: wine? “a whe Ne aay ho wadt _ bree aii 2 he Srnec. 3: wee BS & + SHEA 1 =” * - Bnclosed is a copy of the April 19h issue of "The Journal of the ‘American Medical Association," which contains, beginning on page u7l, an article by Dr. Harriet Le Hardy, M.D., ot al., con a ry soi3 * oo , cerning EDTA. -The Commission's Division of Biology and Medicine have noted”. that Dr, Hardy's article is the most recent and comlete ‘statement. (6, Sa on EDTA. They have stated, however, that calcium EDTA, while being ESS ae generally effective in removing plutonium, uranium, lead, mercury and other heavy metals from the system, may not be effective in removing iodine. MURPHY, ACTING BEST COPY AVAILABLE Enclosure: _ Agel ‘Sssue of "The Jou _ American Medical Associa fetiemen§ a LE