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DEPARTMENT OP .MI'LiriCATION New York Nixon's own Siieme Adviser, Dr. Jar June 7, 1970 DuHridge, to inborn ilie public in a forthright manner about the potential The Editors, 77w New Yorker, hazards of 2,4,5-T to human lualtli, Dear Sirs; the statement hy the Surgeon General appeared to signal clear anil unequivo N the issues of February 7th and cal action at last against the widespread I March Mth of this year, I pre use of 2,4,5-T. Federal law requires sented in The New Yorker some that all pesticides and herbicides be of the mounting evidence regardingregistered with the P, pamm-nt <( Ag the dangerous teratogenic, or fetus riculture before tiny can he marketed deforming, effects of the herbicide in interstate commerce, and tin con 2,4,5-T, which )uis been used in huge clusion that rilc/.ens could reasonable amounts over the past decade as a de be expected to diatv in.in tlw Surgeon foliant in Vietnam and as a weed killer General's statement w.i ihat camaNa here at home. What seemed particu tion and suspension these registra larly alarming, as I reported, was tions had put an tmrn< dr;( slop to tae the seemingly unavoidable presence in Side and use of 2,4,5-'!' here. 2,4,5-T of a highly toxic and terato That conclusion, l regret to sat, i genic Contaminant belonging in a group not justified. The word `'(..mellation," known commonly as dioxins. I also which has such :.n nit limilirt about pointed out the reluctance of the gov it, and whiih sccno to signify drastic ernment, despite its apparent awareness action, is realK .r.\- nl the weaker of the dangers, to eliminate or drasti words ill the fYdcmi-tvpulatorv lexi cally restrict the use of this herbicide. con--far weaker th.-.n tin- word `Sus On April 15th, tire Surgeon General pension," which the Department of of the United States, Dr. Jesse L. Agriculture has applied to its action on Sieinseld, appeared before a Senate sub the registrations ol liquid loitnulations committee, headed by Senator Philip of 2,4,5-'!' used an.uud toe home and A. Hart, of Michigan, that was in- around lakes, ponds, anil irrigation 1 vestigating the safety of 2,4,5-'!' and ditches. To illustrate one of the pow i announced, on behalf of the Secretary erful distinctions implicit in ihis upside- i of the Interior, the Secretary of Agri down bureaucratic language, when the culture, and the Secretary of Health, Department of Agriculture impnttit Education, and Welfare, a number of the registration m a product lor certain 1 measures that were being taken to limit uses, ti>c susp* asioii takek Inrcc im | the use of 2,4,5-T in this country. mediately, anti under ledernl law ship These measures included the immediate ments of the product in intcnwnle com suspension of the Department of Agri- merce must stop; in effect, the flow of 1 culture's registrations of liquid formula the product from manufacturer to ulti ' dons of 2,4,5-T used around the home mate user is immediate!)' pinched off at ! and of all formulations used for killing a point reasonably dose to the source , vegetation around lakes, ponds, I and irrigation ditches. The of supply. When the Depart ment or AgheJiure .am-W' the i Surgeon General nta> an I nounced that the Department registration < f a product for certain uses, however, tin mote- , of Agriculture was about to mem of the product it; inter ` cancel its registrations of non state commerce is brought to no liquid formulations of 2,4,5-T for use such automatic halt. A oompam g:\cn i around the home and on fond crops, a cancellation order is told that after j including corn, barley, oats, lice, rye, thirty days it can no longer ship its ! apples, and blueberries. On the same product across state iincs, but the com | day, Deputy Secretary of Defense pany has the right to appeal ;he order, I David 2>ackard announced the immedi- and if it does appeal, this action iris tinI ate suspension of the use of 2,4,5-T in effect ot st.i\>ng tin .vder. Puiioj Id, Vietnam. length) proc.- m . , , :il, ir- . .. .n- Against a background of evidence Can continue in prim.ice, snip, .i.m . I accumulated since 1966 that 2,4,5-*I , the rancc'ied pro,Let. A i.>nq>.t:i) or materia! will) which it is ordinarily whose plod,,, t'. !>v -...itii`U i >'- contaminated to some degree, exerts a ed has no eueu ivcm.i...- fetus-deforming effect on the offspring Appr*\im.itelt *>. Wiik- ;,:ter t;.c of experimental nnimnls, and a back Surgvon (Jeiu'i.ilV niiDouiie. in. io ground, too, of extraordinary reluc Ct-rniltg 2,4,5-'r. 1 shipped in at sev tance on the part of government agen eral garden stores in tin- New York cies, including the office of President area. I found that a number of 2.4,^- T MONS 031555 \,l m . niulatrmi* xxwd killer*, puj^io-ivy a l|'l.l)S and 11'VII lo.ll W.'IV Mill OM sale. Since th- SiMfnn (Jeneml bad riled as one hI tin- jmin.iiv n.'wm* for federal iuiioiis .ly.unsi 2,4,5-T the government's xv*.! t.. all-.id "iinxi! mum prnteetion to o<*m< o m i.. Jnld* I bearing \ cars" l*\ pn > on iin m front ' bring ivpo-ed re Hi. n . hi, ul. , ilm <ialc id a Hairs m.nili il mv, (i.n tnul.-ii'lv Mitre May and June ,nv diodhon;'> ,,f nia.s- *1 niiill use of linlm nl -s. 'i`I,.- iKimbiitg fact in tlt.it (lu- 1 )i |';inin< m ( Agri CAT-TAIL Fountain culture ins impouii in i'oiii|irl manu facturers to laall limn I'rl.ii! Mont product* whose ii gistr.ilinn for n rl.iin uses the Depannu m bus either <;m- ccllcd or suspended. Then- is tm fed eral taw against a leiailcr's selling such a product or against it customer's Inn Very ini riguing ensemble. Com plete wiilt recirculating pump; 26" high. Handwrought cop per and lead cat'i taila dripping water into heavy cast aluminum bowl 23" in diameter, with three frog* ejecting water into bowl. Pompeian green or white finish. Very attractive in garden or terrace corner, also moat useful indoors as a humidifier. $379.00, f.o.b. N.Y.C. ing it. The law dues provide that stocks of. it can he seized In- Department of Agriculture inspectors. However, the number of retail establishments selling i hcrhicidnl formulations for home use runs into the scores of thousands, Send SQr--stamps--coin for 40 page catalogue illustrating many fountains and garden ornaments. i whereas the numlier of retail-store in spectors employed by the Department of Agriculture, I