Document E9pogv45gRQZ8pjXMQ4B9NkV

]uhf 29, 1971 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD --HOUSE II7445 fity health ofllrlala In a twoprogcd attack ited-pAUW yowling. One pan of the* program would detect and treat children suffering Jc*d*pat poisoning. rue M*ond part would amend the housing rode io require elimination of lc*dbnt>cd iliiiu from use ht housing. Only one donih from lead.pnlnt poisoning has been recorded in the city in recent years, till oflielalM fesr that hundreds of children juny be sunermg from Ita eficcu. A study hy the Poison Control Center of Children's lli.|ilial of two dKcn Homowood brushion V'nur.Hlfm found that a fourth of them had t ilsniierous level Of lead in their systems. The committee adopted a thrcc-polnt res* M-.hot which provides for: V ..'ht'iuunmiM to Upfilh dufling nola * amriulmenU to the housing and health A.\ Application fvr federal funding to car et ,,ti a h>ad*pnlnt removal program in cxist- c housing; lApioration of Kiting up a fund to give hixn home owners low-interest loans to re* n.tiHi thrlr homes with no-lead paint,--Piffs- l.srgii/'rcsi, May 7,1P7I. * ' VraOINlA Ti,f No.r.fvo,lrk Lye,-and. Control P...r.o..g..r..a..m.....l.a....t.h. e.. , am (.ns to be funded under a new set of 1 *W**d oommmilly guidelines drawn up ! by the Public Health Bervloe and also is 1 l!','i!r?ti.<'n'Xn" * pm>- tMimnipd 500 who arc *o sick they should bo h*jiun4 rtaut away, they **td The current screening procedure Is op* .rated out of a mobile touting facility. Communlty aides knock on doors m the neighborhood and ask parent* to bring their children to the trailer for testing. The test involves drawing blood from the arm into a small con* vainer whioh Ls taken to the city's testing lab or ^j11 ,c*d level.--Wasbrnpron Fof. May 28, 1971. -Wisconsin Lefta poisoning among Inner city children become so severe -in Milwaukee, that Children's Ha|j|Utl has established a special clinic to provide improved diagnosis, treatfient and aftercare of lend nojsonlnp victims, h llidTi Kin children (lilt! from lent) polNJumgi and in 1070. close to 60 youngster* were treated for the poisoning, None have died, but an undetermined number have been left menially retarded or otherwise brain dam aged. Lend poisoning hat also been found among racing drivers and meohanlo*. Several years ago, a MilwAukee surgeon, Dr. Mlehaei A. Poiacck. medical director of the Wisconsin Auto Club, found abnormally high amount* of lead in the blood test* of two nationally known drivers who had been hospitalised ** a Kr;"?"hK h.VMrl;~u "; Commission on Product Safety, the Council on Environmental Quality, and the Environmental Protection Aeenev uko snerinoa u.a lmer r\K acuotta to protect the Amer- lean people a* well a* fish, wildlife, poultry, and livestock from tho hnsards of PCB's. Yet in an almost unprecedented dis piny of callous disregard for the safety of our citizens, that action was not forth coming. The result* are now tragically apparent. . And despite the unfortunate lesson of this massive PCB contamination of poul try, the Federal bureaucracy till has not acted to iiioYunt it recunencs In Mu (u* tUrc. The failure of the Federal Govern ment In this entire matter ls both shock ing and Inexcusable. In view of the unconscionable neglect on tho part of the executive branch, the Congress must now act. I have Introduced legislation--H R, 10065--to .prohibit t.h...e.....I..n..t.e...r.s...t.a..t.e. distrlbutlon of PCB's. And 1 urge that the appropriate congressional committees Immediately undertake a full and ex- haustlve Investigation, not only of tho Cerent massive contamination of poul- try and uw need lor Federal leglrUUon 1 r^ involve* Initial ecreenlm mfwurwTwnductedbye*heelth depsruiilnt I luff asaell a* a communltywlde project to < Utahal support and Interest tn combatting i bad poisoning at the neighborhood level, I KSfR'tlcS'i* i!*thJm fTM'the*?*** trobum ' * ~ .TkKArw(Sai mt MetaHteSdiMd Seiuir Miktlty Model City Neighborhood Center ...d arterding to prop am ooordinator Ario Vim Coker, he and hi* staff have collected mere than 76 paint eamplee from home, iii*;..;fhont the city. Working through a list j tt..\Attn treated for lead Pawning at !.g> Daughter* Children * Hospital in J."