There have been reports of lead poisoning occurring within a month after a bullet wound.

Likewise, it is these same children who live in areas such that later they are at highest risk of getting lead poisoning from leaded paint chips."

It was suggested that additional aid may be required in an expanded program dealing with lead poisoning. 4.

In garages and stations in which ethyl gasoline was used the amount of apparent absorption and storage was somewhat increased, but the effect was slight in comparison with that shown by workers in other in dustries where there was a severe lead hazard (Group E) and for the periods of exposures studied was not sufficient to produce detectable symptoms of lead poisoning. 3.

In garages and stations in which ethyl gasoline was used the amount of apparent absorption and storage was somewhat Increased, but the effect was slight in comparison with that shown by workers in other in dustries where there was a severe lead hazard (Group E) and for the periods of exposures studied was not sufficient to produce detectable symptoms of lead poisoning. 3.

American Public Health Association: Report of Committee on Lead Poisoning, New York, 1943. 5.

Above this level the danger of lead poisoning increases with increases in the concentrati on.

The Department of HEW is advised to state formally which agency will act as the focus for coordinating all aspects of lead and trace metal poisoning. 5.

This is no excuse for carelessness in the handling of this element said its compounds, but it does clearly indicate that lead compounds in order to be poisonous at all must gain entrance to the body in adequate concentration.

American Public Health Association; Report of Committee on Lead Poisoning, New York, 1943. 5., Winn, G.S., Shroyer, C.; J.

In N.R.A. days the Association, was instrumental in protecting the white lead inuustry from discrimination in N.R.A. codes by successfully resisting ar. effort of the print industry to incorporate white lead in its own code. 0000-NLI-000020447 N 13818.01 Page 2 3* Lead Poisoning - The Association has suppor ted medical research on lead poisoning at Harvard University ever since its inception.

February 2l*, 1937 Dr* T* B* Dunn Robert Dollar Building 51 Canton Road Shanghai Dear Doctor Dunn: Some little time ago 1 received a letter from Mr* P* M* S* Aegner* representative of the Ethyl Export Corporation* indicating that he had discussed with you the question of the medical care of the mixing personnel employed in certain plants in which Ethyl Fluid is being mixed with gasoline in the environs of Shanghai* I have no doubt Mr* ^egner discussed with you most of the important aspects of this question but as the Chief Medical Consultant of the Ethyl Export Cor* poration it seems advisable to transmit to you such in formation as will acquaint you with the general medical policies of the Corporation* as well as such scientific information as will acquaint you with the studies of the problems of industrial hygiene which arise in connection with this business* First X should like to point out that our primary purpose has been to prevent industrial exposure to lead compounds which would produce cases of lead poisoning* It was our original feeling when this business developed in the United States"fthe manner of mixing* the type of equipment and the hygienic regulations would have to be prepared and enforced by the Sthyl rCesoline Corporation if it were to continue in business without thereby producing a series of cases of poisoning among men in this work.

Mr* Brown of Eastern States called from the first aid station, Wentworth 1651* Said he had a no good negro who claimed to have lead poison after he was fired was there* The only chance of a lead exposure would have been in tank 108 if he worked on that job* To the best of their knowledge ho did not.

If it fails to warn them, as unfortunately it sometimes does, they have a relatively mild case of lead poisoning to deal with.

I think I t should be clear, from our work, and from th a t:o f these government agencies th a t th ere is no p o s s ib ility of the occurrence of a case of acute lead poisoning as the r e s u lt of contact w ith leaded g aso lin e, or exposure to its vapors.