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ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEHOCKAT -- HfWEMBER 22-23. 1975
Chemical made by firm said to threaten fish
safety ia this coatry by the
MaesaaieCe. is wrtongsrinn
fish in the Greet Lakes,
federal official said CMca-
m-
The suteweat, aMde Fri-
ft>T el in rerimnail H i
tectum Ageacy caefereace,
fallows iirtywi that lew
levels of the rheticel--poty-
dderiaeied biphenyl (PCB) -
weft measured last spring in
the discharge ef a water
treatment pleat in Sanger 111.
THAT TOWN IS the site ef
Moasaata's PCB eaafartiir-
iagpiawt. MeasMle vetauri-
ty limited sale of PCB is U71
* soir *
The federal official, Assist* sol Secretary ef dee hderier
Nathaniel P. Hood, said PCB la the Great Lakes appears to be threateaiag the repradac-
live cycle of fish, iarinding those iavelved ia aa effort to
saf the
chemical is Beh get tea high
er), those Beh are ansafle la eat awder etMdar* set by
' Bead awd Drag
Bead said PCB has hoes leuad ia Bah templet tehee
an theta-
ttSB.
It is ^Thmally evaeywhaia. Aad I da am meow Jast the Hadaaa ftiver sad the satire Great Laima i>nai, bat...
OMa riven.'* ha said. Ceoceatratiees ef PCB
lesad to the water treatment tischargw of Saagat aiw exuamty low, ahm* parts par hilliea, a spokesman for Mensawhsaid.
THE SPOKESMAN said Man--aw had taken afabarate pracaatieaa to prevent thr
Before 1*71, PCB was wad a eataereat protects, such
as hyfraMir Bah end hra
PCB flaid mated 1
ef the peBideai in
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fra tiler Mo this rhowiirol t
* torad ig fnmd
in Beh, it tteftod its sale ae aaufactartrs aeiag it ia sealed iraariermwt aad capacitataro, the ipeheemea said.
The chemical Is asad ta such predocta bacaase it is highly reeietinl ta heat, the
tpokonw said.
1, Coasnd Act, whh h^aUgrre
However, eace PCB es> the sgeacy c<tatroi over
capes Me water, it rameiae; menafictariag. distribute*
there far a very towg tine aad dUpeeil ef
withoat dacompaeiag, the> cate as PCB.
ginlanaea Hid
Thu bill has
THE EPA is paahiog s bill up ia _
called the Toxic Sabotages toes wet Wl.
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