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.x x Mdnsanfo ' 'o .hm* t. wchion, c. Paton - General Offices BATS Maroh 5, 1969 ou*jcr DDT ON TRIAL BCrCRSCI TO W. Richard WHICH j- . 'h\^{bci . H. S. Bergen - HBERG M. W, Farrar - JFQ Dr. R. E. Keller - RKELL Scott Tucker - STUCK W. F. Waychoff/W. E. Schalk/ ; J. E. Springst E. Wheeler/Dr. R. E. Kelly I am sure the attached article in the Wall Street Journal of March 4 on th DDT "trial" in Wisconsin has not escaped your notice. It emphasizes several things. 1. Dr. Risebrough seems to figure prominently in the proceedings. It could bode 111 for Aroclora If the quotation attributed to him is true. "No responsible person could now get up here and say that this constant nibbling away at our steroids ' ia without any physiological effect. It would be irresponsible." Not only does he appear to be setting the stage that anyone disagreeing with him is irresponsible, he seema to be equating any effect with a bad effect. This attitude has un pleasant implications. ' 2. The fact that the DDT "task force" (Diamond/Allied/ 01in/Lebanon/Montrose/Geigy)"did not retain an attorney to represent It at the hearings until less than a week before they opened, and apparent ly had almost no idea of what it would face" is a sobering thought. Have we.'taken steps to obtain the transcript of the proceedings as discussed at our meeting in January. Should we alert our legal people to the possibility of Aroclor "hearings" in the future so that we are fully prepared. 3. I not that several of the witnesses for the pro secution have also been asking for Aroclor samples. In the worst light, this could mean future trouble for ua. I I CP'.dbw WATER PCB-SD0000076404 32 THE WALLSTRF.ET JOURNAL. Ti--Lr, MUfiseS Periled Pesticide - Wisconsin Hearing on Bid to Ban DDT Could Affect Future of All Such Products Bt RH-run* n. ,!**<** aif/g*p*frref Tse K`tk At*tet Jeesuet. MAIHIOK, Wla.--The agrteutlwal *Hmleal Industry la under attob-gsto. Ever aifttr mi n Has led a Aar* tHto that hsa waged a steady bailie against DPT and similar ineertieldrt, chlaffy in Oh courts, over sines It os (wmifl tn October mi. ft baa mat only limited auceesa to the courts, tort It* taweulia against slate and local harmful uac. Oreldea. induslry epoLrsnien *\y, DDT It e*ft It must k eppro\rd k) the IVif rsl Cevsrnmcnt. they asarrl. snd the Uwc.nmenlil ayrnelra involved -hv department* f AiTleulture and Interior end the Kood r.l ried eslslcnce. Thai w&e Oh jrr the latt sgsnelea ha*eA*t tow* totally Ineffectual. Drug Adm|n|ir|ton - wouldn't Approve arRachel Careen's beat idler, "inert Spring,M Amsftg other things, ths pressure the suite agent harmful lo hum*** up u-ueure appeared, alleging widrapreod. Indlaertmmalo have generated U artdiied with prompting The Indualry backa up lie canlrnllsne on mm aI pesUetdCft produced by the Industry. more than W clttss tn Michigan k- slap using afely by citing a study f Mnnlrtr Ocmlrel Hew, so befote, the tan* l pealtrldes, Ihli DDT against the Dutch elm diteeae. amytoyta at a DDT yianl. The aiutiy report' time gpertflaattp l.l.Mrlrhlore-I,* MU ip hto The toduetry hi ftghllng Mete* through a the emfiioyea arf eapuard to tmub hiftoii yophenyt) ethana-Wtter known aa DDT, , DDT lash force, organliad aeverai years ago tevrla of DDT than le K- general public, yrtj The bailie ts being waged on severol Ironta. under the aegis af the National AgrleuHursi they don't show any algna el hemtful rffrefa. ; LM MMmir, inmate. Wlsaewto. MUhtg** and Indiana signed an ogresmoM tailing far oVrlsler imlKU on tU prllW, DDT In* aluded. that nr* patenting MIiMrs*. The IHtnoto feglelnluve U considering ft Mil bttmtog (kwial DDT. In rennsytvsMft, ft aisle sn> alt committee a Wan ow Ha eat In field* and forests And Sen. Nelson ill.. Wt*,| says At plain again la week tegtataltaa outlawing Ihr tnnecttcld* nsttonofly, "1 iMnft ft't bee ekar toe ft kng Kmc to lht oeteo- Uw< yfc* art knowledgeable that DDT U hav* Chemteato Asaaclatteu to eemeto the brunh Pooalblo Ivffrci on Humam j ftrsa fgnited by DOT* spponenta. Meat of Me member* are the eompauiro that make DDT; Dtftmond hhamroeh Corp., AUlrd Chemical Carp., Oft MstMesstt Chrmlcftl Oi<p.. Lebn* fiuiCfnmkt! Corp., a prtvatety held rempeny; and Montrose ChrmtrM Carp f CuMfnmla. the largest msber. Montms to enenrd yvmty by Chrfo-Cr&fl Industrie* !ne. otto Biaufier Chemi cal Oo. A sloth memtwtr, Oetgy Cbtmlcai Corp., Ardeiey, M.Y., doesn't msbe DDT. 1 | i ! 