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The Ami Arbor News ANN ARBOR. MICH.
D. 36,403 SUN. 37,230
DEC 11 1975 ^
High Level Of DDT Found In Trout
MARQUETTE (UPI) -- Researchers at Northern Michigan University
have found that some Lake Superior trout h|ve nearly twice the level of
DDT and aimoat three tithes the level of PC8 considered sate (or human
consumption.
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The five-year research project was conducted by Dr. Ronald Parekjo,
associate professor of biology, and former NMU graduate students Ray mond Johnston and Robert Keller.
In their study, the researchers found Lake Superior trout/containing from one (o nine parts per million of DDT and three to M parts per mil
lion of PCB. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set five parts per million as the maximum "safe" levels for both chemicals.
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