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i)0 5 2 l) ATTACHMENT G Suskind T a lk s A b o u t M o n s c n to S tudy 2C ( i t toe's Hate: H e hatheida w M r uteri h r JO ;* * n f* fNtfW f f f t M i farmi and- forest lends. ft k i II i| n Olllfl, w*cfc III Aeviif tgrarai m Y*etamm Im iaprxaa Caatmaatit m i l l at corar. It wot m papular mood- ktlfat*. o f 20 ro en -- m l -- tf mat maaiactvr*4 at rita Mamarito giant m Mitro. la raeant raart ma produrr hat ta ta linked with a amar i f health problemi. inveirlo* rioni ham ta rta n a tnot tin manufactura al the herbicida creerei a gaitonout brgioduct. inarm. JTlil Frbruorr, the nn- rammentai Protection Agancr Banned m att utet al 2 .4 .5 -T pandi**} further truer Or. tararead t . Sutkmd of riia Umrarvtr of Cmcmnatt Coi- lape of M ainine n eurrantlr conductmj a ttudr at Montante varkatt mho mete espaied ro 2. 4,5-T, gorTKularir these mori on mho racai-ad k m t aroeura la iiotm during a 1949 acci dent at the giant. Ha mat mrar- rreveri about hit ttudr br re pertori Bichard Grimes. Stare Melimi and Boom Tonar. TONER: 1 gutu ite firn qgestioa. Dr. Suskind. i* what brings you to tova* DR. SLSK1N0. Well. I thin* too al ready know *0)1 B m p me to to n . and that a to conduet a ttudv o( orai n fio sere intmved in an roture to ite 2.0.-T procera and ns ronuxiaants between in* vean 1^14 ana il in a Menu mo Chemical Plant tn Nitro. I Va. TONETl: Yea re wider contract with Mattano, right* DR. ! l KIM> We dm t tuve a con tra with MiJtve.no at tt> moment We made an agreement and i* vat a gentH run t agreemem . I baro been intim '.ed and m e been Jtianng :>ie an ginal gr-up io n mis aliened hart in 1)41 anj .'allowed them cant liiS . . 1 had a commune imm*it m prroietna of rtlortrati-d hyd m arv a acat. as m l ct the effetti tf m kvvntid I t t n a r . tona on other organ u m -- (Wo Ielt| tt would be a o n w gs to r t and study that group t u t me ape now studying TUNC1L The reuoa I aril t t s p boo a that an you uuiw the m l wortc n (uniaij have invited Uooa Sta* to come in and do a nm ir ito . TVrv have been tonte h bava u id that they wrajid In with orne awp-oai on a tid e th at ia being paid (or by Mofeanto DR. SISKIND Well. I ria 't reali? comment on that ber*gve the vtud? briber it i done bv mt.*elf or nthvrt ho are txprrt in the field - it b u to be pud by werehodv .Now me draanmeot t> largely funded -- in Orpinmem il>JI --t Larjrlv lunord through federal rreraret grama. TONER: Yt awaa at tie L'nivemiv oI Cmnmuti' DR. SI .*M\|fc At tfer (`mrerviiv of Cm nouii Eiiniy perirei aa ear M a l l tt frtnu lederai morem. Tbit it largely from |thr| Mtnvial timnatev of llrahk. n r Iding the Naureal Ib i dale of Knvtnutmmjl Science*. ibe Nationa> Came InaiMoit. i m HBrrs ri the *li*j| mviiiwirv -- ina-ee are an* Vgr|g*b<MM I DR. XL*SKIND WeiL I tbA that tM < * only tAiag that I know abom tb s --and . -V.' * -- i *<T.w 1O tr--',i/ 9ft t/ Vf--'-a..ri-*----. <A ' Ift1 I n mly cwrenennn* abm E O T sad : diosia an* that t abuut aU 1 cm really comm low t - l Im e that Ibero oae a perni * u n was puce (nm IMA ta ( a and I 4o know that the m- 1 MA(* ft #HIi fAd H M h d d HW1* n dtavy. obetaer u a ressa ri our auto* inai hypeue tureev tn* o r medical Body or not. did mase une cnangei * the procesa They got rw of tne toutO- ^ < m m* iog. This was bsiiding f t Thev . at tempted ta- liter their proce* so that evTiutully *M i tnev snew it <ai diog- in. the dwiio wat redoevu Tev bum a whole nrw bunding toe n wn^h at tne M**t I# (*RWd > . 