1 : go far, the toeue *f DOT e effect* on Hu mane hasn't been rsleed dlreeity In ihr ` Inge II was touched en briefly. IhvugH. My to'l witnfaeea. Richard Wrh*h, a yharm irnh>(t> wtih Dureuugh* U'ellcemv ft Cm , * drug menu torturer, aakl the ore hurmtmcv aflrcled ir 'rata by the DDT-oclivelnl enrymre are ih~ aante ones fvund in man. He a leu (epl.tmnl that the simwtnt ef DOT nerdrrt t* pr.*dirr Hi-' effect *1* wMM a rengr of Din* famto to tag c devastating onvlronmcwtel effect," ha Cnwgbft Off Dafseoe ! humfth fat. ... tbuo. W fine can eehajmfii** eayo. A Hearing In WlwHwwtWi Thus, the toduetry 4 welt evfffiniar.i to d. data from snfmala l* man. then on* wuuhl ' fend ItisH, but the Wisconsin attack orrmlngly i that the change in thtK eni)<nc pr^h-Uily ti>'v caught H off balance. The task farce dldn t re* I occur to man." i Ik sharpest light of the campaign. Saw* fain an attorney to reprrsrM H at the bearing* | And nb*rt ftlaebruitgh, e kiHi-glvt *ifh aver, U shaping up hare, and lie oceanic could unlit leas than e vtttk befare they opened, and j the University of Cutifomie'a Mvrinc It- 1 bare an Important hearing on thr future H ft apparently had aimoot no idea of what U, eovrert InsiMuir, touched on Uir eui'jrri W-i.-f;* ' DDT and ptBilnnta generally, Tecal point of would face to Madloon. "STrenhly, nobody knew I In hi* testimony, "Our general (Mini le (hit thf tonlrwntwllon to ft hearing bring conducted what bind of hearing iMe was." says Louie A. tfht T--4 and Ihug Admihlatrationf h.ivn f fey iht Wlwonato HepartmeM at Natural ft* MeLenn. the Biiomry nnaNy picked by the Msb taken any aonaldrenflcue of H< rneym- lnut . Bowses on ft petition to ban the ten* of ih* force. "Wr though ft would be something llbe a fng oapartly of IHrse iubsl.mc** iDlir and chemical to the slat*. The ftgmry ha* Juried!** Irgtoiaiivc hraring, where people grl up end similar peeilrldfel. TM* la a tfrrl.slnn wl.n h th-* J tfn over beeping the stale's water resources make statemenle of pmllitm.*4 Mr. MeLran ft a H>A wlH hove to mnkr aom-'tlme m thr n.-jf tret f pottutto*. and undee state taw |1 can. hmg.time todwotry epobeoma. who until he re* future. Will ft permit an Increase In il>* ftottita* by interests* partita, restrict or tired to Jut/ IWT was srrrHary and grnrrni Hy of i>.rsr onyamea In nur lUrr* No rrp** ban the mm of any oufeeianso ft finds to be (4> oounoel tor Veletesf ChemHral On., peettrtde bto peruun rwie now get up tore ahH e^y n.- leg the water, make* and Heelhwest Indnetrlra Inc. eubstot* this rtmslani nibbling away at our etrroij* Mh- In November the department was petilteoed ary. oea heurmanrsi It erithu'ii *n phj-i.tli-,.,- at < t by a group of tVmccswIn cemam attoftlstA called the CilUffto Natural Rtwmrm Assorts!!*. They were joined by the Wisconsin dtvUto* ft tn the poet. peuitelSr monufaeturcra aome* Omea have tried It dtomls* their erHleoi as food Iftddtets and at orotica. Per ecAmphr. to IP9T foot. It wouto be IrrrnfMAtsihiV *' Ptofttly. the IMustry can be e|wptcd ta f.n hard on ODT'a public health uera and b- rf(iv lb* Igftftk H'filua LoegtM. The two groups al lege OUT ta getting into the water fra a earl- sty pf tourers and ta harming wildlife. Hearings beitfta In December and conllatied for IS day*. wiib about a Jwew sctouiUts ap Mr. McLean M. . . the eMifwatlfIds peo 'Too mony people foefet we wed 1MT 'm ple in alrnaat every l(Winner he4d nunveroua be* oentrol of mosquitoes that carry rncrphnin.