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ATTACHMENT D Monsanto me O c teto 1,1990 t o . Doacid d a y A s ila s e A d a ia in n s r for Solid Vane cad S aertesey Ra p onw O flleo of SoUd Weit end S n r m e y lUtpousc U. S. ScvaoBBcataa Protection Afeaey W lttnidc Meli 401 M Strw t.SW W tShiasW . DC 20400 g g WdOlft D atr Mr. Gay: Exilier this t w *aa EPA employ oa your staff, tettate la bar privata e v a d e r Ost odUzlni eta* form st of as iati -agency am onada, forvanled to tito EPA*v Sotanea Advtaory Board accusa tions n n o d in an appaltate brief filad tal a privati lawsuit iarotvini M om m o Cotpuy. Tita untrue eUcgatxoas repastad tat that memorande wf t r o d to two health radias sponsored by Momento to ***"i?** any Impact of possible exposure to dfcsta la empioyeas Involved la dia prodnctaa of hertddea at Maemnto1 Nltm, West V k sid a pkofc Ib a allegedon charged ibas ttaa study ram iti had deUbecaaly aadar-iaportod rancor mortality. The gram laeccm actas of these d u n a have tasan ttaa subirne o f prior oftsisiipenriseto ta da Agency by mymlf and by Moussato1 Q urbib, K.lehard Mahoaay. N otw htatndtai our ffo ra to osim i ttaa record, ttaaaa bersi c h a rt bava barn widaly rapeemd a ewrpsper iouoan ta d tva before a Cbagmmaaal Subcommittee wham ttaa c h art **** puftimyad fbet, tfaaa giving ttaa incorrect impr-- inii that it Is the gmumiusaT* view that che ararti e * fie lserfteg, TTimeem nrngniaw that tha Agaoey did tttaa a oon acrive ifite fns rnrUnring tfeat tfaa em ploy us rating a bar indiatam i capacity, not t t n Age&ey amployaa 2a preparisi th* aiemoi ertine, ^ that her a a mntunrtnm dam dot w flact ttaa A ssa d 's official poetata*, Pu we rar, that tm seaaat has not remedied tha v o ta ta earned tar oottmosl reftrem es to tha artawstemi repeated <a the la view o f tha to halt or correct the that two r a d i prejudlcs batas with the m d tat, Miiiuearo is ( by Mosmoto and the to raqueo, n the stzoasast asa pmribta, that tha C a ta d Statai E&vironaaemi Precactiou Agg&cy, throoth tha au ip tan of NKtan* parlona a p iata audit oa tha two m orality I t a (authored by Zmta/duridod aad Zrah/GefTey) referanead wtahia the m i n andata. a*TM-- --h ooofldsat that tha aadlt wta ooaftam the ju pnlralnne reached by tha originel atastiiU i The la n n ta l radon urged karata weald serva to pat aa w d a this film oaunoraciy. Afaaaat suah | q ^toa r>fnnenTn ri& ***<* to offer n s i a to a aputarlow. O lran ttaa Company*! aotaaea-baaM focus, p n e e ra tk a of MBaaeam'i repmtmdo* for perfralas to can te worid-etass raetrefa tf of e n t importance to our aad rataarch operetta. Furthermore, tiene NIOSH la in the prece of ssuiag study resulta tamed, la pert, upon the 0 ,^. V.0' X ' ** * 000395 2- popolatiM >avoJv*d in the two ra d io apomored by M o n a , it Aoutd b# important for At aovommeot o fiao v i any tiara snorooeriy attached to NIOSH's work u a n r a lttf the z !i;.r charge* rtiitd again tha pradacemr rad io . la coaneetioa with NTOSJTs DioSn P n a n a . M ontanaho onriouiy funmhedNK5SH w iA com ptetedm ots S K f TM ESd Zm o m lity t^ in n c r ^C cm w a/t N iw . Wot V i r ^ h C k f ^ Dr vttniysF^carhutatNIOSH, has aU tbadataoacam qrtooerforaaaim partial. adit If Montana a n orovida fanfcar oswaaeo to faefliate coapletlonofin JSSSlvA fv u iu n f any drtititani data, it would be happy to do so. ` a I with to too that M onona believes do eharga nfced a p a rt tha two ra d io an tarty without mam, but that Monuuo'i own ability to entmartSSa chatiaa bat bean imMfcStfby A* lacom raptantOD created u Aa madia that your Afeaey bo challenged a # validity of Aoe radlai. This erroneous impreBloa k perhaps bait resolved vta dine: (ovarameat involvement in parformmg aa independent audit of the two itudie fbUowad wtA a publication by the sovemmeat in a peer-teviewed Journal of tha return of that audit, ir you have othar aluraadvo beaido tha suggest! audit to ratpoud to this situation, pleoe feel fn e to contact my office. We look forward to receiving Aa commitment of the government to proceed with A h work. DFSmdO/13 cc lU yaoad C. Loehr, PIlD. Chair, Executive Committee Sdrnce Advisory Board Office of the Adminmrttor U S Environmentil Protection Agency Bunts nJ), Director, Seiaooe Advlaory Board Office of tie Admiakoitor U S Eatirauunal hmetfan Atncv W acnU eM el 40iU $am tSW WaUaetoa DC 30460 Merily* A. Fbserhus, PhD. O iief Industrywide Studies Broach room Robert A. Tbft Leboruories 4676 Columbia Parkway Cincinnati, OH 4322ft-199* 00039S u 'j 0 j i 4