CONTENTS Aishton, Preston K., on behalf of Sears, Roebuck & Co., statement. Aldrich, Dr. Samuel R., member, Pollution Control Board, State of Illinois, letter of April 15, 1971__ Aldworth, John G., general manager, Power Transformer Department, "Algae and Phosphorus," article in the Chemical and Engineering News.. Alpert, Dr. Joel J., Massachusetts Department of Public Health, letters Article from the New England Journal of Medicine. Amour-Dial, Inc., letter of August 16, 1971... Anderson, Raymond E., secretary and general manager, Lake Michigan, 1040 Anderson, Richard J., on behalf of DeSoto, Inc. and Sears, Roebuck & 695 Black, S. A., and W. Lewandowski, article.. 991 723 Borg, Grant K., professor, University of Utah, letter of April 7, 1971- 726 1039 Cadieux, M., Ambassador, Canadian Embassy, letter of September 29, 1971.. 1031 Coleman, Dr. Allan B., chairman, Committee on Accident Prevention, 790 Commoner, Barry, director, Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, 798 Dono van, Jerome J., Deputy Director, Division of Hazardous Substances 424 Eagan, John E., president, Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater 714 "Effect of Carbohydrates on the Symbiotic Growth of Planktonic Blue- 958 Ellis, Virginia, article in the St. Petersburg Times. Epstein, Dr. Samuel S., swetland professor of environmental health and "Agronomist Clears Phosphates Of Causing Algae in Waters," article from the Pennsylvania Mirror.. "Eutrophication Is The Nutrient Enrichment of Water Which Stimulates Excessive Growth of Aquatic Life," article. "Excessive Emotion About Detergents," article from Science. FDA press release on 39 detergents... Gilbert, Frederick A., FMC Corp., statement_ Page 748 923 1057 753 886 721 395 842, 850 Grosselin, Dr. Robert E., Ph. D., professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, letter of April 23, 1971- 783 Hall, George O., Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Charles Schwartz, Hall Laboratories, Pittsburgh, Pa., article Handler, Philip, president, National Academy of Sciences, article. Hartke, Hon. Vance, U.S. Senator from Indiana, statement.. HEW-EPA news release, September 15, 1971. 933 726 1024 396 Hillmer, Harold E., R.S. deputy health officer, Health Department, Fond du Lac, Wis., letter of April 20, 1971. 780 Horiszny, Mrs. University of Notre Dame, letter of January 5, 1970.. Ikard, Frank N., American Petroleum Institute, letter of November 8, 1971_ 749 1059 James, Betty, article in the Washington Evening Star. 770 Kappe, Stanley E., P.E., Kappe Associates, Inc., letter and statement of 1034 Kerr, Pat C., Doris F. Paris, and D. L. Brockway, article 966 Key, Dr. Marcus M., Director, Assistant Surgeon General, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, letters of: November 26, 1971 256 November 11, 1971. 256 King, Darrell L., Ph. D., associate professor of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri, statement.. 726 Article 967 Kinney, John E., sanitary engineering consultant, statement. 728 989 963 Lange, Willy, Tanner's Council Laboratory, University of Cincinnati, article.. 959 Legge, Robert F., and Douglas Dingeldein, article.. 1000 Lightfoot, Edward S., P.E., chief engineer, Missouri Water Pollution 732 Lohmann, Lawrence C., article in the Milwaukee Journal. Morris, J. Carrell, Division of Engineering and Applied Physics, Harvard 733 Nelson, Hon. Gaylord, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, statement, and additional material_. 339-417 Nesbitt, Dr. John B., professor of civil engineering, Pennsylvania State 750 "Of Causing Algae in Water—Agronomist Clears Phosphates," article in the Pennsylvania Mirror__. Okun, Daniel A., professor, environmental engineering, University of 973 754 Olson, Ann., "Speed Queen economist," article in the Speed Queen Dealer 769 735, 756 Pfeffer, John T., professor of sanitary engineering, University of Illinois Porcella, Donald B., assistant professor, Utah State University, statement. 739 388 744 762 Press, Dr. Edward, State health officer, Oregon State Board of Health, letter of April 6, 1971 Process Design Manual for Phosphorus Removal for U.S. Environmental Purchase, Mary E., associate professor, New York State College of Human Raines, William P., secretary, Asbestos Information Association, letter of Ravitz, Mel, Common Council of city of Detroit, letter of October 4, 1971.. Rogers, William D., Arnold & Porter, letters of: November 8, 1971_ Page 792 1060 772 165 1033 794 608 November 30, 1971. 613 Rundell, Ann, article from the Madison (Wis.) State Journal... 795 Schleyer, Walter L., government and industry relations manager, Philadelphia Quartz Co., statement__ 1025 "Sewage Treatment Tested for Phosphate Removal," article from the Centre Daily Times.... 992 Steinfeld, Hon. Jesse L., M.D., Surgeon General, Public Health Service, statement. 