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J Mossfjto VOM |* IA M (^O C A IO * > M O N tl LAW DEPARTMENT j # R> G> 0rtiz E2ND 4-2934 April 2, 1981 tCT Adkins et al v. Monsanto Company LeMaster v. Monsanto Company Tidguist v. Monsanto Company R. T. Berendt E2ND G. Roush G2WG T0' C.` Elmer G2WA W. Gaffey G2WE As you may be aware, a lawsuit was filed last week in federal court in West Virginia by present and former employees of the Nitro Plant and their relatives. Plaintiffs allege exposure to a -number o f .substances, including SOP-A-NOX (O-Poly-Biguamide), Niran, A-Jon-C, paraminobiphenyl, 2,4,5-T and dioxin has caused death and certain physical conditions including chloracne, leukemia, bladder and other cancers, kidney disease, heart disease and mental illness. Therefore, I should like to formally request that all studies, reports, plant correspondence, inquiries, etc. which may be in the possession of the medical department be withdrawn from the standard record retention schedule and retained until further notice. JRGO/djd/D-198 004509 ATTACHMENT: Listing of Present & Former Nitro Plant Employees Adkins, et al v Monsanto; LeMaster v Monsanto; Tidquist v Monsanto Adkins, Ralph E. Arthur, Branchford Beckner, Hansford H. Bogess, James R. Casto, Nyle C. Cavender, Wilford C. Criner, Romer K. Daily, Estel Dailey, John W. Dailey, William Grant, Harold Harmon, Ernest Franklin Harper, Emory Carl Harris, Earl Edwin Harris, Robert E. Harrison, Wendell LeMaster, Denver T. McCallister, James' Nelson, Joseph Edward Painter, Arnie Clay Phillips, James R. Roberts, Kenneth Lee Sigman, Floyd Smith, Cled Stover, Donald B. Thomas, Homer Tidquist, HugoDavid Tucker, Russell S. Utt, Otto Williamson, K. L. Wilson, William C. Winter, Herschell Willard, Paul M. Wolfe, Leslie