Dr. Lewis believes that they had administered EDTA to the patients, ...”_
Gespite the fact that urine analysis was beyond their capability’.
and they were therefore unable to determine either the need for .
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EDTA or the effect produced by it. Apart from the fact that they ~-
were unable to undertake urine analysis at that time, it is also ~
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evident that they did not understand the dynamics of fission. -°_
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product metabolism and were not used to thinking in terms of * -. °urinary excretion levels as an index of absorption and deposition. os
They were anxious to provide me with samples of ‘urine ‘for.
State-side analysis, Two aamples were delivered on March 26 and ~~
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five more on March 30, As yet we have not received samples from.
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the remaining 16 patients, The samples received were properly ~~9°:
forwarded to the Health and Safety Laboratory and I have had the ‘-." 7}.
results or gross analysis of the first two samples,
I communicated
these resuite to Dr, Kobayashi in
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the attached letter which is
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self-explanatory,
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Department. of Porgy