Document O3R49QG9xKq3M7yVOapVmnv4e

;) STUDY EFFECT m OF CHEMICALS th K* IN IRISH SEA T do, ICkKMi Tn*ww fntt trvictl LONDON'. Dec. 6--Scientific teams Investigating the death* of ucals, sea birds, and fish off Britain's west coast, have 1started research on chemicals dumped in tho Irish sea. One chemical under close scrutiny is polychlorinated , biphenys, a synthetic lubricant used in Uio paint and plastics :R industry, which until recently was not thought to have any toxic effect on wildlife. ' Research hy the nature con* iRtlt: servancy's Huntingdonshire ex* lend perimental station showed that jlftd * thousands of sea birds found ]detd along the west coast six ini< weeks ago contained large IOpei .quantities of the chemical. Ithi A Sr .. . .V .' .- ' '* HONS 029028