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OASSCM.tt. TWO 0.7,oaf
OCT 1 1979
IN WASHINGTON Persistent, .
Martha Angle and
prevalent PCBsRobert Walters
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washincton <neai wits apoiomas to composer woody
Gvtkrtc. hm'l ao Uat lr on af Urn country* hot-known
Mk mn "Fro* the redwood foreati to tko Gull Stroom
watara.t&e land is aoakad with PCS." PCBa are pelyckleriaated biphenyls. a family of tonic kifhrial dMiniealo that have eaueed livtr dam
... It la Moratory animals. I femts ipaa tho aoelhern coaat o( Oreaoa. Mr* a commercial bakery recently dlacovocad tint a had portiwd - aad now mat daotrojr - JO.OOf PCB-ooaUml-
Tkr'Sdf Stream waun wask tko mot coast cI Florida.
wbaro a chemist receatlyfeead a marked decline ia the poteo-
tlal fertility o( youaa nta tkat appeared to bo rotated la part
M PCI tracos found iatkc mbiaru' aparm.
Tkis meatk'a reports aI PCScantaminatiea aren't llmitad
to Uwae two autaa. la Franklin. Idaho, a pawltry company la
la ika process al dastroyiad mors tkaa JSO.abO contaminated
aklckaaa sad aiaro tkaa I ratUlea yalaaaad p.
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la Cbatea. Iowa, a parkia* company la dmtroylo* tko moat
Iraai IMM ataao chickens, all puackasad Inn tko Idaho
lira la Wchmaad, Utah. PCS iracee kaoo baaa fooad la
nm Itaasa cakoa tkat also meat ko destroyed.
la ~ -'' r MaaL. ladaral hoolta officials have converted
aa a boa prniaaaiit firm wkoao maat mail byproduct la see-
acted of hatao tko aaarea of tho most racaat outbreak of
wilaiproadPCi caatamlaoilaa
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tko aouanuaoat laoHaatlaa already ancompaioaa maat al
tko country's aartkwaak auadraot hacaaao tho Montana can-
paa7y aalla ISdd*.J*M** la MlM** pouada of animal (sad weakly
Kraudhael WnbHaHa. I
Narthbaketa aad South [
Tka Flarida aaappaarrilaaaarra, dmrrthad at I
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aMaaMaa!l Mmataltiiallt taif IIkIaI Amartcaa Chemical Society, lad naaarc.hars -t-o--c--a--a-d-e-de --tka-t-------p-e--r-c--e-n1t ai f a penp al male
caUaa atadaats Involved la tko Wadjiaffi I fiun fwctloo
alstertlity.
Otkar adsntlsts reported at tko Amartcaa CkeaMcal Saciaty
coaueatlaB tkat tana of PCBa (all (ram tko air sack year am
tko Great Lakaa-
Pood products confiscalad. dsatroyod or kaaaad by Moral
offleiaia bacauao of PCS ceataaiiaouea dooavwod bi the car-
ly 1170a include tbc Mlowtnf: more tku teases ana Vlr-
(lala aad North Carolina. M M poeada of taakay red w
South Carollae, M.Odt turkeys la Mlaasaala aad MM
chickens la Maine. New York aad Nsnk Cbaekaa.
There'* more. Now York's Nadaoa River. Alabama's
streams aad Lake Mtcktfan ware Mad la have web I
levels of PCSa that HakiBg la tkeee watery wee >
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aad anarketar af PCBa for lineal half a notary 1 prnpigMidjiuw ike public about tho real aad
Tko Hsaaifce 6a-'of St Louis Bandy baked da pvedurtim
af PCBa (sold under tka Areolar trade aaaiaf la dm aaaana af
1077 - bat not aatil it bad produced impl ef Ike Wax upem
la fleet aa entire aavy.
Monoantc baa claimad in reteceanmt yeaan tmhaant Ia aalwimays waa
_ pm4 fcy PCBi
mryrffort" toMtptlMMMte * ` ` ' ` `
M vim tWlkrmt(PCSi
197te> Uaaaam MnM
etertn miraoMi
sattomi npirtia|."
Tho company now haoiniaalefaaimhltloasaad lapmrii* advartiaOM campsite deeifwed to darttaoaWMe that ibiaUeeW
afavalaakla.lfaalMlapaaiakla.toa
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aa ablaallcua talavlalM c t of chemicals raaftai from preaa
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