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TA!Mg TULSA. OKU. 0. IH.?'; SUM 200,131 - AUG 1 8 1<J7H <5** North Carolina Toxic Roadside To Be Dug Up RALBIGH, N.C. (AP> -- North Carolina will Uf up mor MO milta of rural roadside contain!*, tad by a chemical containing tonic KBs at a coat of as much as 13.6 million. The excavation, and a search for a euUahle site to permanently deposit the estimated 52,000 tons of tainted grass and soil, were announced Thursday by Gov. Jim Hunt as the state's latest reaction to the mysteri ous spill found in 16 counties this month. Hunt, calling tha apparently delib. erate spill a "dastardly act" also old county health officials will hand-dahvar prlntad notlcaa on tha danaara of prolongod axpoaura to KB, polychlorinated biphenyls, to all reaidants of contaminated areas. Signs will go up around all af. factod areas warning peopia to stay off tha damaged soil until it is re. moved. But Hunt also reposted that health officials don't think the toxic material, dumped in violation of strict federal regulations on hasardous chemicals, poses an Immadlnta medical threat. The KB has been traced to e typo manufactured in the late 1960s by Memento Chemical Corp. for use in electric transformers and capaci tors. H no longer is produced. Health officials say PCBa, supeetad as a possible cancer-causing agent when administered to labora tory animals in largo doaoa, build up In human fatty tlaauea and may causa Inag-mna health prohlama. _________ ^-J f.nvvnrnn, mo. LLAOLR ftiiO PRESS D. 47.000 AUG 1 5 1978 ------- -----today'* editorialt- At last, the ban After a decade, PCBs trig be outlawed Next Naaday is aa important day. Tha Bavjraamaalal Protection Agency will conduct a haartag aa the coming has aa paiychlorinatad bipbaayia, a graap of industrial esmpounds in use since if*. The hsn an PCBs was ordered by rsagmas in tha Tnk Sabatancas Coatrel Acts! lffe Tha PCB baa was aa appondaga la a general grant af ptwsr ta EPA. Tha 1976 law gave EPA Ms Drat autlwrlty ta control, limb or ban tha oat of any cbamlcai daainad to prsoant as aaree- sanaMa risk af injury la health or the environment. ___ Tha main eat af PCBs was aa iasu- latlag fluid la electrical equipment such as trsasfsrmsrs and capacitors. But Uw esmpsands alee wars used in making adhesives, sealants, prlntiag lake, castings sad wanes. Three qualitiea make PCBs a classic v* They cause daatb and reproductive defects ia fish, birds and mammals. Of t\ these harmful affects, theva is ne doubt So for as m Omm. w PCB threat bat bean graven ml la the asttafactisa sf cvsryins. PCBs disappear saly vary riewlp. rtNib, PCBa ms feed chain, with treem el the i of peeeds taming ap ler Bom trial centers ... hi the Hadaaa the Great Lahaa. the upper 1 and tha Gulf sf Mantes. The firm nut* af tha PCB hair came in 1911 when same 1.H9 Jagsame citisaaa ware made mimb Ml bp PCB-conlamiaatad rice ad. In Itn, the UA pavcrnawnl pel eo the first prsmurs wttt an EPA now r prodaitlaa curbs. The year, Memwafa velaatartly and awMag PCBa. The EPA beariag sa the actual ban should be aa mare thus But it's a formality weU i Aa it turned out, tha U.S. aaaam ta have tattaa eaaugb lamp sa PCBs to bead off rigefiesat. irreparable dnawgi le the onvirearnest The achievement is a eemhiaetwa sf luck, regulatory shit--e and raspers Uoo from Uw regulated iadaWry To keep Uw envirennwal raaonebb safe and rvsssnsbly cioan. tha 61 wUI regulators and csspiiatisa Bam the private oottor. HONS 001854