1 ^N.` . 1 ? ti1 time wai a euild.ng woict I would d judge rrpreier.ire icetr best elioni tor a rrtativetv u le process \ \s. -J - Now. there i no uooicie u ta pe co. . fien I u s n uu-ng to oocton or toaicologivu about a t t i r a 1t u n err M*IRM*(Ob**t1ilHdiMd `I'Pf**# uvtflg. "loo* 7aerr are ao saie caere MONSANTO STUDY -- Or. lovmond i . Sutkind ol th Umveriitv of cali. there are amv u fe m ri using Cincinnati Caliere of Medicine reipcndl IO guett.ont eoffcentwig o nude hern Ano that i t n e You loow water of Monvanta v o iiifi ho ko*t boto eipowd ro horbicidt 2 . 0 - T and heore dove of tho pononews bvpeodutt, dioim. can be uiarcoua. Vowcao crows tn tL And water in Vietnam rio te d any amount ol dius.litv ri toidien becaue ctPeneecT we know that there * u stun *Hev. you need tighter controls" or thev drvelepre a imracrsM Ices. w;ce riled the oiei of tseir leet and n r * aflevti These were more or lest c.ie iley you ougnt to loon into this a time peeled off and Ua: was ater insofar u the ikin was concerned Thev m u r ' bring bauraoui- So there ere es u te aid acne i m they had aetm ea and OR. SLSKIND: As a matter of fact a ehemtraa mere ire o o r u le avi ri they nad Iota of problems wr.tcn ere parallel itvav was done by the Depart- using iMm tohetner i n a lore v botn cosmetic and somcvnai disabling mem at Environmental Health at tne medtctM. ` in Lie sun. We wanted to oow wnat L'mvtrsitv at Cincinnati. . we sent . To l baci to the t n v t r ta y e ^ happened to the sun in the meantime. our eng-reen in. we sent n r analytical qu n lire, t t m ti a good me. did they CRIMES: You mean up to now* chemiiu in ana thev umpied tne ma dn everything pout&w? . Oor *- i DR. SISKIND: l'p to.no. Did thev terial from tbo rinaw av reaction. :nal hygiene grwip eri look at the mw ; ml] have efianen to ibe tkuiT Did they wh:cn is often ca-Ird the accident or me build.ng ce* it sa emit and taev tea , ha*e tears? Did they lu ll have new cysts' Did they mil hiv proeiems that incident They umpied material from the oat in wmet tncnloropnen-n was that it as a u fe wv ri praowciag **ich!orobfirnoi. However then a 11VI m lOn*|KcARmA had to bo ireau-d wrgicailv* w found beatg made They um pire 2.4 s-T be* mere ai no ooportsanv te snew now Ui hart in 1941 that some ot Jm e prop (rre it became ground up and after. mure Amur was in libe proresH had uansiem liver effects. They were wards pot into bao. Thev umpied ail cause it am t ret* ideai died. . . i identified in terms of changes ia tho wav the liver (onenons. So the liver lunniora were abnormal. Baca ia IbU when we came back again and repented there liver testa they looted normal. OK* Vie want to know nether or not there were any long term liver effects oa these people. Did they bave any bigoer incidents of hepatitis or higher ionder.il of nrraosis. and very frankly. of tfiat and thev wanted to t:nd oat what the wortere were being ` t^ored to in any pan of that process And they* did. TONF.R: W'hat year a IMS* DR. SISKIND: Ob. this *aj - they were brovfOi m m abevt l i i l We had to be asked to come tn. We recccmied that in that era there were prcolems pfubabiv unrelated to Ue health as No it m M ppen t u t diana a to :ec tnai even vere nuli amoeau ri i --and e didn l keow trut.unii Later f l 1 *# ari Mt-tumftl ftt-(.