E-Mail Address, State Dept. Negotiator, Geneva Meeting

[GCJeffrey@aol.com]

Letter to POPs US Negotiator

For those of you who do not have access
to a fax machine, this E-mail was pulled
from the FIVE STAR Hotel Intercontinental
in Geneva Switzerland.

geneva@interconti.com

Nice to know that our tax money is being
used so effectively to provide comfort to
those who are allowing the Chlorine
Chemical Council members to continue
to make toxins.

Be nice in your comments.


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Subj:   (HOTEL STAFF - Please hold for Mr. Brooks Yeager, 
Date:   8/31/99 12:29:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From:   GCJeffrey
To: geneva@interconti.com
CC: GCJeffrey

(HOTEL STAFF - Please hold for Mr. Brooks Yeager,
scheduled to be in Geneva before Sept. 3, 1999) 

To: Mr Brooks Yeager
U.S. Department of State,
c/o Intercontinental Hotel,
Geneva, Switzerland 
Fax:        (From USA international code: 011) 41 22 919 38 38 
E-mail:  geneva@interconti.com
Phone:   (From USA international code: 011) 41 22 919 39 39 
http://www.interconti.com
***** Star Hotel


From: 
George C. Jeffrey BS Chemical Engineering
Executive Director
Citizens Reaction Against Pollution



Re: POPs Treaty Negotiations Geneva/
      U.S. Position on Dioxin- ("Agent Orange") 
      

Dear Mr. Yeager: 


DIOXIN, INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES

 I am writing to express my concern about the U.S. position on
dioxin and other by-product POPs in global negotiations on
persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

Do you know that Consumer Reports tested meat based baby
food for the incinerator making poison dioxin, the nasty in
Agent Orange ?

CP found over 100 times the US EPA limit for dioxin
(Agent Orange), a toxic chemical that is strongly linked to:

1.  ADHD      (Per CDC Internet Site).  Out of control at 12% population+
2.  Diabetes   (Per ADA & Congressmen's sites, 6% and doubling/10 years).
3.  Porphyria  (Per Dr. William Morton, 9% and at least doubling/20 years).
     (Brown spots on skin indicating liver damage).

As you know, dioxin is a pollutant of particular concern around
the world, including in the U.S., where 46 states have issued
advisories against eating local fish because of dioxin
contamination.

The U.S. is the second largest dioxin producer in the world
after Japan.

The average American adult receives 300 to 500 times the daily
"safe" dose of dioxin through diet, and breast feeding infants
receive 50 times that amount.

Dioxin has been linked to serious health problems, including
cancer, immune system disruption, and reproductive and
developmental problems. 


INADEQUATE USA DIOXIN PROPOSALS 

The United States has an opportunity to take a leadership role in
moving the world toward reducing and eventually eliminating
man-made sources of toxic dioxins.

But your proposal that countries develop national action plans
without reduction targets and timetables falls far short of this
goal.

As intergovernmental negotiations resume this week, please
reconsider this proposal. 


DIOXIN MATERIAL PHASEOUT, BETTER USA PROPOSAL 

 If it is to be effective, a global POPs treaty must require more
than plans for action — it must require real action to eliminate
sources of dioxin.

The U.S. should propose treaty language that emphasizes
pollution prevention and a gradual phaseout of dioxin-producing
materials and technologies.

Emission reductions should be required where possible, and as
soon as feasible, with the ultimate aim of elimination. 


 Thank you for your attention to this very important public
health issue. 


     Sincerely, 



George C. Jeffrey BS Chemical Engineering
Executive Director
Citizens Reaction Against Pollution
PO Box 11622
Jacksonville FL 32239
(904)564-2620
GCJeffrey@aol.com

Citizens Reaction Against Pollution is listed in the Poison
Control Center and library book "Chemical Exposure and
Human Health" by Cynthia Wilson