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fish drops slightly ; . 4^* Vl*! . Andmecriewm ania . vBV that PCB>posed a health hatarsL. V Although the PCB problem it (T'tpiavcWMcIniiMi^ Mtitonrlif/# jfT|- ; far from Michigan's alone, thia j ; Lake Mldhlgahodio aflraMfhith '< "Among Hie ting ireaturet'lo* . athte wat among th* ftrat to ` ban' shown,; lor the first dim show III effects were Gml Lakes Identify it and take atepa to aotve ilnot monitorial began -five (Ish-esting birds ouch as herring dt, Turney aayo.' - .. - yurt ago, reportathe Depart- guilt and terns, many Of which TtieDNR, hatplayed a key role 1 men! of Natural RMOurcM.y ' died after eating PCB-contamln- , ' in the (hive to rid the. environ "'Thlo could mean our efforts rated flth.rt - . *' o jl , moot of PCB's, which are tx- oro paying off, that PCB's are on ''III Michigan,' we found PCB'f Iremely peraiatent In the food tholr way out,"-*aya DNT evtroo- , In the brains of dying gulla ln Chain. ; That role baa Included mental .protection Bureau cUaf i' -concentrationt at high at 1,600 ' Intensified ' monitoring and William.juioy,'>'-y'-*'M,'u*^-vV^p|ii,"'aeye Heaoe,>.`*whlch to 10 /analysis to determine the extent ' The aource of Turney'* v~ times what wildlife researchers of PCS contamination, and bn * optimism la a September V.S. 1 view at'a lethal concenlralkm.' ' plemehtaUen of control pro- ' Flah and WHildllife SSOirirdvlooe reportl!A um ptjj^ fo jxfto'is r*m* "** virtaurily ballad J1. that pegs PCB leveli In afrit a,TM mmitime* W the polnt PCB losses from major induatrlal }I, salmon taakteon doet Ml from-.... ^ ^y contain PO 1 "mmerdal doureee.. - t eartcentral Lake Michigan Bt-y-dSfr.a, #f ttoej m-w . "Perhaps our efforts are belnf P'f.11" parte permillion ^pml.'^Wwatte hi Which theyiUi,^f;s:;"whided," eaya TUmey, rafir* la atlmUarcaUh from the urna ;laAitw*oiasttrriicekkeun wwiittih. PB polsoo- 'Terbaps the days when we can area In tm. Jog havebcen the mink at . Stop. Advising people to Unit Bated on data gathered by the Michigan ranches, where' (he ' consumption of Great Likas fish UB. Fiah and Wildlife Service - animals died or had reproduction - wfli come sooner than we've Great Lake* Pish Labortory in problems after being fed .Great Imagined." ,^ ' Ann Arbor, the report alao llata - ,. Lakes salmon. Testing this. -~ Many tUtee, Inchi&ng MicM* PCB level deblinee In Lake iresearcbers have induced repo*.* gon, hiv: advised sport fisher . Michigan chubs and toko trout. , ductive failure in mink by adding' .men to limit consumption of However, tbe'.ouly SUtlstlcany i relatively low concentpttasef^ 'PGB'Contamlnated fish such as significant, fhurmoat meaning- . PCB's 4o their .normal diet.*a . . Gr^at Lakes salmon, lake trout, ful/decreaee Was Chat noted In ' Although 'there lsrno record of v ' SteMhead and brown trout to ao coho, rays John Haase, chief of Negative human health effects more than one meal per Peek, the DNR'a toxic materials sec-' "from consumption .of PCB's tn * ^*nd have advised women of ttom - - _thls counUy.' Hesse lays, such 1 'Child-bearing age not to ooosume Before .volu. nt.a..r.y notrictloh.a..e.ffe.cts were !cfear{.y ahown in v `uieae fish st all,' j. on (Ahme soanllea oaff PDCPfllf*'a* Ilont 1WM' Japan after a UM accident in' - ^Two other7 developments that , cbamteala ef this group ware which PCB's were leaked ilnto should help are Michigan's new commonly used to absorb beat iff ripe dl. Some i^OO peraons fell : fCB law, Act ko ef 197S, which r capacitors, ' transfonnare '.and 'dl after eating die contaminated' took effect April 1, 1977. It hydraulic fluids, and as plistk' .foodstuff.~v-;l; iaars or additives in earbonleas The US. Fobd and Drug Ad- eaefftially prohibits the manu facture, sate or use of'PCB's in ( re.p..r.o..d..u..c..t.ion p..a...p..e..r.s.. ministration has established S ^Mkhigan for sB application other js, VoluoUry PCB * AaleS' ^b- ppih ae the maximum aOowatde ' ` than In transformers and capad- F stricflons eame faim r concentration of PCB's in food-' - ' tors, "dosed systenui," as the/ ' tJl*^the eofe U.8. manufactnw, stuff '(o'be eold for -human arC'CaUed. ' ~ - |lf)tonnohenay In October It looked P upon lavorably by otalo and federU olflclal,, and 11 expected to augment the legislative man- &?e&nwhile, thia toontti'a nth MM3B THE NORTH WOODS CA' l M Tl. VA 8,700 nnd WOdlife Service report also notes a continued decline In DDT ebheentrationt among the east- OCT 5 C pentral Lake Michigan talmen r and among chubs andtoke trout caught off Saugatuck. - And, the report Uata a decline trim past' years In mercury levels measured In lake 81. Clair L WabeyM. ; ' V` HONS 000914 T "We'd like to beUeve these Weteome results are from some >-atour past efforts, 'Turney soy*V/ I