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Page 176 Pag 178 (H Andresen - Direct [1] Andresen - Direct PI products at the Bound Brook plant? [2] undergoing sterilization as a result of that? PI A: No. PI A: I don't know whether they did or not. (4) THE VIOEOGRAPHER: Going off the [4i There was no recommendation from the central IS] record. [S] medical department to that effect. [6] (Whereupon, a brief recess was taken.) Pi Q: Did you have any role in the litigation 17] THE VIOEOGRAPHER: We are back on the pi that was filed? (8] record. [8j A: No, once the litigation was filed, I [91 Q: Mr. Andresen, during your tenure with [9] think it was the people who were -- or it would be [10] American Cyanamid, do you recall the company being [ioi our legal people and so on. It wasn't me. I [11] concerned with exposure of certain chemicals to [11] wasn't involved at all. I was the one that caused [12] women of childbearing age? [12] the problem -- not caused the problem, but brought [13] A: Yes. [13] it to light. [14] Q: What do you recall about that, sir? [14] Q: Do you recall at any of the other [is] A: Well, what I recall about it was that [is] facilities having concerns of women being exposed [i6] it was my fault. [16] or women of childbearing age being exposed to ([i7] Q: Okay, can you explain. [17] certain chemicals? [is] A: Well, it was at the Willow Island plant [is] A: That I cannot recall. [i9] where we were making lead pigments, chrome [19] MS. McKENNA: I'll ask the court [20i yellows, and this was right after, I guess, the [20] reporter to mark as Defendant's Exhibit 718 an pi] ERA or something, where before this particular [21] October 25,1978 memo to J.B. Reed from J.S. [22] survey made all of the employees in the plant were [22] Tobin,T-O-B-I-N, M.D., regarding ethylene oxide. P3] males, and when I went out to the plant, I noticed [23] And this is at ACV 24014 through 24017. [24] a number of women working in the plant, some of [24] (Whereupon, Exhibit No. D-718 is marked [25] whom were childbearing age. Now, lead is [25i for identification.) Page 177 j Page 179 in Andfesen - Direct i [i] Andresen - Direct (21 extremely toxic to children and fetuses. So, I | [2] Q: Mr. Andresen, you're indicated as being p] went back to central medical and told my boss, j pi a recipient of this document. Do you see that? W Robert M. Klein, the central medical director, ; [4] A: Yes, I do. is] that this was happening, and we recommended that | [5] Q: Do you recall receiving this document [6] the women be removed from this particular j [6j on or around October of 1978? (7) operation. ! [7] A: No, I don't. But that doesn't mean I pi Now, as far as we were concerned, we j [a] didn't. pi had no exposure to the employees that would be i [9] Q: Would you be copied on documents from (ioi considered above theTLV, but we had noTLV for i [ioi the medical director at American Cyanamid [iij fetuses or little children. So, we thought the [11] regarding allowable concentrations of chemicals [12] expedient thing to do was to require that they not [12] being used at the facilities? [13] work on that particular operation.That's how it [13] A: Tobin was not the medical director. [i4j came about. [14] Q: What position did Mr.Tobin have? [is] Q: What happened as a result of that [is] A: I think he was assistant medical [16] recommendation? [is] director. [17] A: Well, there was a big to-do with the [i7] Q: Was it within your ordinary course of [18] unions and so on about it. I forget what the [i8i duties at American Cyanamid to receive these [19] final thing was, but the recommendation was made. [19] documents regarding allowable concentrations of [20] My boss got on the "Donahue" show because of it. [20] chemicals? [21] Robert Bork was involved. I think we got sued by [21] A: The only reason I can think for that is [221 the unions, and Robert Bork was involved in it, [22] that I reported to Dr. Tobin, so he sent me a copy [231 and he said that we did the right thing. I can't [23] of it.There's supposed to be a memorandum, a [24] remember any more of the details. [24j copy of my memorandum, which I don't see here. [25] Q: Do you recall any women employees [25j Q: Right, I don't believe that that N41713