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St. Louia February IS, 1969 lvJu /I a ^ J. X. norland TOKTO MITSUBISHI MONSANTO ( Daar Johni Auk you vary antah for the lnforaatian you ara giving aa about chlorinated blphaayl. I do not know how extensively you have boon oluad la on tba worldwide biphenyl problaa. Briafly, tha problem originated whan Swedish aclaatiata found traoaa of oblorlnatad polycyclic hydrocarbons in birds, fish, plna naadlaa, city air, ato., in Swadan, and latar in London. This widantifiad hydrocarbon was latar ahown to ba Aroclor--which cna I aa not aura, and I even st varying atatauants frou our Organic analytical paopla aa to whathar tha scientist's statsnant is eorraet or not. I h>i> on tha ohola it is. In ordar to protact thair aarfcat, the Organic Division has pointed up a prograa under Bill Richard froa thair division and Bluer Nhaeler frou our departuant, to gat aaua factual data. This data would ba in toxicological, ecological, and biological areas. It will aneoapasa aoau $200,000 worth of toxiaological and analytical work on tba part of Monsanto, cooperation with govemaaat biologists in tha United Status and probably in Europe, and, aost aspecially, an overview of tha entire problaa of tha dis tribution and realaaatlon of Aroclors. Any intonation developed in Japan will ba fad in to Mr. Whenlor. I would certainly suggest that on cna of your trips to tha United States you taljt with hla and/or Bill Kiohard. Bast regards. RBK/ln X. Bauat Kelly, M. D. HONS 097693