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Monsanto
for release
IMMEDIATELY 1971
MONSANTO INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS COMPANY
E. V. John
PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63166 (31A) 694-2891 (314) 567-3628 (Home)
MONSANTO RELEASES PCB PRODUCTION FIGURES TO DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 30 -- Monsanto Company announced today it has released figures to the United States Department of Commerce showing the company's U.S. production and sales of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) from 1960 through estimated 1971.
Closed-system electrical uses ranged from 11,000 tons per year to 20,000 tons per year during the period.
The report also shows Monsanto voluntarily reduced its nonelectrical sales of PCB from the high of 16,000 tons in 1970 to 4,400 tons in 1971. Substantial further reduction will be accomplished in 1972, the company said.
C. P. Cunningham, managing director of Monsanto Industrial Chemicals Co., an operating unit of Monsanto, said, "As part of our control program, the data were originally prepared for the Federal PCB Joint Task Force and other concerned scientists for use on a confidential basis so scientists can properly evaluate the figures and relate them as to impact on the environment."
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Monsanto has now chosen to release the figures publicly
"because scientists have continued to express a need for the
data to make a proper estimate of how much PCB might be in the
environment. We also believe the figures will inform the public
about Monsanto's positive actions to limit the sale of PCB to
confined applications," the company executive said.
"Now that the figures are public information,"
. Cunningham added, "we are confident both the scientific
community and the public press will interpret the data properly. :
These are production and sales figures only. It should be
clearly understood that all this material is not in the
environment.
"For example," Cunningham said, "over 60 per cent
of all sales in the past 12 years have been for closed-system
electrical uses. It would be a completely false and
irresponsible conclusion to say all PCB produced is in the
environment. Much of the material is still contained in sealed
electrical equipment where it acts as a fire-resistant safety
fluid, protecting human lives and property from the danger of
fire and explosion."
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Cunningham concluded, "Monsanto continues its program to control the uses and prevent the release of PCB into the environment. To date, we have cut off all sales to paints, plasticizers, sealants, adhesives and all other open-system uses. We are receiving used PCB from.customers for regeneration or safe disposal. And we are engaged in an all-out research effort to develop less persistent forms of PCB or suitable products which retain the fire safety features of PCB. We call on other producers, worldwide, to join in this effort."
-0O0NOTE TO EDITORS: PCB production and sales figures attached.
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PRODUCTION AND SALES POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB) MONSANTO INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS COMPANY
(SHORT TONS)
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U.S. PRODUCTION
DOMESTIC SALES
Electrical* All**
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Uses
Uses
U.S. EXPORT SALES
All Uses
1971 (Est)
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
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1960
20236 42527 38194 41427
37655 32925 30240 25417 22367 20986 20333 20786
14417 20268 18564 20568 20387 18897 16203 13769 11448 11683 11108 12444
4401 16263 15034 11990 10846 10642
9695 8666 7618 7339 7661 5163
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P roduction fig u re s and P la s tic iz e r A p p lic a tio n s fig u re s u n a va ila b le d u rin g year in d ic a te d
U .S . E x p o rt S ales fig u re s u n a v a ila b le d u rin g year in d ic a te d .
AROCLOR APPLICATIONS
CURRENT USES
Electrical Capacitors: Aroclor 1016*, the major product used; Aroclor 1221; Aroclor 1254; very limited usage.
Electrical Transformers: Aroclor 1242; Aroclor 1254; Aroclor 1260.
* Similar to Aroclor 1242 with 5 chlorine and higher isomers removed.
FORMER USES
Electrical Capacitors; Aroclor 1242; Aroclor 1254.
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Electrical Transformers: Aroclor 1242; Aroclor 1254; Aroclor 1260.
Heat Transfer Systems: Aroclor 1242; Aroclor 1248; Aroclor 1254.
Vacuum Pumps: Aroclor 1248; Aroclor 1254.
Gas Transmission Turbines: Aroclor 1232; Aroclor 1242.
Hydraulic Fluids: Aroclor 1232; Aroclor 1242; Aroclor 1248; Aroclor 1254; Aroclor 1260.
Plasticizers in Synthetic Resins: Aroclor 3.248; Aroclor 1254; Aroclor 1260; Aroclor 1262; Aroclor 1268.
In Adhesives: Aroclor 1221; Aroclor 1232; Aroclor 1242; Aroclor 1248; Aroclor 1254.
In Surface Coatings: Aroclor 1221; Aroclor 1248; Aroclor 1254; Aroclor 1260; Aroclor 1262.
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AROCLOR APPLICATIONS
FORMER USES Continued
Plasticizer in Rubbers: Aroclor 1221? Aroclor 1232; Aroclor 1242; Aroclor 1248; Aroclor 1254; Aroclor 1260.
Wax Extenders: . Aroclor 1242; Aroclor 1254; Aroclor 1268.
Dedusting Agents: Aroclor 1254; Aroclor 1260.
Pesticide Extenders: Aroclor 1254.
Lubricants, Cutting Oils: Aroclor 1254.
Carbonless Reproducing Paper: Aroclor 1242.
Inks: Aroclor 1254.
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