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Peters was asked to study the effect ef the pig lead decline on our April earnings and believes that had pig lead cost us the same as the basis on which the products were sold, our earnings would have been $5801*74 for April* He further pointed out that if pig lead dees net further decline we are still faced with an inventory less of approximately $220,318*17 as ef May 6th as an offset to branch earning figures.

Co.); Pittsburgh 30 (National Lead Co. of Pa.).

The present stage of my lead program consists of only blood leads with no urinary lead determinations at ail.

July 9, 19^9 --CCB 8* 01*'. 81*1* Lead Poleonlng--Aggravatlon of 1\iberculoslB--Compenaehlllty of Disease Contributing to, hut Wot Sole Cause of, beath--Flve-Year Exposure Proof.

. \1o have not seen cases of lead poisoning, cut we nawe seen gasoline intoxication and gasoline dermatitis.

Townsend* Thanks very much for your letter of February 26, with the question raised concerning the addition of tetraethyl lead to gasoline to be used in commercial aircraft.

I would then feel that we at least have a start on making the proper diagnosis and I would no longer be in a position of not knowing whether we were actually paying for lead poisoning or something else; or, on the other hand, actually having a lead case and doing an injustice to a Claimant, through faulty diagnosis.

A l l e g h e n y Ave. and lcjth Street, P h i l a d e l p h i a 52, Pa. lead Analyses URTilE Analysis Number Volume Specific Gravity Mg.

He has a history of working with lead for approx imately twenty-four years.

R Harlan, Plant Manager, Magnus Metal Division, National Lead Company, lu29 Vest Seventh Street, Cincinnati Ohio.

I refer here to the use of leaded gasoline in stoves and blow torches that have been designed for the use of unleaded fuel.

It is a serious problem, both from the point of view of the proper operation of the equipment and from the possibility of hazardous lead exposure.

Our lead values in the urine do not point to any significant skin absorption by the men as a whole, but perhaps attention in America has been focussed on a particular group of men and if so it would be interesting to know this.

Gallon oa "Pare Wilt# lead aad Linseed Oil Paint*.