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PRESS QUERY COMPANY (OpUnit or Corporate): MIC SUBJECT: OCP at Sturgeon REPORTER & MEDIA: Robbin Hardley, KBIA Radio, Columbia, Missouri TIME& DATE: May 16, 1979 6:40 p.m. QUESTION & RESPONSE: X E. L. Head X J. C. McPhillips X J. S. Metcalf News Bureau J. T. Nolan J .E . McKee D. R. Bishop W. J. McCarvillc W. R. Mutilali J. F. Hussey-Washington. D.C. S. Pickard-Washington. D.C. New York Public Relations Brussels Public Relations MAP PR MCI PR S p a n o '? MIC PR G . Y oung MPR PR MTC PR INT1L PR Q. We hear Monsanto has made an announcement that it is" cutting back shipments of OCP that contain dioxin. A. Reviewed process changes made in plant and stated we did not know if the TCDD had been eliminated yet. Confirmed our determination to eliminate the TCDD. Reviewed various tests and dioxin types (from position paper). SOURCE OF ANSWER files C00S33 HAN D L E D BY: R. C. Isham