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$1 Million Spent by Monsanto On PCB Studies, Official Says Monsanto Co. has spent more of products; it is mods at the of PCB in insecticides. Even so, than 91 m 1111 o n on scientific Krummrlch plant just south of we sre Hiking the U.S. Deport studies. monitoring the um of East St loula.) ment of. Agriculture to refect (Ha chemical PCB and seeking STEPS ARE being taken any Inwetlclrie which has PCB substitutes for It. a company Minckler saki, "to strictly con as an inert carrier." spokesman reported Sunday. trol use of the chemical and re Also. Minckler said. PCD is Howard L Minckler, Montan* place those grades of PCB not a household product. to vice president and general which linger In nature." "TO OUR knowledge, it Is not manager of Its organic chemi "it is unfortunate that Con used in plastic food wraps, cal* division* made tht state gressman Ryan evidently did hnune paints, cellophane, as ment replying to c h a r g e a by not have all this information nt phalt or tires," he said. "The U.S. Rep. William F. Ryan his disposal," Minckler aaid. principal m i r k a t is electrical (Dam.), New York, Friday that "Just last month, we participat applications whore the chemical the Monsanto-made chemical ed in a U.S. Department of the performs a vital function as an suhetsm-e PCB ia a threat to Interior mooting whore we ex Insulating fluid." the environment perhaptaa changed Ideas with some 40 sci In this Insulating use. the great as DDT. entists and told them of our chemical Is completely sealed in Minckler aaid the company findings and actions." o metal container, ha added. began a six-point program in The Monsanto official also Research conducted by Mon 1111 aimed at Identifying prop claimed that use of PCB is mis santo has shown that PCB "Is erly and measuring PCB in the understood by some investiga not a highly toxic material/1 environment. (PCB stands for tors. Minckler said. The company "polychlorinated biphenyl" used "For example," he said, "we has concentrated farther re as a "plasticiser" in a variety do not know of any currant use starch on the few PCB com pounds which degrade slowly, he explained. "Alternate products for these grades, which retain the func tions! properties of PCB ami present no potential threat, will be introduced inter this year," he said. -St. Louis GLOBE DEMOCRAT April 13, 1970 MONS 029722