Fw: March 8 - 14, 1979 ~ The good ol'days at Dow Chemical

[Guest guest]

----- Original Message -----

From: " Ilena Rose " <ilena@...>

<Recipient List Suppressed:;>

Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 10:10 PM

Subject: March 8 - 14, 1979 ~ The good ol'days at Dow Chemical

~ They've been playing the same Propaganda Game for decades. ~

March 8 - 14, 1979

The good ol'days at Dow Chemical.

The Dow Chemical Co. accused the Environmental Protection Agency of a

" flagrant misuse of statistics " and " preconceived bias " in its ban of a

controversial weed-killer.

Claiming that the herbicide 2,4,5-T is " a safe product, " Dow president

Rooke told a press conference, " It's time to take a stand... I'm

sick and tired of the chemical industry being picked out as the evil of

mankind. "

The press conference, which followed a lawsuit filed this week to overturn

EPA's decision, is the latest incident in a battle that has raged over

2,4,5-T since it was used in Agent Orange to defoliate Vietnamese jungles

in the late 1960s.

~~~~~~~

Ýhttp://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:rWeBbMNVCOwC:www.fao.org/ag/agp/agpp/p

esti

cid/pic/Download/DGDs/245_t.doc+carcinogenic+%222,4,5-T%22 & hl=en

" Most countries have controlled 2,4,5-T for reasons of the high toxicity

of the 2,3,7,8 TCDD contaminant. The contaminant has been found to be

carcinogenic and to cause foetal abnormalities. Other reasons include long

persistency and environmental effects, bioaccumulation potential,

formation of highly toxic substances upon thermolysis, and the teratogenic

and carcinogenic risks associated with the TCDD contaminant. "

Ý