> and namee supplied by olty*wJde ollntcs, . k eald that in most Instaneos, as many ts half of th* samples oohseted com* back ^olwuln, K. Vh.t d: had such high levels that poisoning to control this deadly chemical, but also wov,ld be *peoi*d; they also had poisoning into the indefensible failure of Federal symptoms, including abdominal pain, ooneti- agencies to take the necessary actions Potion, nausea, muscle weakness and dli- which would have prevented this Inci- "J!' (MM,.dent. " TM P'nl I include an article Sy man of environmental medicine et the Medi* Hank Burchard which appeared In tho cal College of Wisconsin, found that the lead ,n lh" blood * `,rlvers nd driver-mechanic* unrelated to breathing fumes from leaded gMolln, or Hbltttl Instead. It was ab* through the skin when team mem- bsr* dismantled snglnes and washed the parts ,n lteroaen# * * contract`drivers, who merely drove the ORr( ^a<3 normal .blood levels of lead. But drlv.rt wh0 )lo worked on the engines aometimes had a high blood lead level, hun eating that lead poisoning might be a oon* July 29 Washington Post detailing the extent of the current problem. I also inc.l.u..d..o....a...J..u...l.y....2..9...W....a..s...h..ington Evening Star article by John Fialka on PCB's. The articles follow* |Prom the Washington (D.C.) Poet, July 20, 1971) Millions or Chickens Tainted * * <By Honk Burchard) The Agriculture Department conceded yes* rtneerdtfacyotnhuamt imnailltieodn^swoltfhe^hi leDkDenTs-nfekd. on fish found are In bleok neighborhoods where th* have been told in stores in the Wash- older deteriorating home* are,*' Coker ealdj-^"^ In^on area and much of the rest of the tHsrrlouroaltelndgthhaomt emsoarteoIfnththeei#_Boeldrkeler ya, nHBdui^r PpCQBB'S-g----TTHHEE HHEEEEDD FFOORR CCOONNOORRBES8-- chemleel. polychlorinated biphenyls sreville, Bfamhleton and East Ohent arcak.pL 6IONAL ACTION ' 1^0cb). leaked into fish meat produced at a I.h...t...e...i.t.y....w...h..i.c..h are .M...o..d..e..l...C...i.ty areasi. A ree-^>y. uvvTrjiTTRRYAN Maskkeed and was given -p0i r-^ wWilnlmlngton, N.O., p.la.nt.b.etween A.p.r.il.S.O cent survey off homos in th* city showed mi^on to extend his remarks atr this and mid-July. Prom thore It was widely dis that over SO perornt of all dwelling unit* ,,olnt ^ Rtcoa and to include ex- tributed to poultry grower* and hog raisers, built prior to 1999 were in these four areas. STlLj?. ,n B * mixed into up to 806,000 tons of feed. Flfty.three perornt of all the eity* subetandard housing is looatsd in these areas," Rr--r .. TT -- _ Mr- RYAN. Mr. Speaker, the U.6. De Coker added.--{Norfolk) Virginia-Pilot, payment of Agriculture conceded yester- October id*. '1--970, --February *9*6, *1--971. day that millions of chlckene fed on fish Borne 96 minion broiling ehlekens alone are sent to market each week from the 19 eutce where feed containing the fish meal was sold. How many of those chickens consumed WAeillNOrOM, B.C. meal contaminated with a dangerous ths eonuminalod feed and how mueh PCB The Community Health Services Adminis tration. under a 9209.164 grant from the Model CIMo* Coinmlnnion. la conducting a mass icMlng of ehlldren In a section of the Inner city for lead poisoning, Of the 360 Veiled so far, five have had to be hoapliaiiKcd. Another 80 children have a hlRher concen tration of lead In their systems than Is con sidered safe. These have been referred to hos chemical--polychlorinated biphenyl-- PCB--have reached the marketplace and In turn consumers' market baskets. The*potential ooiucqucnccs of this con tamination are stagnering. But lust as dismaying Is the fact that this Incident could have been prevented If Federal agencies had lived up to their responsl- was In their flesh when sold "cannot be known," Dr. Clnylon Yculler. chief of Agri culture's Oomminer and Marketing Survey, said yoKtorday. Last Friday. Dr. Fred Fullerton of Akrieut* turos Consumer and Marketing Service which had withheld announcement of the PCB affair for a week, eald there wae "no evidence that any contaminated chicken* pitals and neighborhood health clinic* for biliUos to protect the public health and have reached any consumer." treatment on an outpatient basis. welfare. Dr. Yeutter explained the apparent con Health officials say they would like to test For 2 years, I have urged the appro- tradiction this way: 11,000 children between th* ages of on* and priate Federal agondes to take epedflo "There was no statement that ehlekene s..i.x. f*rom *the. model olttes are..a..:...t.h..e....t.o. tal pop< protective measures that would have fed on th* oontamlnated Ash meal had not ulatton of ths area Is about 80,000. Th* of< flelals wtlmats that th* eity has about safeguardend,,t,hiKe.'p4ui,b.licf!romi twh.ehazards reached the merket. Th* statement was that there wae no evidence--and there still is nono--that any of th* marketed ehlekene In old and dilapidated bouses--who have upon Uw Depirtment ot Agriculture, the contain,* non fob then th, part, sr higher levels of lead in their bodies than are Department of Interior, tho Food and < million considered acceptable by the govern* ensldersd safe. Of that 6,000, there at* an Drug Administration, the President's ment." HONS 03080S H 7446 