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iho ;lh :.r* 570 rc* ;o e! ped. rasa laws .> for . JUwuh;.he; :\'dui* .wdd : tho :l to >u in : bo . for is::i ?hc\v xls;ifce ur- - May 10, 1071 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- HOUSE I-I4I53 time. : is because the industry has not been ,abio to :.s*ure anyone that they aro $o::*.S' '.a U able to develop |>o\vcrpi;tu(jc lor lauding or for takkv,* the SST oft from any airport hv this country or in Vm world \vuhm (he tolerable noise Ilia* nal pain, increased respiration, lowered blood ceil count, and Inhibition of cr.i'bonhydr.Uo metabolism. Koic sellout effects arc those &u the kidneys. The , however, is on the liver-- to atrophy, followed by ; its now established for all aircraft by fine i'-'.A. So 1 couarauiiate iny colleague cn the j>j.v;nJfhv:*.i fight that he has led. NVe will Join, m mspjvu-king funds for develop ment of n;i P.SV at t.'ms point m jhv.o when the KOior.ti.sM and the engineers r.nd the aerospace Jn.iustry indicate lo r* (hoy can meet tho unsolved problems As pen's are not soluble in water, they arc--like DDT--very persistent in the environment. This insolubility factor makes these chemicals capable of being widely distributed over U>o earth via air currents. 'Their hazard is increased by Iho fact that PCU's. especially ;ho:;c of high chlorine coment, rcsu...*...b..i.o..l.o..m...CAlI break- /' i'.'j;, dovclopmoni--cnvivoninr.ua] down. uproble.m...s..,....m.. use prt&cm. CwO.M p...r..o...t.w....a....... -. V---C---3--*---..l.uivo i t'>o \V)u>;> thc/o lkir.-x have boon mot. I am United States by the .Monsanto Co. nnd sure wo will Ml join In helping to fund sold for use in general plasticizer np- Other Federal agencies to determine what course of action wm available to the i*cd* In April 1070. X called upon the Mon santo Co. to take action to prevent I-CB's from escaping Into the environment. I asked .Monsanto to legible special label ing for all Pcn-contalnmif materials. And I asued the company to release its annual production ami salca .-.Uliu.es to researchers In the field of LOT- pollution. . After meetings with iTprcsenlatne-; of o In my ollleo mu) exchanger: of idnice. MoiimuHo's O; game Cheml<fJJ5ivislon aerted that eifcct.vc August 30. 1070. Monsanto would M.;0 longer sell the chlorinated biphcr.yis to customers f< applications in general plast.clzcr o! ir.c c.-.a an*..c...T..o.nivo supersonic transport for our psulicchatioasns;coinolaclnotssedinsysttreamnsafoprpmlicearsti;onass, pe.rl.uo..d.d.e.u.s.c...ta..l.cl..a.t.hnenoatppbelicacotionntrsolrleedfe..r.r.T.e..rd.i.s..t.o..*..-in hydraulic fluids; and on extender for our bulletin 0/PL-3GQ." colleague from Illinois for the very plimcntary remarks he has made :.* my activities In connection with the SST projhv.m, in opposition to the construc tion of the S3*\ I also want to commend tho gentle* man for the very dynamic and ascrcwiva part he ho* played in fighting iho de velopment of the SST. . ' PCB'S--M.N'N'lIiONM.'lNTAI. HAZARD-- _ SHOULD DU BANNED The SBl-ANUR pro tempore (Mr. Vwcvtf of Texas). Under a previous or der of the House, the gentleman ire-' New York (Mr. Ryan) is ... 20 mSiuuos. Mr. RYAN. Mr. Speaker, mcnir--odr lives--arc being threatened by a deadly family of chemicals called polycldcr:::atc\'l biphenyls--FCS'*. Con cerned about the potential hazards of BCD's. I brought tills matter to the at tention of iho appropriate Federal agen cies over 1 year ago, hopeful that the necessary protections would-be taken by administrative action. Du; that action has net been forthcoming. Therefore, in tight of this failure and newly found evi pesticides, among other \iscs. Antonf; the w-lrio variety of product*: in which PCS'* have been used arc plastici zers. coating* for paper and fabric, fire- retardant compound.*;, pholothcrmogra- phic copy sheets, decorative sparkling plastics, asphalt, adhesives, ~ printer's ink. resins, rubber ts. paints, pesticides, iaenuers. scaling pounds, polyester film., and water-repel lent canvas for camping materials. When I first brought the matter of PCB's to tho attention of tho appropri ate Federal agencies over 2 year ago. I requested that certain actions be taken to protect our health and onr environment from the hazards of PCB's. At that time, I urged the Secretary of Agriculture lo ban the use of PCP'j in pesticides. The Ar.iTruHv.re Department agreed to discontinue the* uso of Poll's in pesticides and to cancel registrations fnoaIIrltiuuupovreinguuseetailddcoid^vtesth.h.seooot'cFFifooooonooootddduainaautoirn.n..leddgraDDPnrnCcuieBgl''^slf.e.d.v..me..l.s.lnfiso-r pen's to require the labeling of all products containing them, and to deter mine whether this chemical should bo banned completely for nil uses. In reply ing to me, the ir'DA advised me that it was undertakin/r a survey to riotcrr.ur.o Monsanto further agreed to reformu late firc-rcidstant hydraulic hu.b,, ba ex clude PCB's by the end of 1070. Tho company said tin* it v.culd ccr.