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widnsanfo ' ' ^ MM iNAMft ft COCAtlOWt C. Paton - Oeneral Offices `b'( Vi SUftJtCY RifmNei TO , Maroh 5, 1969 DDT ON TRIAL W. Richard WRICH prp ( . (XmtxZ4^%/ K. S. Bergen - HBERO M. W. Farrar - JFQ 0m ^ Dr* R E. Keller -- RKELL Scott Tucker - STUCK W. F. Waycboff/W. E. Schalk/ : J. E. Springat E. Wheeler/Dr. R. E. Kelly I am sure the attached article in the Wall Street Journal of March 4 on the 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 ill for Aroclors 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 is 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 Beems to be equating any effect with a bad effect. ThiB attitude has un pleasant implications 2. The fact that the DDT "task force" (Diamond/Allied/ Olin/Lebanon/faontrose/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 note 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 us. CP:dbw WATER PCB-SD0000004037 32 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, TmJ.,, MJ.T Periled Pesticide . Wisconsin Hearing on Bid to Ban DDT Could Affect Future of All Such Products Rtraonn. J>*n tHto that baa waged a Heady batik aratoat barmfuf u*e. Bcatdes, Industry apokrsmm #*>. liff atpftt* i/Tii ft ili ruit Jivivii OOT and similar Insecticide*, chiefly to the DDT ta safe It must be approt'd b) thr Frd- MAUItON. Wk.-TTw ftplciJ<lr*l thftmltftl courts, ever since M was formed In October INI. lerai G^ernment. they aurrt, snd the Gvc>n- Uftwu, li iw4f llft,k-ft(fth>. ll hM met only limited surecas to (he mental agencies involved-the dop*Mmmt of Evtr fttmi imi H km I.ft ftmrtiat br- covfif. bwt Its lawsuit# agatnot slate and local Agrlevlture and Interior and the Food tr.| rlfO tlliltftCl. Tt>t Wfti DM ff tN tl * I metre haven't be to totally Ineffectual. Drag Admlnlatrattan-orouldn t approve ar; i Rithtl C*rft > kftftt fttllftT. "tUftirt fiprlft*,*' Among other ihtnga, the peoaamr* the auhs agent harmful to humor* or wildlife- I |<fftftlTft, lllir"! m*fr#ft*. Inftlierlmlftftl* hove gantraltd to credited with prompting The Industry backs up its contrntlon* on | h i prrtkkl,, rrotutt* Wr Ui* Industry. mere than H ellles to Michigan to stop ooing safety by citing a study af Mnntrcxf Chrmlrsl ' K*w, Ih* tftw ll ftftlkld*,. IMl DDT agslnto the Dutch elm dleeaac. employes ai a DDT ptonl. The atuUy report* tin., ift^neilli I.I.MrtrWwft-f.t-Wft -F The Industry to fighting bock through a the emptoyrs are esposed to nnu-h high.. 1 rwfikwnjrtl lhftftft-b*lltr kffwra fti DDT. , DDT task fore*, organised several year* aga levels of DDT thsa Is tin- general (while, yet) TXH ftftllli to ktlnf wftgeA ft* H*inl IrwU. under the aegis of Ihe National Agrleufinrat they don't show aoy sign# of harmful effrelt. } Loaf ivnmir. flMnola, Wisconsin. Michigan Chtmkak Association to contain the brush Possible BHtcl on Humans Ml Indiana Igwed an agreement calling If stricter eonlroia tm all peallelOea. DOT lo otuOod, that poWtatog Lake MkW|n. The llflnota kglaiatvrc la eonstderlng Ml bonntag IH* use af DDT. la Peimoytvaola, a Halt at* eommHtsa recommended a bon aw IU voe la fttla* and forests. Ard ieo. Nelson tl> . Wta.l says he plana again to oeek kgtolaltaa Outlawing the iMareilclde nationally. ") IMnk fires ignited by DOT'S opponents. Moot of tu member* arc the com paMr# that make DDT: Diamond Shamrock Corp., AtMed Chemical Corp., Olio MstMeao* Owmkal Gary., Leba- no Chrmkal Carp., privately held company; and Montmat Chemical Carp af CsUiemla. the largest maker. Montrose to owned by Chrls-Crafl Imlualrtes Inc. and iuuffer Chemi cal Co. A alatk memher, Ocigy Chemical ' | ba far, the issue of DDT s effrets on hu mans hasn't been rstard