Copies of the report, expected this 1 week, will be sailed to those of our sesbera known to b* Interested and will he avail able to *17 others on request* ,4 AILBHTroKS AS TO 90CTCS3 Of LEAS KlPOKDO Experience has convinced us that no theory aa to th* causation of lead 4 poisoning la too craay to be brought forward, Ko natter how absurd euch a theory say be, it can find It* way into print, and fro* then on la almost certain to be re garded aa gospel, t*. Johnston# has sectioned aeveral of thesa wild notions. In conclusion let ** asphaalse o m of theta and cite threo additional and very reoaot ones 1 3 A group in Los Angel** hed put forward the clala that lead fros tha aahausta of aotor vehicles constituted a senso* to the public health. They were very vocal and vent so far aa to hold altsbl* seas seating*. Ve have aecured figures on the lead found by official agenda# In th* atreet air of Raw York, Chicago, Log Angelas, Detroit, Cincinnati and othar major cities, havs found that non* of the** concentration# rwaotely approach a ha sardsua level, and have brought this feet to tha attention of runicipal health sithorltlea and others, arherofcy It le believed that this ghost has been laid* A letter fros a Washington physician, received In Kerch, stated that *lng##tlon of newspaper ha* been the basis of laad poisoning in three of our aor* recant oasci.e Kla refartnot was i JUport of Manfred BovdltoJi >- - t plnto>lsa la ewa11 children, In reply. w* pointed out that there is no load in nawprint, and none In the ink with *ileh r.Trpaperfl are printed. Oar request that he explain the eouree of the lead In theae caaee brought no rotponee. i It would be of eoae intereet, If It wore eo, to know that the eating or drinking of load pelrrte hae bacons a farored Keane of coanittlng outride. Such we would hare to conclude to be the oaee frea e tabulation receired froa the American Public Health Asaoclatlon, a teeing elanren case* of attempted outside, one of thsa suocaaaful, during 1955a by Mtna of ingeatlng leed paints* Here we hare e reepected and Important national organisation, pdbllaher of the Anoxic an Journal of Publio Health, putting forth a f oeclrvgly utterly abeurd itee of Vital statistic*. hboa wo quae* * Honed this, the reply wee that "it night be e clerical error,* It quite obviously wee. t ; . * Perhaps the eraalert of ell wee e letter froae a physician la llabtu, reporting In detail on the cate of a housewife thought to be ruffering froe leed poisoning, alleging a urinary leed value cee tec tlaee that found in aovere Induetrial casoe, end ruggerting that the patient's habit of biting off ellk thread, while iaxing wight be the cause. Because of the association of this physician with an organisation overseen by one of our leading industrial nedlcal friends (and one bleeaod with a eonee of hvsaor), there theorise ware brought to the latter*# attention and elicited the understanding and sousing reply Cron which, In closing, X will quote, with alaor changed 'leant the case of Krs, X ooDooming whoa the words *l*ed poisoning* hove ^peerod, Ve are suggeetlng to Doctor Doe that the Health 'i Departoent be requoeted to oak# an Investigation to dm tontine If possible whether to*. X has been ingesting leed froa source# In the vicinity of bar boat. Should this prove to bo the oase, pxrhepe It on be stopped with these eequelaei a) )6-t. X would feel better} b) The hospitals would be rollerod of doacne of addslienr la addition to the dotens she has had) o) Our organisation would be relieved of the noooerlty of continuing to pay hospital and physicians* charges through cnrulrg yearaj d) The clinicians, the ftjbllc Health authorities, cur organisation end the Load Industries JUsoc latino would all merge trluaphant for having had a pert, and toe, X, we hope, along 0 with all the oChora will happily live forever after,* wmm