Our ex perience in this connection has been vary good indeed in that there have been no cases of lead poisoning among the thousands of workmen who are carrying on these activities in the United States.

Nos singer can find in all the literature where lead fumes could cause an activation of an ulcer and, frankly, I do not believe that the man suffered from any lead poisoning in so short a time as his exposure on this particular job and also in view of the fact that he wore an approved respirator while on this job.

The diagnosis of acute plumbism in this man,vho apparently had dermatitis vhen seen by Dr- Buchanan raises a very significant question, since exposure to the gasoline alone under ordinary conditions is incapable of producing lead poisoning, in this instance some analytical figures were quoted which would seem to have provided a basis for concluding that there had been occupational lead absorption.

Irasv'iewedl the records of the cases of lead poisoning treated at the Children's and Cincinnati General Hospitals as com piled hy Dr, Smith.

He have just treated three adults here and I an personally much impressed 1 an interested in '.That you say about there being no need for treatnent of lead poisoning on the whole, 1 hare been troubled b y the cases of individuals who will, or must, follow a trade in which prevention of lead intoxication is almost impossible.

August 7, 1937 Hr. 0* B* Lewis Ethyl Gasoline Corporation Chrysler Building Dew York City Hew York Dear Mr* Lewis* X am in receipt of your telegrams of August 6th. concerning an alleged case of lead poisoning as diagnosed by Dr* 0* tt Weaver,.

There has already been a case of alleged lead poisoning from exposure to lead In the ambient air In Philadelphia, and the initial Implication of this release, regardless of our understanding of the wording, will add fuel to the apprehension and misunderstanding that result from the mere activities of investigation.

I should be doing less than ray duty if I did not warn you that the situation revealed by these analyses, to date, Is a serious one, and If other men are involved In the type of exposure indicated by these analytical results, there is danger of severe lead poisoning.

Our ex perience in this connection has been very good indeed in that there have been no cases of lead poisoning among the thousands of workmen who are carrying on these activities in the United States.

We continue to feel that the regular monitoring of biological specimens from workers is the best way to protect them from lead poisoning.

St is not possible for an individual to consume^coBrfaercial leaded gasoline to be poisoned by tetraethyllead, for acute intoxication by gasoline would supervene before enough lead to eause intoxication would have been taken in.

Kehoe: In discussing this problem with Don Fowler at Lead Industries Association, Inc., he suggested I write you directly since you and I have had several conversations and associations relating to the lead problem.

If you wish to do so, that if the lead content of gasoline is less than 2 question of lead poisoning as the result of any type of normal handling of gasoline* This, I believe, is covered in the memorandum which you called to their attention, but if you care to mention it specifically in addition to what is said there, it will do no harm.

He presented a resume of studies on industrial lead poisoning from Osaka City University Medical School in Japan.

From what r have learned as a layman studying the subject of lead poisoning many years and benefitting from your own invaluable studies and that of other compe tent workers in the field whose careful investigations and conclusions r respect, it does seem to me that this item makes out a very poor case.