There is one point to*.Which reference was mad in the last report of Dr* Dedham bout which I would. . - * 2 * like to Make Inquiry* X shall not give the exact quotation but I noted that Dr Dedham stated that his department as concerned In a measure frith cheoklng the safety of men , h; employed In the mixing operations* His words ere to the effeot that although no oases of lead poisoning had developed among these workmen there were evldenees that acme degree of lead absorption was occurring* X am not quite eertain as to what evidences of lead absorption he may have been referring to X assume that he probably meant that some of the men so engaged were showing basophilic stippling In their blood* H have been following a representative group of these men In the United States over a period of years since 1926 and in addition to blood examinations on all men we have followed the lead efccretion of a representative group* The results (f our analytical examinations indicate beyond any reasonable doubt that the lead absorption of these men is insignificant* How* if the equipment used for mixing in Australia is equaled in excellence with that . used in America'* and If the regulations for the promotion of safety In Australia are adequate there should be no more hazard in this occupation other than there is here* ` X must therefore question the meaning of Dr* Badhaxn1a remarks In his report* and I wish to know as much as I can without making a trip to Australia at the present about the manner in wnich the whole program is being handled there# I shall enter into correspondence with Mr* Tegner to obtain the facts and details as to the equipment and its handling* but I will be very much pleased if you would let me have the results of your experience and If you will give me your opinions nob only on the safety of the present activities but of anybning which In your opinion might improve conditions granting that there is any need for improvement* I am particularly anxious to keep in touch with all of the medical men who are concerned with this problem not only because It is my responsibility to do so# but also because X want to make sure that the experience which we have had and the facts which we have been able to develop by a rather extensive experimental program are made generally available and useful* Cordially yours# RAKiXS Hobart A* Kehoe, M.l).

A Ijl Uni vaa alto adopted by Congress la the Leed-lheed mint Poisoning Presentl,n Act.

Our experience has shown that when these plants are built and .operated properly*, and .when the workmen follow the regulations-provided* no - danger of lead'poisoning exists* As a matter of faot* ' -.there have bee 'no,Oases,:"ef lead poisoning in this ' occupation*'within-..Our knowledge# and'we' are quite confident that if the supervision is maintained# no difficulties will ooour.

On the other hand, If their expo intermittent, or if the jobs performed vary considerabl severity, lead poisoning Is ^are in i ts occurrence.

There seems also to have been an unusual amount of trouble with lead poisoning in Industry in all parts of the country, during the past few years, almost certainly because of a much greater Mr.

tERMAN papers state that the lead to paints and all colors contain French Government is at ing it, declaring them to be poisonous I present considering the in a large degree, both for the work question of the use of white men and for the inhabitants of a house lead and other lead mixtures (or paint* painted with lead colors.

posed thereby to inorg&nio lead ooopounde?

Frederick Laist, Vice-President, Anaconda Lead Products Company, Room 1720 - 25 Broadway, New York, N.

Some nine or ten months ago, you will remember, we had a series of cases of auute tetraethyl lead poisoning as a result of the exposure of a group of workmen engaged in digging a deep trench thraughcan area contaminated with tetraethyl lead by reason of leakage of the latter from the main drainage line into the surrounding soil.

Frederick Laist, Vice-President, Anaconda Lead Products Company, Room 1720 - 25 Broadway, New York, N.

I do not know the exact significance of this but one man with ordinary lead poisoning (a battery worker) who, at my suggestion, was given BAL at the Koyal Melbourne Hospital two or three days after admission with lead colic which meantime had responded to calcium given intravenously, got a very severe relapse of his colic when given B.A.L.

All the experimental . ^ 0021990 2 evidence on this matter is negative and there have been no cases of poisoning from the absorption of lead up to the present time.

Massachusetts Lead Low -- FINAL regulations published The Massachusetts Department of Public Health ha* issued final regulations far the Lead Poisoning Prevention Program under that state's load law.

tERMAN papers state that the lead to paints and all colors contain French Government is at ing it, declaring them to be poisonous I present considering the in a large degree, both for the work question of the use of white men and for the inhabitants of a house lead and other lead mixtures (or paint* painted with lead colors.

As a matter of fact* ..there have been no cases of lead poisoning in this oQcupation wltbln Cur knowledge, and'we'"are quite confident, .that if the supervision is maintained*no difficulties will ooour,5 Xt is largely because ofthia that we have .