Document 32948BYRk12pVO0EBgZgEyzO

bcc: V. John - B1NC W. B. Papageorge - B2NA Novanbar 13, 1973 Tha Sdltor Skin i Allergy Mmwa Service, 4907 Cordall Avenue Washington, D. c. 30014 Inc. oaar Sin X hava raoantly baan aant a copy of your Baptanbar 1973 iaaua of Skin 4 Allargy Hava whioh oontalna an artlcla 'Polychlorinated liphenylafnduce Enayna Production. * Thla artlcla raferrad to work of Or. 0. R. Bickara. Tha aaoond paragraph aayai "Polychlorinatad biphenyls (PCS) ara caroinogana which ara widaly diatributad aa environmental pollutanta. Monsanto Company has found no evidence whloh Indicates that PCB la a carclnogan. Our work includes axtensiva toxicological tasting, aa well as a thorough review of tha litaratura. X hava contacted Dr. 0. R. Bickara. ilia study does not contain any such evidence nor did he make any such stateaent to your publication. Aa Nodical Director for Monsanto Company, I faal obligatad to register a strong protest to this statement, since one of our trademarks for a PCU-containing product (Aroelor 13S4) was mentioned in tha aame artiela. If you have evidence to support the statement, either from un published sources or from independent sources, X would urge you to make this information available to Monsanto and to appropriate government agencies. If the statement cannot be documented via qualified research data, than X believe it is imperative that you print a correction et the earliest possible moment. Sincerely R. Unmet Kelly, M. REK/ln Medical Director CC: DDi r. D. K. Bickers The Rockefeller University Hospital New York, New York 10021 b *0NS