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^/ // /D uOuwMAL OF COMMERCE iMonsantp Finds > No Cancer Among i'PCB Employes journal of Commerce Special ; ST. LOUIS -- Monsanto Co. reports that it has found no cases of either malig nant melanoma or pan creatic cancer alnong cur rent or former employes on , gaged in the production of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at !U U. S. manulecturing aita. 1 This information, an ' pounced by George Roush, M.D., director of the com ' pony's Medical and Envi- ronmontal Health Depart ment, was raleasad in re sponse to questions from the news media, prompted by a recent Mobil Oil Carp, study which reported Unit . Inf three eases of mela noma and two cases of' pancreatic cancer among 71 employes who had boon ex- posed to a PCB product .while working at a Mobil ; plant In New Jtrsay. Dr. Roush said that if ei ther melanoma or pan creatic cancer were related to PCB exposure aa the Mo- been aeon in a worker popu lation over four timet aa 'large. "In my opinion," be mid, "the Met that we have found no cates of either of these cancers casts strong doubt that the findings of the Mobil study were in fact releated to PCB." / The Monsanto Informa tion was based on a review of the records of more than 300 current and former em ploye! who have bean Iden tified as having worked in the PCB production unit of the company's William G. Krummnch plant, dating back to 1938 when that unit first became operational. Within this population, Mon santo has been able to lden, tify go former employes who have died. A review of death eortlBcatoo has boon included in the work dona to date. The Krummrich plant, located just south of East St. Louis at SaugoL DL, to the Soto U. g. manu facturing slto for Monsanto produced PCB producti. .... HONS 036638