* tlnuc to sell PCB's for use ;r. cio.>vd sys tem applications: for example, trans formers. capacitors, ar.d heat trarufir T.ulds. But it did agree to work v.r.h ;ts customers to control crr.b,s:ons to the environmunt ar.d to establish a service to collect spent fluids to be returned to Monsanto fer regeneration or de.t; ucf.cn in a specially designed high-tempera: .:e incinerator. According to a letter ::c.;n .Monsanto to me dated March M. 1571, Monsanto anticipates that tins In.cmtrator will begin operation or. July 1 of this year. In that March 2-i letter to ate, Monsanto stated that all ' sales of pt'.ychlorinated biphenyls to appl.cat.cr.s where the disposal of the end prciucc cannot be controlled have been d.sccr.tis'.ued." ar.d that the "complete range of fno-resis:a:it hydraulic fluids has been reformulated to exclude polychlorinated biphenyl." Fxkibkin:: a callous indliTerer.ee to :hs public welfare, k.owever, Monsanto has refused repeatedly to make sales arm dence that PCB's are entering our food the extent of food contamination from production figures available to me-- dtierar.int.o IbaanmP* CinStr'o* deuxccienpgt ftoordaayvelergytefelaw- *^'-,,L^'--7t,h"e' vr`os*i:TU's* o. whicM 1 syii -.nayo ooeived. FDA refused to set food tol inforn-.ation needed by sciou:is;s if :'.te;-* are to determine wk.at r.u.v.;::;!:s :: particular u.es. The hazards of polychlorinated bi phony cannot bo overstated. Manufac tured in the United States solely by the Monsanto Co. under the trade name Aroclar. ikor.c chemicals have been dis covered in a wide variety of foods and animals. Lila* their chemical cousin-- IKXi--PG'lriV; cause birds to Jay c^s with fl.cllo too thin to protect ike embrovs th.cy enclose. Tk.cy have a deleterious cffeet on the reproductive capacity of anlmals. And jkC.Ts ai;d their residue arc extremely toxic to animal life. But by far the meat fririhu-nihg hazard Is the effect of these chemicals on human beings. PCX's may be talr.n Into iIjo bedy by direct action upon the chin or as a vapor i.'.kcn through the ro.'.pkv.iory tract. Tl:o c.Vcct on the skin is chiorar.ee. The early symptoms are phr.p.'cj and dark pigrn.cntntion; later, more serious eruptions, Tcroorj who have been conih'.wouMy exPeted ;o?CD*s may tiuTer nausea, vomitIng. loss of weight, endema. and abdemi- erance levels and to require labeling. PCB's have ar.d aro crcopuu; into the I urged the Secretary of the Interior to environment. However, Monsanto has net to protect fh-.'.i ar.d wildkfe from this informed me that it would make -:1. hazard. He replied that investigations informauen mailable to "re:::er..:;':-l: v.ero being carried cut by various agen Government agencies" on a cor.ikif ::;i:.l cies of the Federal Government and the basis. Monsanto has also refused to results of these studies would bo fun- supply a complete list of uses o: HCD niked to the staff of the Council or. Hr.vi- claiming tins information ",.vo::!d servo "ro6r!.&m! clor.,tal;'l-uQ'"su*-al;.rit.yy,i ' no useful nonpoktica' purpooi I urged tk.o: CCoo;mmission on Product Safety to determine the nature and cx- Mor.sar.io has tr.kor. seme s:. public procure, to ro.ur.es cn`< tent of the threat to our environment, The Commission replied that it was r.ot possible for the Commission to conduct an ir.dtpth h-.v:ncl-.uion of the hazards of l?C2`s that time, And I urged the Council on Fr.viron- mental Quality to coordinate tk.e c.loros cf all appropriate Government agencies, so that the public might know the /ourees and the seriousness of the BCD danger, and that V. take s;eps to ck:ni.:.i;r this hazard as soon as possible. Tuc Council advised nso that it was working with conmnv.nation by BCD's. Du;:: to be done. Present control of depend.?;:: upon :ko o./eris fr.ith of tho Monsanto Co. r.r. coopo'.'