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June 18, 1924.
Dr. Cedil K. Drinker,
Harvard University School of Public Hoalth,
55 Ven Dyle St.,
Boston,
Mass.
Dear Dr.
In order to secure from independent sources information
about hoalth conditions existing in the nunerous Rediom luminous material
application plants throughout the country, we are taking adventage of
the cooperation of the New Jersey State Department of health. It would
be vory helpful I ama sure to the Deportment to know of any final conclusions
resulting from your investigation.
Your preliminary report is rather a discussion with tentative
conclusions based on evilence mah of which is necessarily circunstantial.
I em writing, thereforo, to nsk whether you are in a position
to malce any final and conclusive statements pro or con in the matber. You
apparently believe that there is nothing injurious in the sinc. Oux conclusion
is that there is nothing injurious anywhers in the morls, but if anything could
exist it nust be in the zine, so I do not vent you to molte a definite statement
that phosphorescent zinc sulphide is hamless if talcen internally in the
amounts possible under prevailing conditions unless you are absolutely sure
of youx ground.
On the other hmd, you cazs doubtless say that the conditions
of hygiene mainteined at the Plent are above the avorage, etc.
Yours truly,
Prosident.
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