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SUBJECT REFERENCE R. T. Berendt T. M. Bistline W. D. Carpenter W. J. McCarville P. S. Park G. Roush J. D. Wilson E2ND E2ND G3WG G3WG G3WB G2WG G3WG F.Y.I., we have responded to last Friday's Post-Dispatch editorial on dioxin. Our letter to the editor and the editorial are attached. cf attachments D. R. Bishop IN - 10 <REV. 8 /7 7 > SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE o rd er . C10155 Monsanto Monsanto Company 600 N. Lindbergh Boulevard St. Louis. Missouri 63166 JPhone: [314) 634-1000 November 23, 1983 .PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT Letters to the Editor St. Louis Post Dispatch 900 N. Tucker Blvd. St. Louis, M0 63101 Dear Sir: We must take exception to some of the statements made in your lead editorial of November I18, "Dioxin And The Evidence." For example, Monsanto did not withhold information about "dioxin risks." As far back as 1949, long before dioxin was identified as a chemical structure, the company shared with the West Virginia State Health Department and the U.S. Public Health Service the health effects observed in our Nitro plant employees following accidental exposure to what was later identified as dioxin. Furthermore, Monsanto is not alone (as your editorial suggests) in "minimizing the dangers of dioxin." This position is shared by the American Medical Association, the British Advisory Committee on Pesticides, the U.S. Air Force, the Veterans' Administration and a host of independent medical experts. Further, this position is based on the preponderance of documented human evidence, accumulated to date. Monsanto agrees with your statement that "the effects... may not show up in humans luntil many years after their exposure." That's precisely why we attach so much significance to long-term health studies, one done on workers exposed for up to 30 years, which have found no evidence of any serious lasting health effect, other than a few cases of a skin condition called chloracne. i [Sincerely, 6anII P li njij. , Bishop Director, ILi^|[Environmental Communications SUBJECT cf TO PROTECTIVE O^RDER. C10156 .r ST.FLoOunUdeIDdSebcyeJmPObOSerES1PT2Ht-1DP8U7I8SLIPTZAETRCH THE POST-DISPATCH PLATFORM I KNOW THAT MY RETIREMENT WILL mak3 .n o d if fe r e n c e In its card in a l PRINCIPLES, THAT IT WILL ALWAYS FIGHT FOR PROGRESS AND REFORM, NEVER TOLERATE INJUSTICE OR COR RUPTION, ALWAYS FIGHT DEMAGOGUES OF ALL PARTIES, NEVER BELONG TO ANY PARTY, ALWAYS OPPOSE PRIVILEGED CLASSES AND PUBLIC PLUNDERERS,' NEVER LACK SYMPATHY WITH THE POOR. ALWAYS REMAIN DEVOTED TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE, NEVER BE SATIS FIED WITH MERELY PRINTING NEWS, ALWAYS BE DRASTICALLY INDEPEND ENT, NEVER BE AFRAID TO ATTACK WRONG. WHETHER BY PREDATORY PLUTOCRACY OR PREDATORY POVERTY. 