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DRAFT/Suskind Study
Monsanto
Sarah G--Collins_____
(314) 694-3860 PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT-_ _.
Monsanto Company
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800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63167
REPORT FAILS TO FIND LINK BETWEEN TCDD AND REPORTED HEALTH PROBLEMS
ST. .LOUIS, NOV. 00 -- A study on the long term-health
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Effects of worker exposure found no link between exposure to
1the pi.pxin TCDD\ and several physical diseases and disorders
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including cancer, cardiovascularAand reproductive abnormalities.
The health effect^studyp -which--required three -yearn of ^
*^r>a$tad2yiai^[ "Was1conducted by Raymond A. Suskind, M.D.> one of the
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ftrrnrd-ing to Dr. Suskind/^ there is no evidence
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However, Dr. Suskind did conclude that for employees
exposed to TCDD, there were long term skin effects includiLnng
chloracne,the hallmark of TCDD exposure, and the loss of skii
elasticity around the areas affected by chloracne.
Dr. Suskind examined 418 current and former male
employees of Monsanto Company that produced the herbicide
2,4,5-T at its West Virginia plant between 1948 and 1969. TBB
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included workers who had been exposed to
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manufacturing accident in the 2,4,5-T unit^as well as those who
worked with the herbicide over the years.
This health effects study is the second major study
in, {i&uuh Hairu conducted by Dr. Suskind^on Monsanto's West Virginia
employees. In 1980, he co-authored a report on the mortality
(cause of death) of employees who had been exposed to TCDD
during the 2,4,5-T accident in 1949. The results of that
investigation indicated no excess in total deaths or in deaths
from cancer or cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Suskind recently presented a review of his health
effects study at the Third International Symposium on
Chlorinated Dioxins and Related Compounds in Salzburg,
Austria.
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2,4,5-T was a component of Agent Orange, a defoliant 1
used by U.S. military forces during the Vietnam War. Dr.
Suskind's latest study on the long term effects of TCDD
exposure supports the majority of medical and scientific data f* ;"i
which has failed to show a cause/effect relationship between :s *f
Agent Orange,* exposure and .health problems reported by Vietnam -C- ->*C'JVT* V
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