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JJIjr 01frrntpnri VttOfa SHREVEPORT, IA.
D. 91,433 SUN. 131,048
DEC 13 1976
Toxic chemical
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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
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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*,
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IncHidliif ues 'ae a coolant
sealed. bride rieebte
transformera endcapadbrs.
B sftaa eecapM,te)*e
aariraamaot through
Industrial waste dtacharfm,
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