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) Monsanto
A . S . B la n k . Dept, of Medicine & Environmental Health
May 17, 1934
w. G. Krummrich Study
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Attached are the notes from our meeting of May 11 regarding the W.G.Krummrich study.
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NOTES. FROM W .G .KRUMMRICH STUDY MEETING OF May 11
Study Group
Cutoff: six months in the department. (In 1979 the active employees in the department were evaluated by R.S. Showed fewer than one-half of the group had been in department > six months.)
Anne will determine the numbers for six month cutoff, three month cutoff, and one month cutoff.
Anne will also look at what is available prior to 1946.
Ed will give Anne date of Cooper sale.
Anne will give Ed list of former employees to be checked on Cooper's list.
Ed and Jack Molloy will contact Cooper.
Anne will determine termination status of all terminated employes.
Ken will check out records - Re: Santophen and 233 Stillbottoms for possibility of TCDD to determine suitability for inclusion in controls.
Ed will check with payroll - Re: the likely duration of "Utility" status.
Ken will check for existence/location of "Bid Sheets" (or books).
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Cohort
Male and female.
Maintenance people - not in cohort - not in control
Active employes
Hourly
- assigned to department #226 - assigned to department #236 - assigned to department #237 - assigned to department #268
(For length of time determined for cutoff.)
Shown by records to have been in one of these departments from 01/01/46 to 12/31/83.
Consider possibility of subgroup prior to 1946.
Salaried
- Production foremen and production supervisor in same departments and same time frame.
Retired and transferred to other Monsanto locations Meeting same criteria as active.
(List these and later determine geographic considerations.)
Terminated - E. Cooper employees
Active
Former
Evaluate remainder.
Stratify by -
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Entry into cohort
Age, Race, Sex
Termination Date
?. Geographic Location
? Time in Department
Time employed by Monsanto
Type of Termination; e.g. Sickness, Military, "Personal,11 etc .
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Controls
(Non-maintenance, non-exposed; i.e. not ever assigned to departments #226, #236, #237, or #268.)
Questions -
Re: Santophen Re: Stillbottoms #233 (MCB) Re: #246 (PCB's)
?Include maintenance and further define by specific history whether or not they were exposed.
?"Utility" group
Salaried control group of non-exposed foremen and production supervisors.
Other locations - (For external control.) ? St. Peters ? Anheiser-Busch
Brother or Sister
Columbia?
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