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J. A . Babcock V. B. Biker G; W. Corley T. v;. : kin G. C. Gainer 3 f?:I"*'-Id s . Ocrcar. -P. /.. Kiarr.c J. c . Kelly L. Ma:.deiccrn T . C, Muncon I. K. Sauter ft ti> Shoupp G. . Wiener ry ^ z v> *3 m a fpw wis Ptm Sajm -vi f c # l n a. M D C e n t 01-1*56 ^ . M W 236-7^*2 Dtceaber 31, v- .* rfcaJ^a IT *tv'-*\/Hni cqpi The attached data sheet ha been compiled for jour Oft in essersing our potential legal impact in connection vith the future use of Inerteen. Igr AtV.c*.-u:n Improve Your Produci Cost Ratio 900979 \ 'V South Boston (troncforsars) Sn&ron (trar.sioniers) Blocrdngtoo (capacitar) Bepair (a) Fheni (transfarners f tfy) (b) Other Repair Diva. (M & ) Vicksburg (lighting ballast capacitar) (1952-1968) Cleveland (lighting ballast capacitar*) East Pittsburgh (capacitors) Total (v) Volane J.]182.21 Ih 12<Tlb, . ___ Best astiaste by I, R. Boquist (tei basic icforaatioo received fro Monsanto aad (R) operating divistoci# A *^ Af*- * NOtfSAUTO COMPANY PUBLIC RELATIONS On February 24 tha San franclsco Chronicle carried major fMtur bout menacing m w pollutant" found in the fan Francisco Bay ares D m artiale vta based on marina U f a research oarrlad out by fir* Robert Rlaebrough of tha Unlvaraity of California Zt atatad that residues of polychlorinated biphenyl (pa) mere killing eartain marina birds and posad a loog-tara throat to humana. Ihla aanaational story has oaasad considerable eommaat on tha tfaat coast and its olaims may ba rapaatad elsewhere. As you know Monsanto manufactures polyOhlorinatad biphanyl and aarkats it under our Aroelor trada mm* (Tbara ara atbar manufaotorars in Europe and Japan) Kt, tharafora mould lika to prasaat soma additional foots Tha mark dona by Dr Eisebrough datas book to sarllsr resaareb by othar soiantiata to analysa tha amount of pestl~ oidas in wildlife soil and water Tha initial pastioida rssaaroh mas extremely difficult* sines any saareb to datact Mtsriala in tha parta-par-billion range also brings out othar "iatarfaring" substances. Savers1 years ago too Swedish scientists at Stockholm Uni versity's Institution of Analytical Chemistry* Professor duimar wldmark and Boran Jensen# raportad they had idantiflad tha othar substances Whiah wars appaaring during analysis of oblorinstad pastioida raslduas. Thay said aoma of tha matarlala vara polyOhlorinatad biphenyls or PCS. Tha amount raportad was in ths psrta-per-billion range* or less Sines FCS's ara mot "broadcast* or spread arcmnd tha land as ara pesticides ths scientists theorised that tha source mat ba the Industrial wastes of PCS users* Dr Rlaebrough*s mors recant work reports ths identification f PCS along with DDT and BOB pesticides in the tissues of birds and fish an tha West Coast Ths conclusions of these scientists ara pussling frost several aspects, polychlorinated biphenyls ara stable chemical coatpounds which are essentially insoluble in water Their use does not make them easily released into the natural envlron- 729436 A principal airtet for pea la in laetrioal appllaatlons, Whr U w y ara osad as insulating fluida for transfornara and oapaeltors. Xa thia mas, aba ohanleal la aonplataly aaalad la aatal oontainara* Anothar aaurkat la for baat tranafer applloatioua, hora tha PC fluid functiooa la a losad aystaau PCB'a aro alae asad la araral "pasta typa" applloationa. Sara tha Ohmieal la incorporatd into tha polynar as aa integral part af tha olid rutarla! fhls appliaa uhathar tha polynar la asad aa aa adhesiva, an alaataaar or a surfaea eoetlng. Tha Swadlsb and Aaarlcan aolantiata also inply that p o l f chlorinstad biphsnyls ara "bighly tocio" ehasdeals. thia la not trus. Tha fcoxicity f any aatarial, thathar it ha hsnicala, draga* natural planta or aran foods, ia ralatira Oonparad to thouaanda of industrial ohsadcala and hoat prsducts, PCB'a ara not axeeptionally basardous unlaas thsy ara nishandlad or nisusad. During ora than 10 yaara of V 8, production and usa, oaaas of any tele affaot hava bsen xtranmly rara -- and than enly uhara tha sinpla preeautions racoonandad for usa vara not follorad. To our knovladg*, polyohlorinstad biphanyla ara not aprayad or duatad on oropa, woodlands or any othar arass, aa ara pastlaidas, xt la* tharafora, not. only pusaling, hut xtransly diffioult to eoncelve bou coraasioially produead PCI san dios up in ooldlife aa DOT and othar pesticidas appaar to be. Thia rslaaa tha questlon vhether tha sub itneas idantifiad in tha Svedlsh sork, and nos in California ara aetually PCB's -- or uhathsr thsy ara oonpounda Whloh, dua ta tha wm tabollan of othar atarais in tha narina on vtroonant, appaar to ba PCB'a. 00fortunataly, oran thoogh taOhniquas for nnalyaing tisana ampias k m h aoona guita praoiaa, tha abillty te analyaa tha possibla lnpaet of naturaUy ooourring aUbatanoss in tha food yela of llvlng orgsnisns has not nada eonparabla ad osaos. Nev 02l3b 729437  1 Monsanto haa a raMarch pro?ran to confini tha idantify of tha apoundi rsportsd to ba PCB by tha fivadlah and California scientista. K also ooopsrata co a ragular haaia with fsdaral, stata and university laboratorio in thair analysla of chlorinatad hydroearboo rasldues. Jtddltiooally# Monsanto will continua to ararelsa tha highast degras of control ln ita nanufaoturing* shipping and str* age of PCB -- as wa do with all producta. Zn tha functlooal fluida Market wa hava earrled out a program for aavaral yaars for tha raclanatlon of uaed PCB*a so as to rscovar and ra~uaa t h a M valuabls notarlala* Tha aouroa of tha carina U f a raaidua idantifiad aa PCB ia not yst known. 1t will taXa astanslva raaaareh on a worldwida basis, to oonfirn or dany ha initial aclantific on* elusions* Wo will kaap you advisad of our cwn raMardh and ara availabla to anawar quaatioos aa thay aty axiaa. N E V Q2133 729438