recently discovered, is t,, Florentine craftsmen. XT. 100)1 nwMLtifffk* JJW dM exactly thirty-two. On a practical level, then, the |>ower of the Department of Agriculture to prevent the retail sale of such products is almost nom.vistent. Furthermore, not only is it legal under federnl law for a homeowner to huv a product whose registration for certain 1 uses has liven officially cancelled or sus- I pended but it is legal for him to use- it, j and use it in any way he pleases. With out breaking any federal law, he can dump concentrations of 2,4,5-T on his lawn in such a wav that some of it en ters his or his neighbors* water supplies. Similarly, a fanner can continue to use 2,4,5-T on his crop* without break ing any federal law even tltough that I me has boon the subject of a Depart I ment of Agriculture cancellation order. I The only risk he faces is time of seizure ! by Food and Drug Administration in It doesn't flash if it doesn't have to. Stick & llashcubs on art ordinary camera > v ' and It'll flash with every shot 'till If$ finished. k ' Too bad. " i Qood pictufs-isklno calls forflash when you need it, ! no flaeh when you don't -- real fasti i It calls lor one of the Minotta Autopaks. The only inilenMoading cameras In the world that decide '* lor themselves when to fire end turn the flashcube. , Shown is the Autopak* 550, your* for less than $55. * ` The deluxe Auiopak 600 with motor-driven film . ' advance, is under $60, plus case. Why stick a flashcube on an ordinary camera? Now that tho extraordinary Autopaks are here. Minolta Autopak Instant-loidlng cameras with the quality dltference. fa Htiraltir*. wtM MlfMlt* Cerotation. MO Park Avs, ts,, NSW York. N.V. 10003 la CsnsSs: Ancwpnoto LM. ' i s|H'Ctors of any of his crnji* ship|H*d in | interstate commerce that are found to have detectable amounts of 2,4,5-'!* residue on them. The risk isn't a very great one, since these inspections take place at retail outlets---supermarkets, and so on--where F.D.A. inspectors collect sample* of foodstuff and send them hack to the F.D.A. for annl)*)*, which lakes time. The bureau cratic machinery is creaky, and if .mV detectable residue of 2,4,5-T is found on the foodstuff--sa\, bluebvnio tli.it the farmer has sprayed with 2,4,5-T- the chances are that hv tin* tiuu- the Department is ready to seize tin- slock of blueberries in the store (which, alter HONS 031556 JUNE 10, 1970 1 all, w probably only one of many stores to which tarries from thin Untch have tacit shipped) the blueberries have taco bought ami eaten. In any event, only tlc blueberries can be found guilty-- oof tlie farmer or the shipper. And the farmer can go right on using 2,4,5-T; as he pleases, because the cancellation ... powers ami suspension powers of the __ .__ _ Department of Agriculture apply not to the basic chemical compound of -- V,v 2,4,5-'!* as such but only to the formal ,r*i < '*7r' , ;&/* $ i4"*,^n ly registered tort for which it is in tended. In effect, this means that there DeBusschere is federal control only over the word ing of labels on the cans, bottles, or dvums of these chemicals. It is true that the Department has asked manufac turers of 2,4,5-T products whose reg istration for certain uses have been cancelled or suspended to recall the products (mm retailers, but this will A done made the first flight around the world in a power-driven plane with land jug wheels. Nowadays a woman thinks nothing oj flytng around the world to land a magnificent fur at Birger Christensen. BIRGER CHRISTENSEN }S OsUrgadt-Cipnhagm-Dirmatk have to he'dune strictly on a voluntary basis if it is done at all. Even if it actually is done, and the products are back in the manufacturers' bands, the recall <locs not mean that the 2,4,5-T will he destroyed. For the most part, it means merely that the 2,4,5-T for ClMDO. TUlirxj. Brochot# on KtuMt. MR, HENHI0ENOEI, Ownor-PrasidifU IlBeC'6$rni # DjAtointmntniki RtjtiDaniik C*nrf mulation will be relabelled, with the cancelled uses deleted, and sold over again in the same form, and even in the same containers. And since the label on the container has no binding 60 East 56 51, New York 10022 (22> Plats 5-7372 in San frencucr I, Maqnin 6 Co. force on the purchaser, there is no guarantee at all that 2,4,5-T will not Fine Books for Fine Homes A LITTLC OF AUSTRIA, A LOT OF VERMONT llcmiiiful 900-ncrc osinte it home for Austria's renowned Trapp I nmily, Kelnx wilh magnificent Vermont mountain views and fresh air. linjoy superb Viennese amt American menu, gardens. hniM-tf. pool. Send for colorful brochure and rates: 1 TRAPP FAMILY LODGE Hox 6, S0to3w6^e2, Vermont continue to be applied in ways that the public might reasonably suppose to have hern stopped dead by the gov. eminent. Further examination reveals that the measures against the use of 2,4,5-T that appear to be so sweeping actually apply to about ten per cent of the total amount of 2,4,5-T used in this coun try--that is, only to 2,4,5-T used around homes, gardens, and aquatic areas ami on food crops. And since 2,4,5-T products are still being sold ' 'fr\ (g P iff iti. i y, Sel <*f lnru.mi Mi*. I Into prli-f.l .................. 1 i r .'1*1# F> K<lx rnlnUiwA, <'!>( S I ..trt.l ( Kit. A tn riALlnx HUli.-mi I.i.li<tnrj n )>.'(> r.'MAln on# v/Am<-rlfn' Urtii-.i ot ft*# tkn Visit New York's Most J'.iniiuliu^ Book Shop/ freely in gaiden-sufqdy stores, 1 inn tv that so far the cancellation and suspension orders have affected no more than two or three per cent of the total J. N. DART FIELD 44 %>,,, S'/iJ. S. Stm V V. tooiv-rl. Vis Opvt. Mon.U, < Sj.beJj,, l> AM >(> I'M -- 2nJ t Vl'iiwt-f * itrft`K JV.-iIj)' v !;.'.