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iii) Varying Toxicity Factor:

It had been pointed out by a number of people, including
Dr. Ruth Shearer; Mrs. Thelma MacAdam; Mr.and M
local parents of a child on chemot

Says any adverse reactions from
community), that toxicity level
varies from’ individual to

affecting children, the elderly, people in ill-health,
and people on medication differently.

Interaction with other chemical compounds has already been
noted by Dr. Shearer in 2-4D, Round-up, and Atrazine with

nitrates ,(often found in fertilizers) ,to form nitrosamine,
a “highly carcinogenic" (cancer-causing) agent.”

Testimonies:

Included in this Committee's report are letters from Mrs. June Butler,
local mother of a child On chemotherapy; Dr. V. M, Andrueson

of the Elgin Medical Clinic; Dr. R, Woollard, Chairman of the
B.C.M.A.'s Environmental Health Committee, forwarding also

a copy of the Resolution of the B.C.M.A.'s General Assembly,

May 1977; and a California doctor in affidavit form.

(Attachments W,Y, and Z respectively)

Also included are official memos from the Department of Public Health,
City of Toronto, and Dr. G.W.0. Moss, M.D.,D.P.H., Medical Officer.

(Attachment AA)

Included. too is an article dated July 7, 1981 from
‘The Vancouver Sun entitled "Geneticist suspects pesticide,"
Written by Gillian Shaw, the article states:

“Joseph Cummins, a genetics professor who has been studying
the fungicide captan for four years, said it can cause
birth defects, cancer and skin rashes,

Captan is sprayed extensively on strawberry and raspberry
crops to prevent rotting.

"Most childhood cancers ~ brain cancer, leukemia, bone

cancer ~ are caused by exposure of the mother to carcinegenic
agents at the time the baby is being carried,' Cummins said
in an telephone interview Monday." (Attachment BB)