Committee on Health
N.Y.State Senate
Capitol

Albang, N.Y.

Memo from

JOSHUA LEDERBERG

DEC 14 71

Denaturation of airplane glue.

I would be most interested to hear of the history
of this proposal, and especially the technical

discussion of the hazards/benefits of the mustard
oil additive. I was not aware that this additive

 

was now used by any, not to mention the "most
glue mfrs."' mentioned in Assemblyman Posner's

letter.

To Prevent Glue Sniffing
To the Editor:

Airplane glue may not be as “to.

mantic” an enemy as heroin, but it’s
just as dangerous when sniffed by
addicts, some as young as eight or
nine years. One solution to this prob-
lem is to require the addition of oil of
mustard to all household and hobby
glues,

Most glue manufacturers use this
additive. But when I introduced a bill
two years ago to halt the sale of such
glues without the additive, its final
passage was blocked mainly by Asso-
ciated Industries of New York, acting
_ on behalf of one of its members in

Troy, N. Y.

During the 1971 session, amend-

ments were made by the Assembly
Health Committee to meet certain
objections raised by the Governor's
office and the State Health Department.
The bill then received the unanimous
sponsorship of the committee, headed
by Assemblyman Martin Ginsberg, and
passed unanimously in the Assembly.
‘Associated Industries, among others,
put the squeeze on again, and killed
the bill in the Senate Health Com-
_ mittee. .

I hope the more responsible mem- .

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J.C. Suares

bers of Associated Industries will per-
suade the organization to show a little
more concern for the. welfare of. our
children, SEYMOUR POSNER

Assemblyman, 76th District
Bronx, Nov. 22, 197}.

PROFESSOR JOSHUA LEDERBERG
Department of Genetics
School of Medicine

Stanford University

 

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Stan ford, California 94305