-ay Portraits by ainmmi. About ninety per cent, in any case, is used for the control of woody plants in such areas as rangeland ami FV7 ;i A-] IR'n';TJi YOUSUF KARSH ofOttawa in Now York by appointment (212) TE 8-4565 - .n pastureliuid and along railroad and electric-line rights-nf-wav. These use: remain unaffected by the new federal orders because the Departments of Ag riculture, H.E.W., and the Interior agreed that in such areas, many which are remote from dense popula tion, 2,4,5-T docs not constitute an imminent hazard to women-of child rr> 7 r ,J ;5 ) *- - ' -V*' * L] { ry* BUT liT THE WAITERS TKP.JJ6H MIPStUVC-UON , CDdINCVfc|lAHl sum i MONS 031557 l THE NEW YORKER y serves rciJxnmmaiion. As studies with 'experimental animal* have shmvn, 2,4,S-T .1 fetus-deforming a^vui both in its rclniiudy pure form, which f >1 has so fnr been formulated onl)' under If laboratory-test conditions, and in the form in which it is ordinarily sold to users. IK'Caosv certain factors arc ap parently impossible to eliminate in its I production, the latter form is a eon-: t. laminated one, the contaminants being I present in amounts that have up to now | hern considered tolerable. The name of the principal contaminant in 2,4,S-T is symmetrical 2J,6,7-tctrachlnrodihcn/n-^-dioxin, and it has been found to he both extremely toxic ami, in certain tests on living creatures, teratogenic. In tests on chick embryos, this form of dioxin, in a pure stale, has (lie capacity to deform embryos at levels of a trillionth of i gram per kilogram of the egg--a level only one-millionth as great as that required to nehievc a Comparable ell'evt in chick-embryo ex periments with the notorious teratogen thalidomide. And in tests involving a mixture of dioxins in which the sym metrical tetrachlormlihen/.o-p-ilioxin predominated, conducted by the Food ami Drug Administration on pregnant hamsters, a dosage of 9.1 millionths of n gram per day (for five days) per kilogram of the mother's body weight produced an incidence of eighty-two per cent mortality and eighty-two per cent abnormality among live offspring. Dioxins are also known to have untownrd effects on human beings. In factories where 3,4,5-T is produced, the dioxin appears as a contaminant in an intermediate stage of the manu facturing process, and some of it re mains in the linislied product. In 1964, i workers in a Midland, Michigan, fac tory of the Dow Chemical Company, one of the largest producers of 2,4,5-'!', contracted an illness through exposure to the dioxin contaminant. The symp toms of this illness were described as follows by Dr. Julius K. Johnson, a vice-president of Dow Chemical and its director of research and develop ment, in testimony he gave in midApril before the Senate subcommittee investigating 2,4,S-T: 1ft; w The most -.riidtivr toxic reaction ob served in humans to dm impurity fthc trim dioxin | was nomiirstcd by a condi tion known fl> Idoraenc, n skin disorder mostly prevalent oo the face, neck nod hnek. It is similar in nppcnrnnee to *rvrrr nciic ohm suffered by trciuiKtr*. The way *l)r. Johnson described chloriicnc before the Senate subcom mittee, it docs not sound like n very serious condition. However, the way he Boltlodin Sculland, Imported oy Julos Borman. Los Angelos, Coitl. LUor 'W'"VT? ii tj ,i i 84 Qounid Oaviai UECINS IN DUBLIN ... where the wispiest of woolen* i* exquisitely woven, richly dyed, per fectly coutured into classic* for women to discover In boutique* In Pari* and London and the finest store* in the U.S.A. 0ONAID DAVIE* 417 fifth Av#, NYC 1001* We have a restaurant for people with sandy feet. & I'M'* Ch.lfonte H.ddon Hall described it before tile subcommittee is ^ .ic substances), studies of tile effects not quite the way Dr. Ilcnjamm Hold of dioxins on chicks .mil small mam er, the director of the medic;*! de- mals indicate that dioxin may very well (tartmeat at Dow's Midland Division, accumulate in animal tissue more or had described it two mouths earlier Jess as DDT does--the difference during a meeting with government being that dioxin is infinite*])' mote chemists. According to a memorandum toxic. originating in one of the regulatory In the absence <>i positive proof that agencies involved, Dr. Holder said that dioxin is not persistent ami cumulative, about sixty people bad contracted the the rimtmncd viriu.illy unrestricted disease at the Dow plant, ami that its spraying of 2,4,5-T on pastureland unset had been slow--four to six and rangeland seems to me to con weeks. The memorandum continued; stitute a serious potential hazard to Early symptom* | according to Dr. Holder] include fatigue, lassitude and de pression, ami ctuly signs include the ap pearance of comedones on the face ami body ... and weight loss.... Severe expo sure results in effects involving internal organs ami nervous system disorder (poly neuritis ).... Dr. Holder discussed t)ir examination and treatment of exposed workers. He said that six months were ! required for marked recovery to begin, ami complete recovery required up to sev eral year*. I . human health, fn spite of manufac turers' clnims, there appears to he no evidence that the dioxin contaminant does not peisist .n .In. .-prated area long after tin 2,,5-T c.wlf lias bro ken down. The am-..,ms ni dioxin that would thus remain v.-uld, admitted!), be very small in relation t the amount of 2.4.S-T originally laid down-- the Dow people, for < x,unplc> elaau that the dioxin toiUem of their 2,4,5-T is less than .me p.iit per million*- According to a paper published in a but the potent* ot ilI- sir* is - ixireme i German scientific journal a year before that a serious <pic<.|i,n arises whether the Dow people made these observa traces of dioxin remain on sprayed tions, the symptoms of chlorncnc associ pastureland and mas In: ingested by ated with the intermediate stage of beef cattle, dairy cows, ami sheep, with manufacture of 2,4,5-T include men the result that dioxin builds up in tal depression, reduced |*ower of recall th.c tissue* of these livestock and en and concentration, disturbed sleep, irri ters the human food chain through tability, reduced libido, and impotence. meat nr milk. The tvlentlcssness of the And another scientific paper, so far un cumulative process involving DDT published, on an outbreak of chtoracnc and other pesticides i> well known bv that occurred in another 2,4,5-T fac now, when human milk contains more tory (not a Dow factory) in the Unit DDT than federal law permits in ed States, describes the continued exist cow's milk crushing state lines, ami ence of serious mental disturbance when virtually ewrv sample of drink- among affected workers some six years ing water tested (m.ingfout the coun afterward. The reason 1 emphasise the try by the Environmental Control Ad presence and the extremely hazardous ministration has contained traces .if nature of the dioxin contaminant in pesticide. The only precaution recom 2,4,5-T is that while the Dow people mended bv the Department of Agri claim that 2,4,5-T is readily decom|*os- culture against