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CLEVELAND, OHIO D. 409.4U SUN. S45.C32 OCT 18 1970^ _ Outlaw Cans, W W.... 7 ... ^ ' 7.(4'. Vv Bottles in : 't_r,v' "i -- i * Li* --;' (; Sy- ;,, Wildlife Area By^Jkoui* G*U 4 K"According to Keep ' Outdoor Editor America Beautnifutl," Uthie ^r-v---v^;' 'V 'V-~ v\ federation rep or t stated On* environmental deci "Cleaning up litter: left by f - " . VV ^.; :- : ;y :>rv'-v, - .,4; * *) sion may start the move to pigs in Federal packs, rrvcr?a the national despoil ests and other public lands ing of our American parks will cost taxpayers approxi HUNTEH Who? Apparently able to diatinguieh between earn**t *nd v-jjilcraess yr- areas. [, Craig Rupp, v a mately $22 million during fiscal 1971. 'This is a 12 percent in waterfowl hunters armed w-.th sholgunn and unarmed photographers, these ducks at Pymatunmg Lake permitted Plain Dealer outdoor editor Louis Gale to ahoot them with a camera but flew off when Superior Na crease over fiscal '70 and opening day hunter*, approached. tional Forest about $4 million more than * upervisor, announced this Kweek bottles and cans will ^ ' the entire budget of the U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries Vildlife." " Tlife Fed b e prohibited l ; in the Bounda- Li-* ry Waters 0ALa Canoe Area of the Superior starting May 1, li>71. eration also reports two en couraging -- but rare -- in stances of American compa nies taking direct action to reduce the increasing rat* The million-acre Bounda of environmental pollution ry Waters Canoe Area in ' In this country. northeastern Minnesota is The Monsanto Company,, tii* second largest unit of 1 only U. S. producer of a HEAVY WATER Industri al contamination of our na tional water is continuing practically undiminished, the Wildlife Federation warns. Many plants contin ue to dump highly texia mercury, lead, tine and oth er metal pollutants into the nation's lakes, rivers and oceans. In a report to the Senate Harry Schroeder, professor of phsyiology of Dartmouth Medical School said environ mental pollution by toxio metals is a much more seri ous and much more insidi ous problem than Is pollu tion by organic substances such as pesticides, weed killers, sulfur dioxide, ox ides of nitrogen,carbon monoxide and other gross problem It illustrated fact rats and mice sj their lives in an e meat controlled as to lie contamination lb 25 7-ercent longer 1 animals in the contai environment of th< animal quarter Schroeder warns. There are two rep Sible jortnis coafioi the National Wilderness group of persistant environ .Subcommittee on Energy, contaminants of ah* and wa lution of our envirot Preservation System. H is mental chemicals -- polythe only canoe wilderness in . chlorinated biphenaU called the system. With more than PCB's -- has announced it Natural Resources and En vironment recently, Dr. ter. ' "The Importance of this 1. "What else Is m 2. "Let's stop It!" 100,000 visitors a year, it is is restricting their, produc the most hcavily-used wil tion and tightening controls derness unit ia the nation. ' over- their handling and dis Rupp said the decision to 'outlaw non-bumable food and beverage containers is the first time such a rule posal. PCB's have been In use' for over 40 years and have been showing up with has been made for any area alarming regularity in tests in the National Wilderness . conducted on wildlife, the System. He said the deci National Wildlife Federation sion came after extensive reports. In these tests. study and Involved the pub-1 PCB's were confused for lie behavior patterns. some time with DDT which Enforcement of the no can. no-bottie rule is they resemble Jn .chemical' structure. . cd to reduce .annual refuse. Monsanto reports H has J by 360,000 pounds in tha. stopped all use of PCB's In j Canoe Area. This should what It calls "open sys- j lav* some $30,000 a year in terns." These Include adhe - clean-up expense^, sives, sealants, chlorinated i Rupp said elimination-of non-burnable refuse in the wilderness area may caus* q1(u1UicVk b1/uUrUn aIUmUoUnUg6 s"JoUmHWe rubber, specialty paints and other similar items. Hereafter, Monsanto, re veals, It will use .P_C__B,'s prin,-, overloaded, inattentive tour-; ^paliy in dosed sj^tems. J.tfi who will try to slip past 2^es 1 n c 1 u de electrical check points with tnelr trarj^ermers aad capadta- cases of canned" or bottled ,. beer, soft drink* and canned.; The W"P"y ^ foods, . . it has built a high-tempera- 3The public should become quickly substitute-trained. Jpjpp said. A number of firms manufacture dehy d, ra ted.. a.nd .,f,ree2e-dr.il. .ture incinerator to break down old PCB materials into harmless components. Monsanto will offer its cus tomers the use of the incin. erator if they have no otheerr)ji loois which oiler varied ot ^ ^ b ,,f pCB. ' means nnd are packaged in I 8afei_ - bornable containers. *-SEKuonal Wildlife Fed- He saw substitutes for mort canned or bottled car- bmjotcd beverages ace also avsilabie in a variety of brands and flavors packed in burnable or reusable yUstic-type containers. Wilderness area visitors wiii be obligated to carry mil any containers from oih- than foods and beverages along vv;th metal foils and other refuse which is not burned. ' The Boundary Waters Canoe Area rule is a start in the salvage of this wilder ness area.' Rupp said some people will object to this rul ing but "most Important the life expectancy of the PV/CA as we know it loday will bo prolonged." In anotluT r-jinr* mndo tV\ Wrrk. tin* V ;i ti! 0 n n l W 1! .| n < t v.l.'-.UH'n rj'i-'I !!'* n>'\ * I*'*; -1 nation also reports a new phosphate-free soap has been developed by DeSoto, Tnc., 0/ Des Plaines, JU-, and Is being marketed pri marily through Sears, Roe buck and Co. It will be called a non-polluting heavy duty laundry detergent. The new soap is guaran teed not to harm the envi-1 ronraent. It is totally biode-1 g r a d a b 1 e and will break down in natural environ-! ment surroundings, accord-1 lug to DeSoto, the Federa-j tion reports. . ` The soap tested more < effective at soil yrirtnpyql I than phosphate dtfergwils; in hard water and only] slightly loss effective in soil) water. It compares wilh; pI'ii-,phatos on dyed fam-iiljj ;r.*l is less corrosive t!vu| V-I xphplc Iu, ^u-ui'iv "'1 i "\v_ M ti e in*1 * 1 DSW 552496 STLCOPCB4090913