dirtrlly in tor h>-^i Ing* It was touched an briefly. tK-ugti. by t%n wilnems. Richard Hetoh. s phnrm ii-nW.gi with Durrough* Wrllcomr O Cv , m Urcg mar.u facturrr, said the aes horinonc* aflntod ir rata by Ihe IHTT-actiysleri enrymrs are ttosame ones found In man Mr aUu , *pi4im<i H'a been tkr toe a tang time ta (have icka Corp., Ardaley, N.T., dootnl make DDT. that ihe amount of DDT nrrdrrt t* predurr th,- lists yh* are knowkdgesble that DDT la hav ing r- devastating environmental Heel," Ha CnugHl OH Dalance jaffeet "Is within a rangr of DMT land in human last. ... thus, if anc can ett |wtni.-' fa. Thus, the Industry la well organised to d- idols from animals to man. then anr noukl ! fend Itself, but the Wloronstn attack seemingly | that the change in ihe sc ena>mca prnh.iUly o->( A Hearing la caught N off balance. The task force dtdn ( re | orewe to maa.`* j The sharpest fight of the campaign. haw* tain an attorney fo represent H at the hearings 1 And Robert Rlsckruttgh, binh-giki with vrr, la shaping up hers, and Ila oUcenw could until test than a week before they opened, and the University of California s Marine It- ' have aa Important bearing m the fwtwro af It apparently had almaot no Idea af what ll sources Inititute, touched an thr sut*jr< t bri-f:< ' DDT and pesticide* generally. Feral paint of %-ould face In Madison. "Frankly, nobody knew In hts IcsUmony. "Dae general )fo*nt i th.t the eonfruntnlion la a healing bring conducted what kind of hearing this was," says Louts A. 1 |the Food and Drug Admlntotr^tKmi h.i-*i.t by the Wiaeonato Department of Natural Ft* McLean, the attorney finally picked by Ihe task taken any eoeuldrraltoo of tlc enrym* Ind-u . aour-ees on a petition ta ban the uae af the force. "We though ll would be something like i ing capacity af thcac sufcr*l.<nri tDMT md ehrmteal ta the atalc. The agenry hat jurisdic Irgislsltve hearing, where people get up and similar pcsllcldcat. This Is a drrlvitm wI.m h th* | tion arcr keeping the state's a-aier resources make statement* af puritlM." Mr. Met,*** la a l*f>A will ha%e to Rinlr koni llmr in (hr m-^r Iree af poilutlan. and under atate law It can. kmg.timo todustry spokesman, who until he re futues. Will H permit an Increase In llr *vnv upon petition by Interested parlies, restrict nr tired to July IH? was arrretary and grnrral Ity of these enyimes In tmr h\*r* Nu rc^p*-*iM ban the ooe af any substance It finds ta br foul- eounael tor VeMcal Chemkal O.. peOctdc bk perovn ronta new yn up l re mil m.i* tag I he water. maker and Northwest Industries Inc. subsidi thta tonitant nibbting n.i> at our mpmwJ* nh- In November the department was petlttoacd hy a group af Wiocosuun etmoervnlkmlsU called ary. ' aet hormones* Is rithu-it ant pl:> *i.}*.. 4: <( In (he post, pesticide minufsetwrrri oome- feet, li would be lrrt.rpum>tbif " the Cllliena Natural Reaooree* Association. time* have Died to dismiss their rHlki as food Finally, the Iniuttry can be evj-Ttrd to hit They arret Joined by the Wlscoeulo dlvlatan ol faddkts and neurotics. Far taampk. to IHI hard on DIXT a publle Health ucs and b-- r|,u Ibe luak Walu-o League. The Ut rroupa at* Mr. McLoan wrote: **, . . the aotipestkhk peo "Tw mony people forget t need MiT lege DDT la getting Into the water from a earl* ple In almost every Instance hold numerou* be Control of mosquitoes that carry rrv<*|-hfllii-s alp n< anorres and la harming wildlife. Hearing* began la December and conlinurd liefs in nutritional quackery and medical quackery, and they opqmae public health pro- and Ihe a-orid needs ll to control m.^l.irt.i " aays Mr McLean. far U days, with about a ctaten sckollxu ap pearing hit upper! af ban. Then the proceed- grama.