.r.ion of each ar.d ewctt3:ome;-s. That is r.ot cr.ru*>. procceHon of cur cnisar.j from, ace of thus deadly cho'.v.lc.Y.. VI Covorr.mor.t h.as a respoihuu:'.;! sure tltat th.o nccessany stcus to proveut PCD con:a:v.inat;on by merely relying or, ;.ood of a corporation, it uutit set MGNS 060721 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-- HOUSE May 10, 1071 Federal standards and make cure-that at standards are enforced. Th::*. I rm.nved my car. for admlr.is- In January 1370, samples of milk col lected by U*.e State of Ohio Department of Agriculture, revealed residue of a sale of all PCB's and nil products con tainin'? pen's pending tho result* of this Investigation. (r.::!vc action by rxquc*ik'.g the Admin- 5.`;ia:o:' of :ke Mnv;:-onmcmnl Protection Ajywy (0 pl.ve on immediate ban on tho knpM't.v.ion. manufacture; and <olo of all products eonMInlnq POP.'*. with the ji.'xsible exception of certain closed *y.tom applications. I urged that he require th.tt any products containing IVil's, vhirb were not hxhuied in such a ban, be labeled with a warning of theiv detrlmental environmental effects. I requested that he obtain from Monsanto those pro-' product closely resemblin'* DDT and DDD. On February 10, 1070, Gcorno Sclnvarzwaldcr. a dairyman in Shreve, Ohio, was Issued a notice by the division of food*, dairies, and drugs to discontinue the sale of mint until such time ns the residue found in his milk was below artiottablo level. On February 27, an- ether dairyman. Franklin Humphrey of Hast Rochester, Olilo, received ft simliar notice. Subsequent samples from Individual Further, Z am calling for--ami this Is embodied in the legislation I am intro ducing--a permanent Federal ban on tho distribution in interstate commerce and the Importation into the United Slates of all pCB's, jjivnur. however, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare the authority to exempt from this ban I'CC s manufactured for u*c ns the dielectric fluid Ui capacitors, as the coolant in IrumJormcrs. or ns n fire rerlal.ai.t in heat transfer medm-- provided that ho due:inn find sales ngyres nccexsary to tows arid the bulk tank on these farms finds that such \r.cs cannot ndvu'.'iely determine :kc extent of possible PCB submitted to the agriculture laboratories affect the public health and welfare. In contamination-data which Monsanto and the pesticide laboratory at Ohio order to Insure tlic safety of all of our would not provide mo. And I ur.icd that State University rovculcd that the rcsl- citizens and the environment, tho-Eccro- Vho Fnviro.'.mcnal Protection Agency duo found in fids milk was not DDT tary must prescribe regulations detailing coordinate the efforts of all appropriate or any analog of DDT but PCjrs. The procedures for the manufacture, uoe. fovermner.tal agencies in dealing with Ohio State Department of Agric_u__lt_ur_e_ transportation. ` and disposal of any this hazard. So far I have had no found the contaminating tubswnco to FCB's exempted from this permanent pa::*6 to my requests. be Aroclor 1122:5*,44, manunffancHtuurtewdf by thv-e^ ban. 2a short, except for the action taken by the Department of Agriculture in banning PCB's hi pesticides, the Federal Oovennncr.; has not taker, any of tho r.cccmary steps which I have requested over the past year to combat this very serious environmental health hazard. 2 f.nd this Federal inaction most dis turbing. particularly in light of the re cent discovery of serious food contami nation from FCB's--contamination which could have resulted in thousands cf individuals tjnknowinyJy taking dan* Straus levels of Uds chemical Into their kctiics. Monsanto Co. . These FOB'S entered tho food chain through an interesting route. Apparent ly, the dairymen's silos were lined with a product called Cun-.ar which included In Ms content Aroclor 1254. The PCP-'s were then absorbed by the silane which in turn wns fed to the dairy cattle, re sulting in PCD contaminated milk. The potential harm of this PCB con tamination cannot be overstated. Nor can the economic damage incurred by those dairymen by having their milk taken off the market. And. although I have been assured by the Ohio State Tho problem of PCB's Is Indicative of a much larger problem--that of Ike al most unrestricted influx of potentially harmful chemicals Into tho marketplace. A licensing system must be established to insure the safety of a chemical before it can be sold in the marketplace, anti then only for specific uses. But in the meantime eveiyihing possible must be done to protect the public from known chemical dangers. Wo know tho hazards of FOB'S. We know what can and must be done to combat