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/ft 56-670 WHER EQUIPMENI NEWS MO. 13,100 FEB 1976 SM u STANDARDS FOR PCS* Pointing out that there have been five spills involving polychlorinated biphenyls (PCfis) from transformers in thelast \1 months, CPA has asked the National Academy of Sciences to make a determination that will lead to the inclusion of s standard for PCBs in federal drinking water standards now being considered by CPA. The presence of these chemicals hat resulted, for example, in a warning to the public not to eat fish from the Hudson River and the FDA has seised thousands of pounds of fish from some of the Great Lakes because of PCB contamination. ,j