*' ' - lags were reeeiaed la allow ths chemieat com The charaetertaaiton rankldk many of the aekntlata Involved hero, kading asm* la sug Adds tamuel Rotrooen, chairman ol the panies time la prepare a defense. They art ** gest that the industry this Ume has underesti peeled la begta presenting their case In a few mated Its opposition. Indeed, the fcnviroonie*- vecka. The eaaa la af snort than pasting Interest, ftinee "tilent spring" appeared, reararrh baa lamed up new evldenet suggesting DDT map harm wildlife, and possibly humanp too. In pee- vlaualy unauapecltd wars. The hearing* mark the fhrat Un* many af Aha finding* have been Bird aa am man*too againal pcalletde maker*. I If Wh>ttwain Mi the tetdaaee anfflelenlly par-1 Ui Defewae Fund and its attorney, Vktor J Taanaeoe Jr., have spearheaded the ease againet DOT with expert testimony from eepuU bia aeientlats brought ta from ah avrr the casustry. Included are flahary and wUdttfe Mol agists, botantou, aa organic chemist. pharmacolo gist and an automatagift. Through IU aetanUsu naahra to baa or oaaartly Hmtt the uae of | sdvtaory eommltlee, headed ky Charles F. DOT, coaoareiUoaleta and other DDT oppo* tsawta ora ostporled to carry tbek flfht agamal Wurtter Jr^ a ktatagy peofeoaor at Ihe Mate UMverotty of New Tork ot ttoary Nrook. Ihe RDF has bulH vp atotr Ha Inreptlost a pool of the Indaaitry Into other ctatea. kfnrtrrtr. If the campaign agaiMt DOT pranrra autccoaM. the tnduatry cspccta aitaeka ailtocd almUor taaectlcWaa Finally, the toner bore acoMO emito to appeal la (He eoorla. rototog the proapaal of a precede*!-actUrg legal decision. Could Ailed Lirftr Market j bowl 100 scientists to iornlah opinions or testi mony. Not all RDF wttweaoea art member*. The BDF eoMend* a comptatf ban on DDT Va weedvd beeauve wen amall amounts of the peetkldr applied to the moat rtgtdiy controlled manner wiH atlN polhste the orator and almasphera, Mr. Wursltr testified DDT to easily picked up from the aoil and carried throughout TTv* todualry Itempia to play down Ita fi the world on wfnd-bem dual and water petal- nancial toterc* to Ine caac. It aaya the DDT clet. Other witncaaea teta Ifled DUT hat bean ward to Wisconsin ta |H7 amowted to aalea af fawnd in Marly every pan af the world, inched- only IW.ooo.. fcrra Mitonahy. DDT volume tog dwta eolteoted over the ladlao and Atlantic tan't huge. In 1M1. the largest period for which nnu. It cron has been detected la the pen figures are available, aaka totaled Ill.T mil- guins of AMarttka, they assert. 1 Hon. However, tba larm marktl that the In dustry believes would we threatenad If Ihe DDT luw gnea agatast H latala abom IfOO million a turn* Hy~-more (bon ivy of manufacturer* * total pmttekie Mleo. The wtdeafwead eonlamtoattao ta harmtog; wildlife, not necessarily by kitting it ouirlgkt, but by producing wktb tneubelle ehangea, unsuvrweted until roomily, that arr graduohy eliminating various speeles. the srietiltota say. Ta bokter their attack, the Wkeonato con- Kenneth Mscek, a biologist for the D >. De aervtUonUU enlisted Ihe hr Ip nf Ihe Knvtron- partment of Interior's fish pcstkldr Utaratvrj. menial Defense Fond, a small Long Island. sl Columbii, Ma,, reported Ms rraeareft shows 1 TRAN 08A29A N T..