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD --HOUSE July 29, J 97J Asked if there *u any evidence that santo Company, tha nation's sole manufac chickens containing more then 5 p.p.m. bed turer of PCBs, has been quietly moving vari not been marketed. Or. Yeutter sata an an ous products oontalnlng It off the market. nouncement on the mult* o{ field test* By last August, aooordlng to William B. mould be made by the department today. Pspsgeorge, manager of environment pro In any ease, Dr. Yeutter said, "no ohlckena fed contaminated meal are on the market now and none will be relented for market." Asked If the tame could be anid lor frosen chickcne and chicken meat need In the pro duction of soups, hot dope and other foods. Dr. Yeutter referred tbe question to Dr. Fullerton, who could not be reached yester day afternoon or last night. The effect* of POB upon humane, If any, tection for Monsanto, the oompsny had topped selling It exoept for use in closed systems, such as in large electric trans formers. heat transfer unit* and In eleclrio capacitors. It was felt that it would bf highly unlikely that the ehemlea! could pose a dangor when it* use was restricted to such Closed systems, Papsgoorge explained. are not known. It has been shown to cause NORTH onouxi l**K low fertility In fowl and liver damage In rnu, and te thought by many scientist* to be a serious long-term danger to man and animals. Dr. Yeutter said the public "should not be unduly alarmed" over tha PCD case, **H la not worthwhile to worry the consumer now about something he ala a few weoke ago. D hasn't affected my consumption of chick en. As far a* we know every chlokan tilting on every shelf is safe and wholesome." Rep. William Pill* Jtyaa (D-N.Y.), who Monday filed a bill that would outlaw all production or use of MB In the United But In mid-July a heat exchange unit,* used In a plant In Wilmington, N.C.. In a process designed to remove the bacteria from imported fish meal, was found to be leaking. The result was the possibility that millions of chickens and other livestock may have bceu eating oontamlnated feed. According to luip. william P. Ryan, D-NY, who has been studying the effects of ths ehemlea! for two years, the possibility of sucb a danger has been known tor many months. Ryan introduoed a bill Monday which would ban. the sale of POB* In th* United States. said yesterday be w* "shocked and BUtes. He told the House that be hae urged outraged" by the government'* handling of the Department of Agriculture, the Secretary the ease. ' of interior, the Environmental Protection "Iliey'r* Ju*l playing guessing games," ho Agency and the Food and Drug Administra said. "The setting of the 6 part* per million tion repeatedly to ban POBs. standard was purely arbitrary Jn the Bret Today, he called tor hearings on bis bill place. Prom all we ean find, the action of and tha inaction by the federal agencies. AgrlouHure and PDA (Pood and Drug Ad The leakng* In Wilmington, he said, ministration) has been insufficient to ssy "tragically Illustrate* the failure of the fed the least. ' "They've bushed up earlier PCB con tamination cases and delayed announcement in till* oase until the chickens had been old. Ihli Is unconscionable neglect in a sit uation of staggering potential harm." Hop. Ryan said he would call for hearings . not only on Ms bill ,but "into Agriculture and FDA's oonduct." ' Used since before World War II until re eral government to take preventive action against the unoonseionable use of this deadly chemical." ADMINISTRATION IIU, Hie Nixon administration meanwhile, it pushing for legislation that could lead to tight regulation of industrial chemicals like FOB. Warren Muir of th* Council of Environ cently in a wide range of produet*, PCB has mental Quality said today that the POBs made Its way Into the worldwide web of life are a good example of toxlo substances not and has been found In fish, wild bird* (up'to adequately covered under existing law. 1,000 p.p.m,)t human fat and human moth Under the clean Air Act and Clean Water er'* milk (up to .00 p.p.m.), Act. the federal government could draw up Monsanto Oorp., sole producers of PCB In ` standards that might regulate the discharge the U.8. and In the United Kingdom, last of PCDs into the air or water. This has not ?ear stopped all sales of the chemloal exoept been done, er "closed-system" uses In heavy equipment The administration's Toxlo Substances Aot, equipment and industrial heating equipment due for hearings next week before the Senate sueh a* the stcrllliwr In the Wilmington Commerce Committee, would permit the plant where the fish meal was oontamlnated. government to regulate the manufacture and In that oase, PCB leaked from the ma