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WILH. WILLUrC.oEN AS
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TELEGRAM: RICHARD OSLO
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OSLO, 21st August 1970
Ve have contacted the Health Authorities about this and have
received the following answer from the "Sosialdepartementet"
(Department for Health and Welfare).
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flftBased upon recommendation given by among others the guiding council on drugs and toxic ingredients of our department, it is clear that PCB's are to be regarded as toxic ingredients in this country. Reference is made to Chapter X in law on drugs and toxic ingredients etc. of 20/6/1964 and to 1 in the executive order on toxic ingredients dated 19/2/19&5
PCB's will be included in the list of toxic ingredients when
this list is revised,
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However, it has not been decided whether PCB's shall b
31completely banned or whether the use shall be limited
Ve have asked to be kept informed about all steps in this
connection. We have also offered Monsanto information which
you could place at disposal.
We cannot send you copy on all the newspaper articles, these have been numerous and we have not collected them. One article formed the headline in an afternoodL tabloid paper, claiming ' that our nature was beeing polluted by PCB. Nobody knew from
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Generally spoken, these articles have thrown mud without
proving anything.
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i The Health Authorities take this matter in a more realistic
way. However, public presseure is on them and we do not
know what this can lead to.
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It will certainly not make it easier for us to sell PCB and
we* might loose certain outlets.
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