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THE WINDSOR STAR WINDSOR. ONTARIO, CAN. () 79,000 MAY 2 6 1975 I J- - r*tr- f CLIPPEO BYl bacctis don't eat harbor fis \, doctor urges TORONTO (CP) -- Dr. Jim Stoppi, wnior medical comultant in the environ ment health branch of the Ontario health - 1 ministry, aays Ash caught in the Toronto ' and Hamilton Harbort ihould not be eaten \ . because many of them contain potentially dangeroue levels of ohemical compounds ` known as nolychlorbiohwivll (PCBt). PCBs, used eatenslvely In North America since the early 1930s, now are un , der strict government control and are used only as a lubricant Tor transformers and capadtators in the electrical industry. There have been no reports of danger to human health but biologists have found baby gulls in areas of high PCP concentrations with bills that will not dose and toes growing out of a knee. "There are too many gape in our knowledge to take chances," says Dr. , t - ' . Stoppi. . "The fish in the two harbors are loaded with all kinds of contaminants, including the PCBs and heavy metal such as mercury, lead and cadmium. Research on the effects of the com* pounds started in the late I960si but little is known about them so far. Ontario Hydro is the major user of PCBs in the province and has been storing waste PCBs in 45-gallon drums since it dis* covered the dangers, says Robert Strom, a research engineer at Hydro. * "We stored it because it wasn't until a few months ago that a company near Buf* falo, N.Y., got a licence to dispose of it," he says. "Ontario Hydro's policy now is not to buy anything with PCBs unless there is no other choice." .a MONS 030959