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JJIjr 01frrntpnri VttOfa SHREVEPORT, IA. D. 91,433 SUN. 131,048 DEC 13 1976 Toxic chemical ,+ ' Solon says PCB i r : lmportsup sharply WASHINGTON tAf? acridextol release, and the Hop La* Aapln, D-Wls., said ` junta* rf emdpmeut nwSunday that with U.. ? SSHSu "4"l" pra*K!n_( foetmie 1 PCbhasnolbammlwetty tbemlcal PCB to and li 1817, , m>m to barm be- tmporta ef tlw substance' Inga, but has bean thaws to have risen daiM. -- op., partoUy la aa effort to pan-1 nngttaaaa. , '' Under the ora Ttak Subtinea Act, dwR PCB to the United States mu* end by June 1, 1*71; tat Aspin eaid tlw eola UR. cause serious Dlaead la faborntofy animals and teas found by the EPA in samples of human mothers1 milk, iu- dicaUng that It is reaching and being absorbed by human beings.'. , manufacturer, Mmayta Aspin taid data trots the fTiemieai 0a,, planned toeod U.g. Cuatoma Service production by October, 1*77. Showed that the ; United . "Unites Imparts V States imported 1M,IH mdekiy ended," Aspin said shsuhdis of pCB during (hi b a statement Issued by hfa flndright moothe of tl7d far office "PCB'a wU centleue more than the 171,451 pounda to threaten the envinmaett . imp_ orted during ttw entire I -- and at an accelerating yearof tew. rate,- judging bum thia "The customs flgtrea la- year's Imports.?\ dfeata that manufacturers He said he win ak the, may be taiidtag up stocks la Environmental Proiectton, use PCB'a *H*r Agency to tan further PCB domestic manufacturing tat imports tefAre the 1878 legal stopped," Mid Aapkt. deadline, once the lacomag The EPA spokesman Mid -administration -ol however, that stockpiled . Pteaident-eiact Carter has PCB could not ha used, la takaffloa. , , any com, niter the 1178 tan Asked about AapinVaUta- an furtherusetaken effect meet, aa EPA tpokesmea Aspin tnid nil of tlw IMS said the agency has ne pre imports of PCB so tar lave sent intention ef apeetfingup ccana from Francs, eoteriap thebanonPCB. . ' - the United States through Ha said Congress showed New York, Pittsburgh and the two-year delay to give in las Angela#.... , dustries time to ehlalt, whittle replacements 'far PCB, and me egency atjll considered that a'vaiid p> pronchtotheproblem. > PCB, a group of rattled c b a m | c a I a called "poly- cWarlnatad Nphenyle,? li uaad la Industrial and machaaleal application*, MOWS 050813 IncHidliif ues 'ae a coolant sealed. bride rieebte transformera endcapadbrs. B sftaa eecapM,te)*e aariraamaot through Industrial waste dtacharfm, -