954 Statement before the Federal Trade Commission. 393 "Study Shows Wash Is Whiter With Full Amount of Detergent," article from the News Herald__. 796 Swisher, R. D., Inorganic Chemicals Division, Monsanto Co., St. Louis, 568 Terkeltoub, Richard W., article. 974 "The Eutrophication Problem: A Review and Critical Analysis," article.. 864 Train, Hon. Russell E., Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality, statement before the Federal Trade Commission__. 985 391 Letter to Miles W. Kirkpatrick, chairman, Federal Trade Commission Tuft, Dr. Emily, director, Poison Control Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Oregon Medical School, letter of April 6, 1971. Walker, James, article in the Tampa Tribune... "Washers, Dryers," article from Consumer Bulletin.. Wellman, W. J., Sellers, Conner & Cuneo, letter of October 18, 1971.. 397 790 747 933 1057 Westgarth, Dr. Warren C., director, Environmental Quality Laboratories and Allied Research, letter of April 20, 1971_. 745 ADDITIONAL ARTICLES, LETTERS, AND STATEMENTS (The following information was referred to on p. 377 :) STATEMENT OF RICHARD J. ANDERSON, ON Behalf of DESOTO, INC. AND Mr. Chairman, members of the Commission, my name is Richard J. Anderson. I am Vice President of DeSoto, Inc. and General Manager of its Chemical Group. DeSoto is a diversified manufacturer. Its main product lines are consumer paints, industrial coatings, detergents, lamps, lighting fixtures, and furniture. Its 1970 sales were $215 million. More than half of those sales were from the Chemical Group, which includes consumer paints, industrial coatings and detergents. The activities for which I am responsible include all aspects of research, development, marketing and production of the Chemical Group, including the phosphate-free detergent which we supply to Sears, Roebuck and Co. and ArmourDial. My degree is in Chemical Engineering, and I worked entirely in the field of research and development until 21⁄2 years ago. DeSoto is very research oriented. For example, last year the Chemical Group alone spent $5.7 million in research and development. Mr. Aishton, National Merchandise Manager for Sears, Roebuck and Co., has already covered the subject of efficacy of our product. I wish to address my brief remarks to the health aspects of our product. We agree completely with the concerns expressed before this Commission by Dr. Steinfeld and Mr. Train that the public should not be encouraged to turn from phosphate detergents if no safe alternative is available. We have been manufacturing laundry detergents for many years. When we undertook the development of a phosphate-free product, we clearly recognized our obligation to provide the consumer with a product that can be used without hazard. You have heard testimony from spokesmen for leading phosphate brand detergents that there is no safe substitute for their products. We cannot leave that testimony unchallenged. Nor can we leave unchallenged the implication by such spokesmen that all phosphate-free detergents are hastily thrown together products specifically marketed to capitalize on the public's concern over the environment without regard to personal safety. We do not intend to speak for any phosphate-free detregents but our own. We have not tested the others for safety. However, we do know that some phosphatefree detergents contain sodium metasilicate, which the Food and Drug Administration believes is an ingredient that poses a health hazard. Our product contains no sodium metasilicate, nor any other ingredient that we believe presents a health hazard. As an aside, contrary to the testimony by yesterday's final witness, our phosphate-free product has ever contained sodium metasilicate.1 I propose to discuss the exceptional steps Sears and DeSoto took to carry out this responsibility of marketing a safe product. Also, I will tell you about the laboratory and other tests that demonstrate that our product is equally as safe as the major name brand phosphate detergents now on the market. Our phosphate-free detergent is the result of a well planned research program that covered a period of almost three years. It is not a hastily concocted gimmick. Before placing our product on the market we took the following steps: (1) In May 1970, four months before our product was marketed, we requested and were granted a meeting with representatives of the Federal Water Quality Administration. We informed these representatives of the ingredients in our detergent. (2) In June 1970, three months before our product was marketed, Govern. ment representatives from the Public Health Service, the Federal Water Staff members assigned to these hearings: Leonard Bickwit, Jr., and Michael Brownlee. 1 It contains no enzymes and is biodegradable. |