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wtnoiw, Him .NEWS d am JUN 15 1975 i . ' Michigan panel requests national ban on PCB | LANSING, Mich. <AP> -- The Drug Administration. "A ban it a drastic step to Michigan Natural Resources The FDA has wired some take, but this ts a drastic proi> Commission urged the legitiia- nbipments of chubb caught In Jem," said William Turney, dt ! hire and (he nation Friday to Lake Michigan because PCB rector of water management for . ban use and production of a levels were found to be up to 20 the Department of Natural . I chemical which is con* psrta per million. The FDA to* Resources. laminating fish ia Lake Mich* gal level Is five parts per mil* There was no immediate re- I |gan. ' lion. Human health could be en* sporae to the ban idea from ; The chemical. poly* dangered at a level of 500 parts legislative leaders. chlorinated biphenyl (PCBi, is per million, the FDA said. Chemical levels of DDT and ' used in a variety of household PCBs appear In a wide range most other chemical con* prxktcts. The vote was M. of products, from paper to hand tsminants have declined in : "We hope this state will lead Map. Michigansince 1970, tests show. | the nation in banning PCB." the The sole U.S. manufacturer is But Turney said levels of PCB : commission said in a statement Monsanto Chemical Co^_nf SL y, Lane Michigan have stayed ' Commission Chairman Carl Lewis. j ^ Uie same or increased in dif* Johnson said hfe sees no . The company agreed in the ferent fish sampled, alternative other than an out* early 1970s to stop selling PCB when PCB was first dtt* right han. for some industrial uses. But covered in Saginaw Bay in iw, Kish in Lake Michigan have the chemical has since been |Wels of the chemical in catfish PCB levels above the limits sold for other industrial, com- were up to2O0 parts per million, allowed by the U.S. Feed and merrial and household use. "We're not unique. Other -------------- *' states, if they take a look at it ; will discover that they have | similar levels to contend with." said Howard Tanner, director of i theDNR. . j *T would like lo see Michigan lead (be way in banning use of PCBs) because I think it could be much more detrimental to . mankind than we had realized." said Johnson. I Tests at the University of ' Wisconsin showed Rhesus mon keys became ill. even at levels of Ion than five parts per mil* Hon. MOMS 031109