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PCL - The Electrical Industry
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Committee - ANSI - C107
-t. Louis, Mo. 11/11/71
Pertinent comments r a - . L v e to PCEs for use by the electrical dustry and for consi-v -Cion by the sub-committees on capa and transformers, in:, is: 1. The electrical -.:Cry has no suitable fire-resistan'
trie fluid repla:. nt for PCB3, polychlorinated biph. used in the askar.-.class of transformers and capacit
2. Because of this : :tial need and as the capacitors
formers are herr-. ..ally sealed, Monsanto continues t
selected PCB flu. for use only in this particular t
apparatus and or.' "make-up" fluid (no nev: systems
few carefully re;
closed system heat transfer a
tions.
3. Because the highment, Monsanto he hexachlorobipherproduct used exc. hexachlorobipher.. the askarel type
.r.ated PCBs persist in the e. .d essentially all of the pt nds from capacitor askarel. *; is called Aroclor 1016. Ai. -ur.d3 have been removed from j "~er fluids.
Strict and effec.
: - have been taken to avcic
tiorv of -POBs-irrt-: -
:renment't^-Mensanto's pi-
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the facilities used where askarel
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ejtors are made,
5. By dlecontlnuing sale of PCSs for non-electrical a-;:
about 75 percent of the more persistent types have be
moved from commerce.
6 . The posture of the PDA Includes:
a) "We reject the need and in fact the feasibility as
have proposed for an outright ban on the aubstanc
Although the uee of PCBs requires control, an out
ban is not feasible and would not be In the bet:
tercet of the consumer."
b) ''All available evidence indicates that FCB3 (in t
acute toxicity) are classifiable as being of mode
toxicity." It was noted that PCBs are less tox.
DDT which is one of the safest pesticides to hurne
acute toxicity terms.
7. When fed orally to standard test animals PCBs were fc
essentially non-toxic.
8 . PDA guide lines for maximum levels of FCB allowed in
products are:
Pish
5 ppm
Chickens
5 ppm
Milk
0.2 ppm
Bggs
0.5 ppm
Catfish meal 0.3 ppm
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9. Prolonged exposure of PC- --
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be avoided to prevent p .
10. Prolonged exposure to v:.
to prevent possible dams,.
mg per cubic meter of eir
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safe level of exposure ci
lay.
11. There is no evidence fro
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are carcinogenic.
12. When PCBs are decompose
virtually entirely hycir.
formed at all, the ar..
e
13. Steps taken and Judge..
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rials from the electric l/.duet:--
a) Monsanto and others provide epe._
incineration and gas scrubber ft:
destroy scrap PCB fluids. The scrap -lull may 2
to Monsanto Co., Sauget, 111., at*, or: lor sup
A246 for Incineration at 3 cent, per .rune.
b) All Monsanto PCB product labels carry this r
is also being placed onto asA?::; ...cfcrr.t:
c) It is the concensus that it is r.ct fascicle
and incinerate fallrd cspacir--:
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should be burled 1 - land-fil
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or other sources
'<rter.
The incineratior. .^ipment alreicy resigned -o ta^
place of land-fill- :*.a= been ter or,."crated fully cr
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ANSI C57 TERMIN'
OIL
The The term "oil" includes the fol liquids :
1 . Uninhibited Oil - L'ninhibi oil to which no symthetic added.
2. Inhibited Oil - Inhibited oil to which a synthetic c. added.
3 . Askarel - Askarel is a syr liquid which, when decorr.pc; only nonexplosive gaseous
sulating and ccr
-i mineral transfer inhibitor has be
.eral transformer .nhibitor has bee:
flammable insuls electric arc, ev
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