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RADIO TV REPORTS. INC. 41 CAST 42ND STRCCT, NSW YORK. N. V. 10017. SS7-SIOO tor MONSANTO CHEMICAL PROGRAM 10 0 Clock News date Apt 11 10, 1970 - 10:00PM BTATION WPIX-TV city Raw yofk MONSANTO CHEMI CAL STORY LEE NELSON: Manhattan Congressman William Ryan obarged today that the Monsanto Company is manufacturing a drug capa ble of bringing about a major ecological disaster. Ryan aaid the produot la polychlorinated biphenols, IcnoMO in the chemical Industry as PCB's. The Democrat claims it's used in thousands of products, including hydraulic fluids, plastic wrappings, Insecticides and printing inks. He oalled on the Nixon Administration to mobilise all available resources to detail the extent of its threat and to determine bow it can be eliminated from use. Ryan leveled that oharge at a press conference here in New York end he told newsmen that he's asked the Departaient of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration to consi der banning the oompound. RYAN: I'm also calling upon the Monsanto Corporation, whiob manufacturers this chemloal and is the sole manufacturer in the United States of this obemloal and is the sole manufacturer in the United States of this chemical, whioh is called Aeroehlor, to eooperate fully and completely with the Federal (Jovernment to determine the extent of the threat to the environment. I'm asking Monsanto Company to release all of its produc tion and sales figures slnoe 191|0 and for its three Aeroohlor clients, two in the United States and one in England. Scientists Inform me that only with these figures can they intelligently estimate how muob of the chemical is getting into the environ ment. REPORTER: Congressman, what brought PCB to your attention in the first place? HONS 030399 ofnein in* n<w york ormoir t-om anoclm wabhinoton. d. e. ran francirco new bnoi-ano -2RYANs FCB was brought to my attention fit at by tessareh which was conducted by a member of my staff, Mrs. Jean Faust, who has bean helping me with environmental questions for some time. Then Environment earrled an article by Dr. Rioeborough whleh set forth his findings as a result of bis investigations, parti cularly of marine life and-- suoh as fish, where eonoentratlons were similar to the concentrations of DDT. NBLSONs Ryan says that misuse of the FCB oan lead to de terioration of the kidneys, Jaundice and atrophy of the liver and that exposure to extremely large doses can lead to death. mons 030400