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The Flint Journal FLINT. MICH. 0. 110.ISO SUN. 1)0,079 JAN 2 8 1976 y Still a menace PGBs going out It, Is welcome news that the Mon Environmentalists have tried at santo Corp. plans to phase out tacking the PCB menace In a variety of production of"the PCB group of toxic ways, and currently in the Michigan chemicals that have proved an Legislature is a blU intended to strin ecological disaster to our Great Lakes. gently regulate sale and manufacture PCBs,have been'around since 1930, of the chemicals. Gov. William G. but It was not until the mid-1960s that Milliken urged its prompt adoption in they were recognized as a serious peril his State of the State message this to the environment. Since then, the month. . more that has been learned, the greater the justification for deep concern. Last fall, Nathaniel P. Reed, an assistant secretary of the interior,Ntold a scientific conference In Chicago that "with the present preponderance of PCBs, the lifespan of the Great Lakes fishery will be limited to a single generation." Hardly any area of the United States has been immune to the in sidious PCB plague. ven the famed Yukon River In Alaska has been found afflicted. But Lake Michigan has the The word that Monsanto plans to phase out production should not deter lawmakers from acting on the bill. The company was not specific about when it would shut down production of PCBs, saying only that it would do so when satisfied that the electrical power supply Industry's needs for an alternative have been met. Encour agement on that front has come from Dow Chemical Co., which said it has developed a silicone liquid that can be used as a PCB substitute In electrical transformers. . highest concentration--to'high fI- ' While it is heartening that the con shermen have been warned against clusion of PCB production is at least In eating mote than one. meal of fish sight, that is hardly cause for rejoic weekly. Despite such warnings, it Is ing. The PCBs that we live with now estimated .that from one source or an will be part of the environment for other half the population of the United years to come. But this is a case in States now carries traces of PCBs in which a stop will be at least a start in body fat. the right directionv hons 032032 *ant i reply. INQ JNQ < You can UK FT. .05* rt. this difference in .07' r. ceilings yourself! Lightweight Rberglas" 2' x4'pawls > No special skills or tools necessary Can be installed urfthin two Inches of existing ceiling Washable, easy to maintain 1 Reduces noise ' Permits use of flush lighting fixtures . __________ PRICE FROM M 69 OCKAAMUONIY U. :a*h and carry imciam om rout con iumu* yaddi CLK) LUMBER 204 Railway Sk CLIO Just W. ef Wanna 686-0280 FLUSHING BLDG. Suppl) 304 W. Main SL Jut W#t ( Brid(t 659-8724 BEECHER LUMBER Narth Saginaw AtCoMwatar FLINT SU 9-0341 SUR.M11 BELSAY LUMBER 1300 North BalaayRO. lUM.I.UMmM 742-0050 HONS 032033