*. lith In nwtrillfina) quaekery and medirei qunckery. an tney aypuse pwbHe HraHh pro- pranva.'* * * and the world nerds it to control mnUrto " ays Mr McLean. Adde flnmuei Rotreecn. chefrmsn of (he pearing In lupport or o Man. TMt* Ih* proeerdHg were rreeurd to ilMw IHe eherntral com* pnnhro time to prepare ft delmst. They ara a> peeled to teffto prescatlng titoir com 4a a few weehs. The eiat b imh than paaalng Interest. Since MBOet BprtngM appeared, reoeftreb baa turned up new evidence auffgaoUffir DDT tmap harm wNdftfe, and pcoatMy humans too, in pro* vtouely smuapoetod way*. The hearlnga marh the first time naan? ofnhe ftndlngt have bean cased m ftmmtmftloff agalnol pcellclde mahets. The ehoroctertistkm renkiA mnny of the aclentliU tovoKad her*, toadihg ooma to sug*: gs4 that (he toduairy thh time hfto underwiU*1 mfttod Ha oppmUtow, Indeed, the tCnvlronRH*1 tal Defense l*und ond tie attorney, Vtetee J.i rannoooM Jr*, have spearheaded the case' against DOT with expert testimony from repo* > ubto awltnttota betmght ta from ait ever the eewntry, i tneheded are Aohery and wltdllle btotogtata. i botontets, aa erftnk cfurmlet. a pharmacols- fiat and an entomologist. Through ila odentisis II Wteconeka ftneb the ertdonce soffMenlly per- eeeatar bo ba or ararefy ftroll Itor too of DDT, acseserreUmctow and other DDT opposwmta fire mrpoelvd to carry tbatr tight agatnot the Indtddry Into ether slate** Moreover, it the campaign against DOT pforeo McesMleri. the Industry eapecti s>tack Bgatoet almftor tooeettotoen Ttm,Hr. the toner here smru ttnato to appeal to the tonris, tatolng the peospoot of a precedent-&etling Wgn\ SCttetoe. sdrtserf oemmlttee. headed by Choriet P. Wvreter Jr, a btofogy professor et iba Oioie University of New York at Btimy Brook, the ROT* hsa bulM up since It Intepften a peef of i ftbeot tea sewntUto to fumlsb optniona or tesil*, many. Net oil BfIP witnesses nre member*. i The fCDN aoniends a eomfMrir ban on DDT is needed because even small amounts of the peeltotde applied to ibt mom rfgftHy eontr*lld| mnemee wilt ptfft pollute the water ani atmeo* i phere, Ur. Wuritcr trellfJrd DDT Is realty j Could Allrti Lan^r Market bed tip from the soft and tarried throughout j T?-- tsdhatry atlcmifta to ptoy down Ha 11* world on wtod-bem dust and water port!* i fianetai Wrm* to me cam. ft says the DDT Iriro. Other witness** tentfied DDT has been ussd to Wwmiiln to |MT amsunted to aalea of | found I nearly every pun of the world, toehtd* only ttr.oft*. Been fMitonaHy. DOT votome 1 ing dmrt eolleeted over Use Indian end Allentfe ton'I totge. tn |Mf, the largest pertod far which mmm. It even hae been thlttiif In the pea* ffgwca err avaflabte, salsa muted gfS.f mlh gutosef Atoartlfea, Ihey ftooert. I Has. However, the larger rrtarfcei that the to* 1 The etoeepeead eaotsmfaailon to harming dualry bsllcrca wetod & ihroaisftod H the DDT wildlife, set neeveesrlly by hilling M eulrigbt. bw* |m agfilnit N teUls ahecn ItW mWIIh but by preduetoff mbtle mvlabelto etouiges. * nttnwnHy-more than SVP of mnimtoettKoro* ampeetod until reurmfy. tofit are gradually totnt prottdds ftatro. ellmtootlug eortous apeetos. Ike artonUste say. To Wototer thetr fittiek. the Wtoeewsto oom Knaneih Moeeb. a btotogtat fee Ike U 8 De eervatlontata enlisted the hflp of the Wnvtrno partment pt Iniertor'a Weh pesitoldr totwreivey snentat Detent* ?i*nd. s small Long Island. si CotomIda. Mo., reported W* rrsesrrk ahowe I't.T^'based grnop eemprtoed motoly of tots* that leedtng tew, puUethal duors of DDT le bremb 8reu rnuore b hlfher mortaliiy w| thetr oltfprlng and mh*r the Jruut maer w- rcpftbto to CB%lrw*mefH*i stresses. v-i-w'-'-- - l.w'. v: j WATER PCB-SD0000076405 i o o3 Drop in Bird Population ' University of