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Dr. R. L. HeteaIf
Director of Zoology Department University of Illinois Urbans Illinois 61801
Dear Dr, Metcalf:
Enclosed is background material which will give you an indication of our current and potential problems with our chlorinated biphenyls. The enclosures include the followings
Enclosure I - Jensen 5: Widmark's original lecture - "Confidential'NovemLer 1966
Enclosure IZ - "Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in British Wildlife" Holmes, et si - Mature, October 21, 1967
Enclosure III - "Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Global Ecosystem", Risebrough et al - Nature, Dec, 14, 1968.
Enclosure IV - "A Menacing Mew Pollutant" - S. F. Chronicle, Feb. 24, 1969
Enclosure V - Statement from Monsanto, March 3> 1969
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Enclosure VI - "DDTi The Critics Attempt to Ban its Use in Wisconsin" - Science, Feb, 7, 1969.
I hope these sill arrive in time for you to have an opportunity to review them before our meeting Friday in Chicago*
5 of ua from St. Louis including Bernie Wild! will be arriving from St. Louis at 8:15 a.o. on Delta Flight 380. We look forward to meeting you at the gate where we will arrive. Dr. Alan Mehler of Marquette University will be meeting us at the Industrial
Bio-Test Laboratories in Northbrook; perhaps, you know Dr. Mehler.
Sincerely,
DSW 201086
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Elmer P. Wheeler Manager, Environmental Health
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