December 3, 1969 LIA POLICY ON CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING "The Lead Industries Association is concerned with the problem of childhood poisoning resulting from the eating of leaded paints applied to walls, woodwork, and other surfaces.

I spoke earlier of infants and children, mostly neglected children, who develop lead poisoning of serious severity.

If we really wish to prevent lead poisoning we have to recognize it is as a housing problem.

I should say that I am quite dubious as to the cause of the lead poisoning (if it is lead poisoning) in the case you describe, and that ifi^my reason for suspecting that you have a difficult case on your hands.

I should say that I am quite dubious as to the cause of the lead poisoning (if it is lead poisoning) in the case you describe, and that ifi^my reason for suspecting that you have a difficult case on your hands.

Rather I am informing you, as a physician, that the hazard of lead poisoning in connection with the conventional handling of leaded gasoline does not exist.

Rather I am informing you, as a physician, that the hazard of lead poisoning in connection with the conventional handling of leaded gasoline does not exist.

m Lead poisoning la, of course, of primary concern.

So far as we are able to establish, lead poisoning does not oc cur among filling station attendants. .In "other words, this occupation does not constitute a lead hazard, and it is not to be expected that a filling station attendant carrying out the usual activities of such, occupation will develop lead poisoning.

minium (red oxide of lead) are relatively the most poisonous.

I think you can expect that any poisoning which occurs will be of relatively acute character* The expression 'chronic lead poisoning" is poorly based in fact* Generally speaking, unless men have long been exposed to comparatively high concentrations of lead without precautions and without medical care, so called ''chronic lead poisoning" does not occur.

I think you can expect that any poisoning which coeurs will be of relatively acute character* The expression 1chronic lead poisoning" is poorly based in fact.

Miss Nell Conway, has made it a point to accumulate rather extensive information on unusual eases of lead poison ing.

Dear'Mayors ' The Baltimore City Health Department is warning all parents that lead paint is still a serious danger to young children, especially during the warm summer months0 Already in 1967 a total of 7 children have teen poisoned by eating paint flakes, paint chips, peeling paint, or painted plaster,, One child, a two year old, died in January<> In the same five-month period 19 children have been reported with elevated blood leads, indicating they had been nibbling painto These!

We have been collecting rather extensive literature on the subject of lead poisoning over a period of years, in the course of which time our literature secretary* Miss Nell Conway, has made it a point to accumulate rather extensive information on unusual eases of lead poison ing.