: ners A830 May h, 1954 A oy es ong we, 4. SuBsEcT: ‘Use of EDTA e O a | ns 83 " Pa CO | SO ORIGIN ne R S/ ff wo ah TO: “the Anerican Enbassy, TOKYO , ve a , . “oof fg. 7 BS e fo : | : ov = yr oF fie ‘ fe. yh * - ety. - - - t . Reference: Departaent telegram 2357 of April26, 195k. - o4 ae - O Enclosed isa copy of the April 195) issue of"The Journal. of the ‘American Medical Association," which contains, beginning on - . page u7l, an cerning EDTA. Harriet L. article by Dr. Hardy, M. Dey at al., con~ ... os $ St ae . . eo4 "The Commission's Divisionos Biology and Medicine havee noted (Lote that Dr. Hardy's article is the most recent and complete statement on EDTA... They have stated, however, that calcium EDTA, while being generally effective in removing plutonium, uranium, lead, mercury and other heavy metals: from the systems may not be effective in removing iodine. oy ae _? : —- ~ . . - ‘ 1 es eam MURPHY, ACTING 396 US ATOMIC ENERGY _—, RG Collection DEBm mncidsure: mS Files ox. 326-7k- 3. RexAR April issue of "The Journal of vbr eptiot £Statesll sy American Medical Association, u 1 copy. ‘ CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED BY AUTHORITY OF DOE/oc ~woes 2 feefs \.STRAYEF, FT DiAe oofBoe Ke/Seton APPROVED BY: DRAFTED BY: ~ S/sBs0CSpiegelsfes CLEARANCES: ; ey Wm Ww CNSR ‘ / ; => -- Gerard C. Smith 5/h/Sh Z os | i. 2ch28 PsP Ur. Bosman -2 pg ee -Bar “72 oe ON38G ee ce . - ~ A : Lhichrooifeyre see ero