Wisconsin wildlife ecologist Joseph Hickey Usll/lod that since w there DDT task force and general manager of Mon. troae Chernies). I'l don't say these people,' has born a plunge In populations of birds el )KD7 wilnc*seal''dWh`t trud Scientists, but' prry such ai the eagle, osprey and peregrine Jhelr Interest appears lo be `let's worry about, falcon. At flr&l, scientists didn't know why, he explained. Then In 1947 research showed the birds were laying thinner-shelled eggs that were breaking and falling lo hatch. Because Jtlrda more than people,* I think we'll have! uunUflvd scientists who will ;*ut the plelurd th . perspectlvo." There'e no .. way. ol ' course, ' to toll yol how the change In eggshell thickness occurred after jatT, the start of widespread DDT use, the act- entlsta theorised that DDT somehow was up setting the birds' catetum metabolism, which la Involved In eggshell formation. Messrs. Hickey. Wursler and others believe the theory now la well documented. During the hearings they explained how researchers quite by accident found that DDT. even In small amounts, activates certain liver enxymea In rats, rabbits and some birds. Snsymea gener ally control tho body's chemical functions; those Invoiced In this Instance affect estrogen, a female sex hormone that plays a role In caI- clum metabolism. In this subtle way. they argue, DDT exacts its toll. the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board will rule. Bui II may have given some Indication of Its altitude on the DDT question Iasi year In- one of Its technical bulletins. "The use of any persistent pesticide iwhlch Includes DDT) re- mains a calculated risk. .Science hag already shown chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides (the famlljr'to-which DDT belongs) lo Interfere with. Ilh reproduction, behavior, and hereditary factors. Further, thcac residues may be harm ing a variety of animal life in many subtle' ways, which wilt only become apparent through Intensive research. To continue to use DDT ... in the face of Uie present level of contamination would seem to be an Invitation _to disaster." ' , l, / * Additional support cams from Lucille Stic- ~ htl at the' Interior Department's Patuxent wild life research center In Maryland. She told how she fed small amounts of DDT and DDK, a breakdown product of DDT, lo mallard ducks. The results were thinner eggshells and In creased breakage, she said. Although the Industry hasn't yet presented Its side of the story, talks with Mr. McLean and others give some Indication as to whRl lines It will follow. Mr. McLean questions She . es-euraey of the research studies and the qaM- - /lealions of the scientists who conducted them. ' He contends, for Instance, that Mr. Wursler Is an organic chemist, "but he was talking about things entirely unrelated lo the field of chemistry. If a man wants his opinions re spected, he should be qualified In the specialty In which he's speaking, and a scientist who's speaking outside his nren of expertise Is really no better qualified lo foMt an opinion than any person on the street." Mr. McLean Indicates the Industry wilt call toxicologists and medical experts In Its de fense. "1 think It's particularly Interesting that although the EPF Is basically talking about mailers of health. 'I didn't bring one medical witness to the stand. And frankly f didn't ex pect them lo. because I don't know of any med ical toxicologist who's Informed about pesti cides who shares their fears." The KDb argues that there are substitutes for DDT that are as effective but much safer because they are shorter-lived and therefore their harmful effects don't persist In the atmos phere. The Industry disagrees. It contends ether pesticides aren'l SB effective andJxcaUM they aro shorter-lived Ibey must be applied mere often. Increasing Ihe chancre fee- Improper and * i TRAN 086295 WATER PCB-SD0000076406