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April 22, 2003 Christine ! A human EPA Administrator 110 ! A LASriEelPARosHseBaduqiludainrtgers W(20as0hiPnegntnosns. isDinCia2A04v6e0nue. \ VV Dear Ms Whitman, yAAomsutmoindoanayniuiamsttaePnmeortphftleutroorEpoaroroctvhtaidDneoaayyt,oeuit(Cwse8iet)hmpssrooambnleeemdspepteaceiirlapeldelytrinaaftpoepdrrmoopanrtitiohanteecutoinmnscueesrpfonericntmignetghtoepuswberlriiictoeubsy the Dupont Company. This is my second letter to you (the first letter dated 5/19/01) concerning this and other Dupont environmental abuses. I worked for the DuPont Company for many years and have direct knowledge of their ongoing efforts to cover-up dangerous situations at or near various plant sites across the US. As in my previous letter' I have chosen to contact you anonymously because I fear for my safety as a result of what this company might do to me if my identity were known While I worked for them, like some other Dupont workers, I regularly tried to do the right thing in reporting violations to management and was regularly threatened by their corporate "security" goons for doing so. I did nothing wrong. I only demanded that they follow existing law which they publicly said they were doing. The reality is a far different matter. The safety of the public health is only important to Dupont if they can make a quick and large buck without doing anything or without spending any money. The altruistic Dupont is part of the past. Rabid incompetence, indifference and overt violations of law have replaced corporate integrity and honesty. Their blatant and elaborate covers ups border on paranoia but are a way of life at today's Dupont. No matter how I look at what they continue to do, it is very wrong. TChoemirpaanctyiomnsanaaregetmheendtirteoctdreensyu,ltcoovfeirn-fuoprmaendd aonthdedrewliibseercairtecudmecviesniotntshebylegDaulPpornotcess as it pertains to the use of and the environmental release and/or disposal of C8. The behav ior of Dupont management concerning the C8 compound is reprehensible and conspiratorial in every respect. There has never been any doubt that Dupont management knew the serious toxicity issues surrounding the C8 compound and, despite warnings from inside and outside the company, they have done absolutely nothing to make that chemical compound safe for their workers or for anyone else On the contrary, the story that Dupont continues to tell everyone on the outside is that CS is safe to handle and safe to use while those of us who actually worked with the compound were routinely instructed to take MAXIMUM safety precautions when dealing with C8 One does not have to be a genius to see the obvious conflict and duplicity in this issue. The 3M Company in fact believed so strongly in C8's environmental dangers and possible toxicity that they no longer make the product they created. Yet, Dupont in its never-ending arrogance and corporate hubris denies the facts and attempts at every' 164 000G?4 BEST COPY AVAILABLE opportunity to con the public IfC8 is as safe as Dupont management would have evervore believe, why are the safety protocols concerning its use similar to that of PCBs1 Whs the deliberate secrets and outright lies about its use1 tuheroDeupIownotrlkeegdalatpeDouppleonnte,vwere two emreakreegaulpaerlrymtaonlednitnrewcroitridngo,f boyuremwaoirlkacnodnicnerpneirnsgonC8bv There were to be no lab notebook records, no written reports, no emails, and no b"uenenitehceersstaurryne"dpoervseorntnoelledgiaslcuosrsdioenstroofytehde iWsseueweArenytonldotensevmeardtoe dmuernintigonretsheiasrcwhorwketroe to anvone on the outside What were thev afraid o f1With the C8 issue, Dupont management adbBloelehcenugaemveldaeetdne"tis=anetcidmuoenruni.ctyyhAertlvhleeaenrsyosotatnhemssi,ne"g.Awc, lolafnaydbfaiarstisaccaaittteehdardeaanelyiattyrhliieannrgdwptiehthretnarienlsiieenagarbctohourttehicet.oCrdD8sucppoeomrntptaoilneuignnadgl, tAofolrl Research that I was privy to showed C8 to be very persistent. We were charged with ipwfsniprneeotndhcptiieeneongsens.naitMvoyimvraefoenornaransmgesseveemtneeorkteaidnanlentgytdmoeoxaruuriesftsmytaahnWCiadn8vesmebfayositxeucifennuhndlgelsmtisohntimarcewtaenCiltglvhy8tahldgiustreeoogcxuroinianmcddidptiwyonleiganfttoetgehrlrytechmeiminnsactokeualixprenpicageuebsnil.lteesIaittovocaefolabsrnoremsesihdaeoaakresrerincaabhgbesldanetrsoiogwinntng public health hazard. It is dangerous in vapor form, in water and in contacting human skin directly. The obvious question begs that if C8 is such a benign compound, as repeatedly asserted by Dupont management, why would anyone want to detoxify it or degrade it in any way17What value or purpose would that serve? Obviously, C8 is NOT a benign compound, as Dupont maintains ATmhemDonuipuomntPWerafslohuinrgotoocntaWnooartkes(CSi8te),hiansPtoatraklelyrscbounrtga,WmiVna, tiesdthteheprsiitneciapnadl nsietaerwbyhetroewn lafarnondmdefindllvesil.riboDenursap. toTenhdteuismsintpeoinwagnmdanalodncufafrlaocdmtruiwnrikanitgnegrCfw8ilatienterrliansrgugpethpqrluoyuaignshtsiteDireuisopauotsnliyttsCcFo8anymtaeamttteeinvriiaaltllees,dinSwCuitnhsliitCnee8d As I have said, Dupont upper and middle managers knew of and directly planned the questionable disposal of C8 laced materials, the denial of reality and ongoing cover-ups o"dfoinwcnrtimowinna"ticnogndfiastcaataenddainnfyorrmefeartieonncesIntomworeellthkannowonneililnesgtaalnaccet,slaowccyuerrrsinfrgoamt some sites. If that isn't a cover-up, I don't know what the word means. These Dupont managers have direct and detailed knowledge of the dangers of C8 and the resultant cover-up of the truth regarding C8, Woilard, Jack Krol, iCtshtaodxiHciotyll,iditasyh, aHnudglihngCaanmdpdbieslpl,osDawl iagthvtaBrieodussoDe,uJpiomntMsietyees:r,EMdgaarrshSa Coleman, Joe Miller, Paul Arruda. and numerous others l am certain that a thorough investigation ot this issue will uncover the secreted truth ot this compound and help to safeguard the public health Sincerely, A concerned citizen 165 OOQO^S