2.
Imbark mefluidide

Atrazine Primatol A
A-Atrex

Feed and pellets coated with
2-40, .
mecopron, and
dicamba

As can be noted, most of these compounds are listed on the
American and/or Canadian I.8.T. Lists (Attachments 23,3),
explained in Attachment F, which states in part,

“Tndustrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc., a subdsidary of
Nalco Chemical Co., is the nation's largest commercial
toxicological testing company.

Gver the years, IBT has performed thousands of studie
pesticides, drugs, cosmetics and other chemicals. Cn
basis of I3T data, hundreds of products have been reg
as sare for use with government agencies by companies w
contracted with IBT to develop the data.

Ss

In 1977, the government learned that IB? had been falsifying
test results on a massive scale. At least four large
chemical companies knew that data had’ been falsified for
pesticide products.

Since that time, government has done little to clean up the
mess. All chemicals involved are still registered for use

in the U.S. and government officials stand silent as chemical
compnies repeatedly refer to Bovernment registration as

the public's guarantee of product safety.

Although the Canadian and U.S. governments have not yet
banned sale and use of any chemicals involved in the Ia?
scandal, the Swedish government has. ‘wo years ago,

Sweden prohibited sale of six chemicals as a direct result of
the IBT caper....

"At the beginning of this thing, we thought we were dealing
with problems confined to just one three-year period,'

said a senior official involved in the probe. ‘Now we are
in a position where we have to regard all of I5T's data

as suspect.’ According to the Post (Washington Post), the
extent of the problem caused by the lab's alleged data
tampering was described by a senior official involved in the
investigation, ‘who said the World Health Organization, which
sets international safety exposure standards for potentially
harmful chemicals and pesticides, also relied heavily on
data from IBT,' *