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OASSCM.tt. TWO 0.7,oaf OCT 1 1979 IN WASHINGTON Persistent, . Martha Angle and prevalent PCBsRobert Walters . 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. . 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 . 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 ------ 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 > ` 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 ' aa ablaallcua talavlalM c t of chemicals raaftai from preaa mons 008750