New York, May 6.
That (2 whether) tetraethly lead which is mixed with petrol to prevent engines from "knocking" and to increase the efficiency of the fuel—is harmful to public health will be determined on May 20 at a Conference summoned by the Sur-keen-General of the United States, until when its sale has been sus. pended.
The menace was first given attention in October, 1924, when five employees of the Standard Oil Company's laboratory at New Jersey, engaged in its preparation, became violently insane and died result of lead poisoning.—Reuter's American Service,
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