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Conference called by the Surgeon General in Washington to ask whether tetraethyl lead gasoline was a public health question.

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20 May 1925

Surgeon General’s conference on tetraethyl lead, 1925. Conference called by the Surgeon General in Washington to ask whether tetraethyl lead gasoline was a public health question.

The Surgeon General’s conference on tetraethyl lead, 1925 involved U.S. Public Health Service, Thomas Midgley Jr., Charles F. Kettering, Robert A. Kehoe, Alice Hamilton and Frank A. Howard.

The Surgeon General’s conference on tetraethyl lead, 1925 followed from Poisonings at the Bayway tetraethyl lead works, 1924 and Poisonings at du Pont’s tetraethyl lead plant at Deepwater, 1923-1924.

According to U.S. Public Health Service.

The Surgeon General’s conference on tetraethyl lead, 1925 led to Committee of seven on tetraethyl lead gasoline, 1925-1926 and Public Health Bulletin No. 158.

According to U.S. Public Health Service.

The Surgeon General’s conference on tetraethyl lead, 1925 caused Committee of seven on tetraethyl lead gasoline, 1925-1926.

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