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Vi! MITSUBISHI MONSANTO CHKMtCAL COMPANY MOM location I Tokyo ' ilS oati 'February M, 1969 UBJICT r 'Your Memo $3/69 . TO *Dr. E Emmot Kelly* M.D. St. L-ouia, Mo. i b.c.c. Mr T.Katayame F Dear Emets " ' . ; '1 . . * . . * Some additional Information hhs been rocoived. In conversations with , the Ministry of Health anil Welfare, wo have been Informed that tho investigation of "poisoning" by chlorinated biphenyl la otill underway with a review meeting scheduled for later this month. ' .* We have In hand* however, a copy of tho report prepared by a medical group of Kyushu University who have actualLy done the detail work on individual patients as tho first stage of the investigation. Of course, this is in Japanese, nnd wo are having a translation made, but somo time will elapse. A brief summary indicates that 14,000 people were allegedly Involved and suffered some kind of disturbance v/hich was attributed to the chlorinated biphenyl expooure. On screening, however* this was reduced to 600 who could be shown to have had exposure. It appears that tho symptoms wfcro largoly short-term and may havo Involved the skin more than internal organs. The white corpusclos count doubled from normal levels in somo Investigations of the blood. Our quick oennning of tho medical report indicates ono case of "liver malfunction'' and ono case of liver "swelling"* but we cannot decide whether this waa tho same individual. The more informed translation may permit a distinction. . . At this time, the Miniotry of Health a nd Welfare reports that It is not planned to legally make chlorinated biphenyls a "poisonous drug". However, there will bo somo regulations imposed on equipment, Including specification oft matorialo of construction and periodic tooting procedures, I will pass along the translation when wo have it for your detailed review, Z am quito ploased that the establishing of chlorinated biphenyl as a "poisonous drug" Is not planned. . ; Boot regards* ` JRDlfu "wty J. R. Durland i - STLCOPCB4039926 a^ STLCOPCB4039927 DSW 152584 ;- ~ ' : : - ^ : 7- . .* :3 1 STLCOPCB4039928 percent transmission (ip; n gdf. WAVELENGTH JS /U is ft spectrum no. DATE S.`ta//.tt SAMPLE & KC14WD-/U A fr nee & ' STATE CHCfj QSW 152585 REMARKS ' STLCOPCB4039929 (l ) Q ^0 DSW 152586 STLCOPCB4039930 ( X aw) 0 =f-* 1o o DSW 152587 STLCOPCB4039931 o ov os* ^588 STLCOPCB4039932 oo STLCOPCB4039933 (r *) ^ a 3 STLCOPCB4039934