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SSULTf CALIF. fiEi'.'S MAY 1 3 1976 CANADIAN FINDS SEWER aWiAACSuHiuIN>G-_T4OnfNti .lAaPo.l A Caudill goveramcst research sciealisl has olated a aew teraia d hacteria wife a hearty appetite for aae of feemast yersisuet worldwide er vari.ety o..f ceta_ moa bactenafaeaduiscwafe- have been feowa te reduce PCB couceatrstioas ia laboratory sofetioas from MMM part* per biUtaa tn lot few ppb is ahoul a *a prodaefeg type. He ays fee bacteria break does PCBs iate hamilni carOoa dioxide |u aad Ufhlweifbi organic acids bith an aanaaUy teak yolychbhasted hipheayU iPCBii. Dr Dteksoa Lh of fee Canute Ceuter for lfeaad atom * Berisagtoa. Ow week. Lie. who haa heea rctteichag methodi far treating talk. iaaelubte adwtaocet sewage for several years, says fee "We iatrooace the bacteria iato PCB- cootaniaatad sewage hkh has heaa onatedtad `brake* hue tiny psrtides) tkactem are not of a iha- BACTERIA THAT EATS WORLD POLLUTANT 99 99 * ttey particksof PCSa",, KBsokfeaRteM for their I-- 111--iiiiiin IShliawdi variety of electrtcai predaett as ia various fTypVmmofdif*, earh^4r caitoo paper The ceapaaads are ' ' ' feu of DDT i River to NevYfe Mies ceuncrcial ftetanus feayear i ia fee pectally feeders. The sate U S. prodecer of PCBs. Moaiaato. has nkatirilfrestricted sales fee chaatecils ie systems featprevent PCBs (rams* neot Despite this aad Lai say* feat fee amoeM of PCBs ia fee wiaeimi has sot dropped op- predaUy. He said his process ouy prove oMfol fate cow Ln refused to speculate oa whether fee process dd work oa DOT. hat said d is -'likely- to have promise ia degrading a wide variety of (hennefeiy waiter pofiataats. eperat oaly a few liters." Lia said, -hat the fiaidiia gowa meat will he nf up u actaal pilot ptefe fete June hew tktep wa wort eat saderfield ooaditiaH '' ipphcikli aaty tor sewage irealmoat. and would aot ort hinti^fciae HUNS 037266