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M&nSflfltO FROM <NAME -LOCATIO N - P H O N E i u D. R. Bishop - DATE July 1, 1983 SUBJECT REFERENCE T O : R. T. Berendt - E2ND T. M. Bistline - E2ND A. M. Ford - EISA W. R. Gaffey - G2WE G. D. Ingenthron - F3EB W. J. McCarville - G3WG P. S. Park - G3WB G. Roush - G2WG - (4-2891) cc J. F. Hussey - F3EA J. T. Nolan - D1A L. J. O'Neill - F3EE M. C. Throdahl - DID W. H. Westendorf - F3EE F.Y.I., attached is a July 1 Post-Dispatch editorial and my response which was messengered today. end . nf ?v> Dati R. Bishop IN IO REV t 7 ; C10158 9 Fri., July 1,1983 SI LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The AMA Withdraws As Media Doctor .hAsggyvsddsssuadamLmb"pueuibipoloeeiniwiostsodranosbpeoeuvcpesuAatWokvsssnnpcuoou..edeivwna"aeiessoocnartahnoi,ts'isomnimlrftraaoiIduwgp"aTlrwtioemssygn,rteohimden"hhimcithnoddekousdahtiaedaiiduvaonsneercltoeinnasleitttsotbo,dmhonryohseimrrxy,pedenywmerronecaieeoastoagowanumfonanh.aspDrcnuepnnnlnuettliseota,repshrdnl"o"Bebonfary?r.cpereeinroCmfttstuintuaiomwtesracGfBstrsaWmeaonkhianraaSndtraedtncteihyitDeeiiaoiotinulgiodpfwdiedcesrMTmsrgrainobhtgenc.shtVhtdoiAayrineiuoh,'neinibttnfalrttproBesmigeseetagnrstABxmtfohepnmidehoiiotn'sMohpseneodwrheineprg.aheiriweordeeeA,cgaiatbyxiAt"nrntigassicraNciaatawaprtbnnisgeechmiemhatnaeuo.afgsrkoasn,arwybhauMupyeognegstltuidlsl.r'apiHdadtoeeteu,oanciloiswfidsatkoluwothoniahrlTi'huionxhxctuofSninabhhhsaisondtiataiwrtddnghny?oeenees.lr,,tt ah3EfoUmsphasscbpmbeSade3tkyrebfvraraioeeve.adeefooraSaiosunscntssWeitondevxytvti.csesatosre<teniraieiiieiumuycrahmnaablJdrbetdCnmyasrllaeiioldpeneotulsytestarsuhaianoietohtsipnteainlsnyahyswteatsxcaioptishegntedosediodisphnohitsknevcerfeohmoueersunmafaascbftAawwtlroopcirptadoabeohnthoiirw,tMflutnoietmisesoaeesvduhsntnteuiihtaAtedsrivsintiipagenosslueorroea,cattlcitsnsxmifDhiaromlubfawoualspu.iiowraouoa"sontni"anperdehiesrbflsuounc,ranhilaeidmiootndoyseslfiyaaaiecsrbiglfrdhtasetosloaatealiifneuypnahhefxtnoooveanaioonroemeeisxncfeinndbsnwNrcdtfrCriere,hdiy.eeleinrynnrceyoeiacae.ragwsofosnoditaidfremos.ssntftefnsctburiwsrGtIphaotriieJnnaeeeotanmhmrjeelanimlodaeofvop,cvairrt.shnaeidarasnoesnltinodlyvuanAeiinuueissiogiltnanemyanesctsaetrniadgted.itbtsnkgaihattbibgthsohlnhevahnaiAtlteelaianyndeoneeeaoesess.rt C o it e m i O_Wn Ep o. ' su b JcT C10159 Monsanto Monsanto Company 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard St. Louis. Missouri 63166 Phone: (314) 694-1000 July 1, 1983 PU BLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT Letters to the Editor St. Louis Post-Dispatch 900 North Tucker Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63101 If you'd like a "substantiating" example of the dis semination of unconfirmed, unscientific reporting of dioxin by the news media, take another look at your own July 1 editorial, "The AMA Withdraws As Media Doctor," in which you state: "(dioxin) is believed to cause a soft tissue cancer." "Believed" by whom? While it is true that a Swedish scientist has reported a possible (and highly questionable) link between exposure to dioxin and soft tissue cancer in forestry workers, four other studies of workers similarly exposed in Finland, New Zealand, Washington State and the U.S. Air Force have failed to find any evidence to support this conclusion. So your statement on dioxin and soft tissue cancer begs several questions: 1. Why did the Post-Dispatch elect to ignore this counterbalancing evidence? 2. What is the public suppose to conclude from your statement about soft tissue cancer? 3. Is the public (especially those Missourians from Times Beach) unduly alarmed by this kind of one-sided editorializing? ^an R. Bishop/ Director, Environmental Communications /mo l4 STURGEON L I T I G A T IO N FROM THE FILES OF THIS FILE HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY L i k/L>Pr FOR: - Documents describing the presence or potential presence of dioxin in Monsanto products. - Documents referring to the toxicity of any Isomer of dioxins. - Documents referring to the toxicity of any Chlorophenol or Chlorophenol product. - Documents referring to health effects as they relate to the above.