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KOll'lt SLIP Date /it-S'T*? MONSANTO COMPANY, St. Louis Copies to: J. w. Hanlev \ E. 5. Bluer \ R7 L. Bdrrd \ H7TT BibId \ J. R. ~EcTt T R W. DuanenberR\ J.. Fernandez t T^T. Kerley 1 K.'TT Lawler T K. J. Mattonev \ J T. Nolan \ t. r Smith \ H. C. Throdnni \ / DIB / DlS / DTJ 1 DIT / 515 / DIF / T3TC 1 dih 1 BTC ~t DI7 7 BIS 7 DIE ,r DID G L. Bratach H. I. Burke \l F2WA T <75BS JTT7 Crawford A A2NA r~77 Fitzaerald j\ B25S E. H. Harbison \ CI3A S7~X~ HalnlnRer i >!>eA S. L. Rcdlnft / r CINX r~T~ Reef* r~r~ WnRRoncr / 1 (J4WH \ E7Sa vnr Mulnail / 17 S'." Robson \ XS5S Ko C. 'T~"C!>TUC F. A. scrobla T* \ G5NA ICbrraifdM'irW* (9) _ r. RTNew YorR (2) YTT7 WaahinRCon (2; FT. Eruasela CpUni / a3NB t/ 1925 5555 iw**"' From: PUBLIC RELATIONS DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, DLCLMULR 0r$.JmmMmy0r Amount o milk wo human infant O-I HAVE A FRIEND h> I cletaaa that the aamuat ef V PCBa In huui Milk in*, /in aaay attun that n art ielBf w Mka Mkn harm than |m4 by bcoacl (m/Iu I, tkM ImT A.: While PCBe--polychlorlnatad hiphenyll--era now recotnised u undoslrokli environmental contaminants and considerable affort la boin| directed tgwafd Umitinf tkt amount that finds lu way lata our food supply, than la no raaara at tka momant to think that tha amount tanaraily found la human milk la harmful ta tha nursinf Infant In a recant statement on PCla In. breast milk, the Committee on Environ, mental Hasards of the American Acadomy of Pediatrics said PCBa are af eon- corn la the U.S. only to woman who have worked with the chemical or who aat antra large amounts of sports fish from PCBcantaminated waters. (In tha past many foods have boon sources of contamination, but mare recently, con taminated fame fish has been the main food Involved.) Unless a woman has a history at aspesore to PCBa, the acade my sees no reason not to broast-food. If than la a well-documented history of exposure, PCB levels In breast mUk can bo measured in about throe weeks. As a result, the committee recommends that In the rare Instance whore a hlfh PCB leval Is found, the mother should contact the state health deportment for advise. 0: A friend told me recently that she was under the Imprssslea that trichina, sis Is no looser a public health problem and, therefore, It Is not necessary to cook pork Is a wvil-deoe stase b lhal true? A: While it Is true that the incidence of trichinosis has dreppid dramatically In the peat 00 years, a study af near 8,000 autopsy spirlmeni conducted h the National InaliMas of Health Survey between the yeses rtente, has shewn that the infection tab Is still neacRr lath But. there baa keen a marked diem In the severity of the trtchlaella infec tious found. Beesoso many of the Inbe- Uons an so adld. lymptams an triad misihafocied or tho disease fees end* totted. One lessen for tho decline in the Incidence a< Irlckbeale is that federal. use of raw l . Another la that brainy homes parkin froasn and trichina one arc killed whoa held at nearly S drfrees Fahrenheit lor ho left days. Tha link between pork and trichino sis Is, of course, well ettaWihcd. What may he lest well-known is that in recent years trlchlnem has frequently bee* traced to hanAuram. ha some cases tho bnf kid km gnuMI ib tkt not chine used te triad park, while la others the frwuad heof had actually been adulteraldd with pork. Besidaa coeklnd all park aid pack products ta temperature of Mi difreei Fahrenheit. It la Just as knpsctaat to thoroufhfy cook ALL other frannd asaat If you do chosee to depend on freer Inf as a safefuaed pfsinit trichinosis, you must he absolutely sun that tko meat hat been held at a low rneufh temperature for a loon period of THE WALI. STRUT JOURNAL. Tuesday, Dec. 5, 1971 MoiiNiuitoCo. I 'nit Hillses j liitlt istrial. Tin- Yarn I'riivs j ST lAlUIX M'KtICIIItli TP'lllW .1 unit lf MtHIHimtit i\t. H.hI ll ilUTIM.WNl /uifi'H im nylmi I nr :iinI iiRliiximi yarn* fivr Iflls 11 WfwflVd* .loMt. : Tin* inrniuN* nvrr iiykm (in* ynrtis from fhnititfh MM dwtirr. JtrhiiirM*r m diLsmal yurra from 210 through fflfl de**r imd hnivy-defrtfr Industrial ynms from MS through ikm dtnifr. 19 HONS 008862