"A e old woman, who frequently worked with paraquat
in was admitted to the hospital after manor scratcnss
on her arns and legs developed raised lesions, xuding
clear or bloody fluids. Other symptoms ineluded headache,
breathlessness, chest tightness, anorexia and weisht loss....
Within 14 days of topical therapy with Burrow's solution
compress and petroleum gauze, marke d improveme:n was evident
and she was sent home. Seventeen days later she wal -eadmitted
with symptoms of dyspnea, cough, fever, nause a/vomiting and
new lesions. Progressive deterioration included hepatic
and renal dysfunction, extensive coagulative necrosis of the
skin down to the fat, and respiratory failure. 3he died
12 days later. Histopathological findings, togethe vc with
similarities to vreviously described paraquat poisonins in
animals pointed to vesticide poisoning. Studies have show:
that varaquat is normally not inhaled to toxic doses during
normal avplication. Presumably only small quantities at any
one time were absorbed by the woman's skin, however, tha
cumulative doses may have been considerable. The long term
interval between exposure and death may have been due to
small doses and the route of entry of the rnesticide,"

Or. Shearer also reported that 3 teratogenicity studies
SF Paraquat (Granmoxone) for birth defects after conception
ndicated retardation of bone formation and srowth retardation.

3) The insecticide Killex is a mixture of 2-49, meconrop,
a

nd dicamba, at least 2 of these comoounds being on the J. 3.
I.B.T..List.

An article in thé Yancouver 3un, June 21, (Sttachment 7)
is head-lined "Yiged Killer causes birth i in rats,
Canadian scientists claim." The author J Carruthers ina
Special to The Sun writes from Cttawa:

"The weed killer 2,4-D has been found to cause birth defects
in animal experiments performed by two federal nealtnh
department scientists, Dr. #.5..xhera and Dr. W.P. hickinley.

The results of the Ottawa experiments just published in the
U.S. scientific journal Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology,
confirm suspicions raised almost ‘hree years age when a
related weed and brush control chemical, 2,4 root » was found
to be teratogenic to cause birth defects."

In.a public information shees on 2~4D, Ridge-lieadows 5.P.2.C.
(Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge branch) states:

“Research shows that as early as 1948, 2-4D was known to
produce liver and kidney damage, heart attacks, severe
destruction of the central nervous system, Zenetic changes,