po;i>)e contamination ahlc in soil and by the action of sunlight of dairy cattle feeding on pusturvlami after it has been applied, neither they sprayed with 2,4,5-T is that the land nor anyone else has ever shown that not he grazed for -even thus after .k the dioxin contaminant, as distinct from spraying. Since the i lepartiiu rr,* own a tbeorvcie.'dlr pure 2,4,5-T, iv bio calculations in' the persistence of logically degradable i that is, that it does not persist in the environment >* accumulate it* animal tissue. On the contrary, the characteristics of dioxin- 2,4,5-T--calculation* that take no ac count whatever o| die persistence of th dioxin contaminant'** are that 2,4,5-T takes about five mouths to break down related chloracnc jHnsiMiing, far from it* soil, these precaution,-in measures as resembling those of the transient acne tiiev relate to grn-s growing iron* th* of teen-agers, include effects that arc soil or water huh'* on it-. -atriacr hardh surely indicative of a serious toxic in seem adequate (> u.c -,'<itr..;tc protec fluence that is stubbornly persistent tn the human hndv and its central nervous system. And, according to Dr. Jacque line Verrett, of the hood and Drug tion of the pub.i igiimt a nemicai.' that has been dcm.'osir.it, d to tv a s, tious potential lu.diii luv.-id .-mix ;o t lal'oiatorv-puralien omit. As it, pi,- Administration (Dr. Venvtt's cbiek- cautions against the ingestion oi dioxin, embryo studies contributed to the dis there simple aren't ant, because as covery that the cyclamates widely far as federal iegul..(ion are eoncermd diovitx does mu exist. In the c.t<e of HONS 031559 86 JUNE 20, 1970 executives" grazing beef cattle, ilic Department ' Relocating? 1 of Agriculture docs not recommend withholding the Inml from use for :is much as a day after a 2,4,5-T spray ............ tr*. ing. In Texas alone, more than a mil lion acres of rangeland and pasturclaml |are lu-ing sprayed with 2,4,5-'!' tin's yenri probably at least a quarter of a milium (lead nf cattle will graze on that ' <?J ` C i. ' (c sprayed land; and the cattle will pro lyv * duce something like a hundred ami A.aijK- t fifty million pounds of meat that will 'll be sold to Americans as edible--all in (be absence of a solitary meaningful re striction iijx>.sed by the federal govern ment on either the spraying or the Executive Hamuifrch will help solve your grazing, and also in the absence of a househunting problems ... WITHOUT CHARGE solitary scientific study, cither by indus- ... quickly... easily ... professionally i try or by any government agency, con With eight branch office* in key locations, end cerning the stability, the persistence, a nationwide network ol Realtors, we olfer the fastest IndivKlnehrod personal attention to the i,aml the cumulative capacity of the di j home buying problems of the relocating execu,* ! oxin contaminant in the bodies of living Sl' , '? j live end his Innuly. Becked by Previews' 36 j creatures. Servo tho right ico (or every occasion. years of real estate ecperlence, dedication and integrity, our trained consultants wilt screen I Next year, the total area sprayed communities and homes to matcn tne profile | with 2,4,5-T throughout the country 'Magic Touch" icc Trays release eas ier and aro faster Ircojino too! Avail of your requirements. Executive Homesearch charges NO PEE lor Its services, lllereture on may well he greatly increased rather able at most of your favorite stores. request. I than decreased. The use of herbicides Write or cell (212) Pi. 8 2630, V. Hebb. [ in this country has been increasing at a 'CtK HMt'Utyiflf; Execunve | considerably greater rate than that of views HomesearcH" 1 pesticides, and it is only because mili tary priorities for defoliation programs 49 El S3fd SI.. N,w York. N.Y. 10022 Boston Wesh.,,0. C. Chicago Peim Beech in Vietnam cut the available supply Denver Eos Angeles Sen Francisco Paris of 2,4,5-T quite drastically that this OtVtBIOM OF GENERAL MOTORS .... ... ..... ....... .HI. ..... country has been spared the much more extensive use nf 2,4,5-!' on rangeland and pasiurelnnd. In Viet nam, a total of about forty million pounds of 2,4,5-T has been dropped SIP 'N STIR WITH MONOSRAMMED, STERLING Furnitur* for Qrnoiout Living Permanent Sipl*>rs Mf k " thrwrgh year dolor er ijeuvilor *t PM Third Aw., Haw York City. Alio It lf*stn| slftei *wrynhtra. far sracavre, m<t AC te Peal- h. UNION-NATIONAL INC* JAMESTOWN, N. T. on the countryside. The suspension, under public pressure, of the use of 2,4,5-T there will probably bring about the release in the coming year iof huge amounts of it in the domestic market, and a logical target of chcmi- cal-company salesmen for disposal of the surplus would be the cattle indus try and the United States Forest Service. jj Also, to my knowledge, no proper investigation has ever been made of1 Ko 70w CM ,i your ,icj t**, cot. Sit C 'A T Of wHOltvtr t.Vnu|* i OtrliAj sllvtr mono(f4cunot ItrOW. 7i' ion*, with 1" ini. st;ii jt Ih# itirnni tnd pcxOA print Vulioi 00* sura). now jCGOStor; for loliuroly tunmtt ji.ETk(A|. pair. S1IM H. CASUAL LIVING St. S, Ct. PSI01 the possibility that, quite aside from1 I *nkeSo-ecaatg&0the dioxin already present in 2,4,5-T I To get the most authentic mutton chop in the world, fly to London. Or, take a cab to, sprayed on vegetation, further amounts of dioxin may be created, nod released into the environment, through the breakdown process of 2,4,5-!' a* it is affected In sunlight and by heat. Heat strong enough to create new dioxin can occur under conditions that are not Itigld)' unusual. Jlrush that has been I V Or, >< v.it three U%:ichi'9 Hundrod* of ex-honevfflooners iiavc mad* It a habu bore. Reliving snd re loving, they return end return snd re turn. .. Small wonder The Buccaneer it St. Croix's Number l hotel. THR Si Cnnx. t' S. \-rvin Min* For rrfrkOiin\ lonloi L Kl]<h I ih kf. Ill ll 7i Hirer!- Rut s. St i >-ik i ii. jr * mie. killed, whether by 2,4,5-!