There is no doubt that lead is a cumulative poison under suitable conditions, and if this circular is dealing with the problem of occu pational lead exposure under potentially hazardous conditions, the statement made would not be out of order.

My associate Dr* Crudgington has reported to me that you are quite anxious to know the extent of the dangers in relation to lead poisoning which are lively bo be experienced b y garage mechanics who work on cars that use Ethyl Gasoline* I should he very glacl if you would let me know nst Y>hat angle of this questionhao excited your interest, or whether there is n peculiar aspect of the problem that is of special interest to you* On a number of occasions we have investigated the lead absorption of a large number of the most prolonged and most seriously exposed garage mechanics without finding lay evidence that there were any dangers from load absorption associated with their work* More over, wo have studied several raen daily over a period of several months under conditions which in my opin'on produce the maximal lead exposure associated with ;he handling of cars \xsing Ethyl Gasoline* V-/e have com pletely failed to find evidences of significant load exposure* The results of these later studies have not been published as yet, but will be published in the near future Our former studies on a large number of garage-mechanics taken at random were published in the Journal of Industrial Hygiene for March 193^ Actually we regard this problem as conclusively settled.

Most of these physicians are men in general practice who have had no special training or experience with lead poisoning.

Taylor Reported Lead Poisoning Case Sew York Office Boston Division February 10th, 1913 Today, we were called upon by a Mr.

This gentleman stated that a ifriend of his, a doctor, has been giving treatment to one of his patients who has been engaged in the cleaning of petroleum storage tanks including those which have previously contained leaded gasoline.

as 'to working conditions creating -lead poisoning, in . ,,/.

I would welcome a bit more concern about the standards to be set and actually employed, in the United States, for we have much too much lead poisoning in American industry in a number of cur States.

Lynch American Academy of Pediatrics 1801 Hinman Avenue Evanston, Illinois 60204 Dear John: As I explained in our phone conversation, I noticed your news release on the initiation of a public awareness campaign to end the problem of lead-based paint poisoning that involves the Academy, the APHA and the NEHA.

Smith: - We have arrived at a cost of $900.00 to make the narration changes in the film "lead Poisoning-The Hidden Epidemic" that you requested at our meeting July 25.

Kehoe ; Kettering Laboratory of Applied Physiology Eden Avenue University of Cincinnati College of Medicine* Cincinnati, Ohio Dear Doctor Kehoe: I am sending under separate cover a sample of blood and a sample of a 24 hour collection of urine for lead analyses obtained in accordance w i th your directions from one of our ward patients, This m a n 's chief complaint is weakness and the union to which he belongs is anxious that he be studied for possible lead poisoning.

Washington, New Jersey hear Miss Kinek: I 'm sorry not to have had time to write up the cases of lead poisoning which resulted from the use of the pottery table ware last summer, together with the pertinent supplementary information, This was only one of many incidents in our work in this field over the years, and much more important matters are yet to be published.

MoIntire Thanks for your reprint on ''Diagnosis and Treatment of Lead Poisoning"# I shall read this with interest.

Lynch American Academy of Pediatrics 1801 Hinman Avenue Evanston, Illinois 60204 Dear John: As I explained in our phone conversation, I noticed your news release on the initiation of a public awareness campaign to end the problem of lead-based paint poisoning that involves the Academy, the APHA and the NEHA.

I have always used the same organisation to investigate lead levels in children and I am glad to say that the investigations that I have been able to do with some money provided by the company, proved quite frank cases of lead poisoning in children was not due to atmospheric contamination but was due in every case to paint, water and particularly, as has come out recently, from improperly glazed earthenware jugs.

How does one know that this was lead poisoning?