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XU, JXrv^t' /?/'?/% to? A Tci. Q Doctor, one of the derivatives of those chlorophenols Is Lysol, isn't it, sir? A Well, it dtpande on ifhlch product, Q Now Doctor, did you understand my question? A Tes. Q One of the sources o contamination of the environment with polychlorinated dlbensodloxlne la Lysol, isn't it, sirt A Well, I don't know whether it is a significant contributor or not. ' Q Doctor, did Z use the. word "significant contributor"? A No, sir. Q What did I say. Dr. Dost? A Tou said one of the contributor*. Q Tes, and could you answer that question, please, sir? A Which Lyeol, of course? Q Dr. Dost, you do know, thqt Lysol contains dioxin, some of the Lysols on the market contain dioxin, don't you, sir? A If it is the chlorophenols, X'we heard that, I've seen some information. Q Tou've heard that frqm Monsanto. A Tes, I'vs assn data., Q Tou'vs assn data. Dqctor, where did you see tha-- dld e Koneento official tell ue that Lysol contains dioxin? 108 A I have not spoken to ,any Monsanto officials. Q Then I Cake It a Monsanto official did not tell you that Is that correct sir? la that the anaver to uy question? A Tea* Q Did one of the attorneys for Monsanto tell you that Lysol contains dioxin? A I was provided information by attorneya that described some of that infornetlon* Q Let na aek you again, Doctor did one of tha attornaye for Monsanto tall you that Lysol contained dioxin? A Wall I guess that would ,,anount-- yes, Q Who was that attorney? A I don't really who it was. Q What attorneys have you hied contact with that hava dlacussad the facte of this caaa with you? f A Well, Hr. Helnenan, qf cqursq, Mr* Ryder, Mlse Rudolf. Q How about Mr. Haealft A Mr* Massif is an attorney for Monaanto. I've discussed it obviously with Mr. Massif* Q So it is one of those, four lawyers told you that Lysol contains dioxin. Is that correct, air? Or gave you the documents that told you that Lyaol coatalna .dioxin, la that right, air? A `\Tas. Q How long ago did youjgat^thlq information, air? 109 A I don't know. It's been quite a long tine Q Nov, did they also tell you that Dr Kilgore was told by a Monsanto official that Lysol contains dioxin? A I haven't heard that. Q Are you avare of the .fact ttiat Dr. Kilgore testified In thla case, sir, that he ves told by an official of Monsanto's that Lyaol contains 2,3,7,8 TCDD? A I wasn't avars of th%t. Q But you got the same .information from another source, did you not, sir? 'A Apparently, similar Information, at least, Q Kov, Doctor, the fact; that the particular can that you have In front of you or could you get the Plaintiff's end Defendant's llttls cans of Lysol out? I think there may be two or three of them. Tes, one le a Monsanto, that's right. How, Doctor, esch of these exhibits,that la, 487--874A and 1194, you recognise as Lysol that yon can buy In the supermarket? A Tes, Q And there are a lot q.f other Lysole that you can buy In the supermarket, aren't there, sir? A Tes, Q And do you fcnov just ,,when the Exhibit 1326 and 1327 sera purchased or wera acquired? A I hava no Idea. no Q I take It you weren't part of buying It? A No, alt. Q Tou weren't told by the lawyer where they got them or when they got them? A Ho, air. Q Tou do know that sometine after thla, after the Sturgeon spill took place that Monaento quit making Santophen because the m&kar of Lyeol went to the-- what you would call the quote end no longer ueee Monsanto's Santophen, you do know that, don't you, elr? A Tee# Q And It would be therefore likely that the Lyeol that you would buy today from the sto^e, it would be likely that it doea not contain Moneanto's base product, wouldn't It, elr? A X would think eo, yeq. Q But do you know how %any years the Monsanto based product was need to manufacture Lyeol end sold to the American public prior to the time Moneento quit making Santophen? A Ho, elr, I don't knoy how long, Q Doctor, didn't you discuss that issue with the attorneys that gave you the Information; or wasn't the Information In the documents that you got? A 'Tee, it was, but I don't remember the time line. Q Doctor, you know that It' been many, many years, don't Ill you, sir? A For a substantial period, yas. Q And all during that period of tins you knov that tha Lysol contained dioxin, don't you air? Up until the tine they quit using tha Monsanto product? A Tea. Q And, Doctor, all for^those any years, If TCDD has a half life of 4.95 years as Polgar and Schlatter auggaat, that would naan that the tyeol contaminated with TCDD could be, that TCDD could yat be in the bodies of the people living today, couldn't it, sir, if they got TCDD froa exposure to Lysol, say, in 1979? A If they had exposure .and if It la correct, yea* Q How, the 1979 exposure, that Lyaol that they got In 1979 would, half of it would still be In there today, sir. If this exhibit is correct A If that is correct, yes,. Q And a quarter of that which they got in 1974 would still ba there, wouldn't it, air? A Tea, If that's correct', Q And the 12 and a half, percent of that which they got In 1969 would still ba there? A Tea, Q And six percent of tbtat which they got In 19--- whatever.