* or other Keen'6 means, is certainly a fire hazard, es pecially in a hot, dry climate, such a* that of Texas, where so much 2,4,5-T English Chop House. spraying is going on, and a brush fire vYr n I:* rov nnrnvcd area contain- HONS 031560 TTI' THBNtWVOnKEn _ *. * \! _ generate cbnsuleralde t|uuniitics f 3 pm'i^ anil release it into the nimns(there. H? ' ' o IT seems most likely th.it the hazards of pollution of the environment hy ', dioxin* extend for beyond the use of pronounci nr "tanker-ray 2,4,5-T. Thin herbicide is only one of muny products derived from poly chlorinated phenolic com|H>unds that contain dioxins or are the precursors of dioxins. These products range from pesticides to deodorants. It appears that \ when any chlorophenol is heated suf- Hciciuly it can he converted into a dioxin. This fact raises questions about the release of dioxins into the environ ment merely through the burning of many commonly used products. For ; example, one of the polychlorinated . phenolic compounds, in'niaohlnrnphcmi), is widely used as a fungicide and as an . ' antibacterial preparation. It is used in preserving wood and in controlling A slime in the manufacture of paper. In 1968* more than twenty-seven million ' pound* of pentachlorophcnol and its .^porte^ salts were used in the United States to preserve wood. Since the fate of most timber is to be burned sooner or later, ' und'since it is reported that when five grains of |X!ntnchlorophcnoI is heated at ji temperature of three hundred degrees for twelve hours it is capable of gen- crating one and a half grams of octa- chlorodibcnzo-p-dioxin, the possibility * that considerable amounts of dioxin will be released into the atmosphere }*&] from wood treated with this preserva- five presents a potential health hazard nf very alarming dimensions. 'Die same thing may be said of the horning of paper that has been treated with pent*- chlorophenol. Aside from any hazard created by burning, the extreme toxic- itv of pentachlorophcnol was discussed some years ago in an /o iicle in the Rritith Metiical Journal on some saw mill workers in Borneo who handled wer limber* that had been freshly treated with a solution of sodium pemaihlorophcnate, a salt of pcmnchlorophcnol. The people involved, who arc rr-* 0^ HONS 031561 described in a Monsanto Chemical Company manual on pcninchiorophenol us "nine* undernourished, scantily clothed native workers/' were not *Acj\j7ts&n> an oukna/t^ jwn>, w-e- HwttM'Saw'Cp'j/ wearing protective garments--a cir cumstance that the Monsanto manual . calls a "complete violation of safety precautions for handling Penta [a Monsanto trade name] materials." itman (rfeiina/^jf&rt, ; They died as a result of handling the I , limiters. I Pcninchiorophenol is used in a wide 1 variety of products, including paints (fPitari&A star.clu'J ns u prosorvaiivi*, and it has r-=r~r-r heejt used in oilier laundry pnulucts. The extreme hazards post'd by the in judicious use of this chemical, which is buried in so many consumer products, can he |>crccivcd in a scientific paper iliac appeared ill the Journo! of !*> i/int- rm last August, entitled "IVntachlorophcnol Poisoning in a Nursery for 'i i Enjoy New York nt 0 Prestige Hold Address nt Modcrnto Halos... overlooking Central Park! The Barbizon-Plaza AT 1M CENTRAL PARK SOUTH. N.Y.C. ,., renowned looalo of the world's lineal hotels. Tim florblton-Plata'a line poraonnli/nd torvlee. superb Fronch Culalnc and 24 hour operator-eliendeO oloveiora have made ue the levorlto ol Irnvelwiae men and women. ncsr.nvATiON8 AT OUAJUNTEEO RATES Choice Sinptoa...... }}9'99l Choice Douhlrik 126.00 to *34,00 Tower Studio Struct S.l4.00to *40.00 WRITS FOR FRBI COLOR SROCHURI "H" TELEPHONE: . TELETYP6: (212) CI-WOOO 212-840-.CS9 Newborn Infants." The paper describes the cases of nine infants between six ami fourteen days old who were all bo.nt in a small hospital for unmarried mothers in St. Louis and who were all admitted to St. Louis Children's Hospi tal with a severe form of an unusual and undiagnosed illness marked by ex cessive sweating, increased heart rate, respiratory difficulty, and enlargement of the liver. Two of the infants died shortly after being admitted to Chil dren's Hospital; the rest were given Idond transfusions and other treatment land survived. The cause of (lie poison | ing was traced to an antimicrobial launj dry neutralizer that had been used in I excessive amounts in the laumlry of the hospital where the children were horn. The neutralizer contained sodium pcmachlorophenate, and traces of pentnchlornphenol that remained in diapers and other clothing after laundering hail penetrated the skins of the infants ami NOW you can afford RARE PARQUET FLOORS Hoi#1* ih# oxr.idriQ ,-,y 10 acc.-nl your horn# wimoul iiiium- an. coal. Now you can anfoy in# lifoiimo ci ^unc* ol magnlflcant Marrit Oood'Noo'l'', orirt meal banutiful collodion of nth, domosiic and raro imporiol hnidwood* ai pneat lowor man carpm or u: (Oomine pah (am ahown.i Veil can buy ur.ltnianen Hard* BondWood* Inal,Hind and cut'om hmanad in a variaty ol naiiornt .,nd wood* lor approximately COC 10 12 SO q. II In moat aroaa. Sand Si for OondWood- Album ol lullcolor, actual aieo raprortuaiiona includ ing iho axoiio Ouiana Tpjic. Panga-Fang* and Brown Rhodesian Took. HARRIS HAROWOOO FLOORING Hairla Manufacturing Co.. Oopt. nvoo Johnaon City. Tonnastoa 3TB01 Help stamp out soft crackers entered their systems. The insidious nature of pcmachlnmphcnol can he illustrated further Hy the fact that after the use of the rinse was discontinued, traces of pcntachlornphcnol continued 7 miles tt scr ... an island of pleasure to he found in the blond of newborn e.J.p fopdi dry rii t(>- V. N*.*vf.rih indaffnhaly, L **< " * * ni'it in th must nu*y ai> moaphrric condi<iim. Hie only anpllanr* of Its kind, ilia Hlcriiiv iimhcr a|*|*Hi the pilntiple of dchumielUraiHm in prnrevt tht Savor and map* nest ol lurh Inmh a* watkcri, potato chipi, ntMlt, null nod picirvla. Keeps sail shakers fitfflowlna. It s star "in" chin* . , . a welcome asset In any home, boat nr camper, U.L. an* nrmttlillS volt AC lor hornet it, 12 anti >2 toll l>C (nr huai* aiwl 10%* II* a II*. I'olltltrtl ihiiNtw or satin copper finlihei. At fine Kill shops .uni hardware stores, or tinl.'f ** hy mail. l.ilerarwrc Irre no retpirsi. Writei * 249* I 1227 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 42204 children and of expectant mothers. It turned out that although the infants were no longer directly exposed to pcntachloroplienol, the mothers-to-be Imd continued to use linens that had liven rinsed with it. There is specula tion that the pemacldorophcnol traces in the linens used hy the expectant mothers became absorbed into their systems and crossed the placental harrier into the systems of the uuhnni babies. Such facts led me to become curious about other commonly used products that contain polychlorinated phenolic V '* <S\ % /imttld fjfJ ttitpUj. FdJe^.