Philip Fine, who obviously does not want his paper to appear in the transcript of the Midwest Regional Conference on Childhood Lead Poisoning.

Aside from the kids that are poisoned (and we still don't know how many there are), it's a serious pro blem from the viewpoint of adverse publicity.

Philip Fine, who obviously does not want his paper to appear in the transcript of the Midwest Regional Conference on Childhood Lead Poisoning.

Maroon, Tleo-Frooidont, Hatlcnal Lead Co,, 111 Broedty, Hoa Tort 6, M.T. (5,6,7,8) Mr.

It is entirely possible that the whole symptom complex may have been caused by a form of lead poisoning, which is sometimes seen in those working with the tetra-etny1-lead gasoline.

Under separate cover I am sending you a copy of a book in which I have collected most of the papers which relate to our clinical and experimental study of the question of leaded gasoline.

The t a n k i s l e a k i n g a n d we w o n d e re d i f i t w o u ld b e sa fe to use as a w ater tan k o r fo r g ra in sto rag e on account of th e lead being poison* I f so , could i t be tr e a te d to n e u tra liz e the lead?

However, I have been involved with -these children in lead tieterminations and in consultation' with Physicians in the General and Chilurer.'

Also that According to my personal observations, several more months continuation of the experiments have failed to disclose evidence of lead poisoning or.other intoxication.

For a number of y e ar s we h ave In v e st igat e d eases of su spected In ju ry poison in g by both gaso lin e and ga so lin e s which con t ain tein raeth yl le a d , and e ar c accor d in gly very much in t e r e st e d in h ear in g more abou t your co se, . .

A* Petarsoa national Refining Company Cleveland# Ohio Dear Hr* Petersont ' X wish to aoknowledge receipt of a copy of a letter from L* S* Paxton* Mankato* Minnesota* concerning a filling station operator at Austin* X wish also to apologise for asy delay In replying to this letter which unfortunately as mislaid# X should like to-point out in tli beginning that there Is nothing in Mr# Paxton*s letter which would suggest that the operator had lead poisoning* It seems quite clear from the description of the case that his ailment was that of gasoline dermatitis# aggro* voted in 3ome degree by his us of laeSier gloves which became saturated with gasoline# 2 doubt if anyone could handle gasoline in this fashion without developing some injury to the skin* In as much as many people are quit sensitive to gasoline# X should consider this man rather fortunate In not having serious damage done to his skin* After seme years of experience and of study of this problem# we have been quite unable to find that the small amounts of Ethyl Fluid in gasoline Increase its propensities for producing skin irritations* Gasoline indeed is much more Irritating than are any of the concentrated ingredients of Ethyl Fluid taken by themselves, Tetraethyl lead in its pure fora does not cause a significant degree of skin Irri fcation* whereas gasoline applied to the skin Is known to produce dermatitis quit eowtaonly# M t h the Introduction into gasoline of the products of various types of ^cracking"# it becomes even more Irritating so that gasoilno demafci tis is by no means an uncommon lesion* In mist instances* I believe# the irritation Is the result of the extraction of the oil from the skin# leaving it dry and cracked* Such a skin Is easily infected with results which depend upon the infecting organisms* There is no specific remedy for this condition# Xt has been our experience that coses of this type of dermatitis do not recover completely unless they avoid all expo ure to gasoline until their skin Is entirely well# Skin lesions may be treated with any one of a number of mild antiseptic ointments* They o...:* Z * f l .''

I expect to spend the greater part of my. scientific life investigating the problem of heavy me,tal poisoning with special reference to lead* . ** .

Kehoe: In R e: DIXON v s RO SICHA N LEAD POISONING D ue to m ounting p ro b lem s of le g a l lia b ility in the above c a se , I found it ad v isab le to file sam e on A u g u st 26, 1959- A lthough the filin g e lic ite d som e in q u irie s fro m both C in cin n ati n ew s p a p e rs , th ey h o n o red m y re q u e s t to hold p u b licity u n til yo u r retu rn from San F ran cisco .

Just yesterday I presented his case to the students at the school, and we had a very interesting clinic on lead poisoning.

His condition has b e e r ^ ^ a g n o s e d as tetra-ethyl lead poisoning.