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! dar say ibere is aotfeisg to be &m about ii tot I shading it to 70a 30 tfeat 70a cam b m fully sdreised as m are.a tbs subject* KE 0001252 if. 652 West 163th Street. Hew lork Institute of Public Health Au Ethyl Gasoline Corp* 25 Broadway New fork City, Gentlemen: ' . I am enclosing a copy of a lett Hr* Coplans of England that will explain itsel ting rather tired of being misunderstood in th lours truly (Signed) Frederic KE 0001253 Au Dr, H eyer Coplans 5, The Approach Hendon, London England. Dear Doctor Coplans: I want to thank you for the copy of of the Departmental Committee on.`Ethyl Petrol in which m mentioned* * I have never published a report or a tetra ethyl except the one appearing in the Journal of I of which I sent you a reprint at your request, Some one mymisrepresenting position on this matter and I would a much if you will call the attention of the Committee to At the Conference called by the Surg 1925 IMay 19, made a verbal statement of,.ay observation remarks were taken down by the stenographer at that time included in the printed report of the Conference. At no marticle did I suggest that official investigation be | m s called because of the unfortunate newsp_aper article I the suggestion of the various health agencies with which In February 1925 in response to a letter from the Surgeo I as to the results of -the experiments carried on by the Bu i Dr, Kehoe and myself independently agreed as-to the final to hold conferences at the Bureau of Mines from time to reason I did not think it would be necessary to conduct experiments but suggested that "fee 2* fublic Health Se J menobservations on the around the filling stations in t Columbia and Maryland, where ethyl petrol had been sold and that if tjiiese men showed no indication of a lead exp depend on that observation than on animal experiments in difficult to duplicate the industrial exposures. It is not stated in the reports note in the dust of the garages in which the men examined wor ethyl petrol and those not using it. That the men exami lived in a community in which lead is commonly found, A n That the government employees also were exposed to water of course as your own Dr, Leggs has said our battery pla 6%hazards. We have found lead in only of 500 stools ob patients with no industrial exposure to lead, and in eac 0001254 N5804.02 so c o m m j m l y in human excreta it should be a matter of profession. ' The tetra ethyl lead, hazard is a ma great extent and rules have been laid down that.should if observed.. I think the filling station, men should be putting their hands into it and that' it should not be s cleaning purposes as I have known it t o i m V & been done instances in this country by ignorant mesa 1 a willin m y statements that lead is absorbed through the skin fr but the question arises as to whether or not a man.hasn equally hazardous. I refer of course to the man who dr I recently found lead on cabbages that had been shipped fhey had probably been sprayed with arsenate of lead wh off by rain. If you want to demonstrate quickly that l the petrol, suspend the hind quarters of an albino rat ethyl petrol for several hours, kill and skin the anima carcass. This is an experiment performed by Dr* Kehoe Xa conference which I attended. For a long time doubt absorbed through the skin but l am thoroughly convinced course you must remember that most of the petrel evapor mythis leave behind the lead in the form of tri-ethyl needles and this compound is not absorbed. Some of thi found around a filling station but the chances are agai surrounding's are usually wet and there are chances of i water. I feel that we must use common sense in discuss industrial hazards and having recognize#.them- from o u r experiments analyze them in view of the actual conditio industry. 1 know Dr* leaks personally and hav iii his'work. I was in hopes that your committee would Bureau of M__in.es on exhaust gas for no one has confirme that such work should- be repeated, no matter who did it reasons and especially in this case where there have be questioned some of the work. Again thanking you For the copy of m thethat you will send rest when they come out, 1 am, ?ory truly y Frederick . KE 0001 Professor Frederick B. ilina* College of P^slelsas ae Sargeese, Institute of Public lealt* 3Z S'* ISSte Street, Hot 2ork City. y dear Professor Fliims ' 9e iqaprsciata yoar coartes^ la s a cogy of your lette1of te Sfai, last to fr tmisa3ciig y m , X fmy truly you G HE 0001256