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A Mortality Study of Workers Employed at the Monsanto Company Plant in Nitro, West Virginia

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Citation

Zack, Judith A. and William R. Gaffey. 1983. “A Mortality Study of Workers Employed at the Monsanto Company Plant in Nitro, West Virginia.” Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library. Accessed January 8, 2026, https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/2231.

Title

A Mortality Study of Workers Employed at the Monsanto Company Plant in Nitro, West Virginia

Subject

industrial exposure

Description

Corporate Author: Monsanto Company

Creator

Zack, Judith A.

William R. Gaffey

Source

Human and Environmental Risk of Chlorinated Dioxins and Related Compounds

Date

1983

Series

Series III Subseries I

Box

047

Folder

1178

Collection

Alvin L. Young Collection on Agent Orange