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CORPORATE AFFAIR
Richmand Tlmes-Dispatch
E2 Sunday,June 4, 1995
BUSINESS
VIRGINIA
Problem debated
Hoechst Celanese Corp., which
Philip Moris USA blamed last
weekend for theproblemthatled it
to. recall 8 billion cigarettes, issued
a statement Tuesday denying the
claim.
The Somerville, NJ., company
. said it had found no evidence link-
ing it to tainted batches of a chemi-
cal “plasticizer” used in making
cigarette filters.
Philip Morris USA spokesman
David Laufer said the New York-
based tobacco company "stands by
our statement about the source of
contamination."
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