-..rrll.ovwn, Mass. on i he Storvhnok tiiand of MaiUia i V.iu'viid A hv'lii-luJul resort ovr> looking piiiurCH|ue J-.l^fi iwn Harbor. Sun and swim in our outdoor jmoI. Sail or tiah in our Deet 1*1 p'e..iirc bonis. Coif iica.-hy. ivm,*uj Nuvifijtor and Ibhubokt* IUr. I'tcc TV iti every ftKirn. I i.ulioi'ii.k- Inn 02229 N.V.C. 7SS-2IS8 Chiu.^i 7H2.1781 itt Ymi Tuwi AaM v compounds. One of these is the house hold disinfectant Lysolj which contains; a chloeophcnol compound. Another polychlorinated phenolic compound that l-ill. Vpt lit', . fcliK'I^Ul; 'tiwr.s.vv-.oitti.tiHMjii is widely used is hcxachloroplunc. The basic material for hexaehlorophcne orig inates in 2,4.5-tiiehlorophcnol, which ;.yin feu - ..to *.( ou;oF.i`iit. > is also the precursor of 2,4,$-T in the mmiufactiire of tin- hrrhiciile. chlorophene is very widely used as an antibacterial agent, and is an ingredient of toilet soaps, of skin lotions for babies, and of cleaning powders used for wosh- mg diapers aiul-infams1 liimulvy. used in deodorant vi\.ims .an<) .quays,: nml it is a principal active ingredient of pHisnHex, a sudsing antibacterial agent for tlie skin that is universally used in * ,.".h' ' 1 hospitals and widely used in homes. (In hospitals, it is used in scrubbing up before surgery.) A relatively small number of people appear to he sensitive to such hexachlorophcnc preparations when they For casual luxury choose are applied to the skin, hut the un doubted benefits of the preparations arc generally considered to far outweigh DEACH Hit EL tin's known disadvantage. Manufac 1000 feet of snowy sand beech on scenic turers of soap claim that hexnchlorophene docs not readily penetrate the natural harrier of the human skin. How ever, it may he another matter when hexnchlorophene preparations are used where the natural skin harrier has Soldier Boy...gloss enclosed dining room, cocktail terrace...spec.ojs rooms w.m pri vate terraces...wonderful food. MAP (20 - 520 Single; 530 - 536 Douto* For luxurious living chov.o Bay been broken down. In 1965, at the Shriners' Burns Institute, a hospital in Galveston, affiliated with the Uni versity of Texas, that is devoted to MOItL 150-acre estate on tne wide crescent shaped beach... fresh-water pool... 9-hole golf course... tennis courts.,, superb food ... modem rooms with private oatics. the treatment of severe hums, nine MAP m UD sintlt; 5JI, $40 OnMl children had their wounds cleansed I 'All loom Of* L*0<* f'O'.l, IX'ft* It* with p,>'II o*i with a threc-pcr-cent solution of hexa- b*ko*v O' patio. chlorophcnc in detergent in preparation see your T'Yavcl Aerwr or writs ROBERT REIO ASSOCIATES, INC. for skin grafts. Six of the children soon | International fleoresanfaf/ves developed generalized convulsions. Toii 1210 A-f. l ,,.j A*i"-*i nw Yon !? r:::i determine the cause of the convulsions, I; OWct I* Ml**., m<o),- i`i'0*'* ok* Lo,*o a study was subsequently made in1 which hexnchlorophene was sprinkled into skin incisions in rats. AH the rats died. More recently, Dr. Verrett lias made studies of the effects of hexachlorophenc on chick embryos, and her observations concerning one of her ex periments have led her to conclude that hexnchlorophene is so toxic that when it is injected into die embryos in a concentration of half a milligram per kilogram of egg it kills sixty per cent of the embryos. In another study, in which hcxachlorophcnc was injected into the eggs at this same concentra tion, Dr. Verrett found signs of terato genicity--including a significant inci dence of cleft palate, eye and beak defects, and an incidence of leg defor mations and edemas,or body-fluid swell ings--similar to the teratogenic effects she had found in comparable chick- embryo studies, of 2,4,5-T, of the dioxv mmnminant, ami of 2,4,5-tri- chioropncnol. Hexachlnrnphcnc has been manufac tured for commercial purposes for about thirty years, nml last year between two and three million pounds was produced in this country: much larger quantities PORTRAITS, INC. Wt rrprrtcm KM nt rodip'i Indlftt porum r<nurt tnil tculpuKi arc expected to be available in 1970, again because of the suspension of the use of 2,4,5-T in Vietnam. The Food 41 BAST >?lh ITWlliT NEW Yt>MC 10012 and Drug Administration places no re- m uilohit' jitf iiri\ '* Rateiv.Mio..'. r,, 9-4025 58 East bCth Street. Now York open 7 days \o v.voa., p'r-aretor HONS 031563 THL NIIWYOUKIIR sli icttoiis on ilk' ' n) hexachliuopi. ,i< in sui'li nihMinx i products as toilet snap P Mini deodorants Yet, as far as I can ,f determine, mu one single series of for mal tests has t-\i r I'fi'ti completed either hy.anv corporation in hv .'in)' govern ment agency in tit lonmitc whether this chemical is teratogenic, whether ii causes mutations, nr whether it pro duces cancer in experimental animals. ' Regardless of this lack of data, the j /Department of Agriculture permits the use nt hexaclilornphene in certain pest* l joules used on farm produce. It is j sprat ed on ivria.j; in.it> ami vegetables j to cut down hacieria! aetinn that might [ encourage spoil..41. Its use is permitted : in ipiite high wiKV.Mr.iiinns in water j drunk hv livestock, as a means of pre venting liver flukes in cattle. If it is ef fective against liver llukes in rattle, it . pivsumahlv penetrates to the liver, and since heef and call's liver winds up on the dinner lahle, one wonders ahmil oilier wavs in which hexachlnrophcne might possibly In ingested hy humans. One route might he through drinking water. With the huge amounts of hexaehlorophene used in soaps and such consinner products, regardless of whether, as soap manuftn lou rs claim, very little ul the he.vachlmophene is absorbed into the human noth tlh.uiplt (he skin, the hexaeliloropheiu that remains outside the skin is tor ill. most pari drained awat in waste wan r. Since much waste water in this coimtrv is reused, after treatment, as drinking water, it seems reasonable to question whether traces of hi-xncMorophene are ingested hy hu man beings in (his wav. ><mi ^ ,d ^u< envif^iitn('h(*flfrt''t1w*^^hJ,ehf ahilil) to ...ouinulate in Hn- s) stems of living creatures are suggested hy the eon-1 ^imination cauM^j^^^Vitp ...... .. "..... " lijfjrowng .. , ___ . fcen/lljnv',' more frtilYmnnly,'* iVlls. Those 'materials, wliieli are known m hi highly toxic, ami are potential mhii'i > ..I dioxins in theni- M'hkv, are used a wide varietv of purposes, The\ a., o.