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ST LOUIS POST DISPATCH
Thur,, VtfguM 17.1978
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Officials'Trace Carcinogens To Indiana Dairies
INDIANAPOLIS . (UPl).PotaoiallyJorml inssmMts gofi the ui aewn'taai ti aiawnilngg cehbemieca]l PCI lhaave be trend to the mtBt produced at three Indiana dairy
fan. and Ian level oantenaaaHen hm been fond In
mtt mil other dakiae. Aafanaae nfflrinl aaM Wiibiaadayid
nallan nan an aarkos pokUc beam hazard. h ha weened Mat KB may be found lor yean became the
-hir'--' vat widely toad as a sealant in lead grain
e-wrtrstedW5h..Mad to cantor In laburamiy aahnals and la liver alnall lelSrth defects In bomaae. The same mhdtancas have cmuUS I sarlaoa pioblaai
la Nanh Candida, whan PCBa t ' ` '
roads in 15 counties last week.
Stan etivirtsvnental officials said they mU ansource pretiminiry plane today to data up the nen, and law enfottemmt officials an looking for those
Vartnaadiy involving track
chaadcalaandhaan -- The operanm t* a barga carrying IntkMrial
nutae agnad to ntntt a cant ruling baton dumping the tonic content! in southern LouMaae.
--Two Rhode Island state fries prepend to aak a court to rule that several companies an nsponsibte lor cleaning up a chemical dump.
-- a gnup roptuemring cheedcal and fertiliser manafactums charged that loan farm officials ire
overdramatiiiag the effects of a new com borer part-
tide on the honeybee population.
The three southern Indiana dairy terms where pegs nen found wen forced to slop prodectioa. but the r at which low levels of the chemicals were traced will con-
0* pndoctioa, said Donald ffiatbuD. director o< the state Rsalth gourd's Dairy Dtvisian-
In Plaguemine. La., a chemical waste disposal company agnad to daisy uaiaadiag its barga of inta-
trial waste from Tams uatd a state court rules on the legality of an Iberville Parish law against tha dumping
Attorneys for Kokins Environmental Services Inc. have glad mit challengingthe ordinance.
The parish has bam ordered to thaw cause m Aug. IS why tha court should uphold the law.
A similar sail dunging law in Evangeline Pariah was overturned by a state court on the gnmad tha the lew interferes with interstate commerce.
lion than M ham natdanti of the Bayou Sons! and Grand River areas srgsd the perhh police jury Tues day night tofight the cempmgr's court actim with an other suit, promising they would support any action m
The protest was sparked by the deathof truck driver
Kirtley Jackson, lb. of Plaqueroine, whom body was
found in a truck containing chemical wastes.
In Providence. R.I.. two state agencies charged that
several corporatioM played a significant part in plac
ing espioeivo and tone amnicals in a dump on a farm
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owned by Warren V. Pidlo near Coventry Amtstant Attorney General AUaa P. Kubine dedinnd
to name the campanlm. indudhw soma out-of-state
tusinasaas. undl the motion is filed with Judge Donald
F.Shm by early neat walk.
.
Last year, the judge ordered that the dump be
dtaMduf. No later tamd Ptcffia hr contempt of as order to
diepiei of the rhsmirele That operaam km bam at a
Tha stats Depirlmam of Enviwmuantai Manage ment, caaceeuad that the chemicals am aaapiM toward
tha Moosever watanhad. said it will Us a finel plaa with the court to reneve the maoicala MU an the site