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FDA Limit on Toxin tiLfyiragu (Ei ilmnc TI1S WOHUD'U CKCA ibl NKWSPAPr.U 0. tOi.Oi* WN. FE8 13 1971 <$<* Substance Is Simitar lo DDT PY JOHN MACLEAN I |<pk.m 1 ' WAS 111 X G TON, Bflore .vimmiT. II* J* Pjl DMifl AdmlnWrMten `tt Ml *j telctOT*e tel C \r''nB' a tubMancc limllar 10 DUT in .Irucliirc, it Ml "cm Inrnrf. niiiiionrr * 0* TM- *>J" an inintlMftMltM'**>! CWMn wilt be U**t* 5"* parti below live current lev ' P --------- -T--------------------- 1 ! "'UrrCbMln"1Edwards J y Una* W Off " *W 7h* proper name of rCB ' 1 polychlorinated biphenyl- (jood in MiafciorlD| PCB. an WT | trial cm!*""4' ""'""`J' o* uyirf ei *2" " lead! MCI McM. I*" mod 1* tl aiIICW., paint, plaalHa and paa"0""PCB rclldua lwa been10444 ' | !l,h and aiVOIIa l.lawaa i >" aanirtc-1 and Eor"e' "This i a now nd eeparnto I variation o( tee 1M* Lett Richard Ro*. hend Ubo riA nMolirme taction, rna Pca, u : atudtr * KM " M"" ** FDA to Set Tolerance Level, for New Toxin Similar to DL (Continued (tom first page} pounded by their purchaser, March showed how PCr prompted in pert by the find the Campbell Coup Co. boon mistaken for DDT ii ing ol high level* ot PCB* la Could Oeeur la Storage bald eagle carcasses, lto,000 chicken* from the date Government scientists has- eaglet found dead are se of Now York lut month. arded a guess that tee incident Patuxent lor analysis. Prompt* NntteMt Check may hava been caused by ex posure of the chickens' feed to Tho Impetus for tee P. This find by the Department point containing PCBs, which eat study vis a report of Agriculture hoi prompted could occur in a storage bln, European scientist* In iwi the nationwide cheek. So for, in addition to wear and closing PCB In wildlife tin PCBi hava not turned up (a weathering of products con A separate study ot the high-level laceo. qumUtJw In otbor ' taining PCBs. srlenUsU say PCB* are spread thruout tea environment by Industrial feet* of PCB a fish is n way by tho Ptab and Wtt la New York, the levela wastes and by bunting train Sendee at the PUb-Pcui found la testing ranged from which contains PCBs on city Research Laborstory in Col p-p.m. to 30 p.p.m The dumps. bia. Me. Agriculture Department lmme- Bote PCB and DDT appear IS Pov Cent Dio dlateljr idled the PDA for a at Uw same point in spectographs, tho method used to do- One test showed teat SB cent of a study group of tolerance level. It waa agreed termmo the makeup of animal fish died wtthla II day* * $ p p.m. would be taken a * tissue- Until a year ago, it sp- kept in water with 10 ml temporiry-ecUoo level pears, DDT and PCB amounts grams par bier of a PCB k We deOnttoly feel UK* vu were added together and given as amounts of DDT. ul*Uo*. a Mated caie and anything os the market fa probably, Mistaken for DDT Swedish rtstveh wor have shown teat at nunj good," aaid Dr. Kenneth MeSwot, deputy administrator f te* AgrietQtare Depart- The first systematic work In U. S. to differentiate between DDT and PCB was dene at tee Patuxent Wildlife Research 1H different PCBs are slblo. Tho Mo U. & manutscti [meat's meat and poo)try topee. Center In laurel, MD.. a lab. Moosante Co., has speed Hen division. ' oratory of tee ment's Bureau Interior Depart of Sport Halms the government in tee ( it will set! PCBs cniy for Tba chickens involved |> the lea and Wildlife. In clotod systems, such New York cm hove been im A study published there last eieetrleal tranaforaer*. HONS 032*39 Il,,-PDCDMT, aM n*T *JJ i I as toxic." Ronk said. In eB--, as toxVe D The unanswered question whether IlW taka P"'"r ,hr.**..TM break* Brfljrt10 wh.i .a ar. um l **" Three br 4ovok4TM"" " Du PCD aWry 0CCUrT l "l^lbrocparb*4*1 blMJj- jcuHara I. * "' I'Tm**"1* ba** b""4