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Qbt TBlrl)ttt EsjU WICHITA. KANS. D 119.922 , OCT 6 1Q7R *i. . ^ . ..... Firm t6~Phase Out Risky CKemical 8T. LOUIS (UPfl - Monsanto Co., the nation's leading IMO u fire-resistant fluids and electric tnsulatlrw In casupplier of polychlorinated Mphsnyl (FCB), uaad as in.,, pacltors and tranriormers. electric Vmiistoc, said Tuesday tt will stop producing the '' Monsanto once made u much to K mllUon pounds of chunlcal by Oct. II,lt77, bacauu of poetlbls huardoia PCB a year, but that production has dropped to about effect! on tamam. . Mcnsanto uld the phasing out of production wtsiM |lva time for manufaettaen to find aubatltutet for PCB. Sub- 77,000 pounds In recent years u fean about envtrecmantal damage mounted, Moneanto'i American production of PCB wu handtod Utmea developed by the electrical Induin'are betaf by about employee at the ftrm'i plant hi Saufri. Ol.. taaled. although ttay may not prove aa effective In natat- across the Missl>si|>pi Rhrar from SL Louie, and the fbm Inf fire e PCB said probably no employee would leee Jobe becauae of '_________ ___ TUB ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Afancy, which called PCB a "ilfnlflcanl tasssed to human health and the environment," welcomed Moneanto'o decialoo. phaataf out of PCB. Hie plant omploya U00. Monaanto said aaloo of PCB amounted to leaa than ball of 1 per coat ol Monaanto'a bualnoae. - N. ' "The Monaanto declaim la a rifidflcant atop in dealing MONSANTO ALSO MAKES PCB at a plant In England, with ths total problem of PCB contamination,''said Ad- and production there aleowtU bo phaaod out, although no mlnlatrator RuaatU Train. . timetable hu been aet. . "Environmental contamination will continue to be a PCB-fllMIraiwfonmrsaraiaadbihlghrisabuiMim, problem due to the milliona of PCBa already In landfllla,' hospital! and achoota and In electrically powered urban aoilo. river and lake aodimente, In our air and water and hi commuter trains Their function is to either tnmseo or wildlife and human tisroe. This contamination will be reduce voltage or change the current In the system. Ce* there for yeara -- moving Into life systems, Inctudlnf padlors containing PCB are used to control voltage and Itanane." ` - Monaanto tald lari January It would atop proAicUon of PCB b no data was aet. PCB baa been uaod since about reduce power losses ki fluorescent and mercury lights. AC molon, rir-eondHMng eouvnason and IrievUou nstivers. I 8-5 BEAUTY FASHION I MO. 17.000 1 ' !.>. wo_mk_ 14. Ob FIRMEMCH ~ Appointment: Hano Bunlng, to aalaa representative, fragranoa division, Eaatam U.8. FELTON INTERNATIONAL Appointment: Charlee J. CHQtovann! to aalea acoount executive. He was formerly tales representative, Neumann, Buslee & Wolfe, Inc. Appointment: Haney S. Sclmur, to supervisor, cosme tic and allied application laboratories of Monsanto Flavor/Essenoe, Inc., a subsidiary of Monsanto/-/ Ulto ftfanlmri &lar NEW ROCHELLE. N. Y. (HEW YORK CITY MSRItEI MEN D 11,030 OCT 6 1976 JLPt < Kepone fines / Allied Chemical Corp. has been fined $11.8 mil lion for dumping the pesticide Kepone end other highly toxic chemicals Into Virginia's James River. It was believed to be the largest fine ever levied tor pollution of the nation's waterways. In another environmental action, Monsanto trial C--hemica-ls C-o. o-f --St. *LouuGnTanneunced It plans to hall production of polychlorinated biphe nyls (PCBs). Monsanto la the only maher of PCB fluids In the U.S. It was PCBs which polluted the Hudson River from aa upstate Oeniral Electric HONS 0365aa