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a * d TtiiOi ATTACHMENT C NOV 2 9 1990 HomtenChroncti TturMtoy(tow, * tMO EPA probe . of M onsanto is confirmed Dioxin studies possibly misused RECEIVED 3 E 3 3 `9S3 PERKINS COIE tw UX W r w l e l Prate#. 0--Acraey toeffmi i Wetoetosytt to upMrtiUM wtittir w w m C m auipmeud mk McUM . to atta toe ri^iral iffeM ton to n ftlio ia w 200 w a '-MT x ''SHQsTlJ w: *;< 3v 3-9; T:A3AK : M ;s?~. 5 Greenpeace, Chemist Challenge a* Monsanto On Dioxin Findinas A t "--- u m-- t.___. VASfflNGTON -- CrMOBcec it of. * w sw s-tiew tr at me eoflronm . jfes ill Protedlon Agaocy are sccun/i* jooa Mouanro Co. of fraudujuany uadti^ T a stating me health risks cf dioxin. Boca ate lateraitiotiai eavironaaa- 2 to tai arjpaizaaoa and the epa cfieota ta coifed upoa ta< igency co cooduct u TiT* independen: vucatoa of what chty y are flawed Monsanto Hfea ladi- in- catiog that moan aas'Uttle IS feet an Bumang ef. .. . . wwia JeuuSl. &Uo tjrsed a eristicoi invesogatku of uie flna. Mltgina that ttw ired up evidence of dioxin's ill effects. " A Moasaoto polesman said .S **h "is J ta<iu,ry ay and to comment on Jeaims* J !* ,? * .,? * TM * "U ttai O E K i S S " ??.***' uaoue u u m i* v m a nei Mohbd a letfcr to Dioxin From page one u e EPA last n o n u ashing it to audit me studies to dear the air. kina. chemist in the naguUtory Development Branch at EPA. wrote a memo Nov. 15 to the agency's Cflice of Criminal lovasn^tions ac cusing the company of a `long pattern offraud" oooooraJQg "dlojria oeatemu nation of a wide range of Moosuto Corp. products, is veil u health stud ies of Monsanto's dioxin-exposed workers." aaoao Ittdloat-- that Joaftioa. Apvn ai the EPA t t i whistle-blower, metNov, 14with igots-of the NetionalEnfanemest Iivstilfatlaos Cater, wtwttconducts ^Pat cnmmai inqui* riaa. SPA rafted to eemsiul qb d&atberit vuenaductlng e crlmlial g fian w tie, Greenpeace li r e t e iQHUeport M e tr te it ays. expoem " dale. and saslpalatad eel- tnfeflsum stodfesoftheeft Jdtafaoo workersat as ptoat in ,V 3 & . Aa exptotoa at the plant w oran amona. _ _ ace report is tala? reLT uttattaa u d at dlosdnMag Mas rowed the eaus- written by torIP* Comear, r. * ST. LOUIS POST DrSPAICH ratntSDAY, cvnnnsR 2 9 , 1990 says that studies done for Monmntoin j m o and 19 made several j saeii- tiflc mistake* In two, stadias. for eranpia. fonts people exposed to dioxin were inciufr ed in the "control' group. i Because regulators reued on me Moosuto studies proof that dioxin ta M t too daaa*vou to bomana. E P A should revoke all decisions wsea on cnose studies. Greenpeace said. The group also called upon EPA to set up a aauonal oigdoe elimination. pre^wra. wtuoh would ph-- i out u*o of chlOTlne in the paper meurfry and chlorinated compounds tr. prfudda and would eventually ban soma wood proarvaovei Das R. Bishop, dine: >st cwpe n t* communications at loosa.-.. aid mat most of the slie;.?:ns ov Jenktu sod Grvenpacc v..- net w . He aid that Jenkins m-. -had beta ba*d larxtiy upon cul.-to iX.-* in s ttwa-yaar trial la Ball- tu. I`i.. w tsra raatdula of Stuzaut,. Mo . . sought O m sga for expo'-urt o i s s u Bnouat of dioxin afr?r a i u r deseUmestla 1979/ tabarmao,Jwnkin* wtvv "f*9n- .. eoto corowd up the dioxin n-1- 1 nation ofa vide rangeof its pr. or*. <| ineUding Lysol the disiiif-. ttsr. Membei of me CHnsainn Pirlt- ntL: rwesoOf begaa va lavtsogat. pnxkKt cnoamJnaoocsn wrot^ Themono also-- ******* t t ii sc- eordl&a to laternal Jloaonta cx u- : m m . sunpMs m harwcid jutm. tad hytha oompany tothw Pwparuwt 1 of A frtctitart la the H7(k had oeeu "doctorsd' and that higUy coocam; [j naiad ampHs had aec ham suomli- -j tad. Tba hart SChiei were used to 'm Agmt Ovmgi d'lrins ta j* The main crlUcisn in .nk.ar1 meno aid the Oreenpeect: repare & m u ta i at ttw IMO md nadlas of lln-- ilo worhan. wtdd. vww suuaivWad by Dr. Raymond .^jiaud or UrnHstmrtag tnsfltuta la dneinoau. L_ ;;:235;:; * i 000388