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MONS 0 3 1 6 2 1 ?/i'ro!isi3 Stjte JfiSffid " ' "ADISOI!. vase, r os.7;c SJ': ia<ai MAY 13 1959 ru \ i - -'- i :rx a y ; ;/. aP'V1-..^!] Vj . Li" By UOSBRT C. KJOKKI.ljNli (;!;!; jcg;ni! Fjrm ei>f*/> f A wi'-Hife specialist with the chemical incluslrv su^jslcd Monday that there may be a . sA'.-.i:ir.n other than banning the use of pesticides like BDT. William Cu.cy. Rockville, witli Ike Chemical Co., offered I'.ls ov.n perrcnsl philosophy ou ho?.- wildlife and industry researchers and op- or.iters might 5cr.ni up in solv ing tire problems of chemicals in she environment. as in: r?i:.sc*ii;:r:n the problem, wildlife interests are going in one direction, the chcn'icrl industry in another, and the cities ar.l urban areas in still another direction. Guvy uN.de h's comments in closing !u tr.di:n.-ny at the state DDT !' vv i`^s vhcre two state c.tr..vKl;oa groups are asking the State Department c? Natural Resources to ban DDT use because of possible water pollution. The hc.irir.gs will continue today at the Hill Farms State Office Building. He said that in discussions on chemicals about all that is heard are pleas to ban the use of a cljcmical--an approach that "isn't particularly help ful." "IT IS VERY easy to criti cize, but criticir.-n is of little value if some sort of remedial action isn't suggested/'Gusey _ declared. Because of the Impact and influence on the economy lhat chemical ccmp.mics h a v e, they ought io know went to do to correct some of the main problems oi chemical use, lie continued. ' "But Ih.e offer iv.i guidance (from those opposed to the chemical) was never forth coming. There has only been criticism," Gascy said. GLSHY WAS called as a witness by tlic .'nd'cvlry Task Force on DDT. but he re ferred to a suggestion of fii*c11\1f ! A . Ui ; - y/ i nn no `'(^n^n 'cC~.rt\iLnJUnyUi ^) V"-t Li Li Robert Risebrough, who is al lied with the DDT opponents, lor a team approach to prob lem solving. The team would include scientists of many dif-/ ferent subject areas. Tims far two or three chemi cal companies havo^started hiring people with back grounds broader than just Uie chemical industry itself, and there are indications that more moves in this direction will be undertake! by indus try, Gusey said. Victor J. Yannacone, Jr., at torney for the Environmental Defense Fund which is the leading opponent of DDT, said that the organization recog nises the new attitude of in dustry. niSEBRCUCIJ, who said he* was doing research at the Uni versity ofWisconsin, was called as an adverse witness by AUy. Willard Stafford, Madison, representing the Na tional Agricultural Chemicals Assn. , . His appenrsr.ee touched off sustained disagreements be- . tween Yannaconne and Staf- - ford that were only resolved - by Maurice Van Susteren*., hearing examiner. - The disagreements are over i the plasticizing agents, known ; as PCBs, that can interfere \ with the testing of DDT that ' may be present in wildlife. - Risebrough has been quoted as . saying that the PCBs were more dangerous than DDT. i Risebrough qualified such i published quotes in his pn- ; swers Monday.. .Ije claimed that he.* as misquoted in one "hews" story and in another published article his summary was not properly represented. Under Stafford's questioning . he denied that PCBs could causa egg shell thinning, a ` phenomena Risebrough said was the cause of reproduction failures of cerfair. species of waterfowl. >