those hazards. And we must undertake those action* now. In December 1070, the Campbell Soup Department of Agriculture that this Co., of Camden. N.J.. discovered that fat problem Is now under control in that sample* taken from slaughtered chick State. I have been informed that silos en* contained a high quantity of ?CB In Indiana, Kentucky. Pennsylvania, and THE FBI AND ITS DETRACTORS The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a residue. Upon being notified of this find- West Virginia were also coated with the lit,?, and recognising tho potential dan same product. There is no way of know cer of this occurrence, the New York ing whether or not there Is similar milk State Department of Agriculture and contamination In those States and else Markets immediately stopped tho move where. previous order of the Mouse, the gentle man from Ohio (Mr. Ashsroox) is rec ognized for 30 minutes. Mr. ASrIBROOIC. Mr, Speaker, on April 5, 1S7J, House Democratic leader. ment of all poultry from the Immediate I* aivm.it not twryminigs two> use scaroe tactics., Il i*AlS ^oecs, charged cn area of Sullivan County, X.Y., where the am not saying that we should no longer - ! > ,r cXi;ie. ,*ous'- c* r-cpreser.c.*.t:ves chicken_s had b..o..o..n...r.a..i.s.ed. . drink miik or cat chicken soup. The point , c i`ti? n*"*?c . -^flhoncs of New York State Department of 1 k.*: trying to mako Is that PCS's arc M*nbcr* of bolh tne House and Senate. Agriculture and Markets then began a enterlno: the food chain. In the above- He sta-cd: Jull-scalo investigation into the extent mentioned situations, fortunately, tho W!usn iho rat ndo-.-_i tho mate* of w.e c' nc'.s'blc j*c4 contamination in poul- presence of PCS's was discovered before Sovlet Union and ihiic.-s Coapo, *.avr. it try. Their laboratory conflrmed tho ftnd* widespread damage could occur, but I tngs of high levels or PCD's mado by Cv.rr.'vbcll Scup Co., and the U.S, Depart:::cr.l` of Agriculture esta.b..l.i.s..h..e..d. a con tinuing restraint on tho movement of ul! poultry for slaughter In Sullivan, Ul* au-r, and Orange Counties, until it was found ;o bo safe tiu'ough a special screening iwst operation. As a result of their Investigations and in conjunction with USDA. tho New York State Department at Agriculture and Markets ordered that K3.000 PCB-con- fear that many other incidents of PCS contamination arc coins unnoticed, xvilh potentially lethal results. These incidents graphically Illustrate why this problem can no longer be Ig nored. Noncommittal responses from Federal agencies stating that they are concerned and will look into the prob lem--at some later date--can r.o longer be tolerated. There must be a tough c prciionsivo Federal program to meet this menace now. Mr. --Hooif.v.4e..r .is r1u`nning The a FD! lovlny ; ti tree country. I a*Z. oc'*'*. tr.at Mr. Mlichck, tlio Attorney General of tlte Ur.ned States, have ertouga courage to ucr.'.:.r.d v..e resignation of Mr. Hoover, Subsequently, my colleague, the gen tleman hom Louisiana (Mr. Bot&s) de clared that he had "proof positive that the FBI has tapped and bugged Mem bers' of Congress telephones." Ke said: tr.mlna'.ed chickens bo burred under close BV.pn-vlslon to make absolutely sure that they would not reach tho marketplace. The Campbell Soup Co., the U.S. De partment of Agriculture, and the New York State Department of Agricultuvo and Market* all Lock prompt action to deal with this serious problem, and that is rejisurinj. Mov.cvcr, tho carnage, which waul;! have resulted If this In cident had not been discovered in time, crj-.no: bo ignored. And I mutt stress that tills is not an isolated example. Therefore. I a:n introducing today a bill to meet tho problem of PCS's by legislative action and am renewing my c.'dl for nil appropriate Federal agencies to co all that they can to combat tins da I ? caltaj .'or ! and exhaustive investigation to bo com menced immediately into the extent of PCS contamination of cur environment ir. all food products. And I am calling for cr. Immediate tempovr.vy administrative ban on iho manufacture, shipment, and I *<ty tfti* categorically. Z Jtali have fur* tiler comment soon. Mr. 3occs' charges wore immediately chaUenped by House Ropubhean Leader Cuuauo R. Fon on April 5, who said: I aujecit that the tror.i Lo.;Ui- (act* tit tl-.d future. While Rcpveseiuat'.vc Boats' charges received banner headline*--even tho Washington Star gave it n:i eight-cciuma front-Ptico head--Mr. Foso's chal- ONS QbQUa