^--even very uniti amrerta of it can be niic can cauri acne and may even oe able m eause other things. rii* M Mft#Un*t(*irir<i Mt'LLINE Are there ave rm n c u o a nn vnur ituoy group at Monantn u far - ll Cid-d N i O w a at medical m-oroa? DR 5L?K1ND W mane o ri the CMAIU Irons animal eipenmetsu atucb denp pects whicc w* mold not interfere agreemenu tail Moeauto bad to make - onviratn tnai us rats, dtovb is capable with Neverhelesi n was a snuatim m available to me are to mv group aU tao of producing liver oncer, was there which * were eventualW called in and ork reerras ot aU Uw people we were any m k (nr liver oncer? when we were ralhrd in u i a we esam inisi And they d:d vea more CHIMES: . . Rota* fir* liked vou whether or tot yoo had a n m r a a f J IfaaHnn. You indicated. J forget your c ia ct woeda. hoi you indicated not jet. . . DR. StiSKIND: We bave a* agree* rwm wub iMm do to this study. GRfMEX I* thrre gnuig ue be a point maoe recommendaitcns as to cow iLe plant rhouid be -- how the h~gtrr.ic preotems tnould be handled i m there are twy reports to that effect 1 tclir.e ttui as a remit of t u t. as a remit ot our vtudv. a new bonding was Eiull to make tnrftioraecenol as wrii as 2.IJ-T. That war procaMv done ra 1VU than that 7V> made ava-.uow all of . the work re n rs i that we kad to caooe Irom. All of their health records Irani the medicai dipanine and all ri their cunpnw tiw rtearti. . . GRIMES: D there pouithlny that there are a lot of peuple woo sere and KAb|*C<i*1ftr.I ftfrtv.d.VftIft. Rm ftIVIn**- WM*t*h*'*f gai defiere won lave f [weed killer wbrre you re going to hare a contract wiie them' TUNER: Did they (othiw all of yoiir recnmneniJuuners' inum i rg 1.1.J.*T| ho m igli have NAe ri tne urne prookms t h a t pe rC*ntS*vV4ftotpf*tA*- DR. SISKIND: W.-K. 1 th.nk that we real lr b areut disnssed Ibis All we v iw a l tn make w e ri was Hut Mon- Mnto knew that ihr dt^ign of the cvprrimrm and the implemrniation of me -pi-nnwni ws the rr-pon-ibility nt DR. 51 'KIND. I ready deal know 1 bate (>tors Ml LLlNv Was ooe of your ire-noaiinm bi f r e e prodenwa? DR St 5KIND No. You bare to on- pie have had* HR. SI SKIND Weil. I U ve u be rrrv fr:iu with yow Thne a r t w t o VMM etterts but it s a i here Mudwd. AU-i. too know Ike o n e tbirg ii tn e fne Agent Orange I ve are m iar calls Irft#'? IdtfatfMtftS-ifi tCi tlfrti-i 1* A.t V flwar^ig"3 ihe Luvrfe.ty cf O r r m i a ^n-k: mv drrwi.'-d test ta HIV we did !**< kre-w i-k.ig wbv areht .* dour a nudy ri firrr.M . and t u t thev were abwdotel* about dmvin We knew u wa Mmething the Vietnam Veteran*, and its a per- not tn tallococe m any way tao dreiga or the impb menumu of it. And vuu know we bave c w r e t * wtta industry hkr tlut all the time M tfcal a bow ihry read And Ihry also read that i* no [reintre to tncnoicropacaoti Sot we dim t know that it was fcjitn and tt wo*at or.ttl D ll --eiyhl year L*trr -- tha> di.nin was rientilire a* lfe agire murine avne and rdu.-wng liver prob fre<y good qwrsiire II I L u e tom mine shoot tbih field why am I a tt 1.m ih veterans* Amt ihr answer wa. well. I'm i lr o d r bt-gmamg to stndv a group and it (mini be that we ft* ftO*(;0?kfvtfIm*|C4A>i1 av ever wui 1 trprvseri. snrwtf *a a lem ae.i rauMtvr the nrwritix rreld get oor amwrr fmm this g r* * n-foeremauve uf me oonpewy. Or no TuNKK. At Uut |S did vou go t* brraose if U* dioua we re coat i rrwd wav will the cuniponv ever fcprrrent Mietsimo and u e . Her. pvrkap v>ud with and Et S -T we re ronrvrnrd wub. tto'm*Hvrv an >p-*hing (or me Ui refrr*iNi>ig me. U tter wrw prnductMi oa this materi a l" thrw perplr pr-mabie wrie more heav ily e*t*ed than aitvUrie tn Viet Nam. ff#%tti*vtl-ftft*rPivft >t r* r osacr tamg wfcwb pan ef ao HR. M7KI.ND. Nn at that tune we Ml IlINs* Mere neavne etpoved* 'ft* Ift* etierm eri wtiru wr reoally bare with wrre ibwig wnrh of rer owe and w* DK. .'