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"The Journal (Wall Street Journal) said ‘the uproar grew
louder...when IST Said that hir. Prisque (IBT's former presi-
dent) had inadvertently ordered the shredding of hundreds

of records reauested by the SPA. Among the shredded data
were seven long-term studies on the cancer-causing potential
of substances used in plastics, herbicides, and cyclamates,
the artificial sweeteners. '

By November, 1980, a Canadian reporter had learned from

ZPA official Dr. Diana Reisa that nearly 250 of 600 studies
done by IBT-— and later reviewed py U.S. and Canadian
authorities — were found invalid. Reisa said 99 per-cent
of long-term studies were invalid. Other problem areas are:

Tests for birth defects — 76 percent invalid

Tests for mutations — 50 percent invalid

Tests on toxic effects to the nervous system — 50 vercent
invalid

Tests to determine the toxicity of chemicals if
swallowed, breathed or absorbed through skin — 30 percents
invalid

Medium-term tests for a variety of effects ~ 50 percent
invalid,"

In addition to the fact that many cf tne chemicals being used
in Port Coquitlam varks and school grounds are on the IBT List
and therefore suspect as to safety, long-serm and short-term,
the following data has been collected by the Committee, much
of it with the help of Dr. Ruth Shearer, whose report of

January 1980, commissioned by the City of Seattle, the Univer
of ‘lashington, Washington State Department of Zcology, and th

Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro), is included as
Substantial written data on 2-4) and Casaron (Attachment T).

Since her study of January 1980 for the City of Seattle, et al.,
Dr. Shearer has done extensive literature reviews and test
appraisals of numerous pesticides, using as her evaluation
standard the 1978 proposed guidelines set out by the U.S.
(Znvironmental Protection Agency), required for laboratory
tests to be considered valid and creditable.

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