4 Ap"r.il 10,1907 JOSEPH PULITZER Friday, November 18, 1983 editorials Dioxin And The Evidence pgbtafa4bsgcdeedcgeVdtrmmdLchpIMdetchacbhahplen8oyoyhooxnnierooievoeianotooeieoaiosceoae-irdchavnrfitoeTmofinIglivuwvtsnApptnrxatoroxncdxtemimootntrenpohecihehaebcneeaodigriailppiueesnrruslnnlpnecepgamtnvetlpmaaernnrogisvnseeatfdguThihitrlaer,rinemnll,aastmmneenc--ti,aocheesPefisianhsvenictsmrdmtnecgtatlvnni,.toovoeie,oepiiitetdreavsotayrnawtve.oeutcscfneeItthseeicnaetetnhHaohsnndtsuegnotlriptaeoconaardsiDc,-bnceToptaedactinrhcunniaDjarompaatoai,sttsnestranoltlitouhnovdulitddnbmceusourxsr;eisdoliadkihhcweiprdnmetsssaidodtxosnitnlsnecieebpaaeipenrsshatgtyeofociuiemtngdo.oaenshozihurtunnrapvorfCsaxracementimfenshsaofatnoebgietntneoeuactiifdrstdwdanchtsermmiundslclcvietaieiisotspodhl.ititruyendtithogceahat"ieocgnhhneeisf.ohmnemssszrsnrrennh"siabx'tyoeaapemtnteaciaenaashA"driolrTcveiiytolvcaosppimdslablicniytMsaluanaedaeanafrsegohheroyroTsaucainncherliilraortnwrgcemedgeiflonagizcdtUmihahngnernunpaiecarisauoennaaiiedermoesageCeeecto.rknoernasdcbhsvlsMiloSrivertxdr,vetcutynirsoxstaendgeuleheogth.eseiioeaipgO.aensdiihhniioerwnandmederannmsesxltumgnttaociusnrn.,s--trsoelosaafspwecdensamlcaspomrodoonsokpcnfaooerfsteanantftcaCuwvpcpruacheronrbyecteivofrneanfgecs"pboectoienrimaneaigotrixoeprntgpeethmsptisndd.edlemtaosimdteyrer,pufstio,hnleii,ivttohorseoeiasrttdkaasrpeoosoebannretiohnshftttaaetctentt,abssexicntslbiohefirnhhnhcheshiaSnetrntntoletaoeoiillisicolresooeeydestegnednyeendegtsdgeeldf,yf,rt-,sfr.f,t. "sswcuTTcIapccetsRwdaeweaau1bsfuccbseratfunheuahahaventurxaxnt9niehrnlshneihnheh.irrrsseeerlurceps7eetittatdldacTpedeieifslSipTcOpidcidreualsh7tmonicocalcolodnrfroiToithoieennneleerhshutoptungheiourniheurignsedcinhilendaotonurrtroeflrcscoenlmsncnoaaartettoesesoxttoapsxeheichnedaigzglggtdhrtcqmdstnio.iarvnesietelelemtaaoawerecetioaenirhsuPnsgtileunncnrfnclisfnteizdh,a,BnCcleiaidlycrgofhbepnSf.fmotaoelsqaarwedoaaeitnoaahIeuoslnoierdewudebrcstmmrrodunulewrowelntrhtoadsundstyuutlbeltrccciss-nb.tpclaeashsdio.lrs--dseflDweltineseanbtitlaeheTyoslocuntteuwatisnysdeovgeragewritehdnliltrdfehshrblymIwhv.esmnoeeonaefodtlnsarfsisnaMesiupaatennfcassnrFffoortwtesronneetmesoadtnnttaoiorehercicgoycurriaieamtanmronddcmcosauopomrtysueetbtaoegrfcuttmtlcnlhsseshwasnpnqroavesaediatnCnCeshophtueerhedmanemecuttdrwleieoelsdaautmprcoe,coloaorttoylgrsitebcurilsueyhar.lsacmnnnau*iwwdswiensaieeeetnttdasyapounfgstdothohhipgontixaireffinehsgastarlnrvbrrmoosfeoseuefeuintsoottyeanseMRydapeooegeesefeldidcpdcstfssfcne*inesefueeanntbpesfiesgottcApriiestbrgeegreacocsserfdrotiroonsascotgsnvresenchoroofllanhMphasaotueendtelnosaoeiectifdvhenlbuoagarxnaddledidpupasnacfuhodieebtsazlwtssesptdleessariureftpeepidruampainteeuoissonedderywemfisrrwwtrmcmceceodcas'naadsdiaeocoecomadbltatctoolhvuousbAavsataretethonaioaaofyuttthxoiorueuoroswolererchhenodygibrcuaseaioedailrtaIrns.neardehyanatedsedeneosysssss.ss.ttft,lt, SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER C10157 / STURGEON LITIGATION FROM THE FILES OF THIS FILE HAS BEEN REVIEWED 8Y i,V>/V /& FOR: - Documents describing the presence or potential presence of dioxin in Monsanto products. - Documents referring to the toxicity of any Isomer of dioxins. - Documents referring to the toxicity of any Chlorophenol or Chlorophenol product. - Documents referring to health effects as they relate to the above.