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Letter to J H Harley, Subject: Enclosed Letter and Attachments DR N Wald in My Latest Request to Start Chelation Therapy (No Encl.) (Companion of Document 705595)

Dated
Aug 4, 1972
Document type
Correspondence
Length
1 page
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PFWCY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED primarily being treated fors condition that shou id not be allowed to continue. I t is evident that Gr.lan Portcr-an authority in his own right on Pediatrics, Genetics and in lead chelation- will have the medical responsibility f o r administration o f :hc Ca-GPTA. Dr.IlaId will b e responsible for the activity measurement inrerpretation, but z s a post-treatment function. I Lriderstand that his is the primary responsibility under the AEC license (is h e ~ c tu all ythc only licensee for this :.iork). ihe financial burden o f his proposed pro gr xi of t rest nie nt : His : c c two week trials was w. and based on his sta ; cneni onf o r the original page 2 in paragraph 1 I can expect ;I bil i o f from-. to- annusi l y where the airfare would b e approximately, and t h e costs of weekly o r biweclcly air shipments of samples another -. to -. I am not asking i t will be extreixly difficult,espccislly since \he problem part ofthe medical care will be here in Albany and these other major costs a r c in support o f a research program. It should b e noted that the N Y U facility and staff have been one source o f counting data and the cost o f driving there is negligible conpared to the Pi ttsburgh journeys, I suppose what I am really asking is : I f Dr.Porter has the responsibility for the Ca-DPTA administration and the side-effects monitoring, why can't NYUdo the counting and data reduction as in the past, without -and mysclf becoming biological specinwns(so that a research paper canbe prepared?). I neither want to make this matter il con;:-ovci*sy, : ~ a rdo I wsnt y o ~ i to than m y direct approach,but I would not. feel hurt if you w'ould decline to d o SO. What I need is some advice. Tile decision is extraea;cly difficult based on what little background I have noiw, and rcally I think that I ? .D.lsare not necessarily gods, so that I have a slight case of jaundice(nlenta1) regarding YOU can reach meby telephone a t Union ( 1 ' I 1 make that Ph.D. oneof thcse years s"rhce I have nothing better to do) by calling-. Iwould appreciate your call, ,