< >K|ND 1 thin* M Airi il > d our veorewim m thet the dau of U a were one Iw itor rm -oltre be M uoia well i N n e n i (ftop T**gvi the mfer- stody belongs to ibe la v r i n o i m g la TWre was a remiw o n cror--^nuri- mill!* aorre ho < 4i r i p e r i t* bal fT *.**" ~ pr*p m d tbu I'wvcrwiy ri Ciiu ia- m r M l it and the prU bm * ere stu,litl aInndIhHwUe w04ni4trimae! tehvealilLA->Mer Ikbai diwvuHinoinc the prudoct.. 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N O V E M B E R 17.1990 Monsanto Seeks EPA Study Company Claims `False Controversy' Over Tests _ pr'Wti G b iyar w b iiie , lu g that they have b r e unfairly assailed by Of 9* boet-OWpewti $tatt eavlrw unaafal groups -- soon re Greenpeace -- and an Monsanto Co. has asked tbe federal government to make E P A chem ist, Gate Jaakina, whore comments do not reflect an `Im partial revtrw ^ of two taats of wo rte n n p c w d to B FA p o tte y. dioxin to striaw hat M ouHSto y s b a `T a in controversy" " The im partial acttoo (by the federal government] would surrounding a # itu d is r accuracy. serve to put an end tn this fuse controversy," M ooa&to Bioadnb a toxic byproduct o f some chemical p re e n s . a id in an O d 1 latter to E P A "Absent such government Monsanto wants the studies, whieh ware cnadvred by settoo, Monsanto w ill cooti&ue to suffer damage to Its tbe company, to be Mtnin** by tbe Bn virw rm aaal P ro - reputation." taction Agency and the National toad- , ................. Uonrento sent a copy of the letter to tula o f Occupational Safety and the Poet-Dispatch. H e a lth . The letter i d that a memorandum Critics contend that Monsanto's re- C r l t l c i c o n t i n d t h a t , written earner th b year by Jenkins search was flawed. M o n s a n to 's r s s s s r e h contained " untrue allegations'* that The studies, published In sdestlflc journals In 1980 and 1983. failed to w as flaw sd. the company had deliberately under^ ^ r e p o r t e d retea o f cancer of the N ltro find any chronic health effects of di w o rke rs. oxin exposure other than ehlornc&e, a serious fo ra o f acne. "N o t withstanding our o ffo rb to correct the record, these Monsanto's research Involves wortaxs at M o s a & to 'i baseless charges have been repeated in newspaper ac N ltro , V . Va_ plant who ware aipoaad to dioxin, n o counts and even before a coognreioeal subcommittee," company analyzed cancer-related deaths o f employees the letter reid. who manufactured 14 -T . a berhidde that also was an Jenkins didn't return phone calls. In previous Interviews, Ingredient In the defoliant Agent Orange used In the Viet she has said that some of her arguments were taken from nam W ar. plaintiffs1chargee in the Sturgeon case. Monsanto cited the studies to defending a salt brought by Dan Bishop, a Monsanto spokam an. H id E P A has not residents of Sturgeon, M o. in 1919. They claimed that their responded to the company's letter. health had been impaired after a railroad accident that " There allegations have been around for a w hile," said caused a spill of 19,000gallons o f wood preaervattve and a W illiam B . Fartaad , aa E P A official. La a telephone Inter tiny am ount-- estimated st a teaspoon-- o f dkoda. view . B e runs E P A 's office o f health and environmental I nww4.4 cubic b an m ost ovtna a rt es te a