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nir 2US3y Mews IPcgesi ServSee JOURNAL WESTERN MAIL, Cardiff * DATE i PAGE * ?-. '* T-- * " 13th January 1971 / ?'' i v:;: > . /: ... *y v - . -i* . * v. ?. :: -JT':V* *'<' v` y. A 0 .' j MAKERS PUT '. -i . I CURB ON CHEMICAL . . Saci5ifice AFTER r BIRDS DIE Praised It has not been proved that BCP --short for poly-chlorinated-byphenols --was responsible' for the sea-bird massacre. But a Monsanto spokesman said yesterday that the company hac. The ban is entirely soijmsry and I understand the company have beer, assured by their three Continental competitors that they v ill rat sttemot -jo take up the business that Mon ; santo are dropping. decided on the partial ban because I also understand Monsanto hope By PETER JONES, Our of the persistent - nature chemical of the 1 j'to get their competitors to i~ree :o a similar ban on "non-controllable" ! Environment Correspondent "It could build up in the environ- | applications being enforced In Europe. ~ar WELSIl-riJODLCED . chemical ment and constitute an'ecologicai- Monsanto would not siy how found in the bodies of some of the thousands of birds which died in the Irish Sea last winter will be banned where it could damage the hazard," he said. . i A spokesman for a leading con servation society last night praised'the Monsanto decision and urged otherindustries to follow suit. much money they expect to lose, other than that the decision "repre- , sents.a fair conr.niercia'. sacriS-ie." ; Nor would they give production ; figures, although `-he spokesro-n did | . say that none of th; dozer, men ! environment. , Monsanto Chemicals of Newport, I who produce the BCP range of , chemicals, will from March 1 cut off supplies to customers who put It to uses they consider "non-controllable." . Manufacturers affected by the ban ! employed at the plant -rou.d lose his , will include those producing paints - Job. and varnishes, particularly for Indus trial use. Monsanto are developing. substitutes tor these customers. I / ' The decision was velcoir.tc' by a spokesman for the Royal Society for the Protection of Bir.s, who have four reserves in. Wales, and by the . Nature Conservancy.. By this the company, sole BCP producers in Britain, mean applica f. r. , f tions where It is not reasonably pos sible to contain or prevent leakages Into the environment. - > 4 . ; : t DSW 282608 STLCOPCB4063937