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University of Cin cin n a ti M e dica l Ce nte r ^^lENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RING LABORATORY % 872-5700 3 2 2 3 Eden Avenue Cin cinnat i, O h io 4 5 2 6 7 December 18, 1978 Gary Te r r Haar , Ph.D. Et h y l Cor p or at ion P. 0 . Box 341 Bat on Rouge, Lo u isian a 70821 ' Dear Dr. TerHaar: I have t he f e e l in g t h a t I have not d e a lt w it h y ou, d i r e c t l y , t o such an ex t en t o r in such a manner as t o enable e i t h e r o f us t o a r r i v e a t any p o in t o f acqu ain t an ce or u n der st anding which i s s a t i s f a c t o r y t o e i t h e r o f us. For my p a r t I r e g r e t t h is ver y much in d eed , f o r I have been ab le p r e v io u sly t o deal e f f e c t i v e l y , I b e lie v e , w it h any o f t he t e ch n ica l o r a d m in ist r a t iv e per sonnel o f Et h y l Cor p or at ion . Perhaps I m ight t ak e r efuge in my p ast (and pr esen t ) d i s a b i l i t i e s as t he b a sis f o r our s i t u a t i o n , but I cann ot , sin ce I am s t i l l a con sciou s i f not a lt o g e t h e r whole person. I would l i k e t h e r e f o r e t o st a t e t he case o f our p r esen t n e ce ssit y o f r e t r i e v i n g as much as p o ssib le from t he ex per im ent al work on lead w it h which bot h o f us ar e now in v o lv ed . As you may know from Ber nard S o b e l, St an ley Gross has f i n a l l y made a r ep o r t on h is work in at t em p t in g t o g at h er t og et h er t he dat a o f our work ex p er im en t ally on lead , as r epr esen t ed by t he u t i l i z a t i o n o f a se r ie s o f human Su b j ect s. What you may t h in k o f h is r e p o r t i s not my con cer n , a t p r esen t , but what o p in io n you have o f t he e x p e r i mental program i t s e l f i s e n t i r e l y a d i f f e r e n t m at t er , in which I am deeply in v o lv ed . Le t me say at t he s t a r t o f my comments t h a t I have never con su lt ed f u l l y w it h Dr. Gr oss. I was ov er t ak en by r et ir em en t a t a t im e when I was t oo busy t o prepar e a pr oper p r esen t at io n o f t he work, and a f t e r t h a t when I was s t r ic k e n w h o lly unex pect edly by a cer eb r al hemorrhage I was rendered com p let ely h e lp le ss f o r a co n sid er ab le p er io d o f t im e ( y ear s) . S u r p r is in g l y , however, I r ecov er ed l a t e r t o such an ex t en t as t o be ab le t o ap p r eciat e and t o a co n sid er a b le ex t en t , t o be ab le t o get back t o work on t h is s p e c i f i c t ask in which I was so deeply immersed f o r so long a t im e ( n ea r ly 35 y e a r s) . On so r eco v er in g , I found t o my in t en se r e g r e t , t h a t t he e f f o r t s o f St an ley Gross t o underst and what I was at t em pt in g t o do were a b so lu t e ly i n v ain . To make a long and confused s t o r y b r i e f and c l e a r ( w it h o u t going in t o t h e gruesome d e t a i l s ) I had t o get KJf 0010423 / Gary Ter r Haar , Ph.D. Page Two December 18, 1978 him ou t o f my l i f e , and in o r d er t o be honest w it h him, I had t o t e l l him j u s t t h a t . Acco r d in g ly I t o ld Mr. Sobel t he t r u t h as g e n t ly as p o s sib le , and t hen sa id t h a t i f he and you b elie v e d you sh ou ld go ahead and have h is r e p o r t p u b lish ed (on t he t heor y t h a t he would make a v a il a b le t o you two and ot h er s t he dat a in such form as t o make them a v a ila b le ) I would not o b j e ct , o r t ak e any a ct io n t o t he co n t r ar y . T h is, I r e a l i z e i s a c t u a l l y u n s a t is f a c t o r y , b u t I do not know what e lse I can do. Meanw hile, I am p u t t in g t he e n t ir e t h in g t o g et h er , as I b e lie v e i t t o be n ecessar y , and in due course t h is w i l l be p u b lish ed as t he work o f t he K e t t e r in g Lab or at or y , now t he Department o f Environm ent al Healt h ( in clu d in g i n d u s t r i a l h ealt h ) ( as in f a c t , i t has always been) , o f t he Co lleg e o f Med icin e o f t he U n iv e r s it y o f Cin c in n a t i. I am slow bu t I ex pect t o com plet e t he t ask w it h in 1979, and I b e lie v e I can do i t , i f I t ak e my t im e, as w e ll as I ev er cou ld have done i t . I 'm d ev ast a t in lly so r r y t o have t o say t h i s , f o r when I was so h e l p l e s s , I ' c o u ld see no ot h er way o f g e t t in g t h i s j ob done, and I am deeply g r a t e f u l t o him, you and Sobel f o r u n der t ak in g t h is t ask when i t seemed c e r t a in t h a t I would never be ab le t o do i t . I s h a ll have t o prove t h a t I can, but I s h a l l con t in u e in con fid en ce t h at I can, e s p e c ia ll y i f in so doing I am not being a r b i t r a r y and r u t h le ss . Wit h r egar ds and t he b est o f Christ m as g r e e t in g s. Sincerely yours RAK/ di cc: Dr. Ber nar d Sobel Rober t A. Kehoe, M.D. Em er it us Pr o f e sso r o f Occupational Medicine KE- 0010434