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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
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