Benzol poisoning

LEAD"'POISONING A.

Although a lead poisoning control director has not been appointed, an advisory committee for the Massachusetts Lead Poisoning Prevention Program has been formed.

Noting the one-percent lead level authorized by Z66.I and prescribed by the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act (P.

Jalj IS, UTS Mote to Scienoe/gnrtrottme ntal Writers The todeni government* ooimnqnttiss serose the ssttos sadl indnstrial groups srs ooodoctlag s strong effort to eombst the problem of childhood lead poisoning which is esneed whaa ehfidras est old, chipped sod flaking lead-based ppfats UA were applied to die interior of dwellings many years ago. k an effort to shed more light os the problem sad encourage greater action, two conferences os cbllAood lead poisooiog were held reoeady coder fte saepioea of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Chicago sad Wilmington, Delaware.

.- Kehoe: T have been told that yon. have dons much work on lead- transfer in foods and lead poisonings.

The booklet you sent me entitled Industrial Lead Poisoning was recieved the latter part of July and contains much useful information It pertained to fumes or particles released in the atmosphere when heat at a high temperature is applied to lead or lead alloys, and confirms my belief that breathing these fumes for long periods of time can be very hazardous.

It is quite possible that this man did not have lead poisoning at any time although his exposure to lead was of such a sort that Intoxication might have developed.

In tetraethyl lean poisoning, however, the excretion of lead by way of the urine is more rapid and there is a considerable discrepancy, therefore, between the blood concentra tion and the urinary concentration based presumably upon the differences in the distribution cf laad in the body in the ca3e cf this compound as compared. v;Ith the more oemmen Inorganic lead compounds.

I find it most interesting, but would like to make just one comment I do feel that when one is controlling lead absorption in industry it is useful to have a term to describe those men whose lead absorption is higher than is safe, but who are not yet suffering from lead poisoning.

>\a you appear to be aware, we have investigated a large number of potential sources of incidental, accidental and occupational exposure to lead, in the course of our work on lead absorption ana lead poisoning.

., England Dear Doctor Williams: I agree that It will be wise for us to wait for an opportunity to meet and talk about many of the aspects of clinical lead poisoning, and the Industrial hazard associated with excessive absorption of lead.

., England Dear Doctor Williams: I agree that it will be wise for us to wait for an opportunity to meet and talk about many of the aspects of clinical lead poisoning, and the industrial hazard associated with excessive absorption of lead.

Paints containing more than 1 percent lead are generally con sidered to bis potentially dangerous, especially to children who develop lead poisoning by eating paint.chips \ 't II i ?

In tetraethyl lean poisoning, however, the excretion of lead by way of the urine is more rapid and there is a considerable discrepancy, therefore, between the blood concentra tion and the urinary concentration based presumably upon the differences in the distribution cf laad in the body in the case cf this compound as compared, with the more common inorganic lead compounds.