everyday use of such chemicals as well as chinery into tho fish meal undetected lor about 19 weeks. The dlsoovery was made only after one of ths plant's customers found that Ms ohlckeni were sickening and becoming Infertile. The customer. Holly Farms, Xne.. a major upplior of ohlckena to Washington market*, tested the feed, then notified Monsanto, which traoed tha source and alerted FDA. Holly Farm* destroyed IT,000 chicken*. Th* oontamlnaUon went undetected until that time because no agenoy of the govern ment regularly testa marketed flash lor PCB. - regulating them as effluent*. The avidenoe that PCBt, ilk* DDT. oan con* oentrste and travel through the food chain was discovered by Swedish scientist* in 1908. when they found the ohemlcal in the car casses of Urge birds of prey, primarily eagles. Dater they found it In other blrde, fish and evergreen needles. Sines then It has been found In man. tn tests on mice, It causes liver damage and birth defect*. TWO CARI4ER CASK* According to Rep, Ryan, federal aitVhomin have already had notloe of two inaUmoct (From the Washington (D.C.) Evening Sur, July 99, 19711 Fieit Ma**. Cct-rnir: Firm Is CuasiNO Scarcer CHtMICAL (By John Flalka) where state authorities, alarmed by POB con tamination. hsv* had to remove large quan tities of food from the itiarket. r - In 1070, h* stated, Uie Campbell's Soup Company discovered that a shipment of chlekens itreceived from Hew York state con FOB Is the shorthand name of a family Of tained a high percentage of one type of PCB. 910 chemleat substances, some of which have ' The New York State Department of Agri had widespread use In the United States since culture ultimately destroyed HC.000 chickens the early 1930s. and traced the chemical to plastic wrapping Because of mounting evidence that the used to package chicken feed. Rep. Ryan PCIis are tonic to animals aod, like DDT, do aid. ' * not easily break down >n nature, the Mon That, same year, Rep. Ryau said, the Ohio State Department of Agriculture found t residue of PCB in mlllr. They remove* large quantity from th* market and traced the chemical to a material used to line silos, wher* cattle feed was stored. Exactly how much PCB ts still being pro duced Is a secret which Monsanto, the sole manufacturer, refuses to disclose. Dtvxi.orn) in use'* Aooordlng to Papageorge, a ehemlcal en gineer. PCB, or polychlorinated biphenyl, was first developed In the early I930> by the Bwmnn Chemical Co. in Anniston, Ala., an* later taken over by Monsanto. Until, recently, PCBs were marketed in some industrial paints, coatings, Inks, and in some plaatloa. . Now, because of Monsanto's change In marketing policy, It is produced only for us* a* an insulator In onpncHors, an electric dovlco found In home Mr conditioners; as a ooolant In transformer*; and a* a Are resist ant medium In boat exchange unit*. Acoordingto Papageorge, total removal of POBs from some of these closed system csss will be "next to Impossible." H* pointed out that large cities in th* U.8 and many other oountrlm use electric trans formers containing PCB because it t* u explosion proof ooelant, allowing the trans formers to be safely used In densly populated arose. There 1* no substitute chemical with th* am* properties and switching to a different oooling system, such as air or gas, would mean drastically redesigning th* transform ers in use, he said. "Our entire electrical system depends on It," concluded Papngeorge. "Believe me." he addsd, "If w* could get out of this buelnraa w* would." LEAVE OF ABSENCE By unanimous consent, leave of ab sence was granted as follows to: Mr. Aspinali, from 3.30 p.m.. July 30. 1971. to noon, August 3,1971, on account of official business. SPECIAL ORDER8 CHANTED By unanimous consent, permission to address the House, following the legisla tive program and any special orders heretofore entered, was granted to: (Hie following Members (at the re quest of Mr. Crane) , to revise and ex tend Uidr remarks, and to include ex traneous matter:) Mr. Findley, today, for S minutes. Mr. Miller of Ohio, today, for 5 min utes. Mr. Harvey, today, for 8 minutes. . Mr. Hogan, on July 30, for 10 minutes, Mr. Crane, on August 4, for 1 hour. (The following Members (at the re quest o! Mr. Boggs) , to revise and extend their remarks, and to Include extraneous matter:) Mr. Faaser, today, for 5 minutes. Mr. Pnkyea of North Caroimn, tcduy, for 10 minutes. Mr. aoNEALC?., today, for 10 minutes. Mr. Fuqua, today, for 10 minutes. Mr. Rcuss, today, for 10 minutes. Mr. 6t Oeumain, today, for 10 minutes. Mr. Dorn, on August 8, for GO minutes. EXTENSION OF REMARKS By unanimous consent, permission te revise and extend remarks was granted to: Mr. Bennett, to revise and extend his MONS 030810