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. 1 e . D . OF MISSOURI C moms rer-fliswTw 11 '2 0 - ' 9 0 1 5 : 2 0 P . 2 0 u0 5 2 :j BATU^DAY, NOVEMBER 17.1990 Monsanto Seeks EP Study AP ntw 4.4 cubic tan m o d avana, tri eate o re ta. floyere to cat costs. percent ofthe 379. crier fee ita privately held tarif wttt naden lepo drily In fee Sdama balas laid editorialw oiisn ditera. AP P ith a M onrof cwtyfortaedMQM* eea fired toc* Gianidtotwoweehsago. tfspUratioo la a dat 'ntsrid. eu rations Corp., Europe and makss AP JM pP ro}ct Company Claims `False Controversy9Over Tests Srtfit U ntie, AiJhig that they have beta unfairly emailed by 00* noti-Oboeiflhfaff eevlreamaalal groups -- men as Greenpeace -- and an Mtmaeto Co. bts asked the federal government to stake EPa chemist, Gita Jenkins, whose comments do not reflect an Mlmprtlal review" of two lasts of workers spread to BPApolicy. dioxin to settle wbatMoresnto rays b a "trisecontroreny" "The Impartial action [by me federal government]would mnoundlng Os studies' accuracy. serra to put an ead to thb febe cootroverxy" Monsanto Dioxin b * tonic byproduct of some chemical processes. said la as Oct 1 letter ta EPA. "Absent such government Monsanto want* the todlra, which ware conducted by action, Monsanto will continue to suffer damage to tb the company, to be ***>**< by me Environmental Ft reputation." taction Agency and the National insti Momentasent a copy of the letter to tute of Occupational Safety and the Poft-Dbpttch. Health. Critic* contend that Monsanto's re Critic contend that The letter mid that a memorandum written earlier tab yrer by Jenkins search was flawed. Monsanto7 rarch The studies, published In scientific Journals in IWQ and 1983. failed to was flawed. contained "untrue allegations" that the company had deliberately under reported rates of cancer of the Nitre find any chronic health effects of di workers. oxinexposure other than ehloracae, a seriousform ofacne. "Notwithfiindlnx our efforts to correct the record, three Monsanto'* research Involves workers at Moraasto's baseless charges have been repeated hi newspaper sc- Nitre, W. VtL, plant who were exposed to dioxin. The counts and even before a cocgraraloaa] subcommittee," company analyzed caneer-related deaths of employees the letter said. who manufactured 2,43-T, a herbicide that also waa an Jenkins didn*tretnra phone calls. In previous Interviews, Ingredient In the defoliant Agent Orange used In the Viet me has said that ocae of her arguments were taken from nam War. plaintiff*' charges in the Sturgeon case. Monsantocited the todies in defending a suit brought by Dan Bishop, a Momenta spokreman, said EPA has not residents of Sturgeon, Mo. in 1979. They claimed that their responded to the company** letter. health bad been impaired after a railroad accident that nfhree allegations have bean around for a while," said caused a spill of 19,000gallons of wood preservative and a WUUaa B. Ftriand, an SPA official, in a telephone inter tiny amount--estimated ata teaspoon --of dtada. view, He runs EPA's office of health end environmental In 1917,an minds circuit court Jury In BsllevUla, awird* ad 929,000 to a family whose farm was near the accident Fariand added that a NIOSB scientist. Marilyn Flngsr- site and tl each to 61 other plaintiffs. Eut the Jury also hut, b conducting a national study of workers exposed to awarded 916.2$million la punitive damage*. .. dtaxlTL "Her analysis includes the workers at Nitre," Far- Monsanto appealed the punitive damages verdict to the land said. "Bar to d y wtu re-examine tab. The study b Illinois Fifth District Appellate Court la MountVernon, QL under review [by agency dentists}." Ftagerhut didn't re Monsanto add lb Nitre workers' dioxin todies are ec* tain phone cam. Oil Prices Hike Steam Heat Rates, By Mark S chM m am Regione! Pomeri Conetperecnt Asteep boo* in feel oil prices due to the Persian Gulf a b b tre prompted at least an 18 percent toaatse in steam haai rates for many downtown commerciai and wskteattal hutidlaga. A temporary ax-mona rete boost was approved Friday by the Bi-date Development Agency's board for more than tarae-fautha of K-Statab 300 steam heat CMtomen. The rata boost willbe retreactira to lea month. The intra could Jump even higher -- or could drop -- during the to monta period according to fluctua tions in price of feel oil. which b burned to preduca the steam. Bi-State contracts with SL Lenta that would botoo toap. M-State Will monitor tao appucabod s mare procoavres rer oorrecsarei on monthly bads tar the dura tion M the mnergaocy," a briefing paper rioted. th e bored rated unanlfflouriy to ap prove the II percent plan, which waa recommended by Bl-Stats ai ecuttra directerJohn Lsrey. The board mat re M-Stattb Bare St Loots garage. Snaaklnc ***>* g * move were representatives of P lata Square Robbyn Stewart Plata Square man ager, urged the board to Umtt a t boori to only three month*. *Ve doot know whars going to happen to the Middle Bast," m aridTt u t i b no era downtown to drap rieam beat and dopi attenattre hearing nMdhods. ( The end rssutt, ree salti, would bfe Mas horinsss and revenue fer Tber* mal andBi-Stata. Stewart abo compiatoed that Stata ws Ad Imperio* a riattar rate boari oh Ksllod latamtptibie cw* tamari of staam haat -- whkh beve hearingSystem*that eoa choore to use ettaer rise or natomi p s la e given m onte depesdlng od whleh la tesapsr. Ih iraponst, Lsary aotad in sa bh tarvtew after th meeting that th l fcmiptibse citatameli'ratea are datarorinotibye fam u li lieti tota prie of lito ral gre so u to heep rirem ratei cwnpvtltfra.