LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 420 Lexington Avenue New York 17, N.

Lichtenstein did not believe lead poisoning.

.- ETHYLPORT- BUENOS AIRES Buenos Aires,May 22nd,1945 Dr<>Robert A,,Kehoe, Kettering Laboratory of Applied Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati - Ohio - USA,-* Dear Dr,,Kehoe, I am very much obliged to you for your letter of April 28th, 1945 enclosing a very comprehensive memorandum on the hygienic requirements for the manufacture and transportation of lead tetraethyl and its highly concentrated mixtures,and for mixing 3uch materials with gasoline.

Kehoe: ne: vs Danforth Sometime ago you sent me some literature on the toxic qualities of tetra-ethyl lead when combined with gasoline.

(a) "A Text Book of Coal Mining* (b) "lest Australian Mining Practice" (c) "Handbook of Rock Excavation Methods and Costs" (d) "fitwatersrand lining Practice" - Hughes - Cleland 1 - Gillette * - lateraeyer k Hoffenberger Produced in the matter of Asbestos Personal Injury Cases; Abrams Lead & copied to Richard F.

In addition, you should avoid contact with gasoline with great care reg&ruless of whether or not it is gasoline containing lead.

Good practice with leaded gasoline calls for keeping variation in the lead content, refinery to customer, almost within the precision of the analyti cal method.

ETHYLP ORT - B UE N OS AIRES Buenos Air e s ,Ju n e 30tho1943 DrRobert A Kehoe Ke t t e r in g Labor ator y o f Applied Physiology Un ive r s it y o f Cin cin n a t i Cincinnati,Ohio,US A Dear DrKehoe, Due t o th e shor tage o f t in p la t e ,t u r n p la t e i s now bein g used as a s u b s t it u t e in the manufacture o f ga s o lin e cans I understand t h a t tu r n p la t e con tain s a ce r t a in per centage o f lead and i t occur s t o me t h a t i f th ese con ta in er s ar e used fo r leaded ga solin e t h er e may be an a d d it io n a l hazard in cou n tr ies where th e empty cans ar e subsequently used fo r w a t e r ,e d ib le o i l or fo r cooking purposes I do not know whether you have any in for m ation in t h is r e sp e ct ,b u t would be glad o f your views Yours sin cepeXy^ * CLRGj ED eo lir*T.RABevan Mr H,Fos s et t 0010580

No. 229 - 1946 December 20 The day after Christinas marks tny fiftieth anni versary with National Lead Company.

He was sent for today for examination for I was told that his Union official had been informed by his family physician that he had a blood pressure of 235 which was considered to be due to lead.

The employer, Bethlehem Steel Company, has opposed the claim on the ground that the man did not suffer from lead poisoning; and,further, the Company has beep concerned about the case because of the many other employees which it has engaged in similar activities.

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Where heretofore a silicosis or lead case with many Ventilating equipment designed to remove contaminants from atmosphere.

'-it It is probable that the arsenic exposure from lead arsenate and lead arsenite vi need not be seriously considered because of the relatively greater hazard of the -Ti-riead content of these insecticides. - -fJFS