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%% r o u i m o o Ma u i rtmn* * o o # . i o u < 6 S IN D IC A T E D E SIR E D DOMESTIC OVERSEAS L Monsanto FULL RATE FULL RATE DATE OVERNIGHT LETTER 11/4/82 " S E R V I C E f TWX/TELEX TELEX SENDER'S ACCOUNT NO. 1-000-741.04- AL L M E S S A G E S M U S T BE T Y P E D O R P R I N T E D 16 66 7200 2:10 pm TWX/TELEX NO. IN BLOCK LETTERS PLEASE DEX ASAP X Mr.'Charles M. Love, III Bowles, McDavid, Graff & Love 1200 Commerce Square Charleston, WVA 25325-1386 Phone number: (304) 344-9621 AND TO: Mr. John C. Sabetta Townley & Updike Chrysler Building405 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10174 Phone number: (212) 682-4567 . % C14154 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER. IN--IR REV. 1/74 fo r BETTER Service --Forward to transmitting operator IMMEDIATELY after preparation. TTf f I r - A ~ T T * _ Vi,,i.'t;i'; i_i ..i-i2i_; FOR R ELEASE I " > * IMMEDIATELY-*- s* >< * - * * . ; -, _ DRAFT/Suskind Study Sarah G.-Collins (314) 694-3860 ~.publicRelatons department. Monsanto Company " _ !. 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard 51. Louis. Missouri 63167 .riC''*J.r> , vaU , x i t L u h V- REPORT FAILS TO FIND LINK BETWEEN TCDD AND REPORTED HEALTH PROBLEMS q ST.,,,LOUIS, NOV. 00 -- A study on the long term health effects of worker exposure found no link between exposure to '1theljlipxih TCd3^ and several physical diseases and disorders _______ t disease including cancer, cardiovascularAand reproductive abnormalities. The health effeetftstudy^~--which-required three years of_^ y s r ' w a s 7Cbhdiidted by Raymond A. Suskind, M.D. / one of the __ _ __ _ ' W auvvj 'V'__ ' '"'world' s leading experts, ohdioxin'exposure"at`7'the7.Univefsi'ty:of . ' -- ^ -- t-orwAr^to trensnr.:..;ng ^ .J. ....... Cine innati1^ Pepra^ Lth.j T~CDD^^_grbt aminaryt^ ... <=s>,,rfpund. iff a- hg.rb-io_J.de _uorupunenT l --Ayun L -Orange--is at' the "'center' ~ 7 ~ r 5:;7p-. 7 ~:TM'' of "a controversy over 'the' diolth ~ffceto of Agent Orange g ^ g s u r a " "V""' t L, 7a * :' -. Vietnam-ve t e r a n s ... ....... :.:.... ~ ................................ : ^ flrrnrding to Dr. Suskind^ n evidence of dnrrvt-1'finb 1e ,long term, effects-on,.the cardiovascular system, .. .. * .. ....... ...- ......... " <fAl&JL.- " .... ___ f _ inc1uding hypertension .or.^cordnary....artery di.seas,A liver,J;gaa.trpl-^=__ .......1 n " t r ? f i rir^ ' ^ ~i p h ^ r a 1 f n n r > i rm at-t-V i hivH ^ K To i - n j'-'indicatioh'/Tfbased''on . w fi x , ftfiLA' u i\M .risks l"or mirsvcarr:iia<ges,. ' ..stillbirths-or- birth defects .among- the. families in which the male parent was exposed to TCDD. Additionally, Dr. Suskind.did \gw x4 Ll ^u a uutuJJL !u..v^& juJL>j 'Tf.in~3a tttiriV1WnTJ'y-'hrrdv cancer.rateA^Png ;:the::: ..... SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER. -.-more .G14155  2- - However, Dr. Suskind did conclude that for employees exposed to TCDD, there were long term skin effects including chloracne,the hallmark of TCDD exposure, and the loss of ski elasticity around the areas affected by chloracne. Dr. Suskind examined 418 current and former male employees of Monsanto Company that produced the herbicide 2,4,5-T at its West Virginia plant between 1948 and 1969. -TSDD-- s bf*s been--identified ac -a contaminant in the production iq _____ -2,4,5-T . The employees involved in Dr. Suskind1s stud] included workers who had been exposed. to( during a 1949 manufacturing accident in the 2,4,5-T unitjas well as those who worked with the herbicide over the years. This health effects study is the second major study )*/ a&twJ- '-piru conducted by Dr. Suskind^on Monsanto's West Virginia -- employees. In 1980, he co-authored a report on the mortality (cause of death) of employees who had been exposed to TCDD during the 2,4,5-T accident in 1949. The results of that investigation indicated no excess in total deaths or in deaths from cancer or cardiovascular disease. Dr. Suskind recently presented a review of his health effects study at the Third International Symposium on Chlorinated Dioxins and Related Compounds in Salzburg, Austria. C14156 3- - 2,4,5-T was a component of Agent Orange, a defoliant used by U.S. .military.,,forces during the Vietnam War. Dr.,, Suskind's t&fe&c-t study on the long term effects of TCDDI* exposure supports the majority of medical and scientific data I-/Y> which has failed to show a cause/effect relationship between ;\ Agent..Orange.- exposure and .health problems reported by Vietnam w * y t- t - - ` - 1 vitr^ j " J . ' . .* J ( . r v ' ft*- L .a t > -v in visrs'C io a r-X o n .ixicrxcateci 710 c ir? trs^ p i JL p t* *r v C14157