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THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF RADIOLOGY
(PARIS, 1931)
COMMITTEE ON X-RAY AND RADIUM PROTECTION
HONORARY SECRETARIES
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE
G. W.C. KAYE, O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc.
LAURISTON S. TAYLOR, BUREAU OF STANDARDS
STANLEY Melville, M.D.
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A.
September 13, 1929.
United States Radium Corporation,
555 Pearl Street,
New York, N. Y.
Gentlemen:
As a part of our study of radium protection, we need to
have some fairly accurate information regarding the sale and
distribution of radium and radium salts. Your cooperation will
be appreciated if you could give reply to the following questions.
If any of your replies are confidential or if you are disinclined
to answer any of the questions, will you please so indicate?
1. Amount of American radium element sold by your concern
per year?
2. Amount of foreign?
3. Names of foreign sources and approximate quantities re-
ceived for each?
4. Amount of radium element per year sold to medical profession?
5. Amount per year to watch manufacturers? (Give list of the
6. Amount per year to other manufacturers? larger users.)
7. In what form is it usually sent to mamufacturers?
8. Names of any other American distributors of radium?
9. Is all radium sold by your company certified by the Bureau
of Standards? If not, give particulars.
10. Number of deaths or accidents directly traceable to radium
poisoning in your company?
11. Any other information which you may feel would be of as-
sistance in giving us a synopsis of the radium distribu-
tion in this country.
Respectfully,
Lauriston staylar
Lauriston S. Taylor.
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"ocrText": "Tile Dept Health\nTHIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF RADIOLOGY\n(PARIS, 1931)\nCOMMITTEE ON X-RAY AND RADIUM PROTECTION\nHONORARY SECRETARIES\nUNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE\nG. W.C. KAYE, O.B.E., M.A., D.Sc.\nLAURISTON S. TAYLOR, BUREAU OF STANDARDS\nSTANLEY Melville, M.D.\nWASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A.\nSeptember 13, 1929.\nUnited States Radium Corporation,\n555 Pearl Street,\nNew York, N. Y.\nGentlemen:\nAs a part of our study of radium protection, we need to\nhave some fairly accurate information regarding the sale and\ndistribution of radium and radium salts. Your cooperation will\nbe appreciated if you could give reply to the following questions.\nIf any of your replies are confidential or if you are disinclined\nto answer any of the questions, will you please so indicate?\n1. Amount of American radium element sold by your concern\nper year?\n2. Amount of foreign?\n3. Names of foreign sources and approximate quantities re-\nceived for each?\n4. Amount of radium element per year sold to medical profession?\n5. Amount per year to watch manufacturers? (Give list of the\n6. Amount per year to other manufacturers? larger users.)\n7. In what form is it usually sent to mamufacturers?\n8. Names of any other American distributors of radium?\n9. Is all radium sold by your company certified by the Bureau\nof Standards? If not, give particulars.\n10. Number of deaths or accidents directly traceable to radium\npoisoning in your company?\n11. Any other information which you may feel would be of as-\nsistance in giving us a synopsis of the radium distribu-\ntion in this country.\nRespectfully,\nLauriston staylar\nLauriston S. Taylor."
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