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OCT 61976 - Monsanto Will Halt PCBs ST. LOUIS (AP) --JJton*afcLlndutrtal Chemical! Co. wlO holt production ot PCB bunUtbu fluid* next yur became of th* pub lic'* lot* of tdvtn* effect* from the chemical. MontaMo will olthilrew completely (Mm the market no later than Oct. >1,1W7, *aid Karl* B, Haiti*** Jr., general manager of the firm's apeclalty chemical* dtvMea. SPARTANBURG, S. C. JDO. U1R0N,5A0L0 OCT 6 76 Only PCB Manufacturer Says It Is Withdrawing si. muis (AP)--_ _ _ hdmtrlal Chrakala^o., the mid dtey eeuld be tnablc M eeevat to ediar malarial* any mly UJ. mimfartsnr of the conbwiemtal PCB 1muI*Ud| fnnnaamnfif Sief eerUar. PCB (palychlorfneted Mph- aqd) la a Habit, IheradHad will quit prodndng the fluid* dtamloel that la uaad mdaly In truadornMr* ud capedlora. tplatamstyeer. Eerie H. Harbiam Jr., turn- ai jmmmt ot Memento's ipt dally chemical* dMtlm, laid tie Bra mil campW* die- trlbcUon of all Inrantorlaa and ettidraw complaialy front the nurktt m later than Oct 11, "Unlortanalaly," HaiUaaa add, "Be ran pnpartlH Bet bam made Pen Idea) and arm aandaltry for Baa* a*- aandal tarn, mm alee fcmd to Be tally Ml la b* Bm propvOaa ctmtag than la panbt and aocaamlal* la tha melren- l*Tf. ---The tergal date waaHit^Mbe PCB bat bam^Hamad m a deoOlcel m bm HmYiAraJmtm* ** pedtor m.-tiiliumimt Illicit ' WASHINGTON, D, C. o 5?i *oo rr,::ir lOCT 6,976 Big PCB Producer Will Stop Next Year ST. LOUIS. Oct. 9 OJPI>--Monsanto Co. the na tion's leading supplier of polychlorinated triphen* i. used at an electric losulstor, ngd today it would stop production of the chemical bf Oct 31.1977. bo* cause of possible hasardous etfvcta on humans. Monaanto said the phasing out ot production over the next year would give time for manufactnrers to find alternate materials. Substitutes developed by the electrical industry are twine mated, although they may not prove as effective in misting Are at PCB. The Environmental protection Agency, which had called polychlorinated biphenyl a ''significant has* ard to human health and the environment," wel comed Monsanto's decision, although SPA Admin istrator Russell E. Train said: "Environmental contamination will continue to be a problem due to the millions of PCBs already ' in landfills, soils, river and lake sediments, in our air and water and in wildlife and human tissue. , This cmrtmutui*i<m will bo there for'years--moving late life systems, including hnmmse!" THE REPORTER WITCH WH1TP Plfi:;*. N Y. (NEW YQW CIT> /..V.KfT AHFA> 9. 46.** OCT 6 HONS C505B8