-ed in rubber prod- oets and imtulaiin;.' materials, in paper coatings, in htak. lutings, in asphalt tile, ami othei .-.spltali compounds, in paints am! vnnoso s, in inks foi' .ugh- speed itryj^Ji^v-i %. >, ami also in pcs- \ licitln. ` ........ ' Dr. Robert Risebrnugh, of the Institute j of Marine Resow.. >. of the University j of Caliliimia at Jhrkiiey, in tin m.tg;.-J 0 ,fsi "^U-'x . . \ i \ \ \ Runs tufcorcvJceiiy o;i sunlight, me ,, Cc.r. ./t.;;, cT-y youVo. .. This is the .<odu:: ! : .':<o?;a';cRellox Ce.mer-i-fo: without co-nuliout..' - 11 co.rm.nes the k..at e. evc.'. /.n.., u. 3ip. or..p- ano focus..*ig. Auto : .ciltC OX;ctronx: emitter that from 1 /6C0 up to' 0 ooconcic;. Lrr.,- ir.iorci rang. telephoto i.t 1. .'111(1 !,!( uomc Hash. Oro, Of s-.wpc.ncr:, coif.. MiflCC .hi.':,. ,1 ;: '..ohr pt'.!i Xl Ki S..rv:-- cl. ._> .............. ywi 2 the mc/s '. . ..'IC .11 ; at y.r.rc t.:< . 2.0 ... . .1 ...... .. J . 1 .. ^c. 5. M-'l I'. c-' X -'., - \v. uv. ownt) lites .- C:i! -'CCk.L.'I HONS 03X564 V.! mmr*'-,u- 11,1w| /Jnc liiwiron/mnty PC*Its h;ivc lim fuiiml in North /Vmriiiitii peregrine *V. f.dcons in amounts as great as 1,91111 parts per million parts of body fat, anil, in Sweden, in the fat of the white-tailed \v'x'1' eagle in the amount of 17,000 pails per million. Traces of PCM* have hceit discovered in fish in Lake Michigan, and it may therefore he assumed that PC Ms have found their way into tie human food chain. In tests of sample There are happy wives who have discovered that 1'aclt hay shopping blends very nicely of mothers' milk from Los Angeles ami with their husbands' Berkeley rmrrh* 1968 hy Dr. James Endcrwm, of Col fHfips, m MllWiHi; i `t'f : \f!;. orado College, every sample tested con tnined traces of i'CJJs. Of the ]M>lych)orinatc<l phenolic herbicides used in the United States, the most widely used is 2,4-dichlornpln- The Ritz is for them. if- noxyacctic acid, or 2,4-D. In 196S, ap proximately fifty-seven million pounds of 2,4-D was used in this country, in compounds that ranged from agricul tural sprays to lawn foods and prepa j }.!, r ` Mt'vM, . , 'Ci rations for removing dandelions, As far as the Department of Agriculture is concerned, 2,4-D may he sprayed on virtually any crop or area--with nnior restrictions as to intervals before har vesting, and so on. Last year, probably fifty-seven million acres of agricultural land was sprayed with it, and probably more than a million pounds of it was used on turf alone. Over the past ten If you cmi'l lo II llOIIMO KUOMl In ItudiN County, bo oiirn* years, close to half a billion pounds of 2,4-D has been laid down on vegeta tion in this country, and today every garden store is full of compounds con WANTED New York Chicago Swap Thf 1740 linn* i* i mu*try Inn--<vtty ot *l nnte benvp M Ihr il*l ilrtrrintMltaM t l>* >imU to Ivf viciton )||**-1" May th*l it qvkl. tkaraunc tn4 wpMMintlrtr. Tfnty-<mif iirnmliiiMrd Mumh, rath Mh balk mJ iifnrv, m ih<' Drlawa* River. Hwimmina, *** awl Imtiit*. AihI iw.n<nit'* who kncnr Ifcinc tea tin'll imMhr 7'i vfli-mw. W*1I in |M m-wI yna ow bnwhwv tM taining it; about ft hundred and seven ty-five companies produce 2,4-D prepa rations, and the chemical appears in somewhere between five hundred and eight hundred products currently in use. In spite of the Department of Ag riculture's almost completely |Krmissive Executive of tbit ma^isme transferred to Chicago. I have a $(<>,uoo.plui house in Darien, Conn. 4 bedrooms, sere of beautiful Connecticut, beit schools east of New Trier. If you have a house you lute to leave as much at we <`o, ilr.nk of the time, money and heartache vc voul.l save. attitude toward the use of 2,4-D, this herbicide has never been proved to he non-hnznrtlnus to public health. Last year, 2,4-1) was characterized in a re|N>rt hy the Biunotics Research Labo Box GGA The New Yorker Magarinc Inc. 25 W 43rd Sire*.;, NYC. 10096 ratories, ill Ncthcsda, Maryland--the Tho right address i in TJew YorJs. ^ rfpxSsauikl A hotel of diilinguished chiirflcior.orovidinfl superior Quest accommodallona In j mo il dostrablo location. H.mdaomo room* and sullot iwmidblo by the day, month or yeor. Compieio howl sorvlco. Eacottont dlnlno in lh Mayfair Room and Polo Bar A Lounge. We Invite your inquiry. THE VUESTOURY iffl Mtdiaan Avenue at Milt llreel KK/ H9w Ytik City I0MI Tel.i MS*000 vkmt original discoverer, of the teratogenic qualities of 2,4,5-T--as "potential ly dangerous" and "needing further study." Recently, a. screening study conducted hy Dr. Verrett on the effects 1 of purified 2,4-D on chick embryos 'TroK-V ! showed the 2,4-D to have teratogenic clTects. And preliminary observations in HONS 031565 a study, also made within the K.D.A., of the vfieri., of rumtiiiTcialh' produced 2,4-D given orally at nigh dosage lev els to pregnane hamsters are said to show TaVcdi'i " *1 an incidence of birth almormalities, including skeletal abnormalities, higher than that in studies of the effects of purified 2,4,5-T given to pregnane w.'kiaTfcmitfKjrfiWJi |. kttV SW003 .'SHAKO OK OPIN CHIU I y . fuklti u*r , . , fr*h $ tthlmi 1 8MPTMCTW,"I!I "* * 94 J'J.-.J. 20, 19 70 harmful }wteu;;.<l at du-sv compound .L a '; 1 m` m protect cue public from surli possible harm. The- ))r;unimM of Ag riculture, wJbeh Jra.v jiin.stlitiion tmr tiro [x.'sciriilrt) ;m<) other non-drug uses ...... -J of a]J sterilizing, disinfecting, gvrobudal, mid antibacterial Aiemicals sold in this couiun.....and in*>st of tits' poly chlorinated phenols are-in one or more of these categories--Has not, during all the yours in which it has permitted the An 5,*:;pe"ionccd staff is '.vaiilng to servo yea at Houston's traditional host. The Rica Unto! fi.is an t ! Y V;.*y- v .. .... ............... ',:rvY,~. Al BemhAnj wc turn 4 stcftk inio in experience you'll never forgot. And we do d bcfoic your very oyer. Wo put who dm experience cen turies ol tradition, the skill of a Japanese chef born ami trained in Japan, and the finest steak you can get. So coma. Experience a steak with us. DEKI;Zr,.l otTOtlVa YOUK1 AII1.1 IS OUR KITCHEN. 