-based pnup ramprtoed matol> af acien- that tcedtng taw, aoUfth*) duaes of Dl/T ta; brook trout rnuset a hirher mnrtartty among' thrlr offspring and makn, the Jrout more aus-i eeptlble to covlrvnmmtat stresses. ; WATER PCB-SD0000004038 t \4 o 3 Drop tn Bird Population ' University of Wisconsin wildlife ecologist Joseph Hickey testified that lhce IIW there has been a plunge In population! of blrdt of prey auch a* the eagle, osprey and peregrine falcon. At drat, sciential* didn't know whv. he explained. Then In 1W7 rexenreh showed the birds were laying thinner-shelled egg* that were breaking and (ailing lo hatch. Became the change In eggihcll (lilckncaa occurred after 1*47, the atari of widespread DDT use, the sci DOT task fores and general manager ef Moa- : trose Chemical, /`I don't say thooo people ' jEDF witnesses! Sfren't trud kelenlleU, but1 ghetr Interest appears to be 'let's worry about birds mors than people.' 1 think we'll have uu*in<-i1 scientist* who will put the picture th forapecUve." , . ' There's no way, of course, to tell yet how the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board will rule. But II may have given some Indication of Us attitude on the DDT question last year In entists theorized that DDT somehow was up selling Ihe birds' calcium metabolism, which la Involved In eggshell formation. Messrs. Hickey, Wursler and others believe! the theory now Is well documented. During the hesrlngs they explained how researchers quite by accident found that DDT. even In small amounts, activates certain liver entymea In raU, rabbits and some birds. Entymea gener ally control the body's chemical functions; those Involved In this Instanee affect estrogen, a female sex hormone Ihnt plays a role In cal cium metabolism, tn thi* subtle way. they argue, DDT exacts Its toll. one of Its technical bulletins. `The use o( any persistent pesticide (which includes DDT) re- , mains a calculated risk. Aclence haj already /, shown chlorinatod hydrocarbon pesticides (th* / fsmlly to whlch DDT belongs) to Intsrfere with, * ilkh reproduction, behavior, and hereditary! faclnra. Further, these residues may be horm-| Ing a variety of animal Ilfs In many subtle' ways, whleh wilt only become apparent through Intensive research. To continue to use DDT ... In the Iace of the present level of contamination would seem to be an Invitation to disaster." ' Additional support came from Lucille Stic- hel al the'Interior Deportment's Peluxent wild life research center In Maryland. She told how she fed smalt amounts of DDT and DDE, a breakdown product of DDT, to mallard ducks. The results were thinner eggshells and In creased breakage, she said. Although the Industry hasn't yel presented Its side of Ihe slory, talks with Mr. McLean and others give some Indication as to what lines It will follow. Mr. McLean questions the accuracy of the research studies and the quali fications of the scientists who conducted Ihent. He contends, for Instanee, that Mr. Wursler Is an organic chemist, "but he was talking about things entirely unrelated lo the field of chrmlstry. If a man wants his opinions re- spectrd, he should br qualified In (he specialty tn which he's spesklhg, and a scientist who's sponklng outside his area of expertise Is really no better qualified to foist an opinion than any person on Ihe street." Mr. McLean Indicates the industry will call toxicologists and medical experts in its de fense. "I think It's particularly Interesting that although the EDK la basically talking about matters of hce.llh. It dMn't bring one medical witness to the stand. And (rankly I didn't ex pect them to. because I don't know of any med ical toxicologist who's Informed about pesti cides who share* their feart." The KDK argues that there are substitutes for DDT that are a* effective but much safer because they are ihorter-Jlved and therefore their harmful effects don't persist in the atmos- phert. The Industry disagrees. It eontrnd* other pesticides aren't as effective and because thsy are shorter-lived they must be applied mors often, Increasing the chances for Improper and * TRAN 086295 \ WATER PCB-SD0000004039