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BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICES, INC. 25 E. Frisco -- Si. Louis. Missouri 63119 PHONE: 314-961-4113 CLIENT: Monsanto Company PROGRAM: Newswatch DATE: 2/11/79 STATION: TIME: CITY: KPLR-TV 9:00 p.m. St- Louis BILL REES: "Monsanto Chemical Company has given the Environmental Protection Agency new information about a chemical spill a month ago. "Chemicals spilled in a train derailment at Sturgeon con tained traces of a contaminant, dioxin. Soil tests confirm this. "EPA scientists say that the new information is of concern but there's no cause for changing the cleanup procedures that are now underway. "The contaminated soil is being put in sealed drums which will be buried at an approved hazardous waste material site. "Dioxin is one of the most toxic chemicals known." C053c