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Lead Industries Association, Inc 292 Madison Avenue New York, N. Y. 10017 Telephone: (212) 532-2373 Environmental Health Department March 8, 1976 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: All Members, Lead Industries Association Members, Environmental Health Committee, Lead Industries Association P. E. Robinson Employee Exposure to Lead Gentlemen: Enclosed are the following items relating to employee exposure to lead: 1. Don't Use Drugs To Prevent Lead Poisoning, concerning the use of chelating agents in lead industries. 2. OSHA Guidelines To Control Employee Exposure to Lead, issued as an interim measure until promulgation of the new federal standard for lead. These guidelines are not mandatory at this time. 3. Letter from Dr. Jerome Cole, Director of Environmental Health, LLA, to Dr. Morton Corn, Assistant Secretary of Labor, and head of OSHA, regarding the OSHA Guidelines. Additional copies of these documents may be obtained from the LLA. I would also like to bring to your attention that Congressional hearings on occupational lead exposure have been scheduled by Rep. Dominick Daniel's House Subconsnittee on Manpower, Compensation, Health and Safety. The hear ings will be half-day sessions held on March 18, 24, and 15. Witnesses have been scheduled according to the following general outline: -- March 18 - government witnesses from OSHA, NIOSH, etc. -- March 24 - union witnesses -----March 25 - representatives of NL and RSR have been invited The arranger for witnesses is Ms. Sue Nelson, legislative associate to the committee. She can be reached at (202) 225-6879. No location for the hearings has been selected yet. ^*^03677 N 3747 2The hearings will investigate lead poisoning of workers at smelting opera tions and battery plants as well as the use of chelating drugs to prevent toxic lead levels in workers' blood. The Subcoamittee will also investi gate the adequacy of basing a lead standard on a measure of air contami nants rather than on blood lead levels of workers. IgP enclosures LI AC3678