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The Ann Arbor News ANN ARBOR. MICH. D* JMJH SUN, 97J239 .< * JUL IS 1975 fU Poisons In Lakes The Greet Lakes Commission passed a resolution which urged "early enactment and implementation" of an act before Congress on testing and chUIW 01 wxic- subalai>cei./tst3 till .e-doW V * While it was reported at the meeting that "good progress" has been mede in the past five years in curbing mercury and DDT insecticide, poly chlorinated pyphenols' (PCB'a> levels remain high and are interfering with the reproduction of northern pike and lake trout, among other things. PCB'd are found, in hydraulic fluids, fire retardants, cosmetics and a wide variety of manufactured products. "Ma ny fish have been found to have amounts exceeding the five parts per million tol erance level standard." it was reported. The commission has recommended that there be a nationwide ban on PCB's because good substitutes are available, but to date there has been no federal ac tion and Michigan and Wisconsin are considering independent action, as in the case of mercury. ' ^