rota. xxpioyMs to cut costs, in 1987, an Illinois circuit court Jury In Belleville, award ed 829,000 to a fam ily whore farm was s ta r the red dest sue and 81 each to 68 other plaintiffs. But the fury abo awarded 81605 million In punitive .. Monsanto appealed the punitive damages verdict to the Faria&d added that a N IO S H edenritL M arilyn Fingerb u t b conducting a national study of w orker exposed to dioxin. "H e r analjeto includes the workers a t N ltro ," F a r b a d H id . "B a r b o dy win re-exam ine this. The sesdy b Illinois Pm h District Appellate Court la M ount Vernon. & L under review [by agency s d ta tb b j." R n g e rtu t didn't re- 3 percent ofthe ut 375,offerthe M onanto a id Its N ltro w o rte t*' dioxin b u db a are ec- tarn pfcooe calls. ttaprtm etytw ld l&selfwith readers ai sports dally In the Oil Prices Hike Steam Heat Ratesmid thosebeinglaid l 7 editorial worts r i rtdttai 49 (P a th s M s rs s r aevly formed M uM b e e n llre d riD c a G U n tsdto two weeks ego. s dupUcarioo in a star retm ld. Unu ettto&sGoxp- lEurope and makM rUA 49 ls s p P ro )s c t t i ed ib " J J " small V.-t .: ByMirfcScWWcmsnn teatonsl Fewest Cofireperbw* A steep boob In fuel oil prices due to the Persian G o lf crisb has prompted at least aa 18 ptrcaot tncrw re la steam heat r e t for m any downtown commercial and residential bulldlngk A temporary ttt-m cnfh rate boost was approved Frid a y by t&a Bt-ftate Developm ent Agency's board fo r m ore than three-fourths o f M-Stata's 300 steam heat m o m e re . The rets boost will be retroactive to la b m onth. The ra tH could Jump even higher -- or could drop -- daring tbe stxs o n th period according to Cactusttona la price o f fuel o ff. which b burned to produce the steam. Bt-State contracts w ith S t Louis .The rm al Es e rzy oTto run the steam that would be too swap. BhStato " will m onitor tbe appliestioo eg thaw procedures fo r eorrects s h o b m onthly baba fo r the dura tion o f the an argen ry ," s briaflag The board voted tm anlm ooby to ap prove tbe i t percent plan, which wee recommended by M -Stats eaecnttva director John Le a ry. Tbe board mac at M -fta to h Earn S t Lou b garaps. Speaking again the move ware rap raM ntatlvas a f P t m Square lo b b yn Stew art p la n Square man ager, urged the board to lim it the boom to only three m outh*. " V e don't know whath going to happen to the M iddle E n a ," e seid. T h e r e o e U ln g o a ttb ." ere downtown to drop beam heat and adopt alternative heating methods, j The end result, H e said, would be Ia n budnaas and revenue tor Thar* b *1end Bi-State. t fta w a rt abo complained that B t Mata was not imposing a sim ilar rate boost on so-called interruptible cus tomers o f Steam heat -- which have hearing systeme that o u t cbooee to u m ettber steam or oaturel h s in a given o a th d e p e n d in g on w h ic h Is I d response, Le a ry noted In aa in terview after the mooring that the 1* tem tptible customers'retoe are deter m ined by a tonnoia dad to the pries of store! gas so as to keep steam r a t tw npeflttva. When natural gas rams Increase, so -- -- Ik -M h i- FROM E.D. OF MISSOURI 11/9/S0 14:44 P r Monsanto On Dioxin I indings u 0 ' ? ByWlttemH. Fft+voQtl --11 Pott-OJipatoh Washington Butmi The EPA bemlit a t e Jenkins, alio urged a < tmloal Investigation of WASHINGTON --Greenpeace and the firm, all lng that It covered up a whistle-blower at the Environmen- evidence old xin's ui effects. tal Protection Agency ire accusing A Monaai :o spokesman said Monsanto Co. of fraudulently under* Wednesday tt t there appeared to be statingthe health risks of dioxin. a criminal In ilry under way and to Both the international environmen declined to omment on Jenkins' tal organization and the EPA chemist charges. called upon the agency to conduct an But the cot pany said that Green* Independent evaluation of what they peace's allegi Ions were untrue and say are flawed Monsanto studies Indi that the firm ood by the studies. He cating that dioxin hns little health ef noted that tt liaato sent a letter to fect on humans. fee DIOXINPage II | ii he i i Dioxin saysthat stt lies done for Monsanto In 1980and 19 3made several key scien tificmlstak l In two si dies, for example, some Prom page one people eru ed to dioxin were Includ ed lb the''c atror group. the EPA last month asking Lt to audit Because emulators relied on the the studies to clear the atr. Monsanto s idles as proof that dioxin Jenkins, a chemist In the Regula is not too d ogerous to humans. EPA tory Development Branch at EPA, should rev< :e all decisions based on wrote a memo Nov. 15 to the agency's Ihoeestudti , Greenpeace said. Office of Criminal Investigations ac The grou also called upon EPA to' cusing the company of a "long pattern set up a m tonal dioxin elimination of fraud" concerning."dioxincontami program, * leb would phase out use nation of a wide range of Monsanto of chlorine 3the paper Industry and Corp. products,us well as health stud chlorinated compounds in pesticides ies of Monsanto's dioxin-exposed and would rentually ban some wood workers." preservatlv i. - The memo indicates that Jenkins, Dan R. 1 Bhop, director of corpo kfoanut the EPA asa whistle-blower, rate corns nicatlons at Monsanto, ngttfOT/.M with agents of the Nation- laid that R t of the allegations by otiSoioroement Investigations Center, Jenkins an Greenpeace were not sttlth conducts EPA'f criminal lnqul* new. He mi that Jenkins'memo bad roe. ^PA"refused to comment on been based lrgely upon claims made ritether It was conducting a criminal In a three-y ar trial In Belleville, 111., itlon. where rest eats of sturgeon. Mo., teuwUte, Greenpeace Is releas`^reporttoday that, Itsays, expoees iduleat and manipulated sol* tn`Monsanto's studies of the ef- ffc#f dloxln on workers at its plant in hfe&XrVa. An explosion at the plant lim t flexposed workers to dioxin. Q3u Greenpeace report Is being reIftB l In Washington and at dioxin- sites around the coun^^vHriAtrigTimes Beach, Mo. bgt$age report, written by for'Shetfon Co. chemist Pat Costner, sought dan iges for exposure to a small amoti t of dioxin after a train derailment i X9?9. Interim no, Jenkins wrote: "Mon santo cover d up the dioxin contain!hadonofai derange ofits products," Including ysol, the disinfectant. Members oi he Canadian Parliament recently bt an an investigation o1 product con unination, she wrote. The mem also trtalntained that, ac- t cording to Hemal Monsanto docu ments, sam; es of herbicides submit s ted bythe o npany to the Department of Africuln e In the 1970s had been "doctored" nd that highly contami nated samp' had not been submit ted. The he tlddee were used In the Agent Oran e defoliants during the Vietnam Wi . The mat criticism la Jenkins' memo and te Greenpeace report is. targeted at le 1880 and 1983 studies ofMonsantt workers, which were su pervised by >r. Raymond Sutklad of theKetterin Institute in Cincinnati. f*fG|M >o 82 o te Ot e nite a toa. <Ni t1e**1," tesea * ^ Vi CD