N orth C a ro lin a New Y ork New Y o rk J u ly l6, 1 9 ^ On S a t u r d a y , Ju n e 26, (c o lo re d ), an em ployee o f Tank C leaners In c o rp o ra te d o f J a c k s o n v ille , F lo rid a , d i e d ^ i ^ Jack so n v ille h o sp ita l as the re s u lt of lead poisoning.

., Inc, The plaintiff alleges that he is suffering from lead poisoning contracted while in the discharge of his duties as an employee of Schuylkill Products Co., Inc.

City Department of Health 125 Worth Street New York 13, New York Dear Jerry: I suppose you saw the encr Herald Tribune* g story in yesterday's Though lead has one that seems to me to h; lead poisoning, for it i: our New York City cases in the picture, it is ring the problem of childhood g that the great majority of tratum of our population.

FDA nay have information that lead is poisonous at a 1# level, _ for' example, tut this vrould not necessarily support the imposition of r. .06# limitation. 4.

Too many of the facts are lacking to lead to completely satisfactory settlement of the problems.

U s u ally th e co n side rably under o n e-ten th o f a per o th e r hand th e s e m a te ria ls are v o l a t s lu d ge i s h an dle d w ith o u t due p fe o a u h a l a t i o n and s k in c o n t a c t , men may d e th yl lead poisoning.

&L DlACHGSlSi Hypertensive encephalopathy; possible lead poisoning.

Kr 0014912 N18605.01 \ LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 420 Lexington Avenue New York 17, N.

/ / LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 420 Lexington Avenue New York 17, N.

With reference to your hygienic problem, I repeat that there is no question in my mind that some of your men have absorbed dangerous quantities of lead and that some cases of lead poisoning have occurred amond these people.

I should be most g r a te fu l i f you c o u ld s u g g e s t any way of r e d u c i n g or e l i m i n a t i n g the o c c u r r ence of lead poisoning in this industry.

From the nature of his illness, it would appear unlikely that he would be able to attend the conference on Childhood Lead Poisoning, to which you so kindly invited him.

FDA nay have information that lead is poisonous at a 1# level, _ for' example, tut this vrould not necessarily support the imposition of r. .06# limitation. 4.

LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 420 Lexington Avenue New York 17, N.

Bear Claire# 1 cm submitting herein a report end h isto ry on the recent lead poisoning case a t the Gulf o il Corp.