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Daily News iwigm JOURNAL South Volos Argun - louder oolunn DATE January 19.1971 RAGE Lender ' ACTION NOT WORDS MONSANTO Chemicals, In actlag to control tke hoc ol one of tfcolr pro ducts, mode at the Newport worko. hero probably done ao much (or conservation In Ihlo country oo oil iho verblago produced during the official Ceaarrvatlen Year Mach llp*or*tee hat been paid lo the nccettlly ol conserving wlldlllc, protecting Iho environment and pre venting pollution. But among many, eapperl for tkeoe alma tlope abort IIII Invelvea finan cial lota or prorludet Inrrceted profits. Which la why Monaaato'o action it *riff*-*r nilar--rlh* PrUinffercbl, the dnn plan la cut off tuppllet ol oaa of their ebemlcaii to aatloaatrt who put H !o am they etneldor nin Malrtllahti. TRACES Of the cheml- I cal were lound lait year. "In thousand. ol dean blrdt. II hat not been proved that the cheml* cal waa retpontible (or the blrdt' deaths, but the company hat de cided on the partial ban became ol the persist ent nature ol the chemi cal. While It hat not been revealed what the ban will cnit the com pany In terma el lott | trade, it hat been con*. ceded that It rtpretentt ' a lair commercial saerl- See. The fact that a company la prepared to pal the environment before prolt lo Indeed refreshing In eueb a materiadetie world. TIIE1U ACTION could produce even more f*r> reaching repercussions. . Monsanto have been assured by their three J continental eempctltore I that they will not ( attempt to step In end take the bmlneae which bat been loaL And they hope to persuade the other companies to an . force a similar ban on i non-controllable appli cations ol the chemical throughout Europe. This is giving the Continent a real lead, and the ' firm's action should also prompt other manufac turers in this country to take similar steps U their products peso a /threat to tke environ- ] / ment. Monsanto have shown that the pound I need not necessarily | rule all our aclieas throughout our lives. This Is a prime Instance ol actions speaking lender than words. HONS 031853