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PRESS QUERY MAR 2 MAR 2b ^ COMPANY (Operating or Parent) : MIC SUBJECT; PCB > REPORTER * MEDIA: * DATE & TIME: jack Warnick WHO Radio, Des Moines (NBC Affiliate) (515) 283-1429 March 23, 1977 - 10:20.a.m. JL Corporate PR Bulletin Board JL |. T. Nolan JL W. R. Mulhalt X S. Pickard-Washingtun, D. C. _X_ ). F. Hussey-Washington, D. C. JL New York Public Relations ___Brussels Public Relations ___ MAP PR ___ MCP PR Jk_ MIC PR (RCI) ___MPAP PR ___MTC PR ___ INT'L PR JL J. A. Alley X W. R. Corey _X_ K. W. Easley X J. J. Spano Stohr _X_ E. T. Mollica X D. Wood In response to a phone call front the producer of_WHO radio's morning call-in program an on-the-air discussion was arranged with Jack Warnick, the program's host. Considerable concern had been expressed on the show by Iowa residents in response to the series of articles on the Des Moines Register on a "near catastrophe" involving oil contaminated with PCBs. The discussion involved a definition of what PCBs were and why they are used in cajy.icitors and transformers. It was explained that PCBs have a very low degree of toxicity and that the concern relating to PCB was their tendency to persist in the environment. Monsanto's program for restricted PCB sales was reviewed as well as the company's plans to halt all sales of the material by Oct. HONS 000394 SOURCE OF ANSWER: Fi les HANDLED BY: G . Barton