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BMblUl, UUIIH. PRLSS D. ly.ULO MAR 1 6 1976 .'v^ ^ \ Samples OfState Fish Show High PCBLevels jfrBCTHglTRCESON "pRol Reporter TM*ctlon water oompllanei Hartford <csnb _ Dui*rou levele of a undo gwnlcal comDound known ,, ECU are still turning u a srs?.! *. 55? Hlclala aren't aura what NofWnf you would t to faUi or a toxic doae,,Psaid Kathryn Glynn of the Heotifa Deportment. "But you would worry about the amount you were taking in,'* ^ Taylor aald oome of the tote given to determine PCB levefc wore for "e lot of other thkn" welh end that reports i Sts ^ ^ h " the reoultj of their teoto men The Health Departnwu Polychlorinated "pnenyle -- It a heat reeleUnt Industrial chemical linked toSwr laboratories, mwne several fish eampieo from one waterway both to up results and toftwnt Although thu Cmaettag ** were inconchstve. Taylor dalmod, the DBP md tfcnlth fopartnMnt "have a latrty and hat been known to cause tin dltordert and reproductive failure. omm testinf proceduRu call ,.0J, weight, which Individual aamplaa do not gttdfsel for a lack cfdemur* Tha atata caimat tail mr thoroughly, aooortkwlo The problem wit* the compound to thut It can be ftoetroyed only by a oadal Bie claimed the oongxslte ton had some validity tim* Me^etwmuSLefS TBylor, became the "rTi iMperlmem does not have tho WSmTtnegoe'mg^ftaJmVM, Jj*toUon process atlTW With both hlgh aid low PCB Involved la teetESSSSJ % "freei Parenhelt. That J2"ne the majority of all PCB a ever used remain bi the environment. Pleb taken from the Connecticut River in Deoember iTO revealed the TM*heM PCB levela of reeM concentratlone. Sophletlceted dxnmtry." le needed la detemdna how " PCB problem reaDy h. accordlng to Robeit Teylor, director of the D*P*rtment efEnrtranmental pPcCBB''ea. for For esamplt, date k ^ heller of tho DEP tratSw a tho UMveroal MonuteSta Owpmwtlon In BihtaenatS ly WaW htdmtyywSch la known to uaePCB'a amptetwlth a oonoentratioo Jy parte per million The federal standard la I P*d> per million In edible portion; of fid,. Safely Undarda eary. however. Miada haa tot giddeUraa of 1 parta per mllUoo. The chief of the oats' wppljea dlvltlon of the State Hnuth Department! admitted ftat the way those flah were le*ad wat `not a very good wmrlodott." TM Department wwtd a STMPfrt* *(*Mt toproduoo J* " ."** and It waa Impossible to determine whether one flah had **n>ely high concentration PCB, or whether all at* oontalned similaramounta hl|h roadlnf from tho Connecticut River waa "n"P,Other area officials are watchte for plentlal problema at the Park River fn Hartford, the Mmdptaw nev Meriden, and lake Ulllnonah, a catch basin fortheHousaionic. Individual December amtple* from (he Houaatonlc River ranged from a low of u J? f * per million, ^tamford harbor teats rvqpd MQNS 037191