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sseeccttiioonnss,, wwilil b6leoonnCChhaannnneel! 55s's"E"yEeyweiwtitnneessss 3 CEE News Midday" at about 11:45 a.m. C FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2000 paras i Merrm---------------------- =} TOP OF THE NEWS sz:| EPA ed 3~S . 5 showroom EPA says it pressured 3M = Says 1t pressur ll store in its origi- 5 : : cling, Ill., ov S chgard ch mical NwEr over Scotch emical |i: 32 show- ~no. ~IIdttMhhiaanss- ties area, BE|| Tm poe enm r poteenm sn 3 okFr ee cca 5| Drm pl maraT, wan Tie St | nty Road DAVID BARBOZAnew romkTwis DAVID BARBOZA NEW YORK TIMES Thbee EEnnvviirroonnmmeennttaall PPrrootteeccttiioonn Agency said AgencCyHICsAaGiOd Thursday that it had pressed 3M Co. to come up `sseeqquueenncceessttoo hhuummaannbheeaalltthh.. fil + he medea1l.? "This isn't a health issue now, and it won't be a health issue," said Larry Zobel, the medical director at 3M, which is based in Maplewood, Fel | pFra Factory Emo m N mid rmsE Tneetettvveeer tthbvaammnn ciShsaifnrogmme | | E ~change with a solution after the company's own tests The EPA accloffuersnfrotm thatof gu, Seek te cod had shown that a chemical compound used in Scotchgard products could pose a risk to human health ~d the environment. The EPA account differs from that of wo || E SE E Ee be which said earlier this week that it had decided | Halniha lSRtEN MT ime eS pe latlonal, T ha e8 lbook a to stop making the chemical used in Scotchgard and many other products by the emi | is ore eS tpproxi- end of the year because the s deSemi | fe ro pen bn ; second al Corp., =HAT A os Som f Wells | EE - ERLE oard of IThp |ooevithadtBtechcemie ~ reput| EUAN Spe ET es of its tests showed that the chemical compounds failed to decompose in the environment. Officials of 3M say they have no evidence that the chemicals pose a long-term threat to RI human health. | JE snk | venture T~e company said it negotiat- 5| JuEEaL Er Slat a HoldE i becom- ed with the EPA but its decision was voluntary and there was eading never a discussion of a recall of =EE||| FoF tFy on tmuie| > B E RL feb site the products. anEs ~ation On Tuesday, Charles Reich, FHfE|| pEon na iE rE sed in 3M's executive vice president h eli |EBema Kong, rte RE ~1 per- compa- =amg|| E Ea EHanE RST TE Diy | Sefer" of: Pmmi- ys andWater) aly led to 8sn :ensing | mmaarrkeett for specialty material markets, said, "Our decision to phase out production is based on our principles of responsible environmental management." TThhee.E2P5A `ccoonnffirimrmeedd tthhaatt tthhee || Em EeEReE ZS he : agency had not issued an ulti- oo | SE RIREEGT matum to 3M. | mEesH s etm: ~EPORTS While the EPA said it did not ALSls f see an immediate safety risk for "To the question of whether ~ besaid ar hhuuummnddrarenesdd,ssoiotffwtthohoouuuldssaannhddassvoeofftyoyeeabaerrssatoolbonbege aattrhereaatt."" | he ~e SPA said its dec~ion to pr~ on tour concerns: the ~ompound is pem~umt in the environment; it appears in wildlife and human t~me arennd the world; it appears in human blood smnples taken from mound ae won redone | the world; and, based on the study of laboratory rats, it has te5a brnals [1 the potential to harm The EPA said it~res first ~ alerted to the study-~ lahorator~ rats shortly-~ it was conducted in that study, male and female rats were given doses of the chemical ~nd then mated. When a pre~ut rat continued to get regular doses of about 3.2 mil- ligrams per kilogram of body weight, most of the offspring died within four days. 'T~ith all that information, we thtfhianatatllyran itsaelsksead to 3M and nnuummbbeerr ooff said Econy. - cerns. What are you going to do?" said Johnson at the SPA. Ybere is still a iiifference of interpretation, however. ESSERNEEESEN| H[SFAFtoRroTaEnnE|E chhaaitna,, 2 om w federal i Told rat one EPA. oficial sald & pre miring Sh Saodlefreari0iilia:| Semmer |Sr the esl it had 5x s S= | EBiut 30 said t 32d sotyer | | l-- of consumers using products now on the market, agency officials said they grew concerned about potential long-term health risks tss ohowhh uedmto athhnaasttw tathfhteee ecrhcehmad iecmal3,iMcal,stppueedrry.- fluorooctanyl sulfcnale, lingered for years in human blood and animal tissue and that high doses were known to ldll labora- 3| Officials of 3M said the doses given to the rats were extremely high, but SPA officials said that few other chemicals would have a"sT"sThehiviessrieissafnafiaerifrlfleyyctt.otoxxiiecststuuffffiinn "FST rats," one EPA official said. it But 3M said it had not eme gRsbatiio|s | ~ment | WEITERE mege other een BEHhEAY BE ld pay RT | pbreavennteionpoeftsteiciEdPes wd Woic prooffdhe uncen odspl SPE ill not et Ab. ean S inofE cconcoamyR omvraeayI"TA ha 3 very neretingSSHES? || fois |there repolenta longlerm theyrwconcosmpeoudt 1 2 Itgt ntnb[s 5% so is HE i B tau, | comeqBuutewnedcoea sha.ve potlnegtnermtheialtah slks DIood HE | irazil, EH E | ~.vlewre v~~ieeloloofn,f | EERE RR ELSETRE NE | hal therproar scie,s and Eoedfor yours In rumantiood Boy Bs sivinment, WEOAISE Iden: '~rne results raised a number of concerns," said Stephen Jolmson, who works in the office of prevention, pesticides and toxic substances at the EPA. 3M Co. said Tuesday that it would pull some Scotchgard products off the market because of concerns over a key determined the cause of ~ the rats nor how humans ~ mais ingested the chemicals that it appeared in tissue ~r blood samples. "That's a very "What it suggests to us is that Ingredient. EPA officials said question," 7.obel said. 'qVe there are potentially inng-term they grew concerned about say how it gets into anybody's consequences But we don't have potential long-term health risks blood." evidence it is unsafe now." to humans after a 3M study As a result of that m~'ertainty, tthheOeyyffiacairraeels aaobbfssoo3llMuutt,eellhyyowcceoovnneffrii,ddseeannytt showed that the chemical, per- ffluuoorroeooccttaannyylssuulflfoonnaateto,,lIiIna-- and the persistence of the com- ppoouunnddininththee eennvirroennmmeenntt,, 33MM {3 that their products are safe, and gored for years in human blood said it would do away with the that there are no long-term con- and animal tissue. chemistry by the end of the year. Ee -- Ea ~gest cal = Exhibit i ~scal | E1x7h0ib3it 33MM_MMNN0033111122664422 11770033..00000011