110 I. soil. Si New Yolk IT 1.0)10 Open 7 <l,iv. .i i'i-k. s.u. and Sun. dinner only. fit \V. Wh v,. New York IT 1*0031 Open 7 d.vs ,i week. Sunday dinner only. Chicago* ionuliilu* las Vegas * San Francisco use of these substances, completed one laboratory stud)' of dioxin contamina tion or of dioxin generation hy any polychlorinated phenol. After almost a tpinrter of a century during which the Department has nmhony.cd the virtual ly unrestr icted use of a herbicidnl agent as powerful as 2,4,5-T, and in the face of well-established facts about the alarming teratogenicity both of 2,4,5-T and of its dioxin contaminant, none of the scientists employed by tire Depart ment have completed a single working experiment on the prevalence ami gen eration of dioxins. Although they have gone so far as to draw ttp a list of sev enteen polychlorinated phenolic com pounds that they believe should he studied, they do not know, at the time this is written, even how many formu lations of these compounds are on the market, what quantities of them are be experienc ed staff dedicated to making your stay in llOtlStUU H ph.MMMV. Most of our .-jiiiff mi.fibers have mada uufvin" you their earners . . . .md have been with Thu Rice fur years. In fact, Tim Rite nu* or.a of th low.m! personnel turnovers in .an hotel industry. At: tii.d has helper! Thu Ilu,<, i.ocumu ` r.isfon's S .dit.onal host. i; ` l -y,. ! *4 fV ; Main ut Toxus, ibntKfon (7i3)CA7-2U1 -. 1 I "M/0' ing sold, and what uses they are being put to. I became aware of this when, Hunting World's tint fake! We're known for authenticity, you know. Of course you can buy our Gen uine Elephant Tail Hair bracelet for $5. Our Fake, in 14K solid poid, it StH, (and we'll include the real one, free). Adjustable lor i</c. 6 Add It on Mail Orders N. Y. Pei. Add Tm 1 oS> visit Our NEW SAMJHtANDtM SHOP or Write For NewM*PAGC CATALOG HUNT1NOWORLD ; .vv Orpr. NY U t. Mrd St. N. V, MW1 before writing this letter, I called the Pesticides Regulation Division of the Department of Agriculture anti asked for a list of registered products containingpolychlorinatcd phenolic compound*. Y Jules Podeil prw,cnt w'Tm a :rit ' .`S'* A"T> , ,v.. tu.r According to the assistant director of Ci rthe Pesticides Regulation Division, the Department has no such list ami m> -'-i. ______ *i list of formolatoi? in wJmse names tlu* run. comr.t oi.v products have been registered, nor lias SCevfD h )U .' U a., a P U. j miows n emu* .. * t j it a list of the uses to which the com 3 SHOWS f*i. tt*| ;,,1 k l t) pounds in interstate commerce arc be ing put. No one had ever before asked SMCIAL ?f0M lATt* SHOT'S s SAT. i XO E. SO PL it-C/900 \ ./** -V ! for such a list, he said, ami the only way the Department could compile tine for me would he hy making a manual search through files containing some fifty thousand pesbcidnl-product regis trations--which would, of course, be very expensive amWnmjdicated^ Clearly, in tin-___________ i>n fronted Jl: W: ' *l*r-tNi-', / " "ft' our cnvituioovui A lifttinn in. Weekend wiule plus ix rjlosaws, only $49.50. ; Color IromglSO. 1 . *. -- that, even though we may be exposed to any of them in ilinost undetectable quantities, cumulatively and collectively pose frightening potential hazards to public heaith anti involve the serious Tli.ilim'^l i.. ilii'(iiiT...ii. question of possible effect* on the un born. Considering the striking contrast 41 gnat SOiti rtsrout. New York Place S4Ztt hetween tl'.e urgency of the problem* HONS 031566 I I I i i i i ! i i i i j I i i i i and tlk' appniYiil )M;ihilitv of b regulatory agonno to take piumpi action- to protv. t the public ngruisf these hazards, it swim in me that a drnstk* change in method* is essential. The existing patn-in i*f inertia is at tributable to a rnmplcx svt of circuit)- stances that inehulvs in.uiequntc statu tory authority to deal with }tcntially hazardous products <m the necessary environmental scale - all the way front their creation in factories, through their movement in interstate commerce, to their use ami tlv-ir vtYntual disposal or decomposition. A vcond factor is the very inadequate funding by Congress of the regulatory agencies. The Food and Pl ug Administration, for example, is supposed properly to regulate various activities of businesses that gross some three hundred billion dollars a year on an annual departmental budget of sixty million dollars, while the Department of Agriculture, as 1 have pointed out, has those thirty-two retail-store insidetors to cover tin whole country. These conditions account, in part, for the pas sive attitude that agencies often take toward the industries they are supposed to regulate. Once a product has been registered as acceptable for use in inter state commerce, it tends to acquire such status that if subsequent questions arise about its safety, the burden of proof concerning this is really placed upon the federal regulatory agency rather than on the producer of the product. Since the agency too often does not have ade quate facilities, money, or manpower to offer such proof, general foot-dragging nr tired surrender to industry pressure by the agency people is naturally en couraged. It seems to me grossly im proper that doubts raised about the safe ty of complex chemical substances put out by large companies for extensive public use should he so often resolved by federal regulatory agencies in favor of the welfare of these companies rath er titan of the welfare of the public. It duct appear to me that in the cate of the present uses of 2,4,5-T, 2,4-D, and other polychlorinnted phenolic herbicide or pesticide compounds, such doubts can best be resolved hy simply imposing a full suspension of all uses of these chemicals until it has been shown, as clearly as science can demonstrate through the necessary chemical, bio logical, and environmental testing, that the employment of these substances or their contaminants or breakdown prod ucts will not he hazardous to public beslth. Sincerely, Thomas Whitisioi ONLY AT DONWiT'3: THE INITIAL BEACH 3ST PROM HErVIES Our extra plush beech set of cotton terry veloure stamped with graphic co'iage of the Initial that started n 'ogend. Signed with whito initials on s background of navy or brown, our exclusive Herm&s of Paris designs: Towel, SB" x 37", ao.00 Duffle. ITx21 .40.00 HCNM6S SHOP T