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Monsanto MONSANTO INDUSTRIAL CHCMICALS CO. 800 N. Lindbergh 0oul#vrd St Louit, Missouri 83168 Phone: 014) 694-1000 Dear Sir: We are writing to advise you that Monsanto has adopted certain restrictive policies with respect to its further sale and delivery of all polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB's) products used as dielectric fluids in transformers and capacitors including but not limited t^those sold under tradenames such as AroclorW Inerteen, and Pyranol, and under the generic term askarel. Effective 15 January 1972 Monsanto will sell and deliver these products only to manufacturers of transformers or capacitors who have entered into agreement to indemnify and hold harmless Monsanto in the use of these products. The two copies of such an agreement are attached. The acceptance by Monsanto of such an agreement is subject to receipt of financial and other information from you (such as evidence of adequate insurance protection) which, in Monsanto's opinion, makes the agreement meaningfu 1. As we have previously advised you, studies indicate PCB's may be accumulating in the environment. In some instances, PCB's have been found in food or in the food chain. For your information, attached is an article by Carl G. Gustafson of the Federal Water Quality Administration appearing in "Environmental Science & Technology" which deals with this subject. Because of Monsanto's concern over this problem, we are discontinuing sales of PCB's in any applications except as dielectric fluids for use in transformers and capacitors. 092^49 MONS