Thanks again for your courtesy in connection with the leaded steel problem at our Lorain, Ohio plant.

Such iron precipitated as FeS would be estimated a.s lead.

Professor of Occupational Health The APHA publication on lead exposure came in this morning, and for this, my deepest thanks.

The total lead output, all of which occurred in the urine, without diminu tion of the fcal output (in relation to the intake in food) underwent a four-fold increase* The urinary concentration increased six-fold.

If their results continue to be favorable we may be approached in the not too distant future for supplies of tetraethyl lead, and I would like to be able to give them some sort of an answer.

The Committee considered and, upon motion duly made and seconded, unanimously approved a contract with The Eagle-Picher Sales Company, cover ing a period of five years, whereby the Company agreed to buy from EaglePicher its requirements of leaded zinc oxides and American Process lead free zinc oxide for use in its own plants in the manufacture of paint products.

T h e Associated Press people have expressed a willingness to correct the article that appeared and we are hopeful of getting the naval authorities at San Diego to make a statement to the Associated Press to the effect that lead had nothing to do with death.

Graham Edgar Ethyl Corporation 100 Park Avenue New York City 17 Dear Graham: In an inhalation experiment involving human exposure to lead oxide which we are conducting, we prepare particulate lead oxide by burning EEL vapor and propane in air.

Nat io n al Lead Co mpan y Philadelphia Branch Manufacturers of "DUTCH BOY" PRODUCTS TELEPHONE: GARFIELD 6-0600 R.

Wormsor Lead Industries Association I|20 Lexington Avenue Hew York City Dear Mr.

conditions of occupational exposure to lead, which are being investigated are veil controlled.

t io n al Lead Co mpan y Philadelphia Branch ;fMONl: GAftritLO *-0*00 GEORGE M.

Professor of Occupational Health JSF:mp P.S.: The APHA publication on lead exposure came in this morning, and for this, my deepest thanks.

Shand, who apparently is with the Koppers Company, proposes recovery of the lead and bromine exhausted from automotive vehicles.

The Committee considered and, upon motion duly made and seconded, unanimously approved a contract with The Eagle-Picher Sales Company, cover ing a period of five years, whereby the Company agreed to buy from EaglePicher its requirements of leaded zinc oxides and American Process lead free zinc oxide for use in its own plants in the manufacture of paint products.