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*55 PA In/T P/t-C Fred Stieg Takes Columnist To Task The following letter it reprinted lead-containing paint by children. with permission of the writer: Soluble lead compounds are being in June 7, 1972 jected directly into the bloodstream SIGNATURE of laboratory rats. The minute 2201 Haskell Avenue amounts of lead in modem paints Lawrence, Kansas 66044 -p are not soluble: the process of paint- Gentlemen: "maKing nasencapsulated them in A magazine such as SIGNATURE should recognize its responsibility for avoiding statements unneces sarily harmful to any segment of industry, as well as to the public. I refer to the item captioned Lethal Lead in Patrusky's column "Medicine on the Move" which ap peared in your June 1972 issue. You, and the "scientists" at Tu- resinous envelopes which insulate them from any contact with the digestive process -- much less the bloodstream! Small chips of dried paint pass through the digestive system essen tially intaot, so it is absurd to make statements like "a small swallow of lead paint can prove fatal to an infant." Absurd -- and harmful. lane are deliberately playing on the There has never been any sci unreasonable fears that have been entific evidence that the normal generated by self-seeking politicians amounts of lead compounds used in over the dangers of poisoning from paint formulation are harmful to "lead-based" paints. Not enough of anyone when chips of dried paint <? . your readers will recognize that the film are ingested. Your magazine is - adjective empirical, as used in your doing a serious disservice to a large column, is defined as: relying on and respected industry by printing observation alone, often without due such irresponsible statements. regard for system or theory. Sincerely yours, In the first place, there have been (Signed) Fred B. Stieg, Manager no lead-based paints manufactured Product Planning and Promotion for interior home use for 50 years. Titanium Pigment Division And" when they were manufactured, N L Industries it was because the public demanded the type of paint then recognized as the standard of quality. Any other type of pigment used in paint was In order that American Paint Journal readers can better under stand references made by Mr. Stieg in hit letter to SIGNATURE maga branded an "adulterant" by the zine, the full text of Mr. Patrusky's legislation of several states. The real cause of lead poisoning among children is the failure of landlords (and tenants) to maintain old apartment housing which was painted with these expensive paints comments on lead in his column follows: LETHAL LEAD Scientists st Tuiane University have come up with empirical evidence on a subject well-known to mothers, land lords and crib manufacturers -- why a in its better days. Rotting and crumbling walls are the true cause-- not lead paint. small swallow of lead paint can prove fatal to an infant. A recent series of animal experiments performed by this New Orleans research team shows that The "scientists" at Tulane have been making tests completely unre lated to the ingestion of chips of a very small quantity of lead can disrupt the body's resistance to disease. When an infant is Involved, the breakdown of (continued on page 68) LIA25002 Dr. Donald Wood Heads New Enjay Department Houston, June 14 -- Enjay Chemical Co. has announced plans to form a new Specialty Chemicals Depart ment with a Spe cialties Division for oil field chemicals, industrial coatings and agricultural chemicals, and a Chemical Division for resins, cyclics, adhesive intermediates and hot melts. They will be headed, respectively, by J. F. Cheely and R. E. Dugat. Donald W. Wood, who has been named vice president in charge of the department, brings to Enjay nearly 20 years of experience with affiliated com panies. He joined Esso Research and Engineering Co. in 1952 after earning a doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois. He also holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois and a master's degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology. file at Esso Research, Dr. Wood College of Engineering and Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J. In 1960, Dr. Wood moved to Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) where he was involved in coordinating the company's worldwide chemical and refining opera tions. In 1963, he transferred to Esso Chemical S. A., Brussels, as manager of planning and marketing services. He moved to Hamburg in 1965 as manager of the Chemicals Department of Esso A. G. He returned to Brussels in 1966 as vice president for fibers and plastics and was later vice president for sol vents. Eclipse Systems Names Representatives Fairfield, N.J., June 13--Eclipse Sys tems, Inc., has announced the appoint ment of G. & G. Associates, Birming ham, Ala., as sales representative for Eclipse products in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. G. & G. Associates will be responsible for sales and service to all users and distributors in the area. Eclipse also appointed B. L. Radden & Sons, Inc., Lexington, Ky., as a dis tributor in the greater Lexington area and Paterson Paint Co., Paterson, N.J., as distributor in Northern New Jersey, Southern New York and Metropolitan o< IIA25004