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TELEGRAPH HERALD DUBUQUE, IOWA M 4AOOO MAY 2 1 1975 l Jf CUPPtB BY 1 bacons _ __ ltd* ' ". ' 40,000 pounds of carp buried PEPIN, Wli. (AP) - A Papin (Ml wholesaler hu Parted anolbar 40,000 pounda of carp-- meetly caught In Lake Pepin -- containing a potentially cancsr-cauaing * industrial chemical. - The cam contained levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) higher than the 9 parts per mEDIOO (ppm) 1 KkxTmum allowed under U S. rood and Drug Ad- ministration regulations. Hie carp buried Monday contained as much aa 79 ppm at the chemical, which has been found to causa epnear In laboratory ontmala. Wholesaler Rudolph Hogue had burled a),000 pounds of carp last week containing 0 to 14 ppm of PCB. All thefish war* caughtbefore the high PCB levels were discovered. Since Urn discovery, fishing on Lake Papin, a widening of the Mississippi River between Rad Wing and Wabasha. Minn., has been at a virtual standstill. Carp Is the main commercial fish taken from Lake Papin. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the FDA ware attempting to determine the source of the The PCB probably originated from Industrial operation! in the Minneapolls-St. Paul area, about 70 miles upriver from Lake Pepin, officiate said. A DNR official said use of the chemical has daeilaed (bastically since warnings were issued In 1(71, but neted that It takes five yean for the chemical to begin breaking down. ' The Mlnnuaota Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and FDA plan to meat naatweek to coordinate testing In the lake, sm HONS 030957