i D O< o oa THE JOURNAL Of COMMERCE, Wedntsdoy, October 6, 1976 No Lalor Than Qrt. 31, 1977 Monsanto Announces PCB Withdrawal Date Jearnal of Comment Specie!

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB's) have found wide acceptance In the electrical Industry in the manufacture of transformers and capacitors.

COLUMBIA, S. a RECORD D. 32.000 NOV 4 1976 J~Monionto Denies Negligence In Pollution ANDERSON (AP) -- The Monsanto Co., Inc., has Hfnlwl K was negligent In the discharge of pollutants Into Lake Hart* welTl A rail against Monsanto was filed by property owners on Lake Hartwell, after health officials In South Carolina and Oeorfia waned against eating fish taken from the lake.

NEWS FOR RELEASE IMMEDIATELY 1971 Monsanto MONSANTO INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS COMPANY E.

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DEPARTED SWT Of nev/s release GE0L0G3CAI. snvn For release Stotcr.bor 20. 1972 Forrester (202) 343-'ifF.6 PCB SPOTTED IN NATION'S WATER RESO'JliCIiS PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) -- an environmentally persistent industrial compound chemically similar to DOT -- bat* been found in an unexpectedly lurgu number of sampling points itk streams, lakes, and reservoirs throughout the Nation, according to scientist,*; of the U.

NEWS 7u n&,' /\/a~ /^-a-t*r FOR RELEASE IMMEDIATELY 1970 Monsanto E.

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GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS Sctknm JS Iiftlay January H, J372 i Monsanto Co.| Files Denial In PCB Case BY DAVID S. r;nr.rMI DbllT Nt*-| Slcff Wrlltf Thr Mf)n>/i;to Ov. a leading producer of industt ini c h e m it<m,, jus viJu-vi it We.rs i,..

SUMMARY OF THE MICHIGAN HATER RESOURCES COMMISSION PCS MONITORING EFFORTS a 12/7-27 The Michigan Hater Resources Coranission began monitoring for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) early in 1971.

7jl SEP 7 REC'D In Arctic Animals "I think The problem Is un THE MEW YORK Among the reports were der control," he said.

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Gas Chromatographic Characteristics of Authentic Chlorinated Dibenzofurans- Identification of Two Isomers in American and Japanese ' Polychlorinated Biphenyls Retention times of 15 authentic standards of chlo rinated dibenzofurans containing from three to six chlorine atoms were determined relative to dieldrin on gee chromatograph columns of four differ ent polarities (3% OV-1; 5% SP-2401; 1.5% OV17/1.95% QF-1; and 3% OV-1/6% OV-210/8% OV225).