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UN BERNARDINO, CALIF, sun O.CMH SEP 3 0 197) c*;, VJl Scii Says It Will Limit Sale of Controversial. PCB ;t v WII.I.IAM n. MRAD `WASHINGTON (VIM) -The Food and Drug AdminiMrnlion (FDA) said yesler/toy that ihe n.il ion's rn'y pro ducer of Ihe Industrial Lhomkal known at PCB hod promised to stop selling the possibly hazardous compound to food and feed plant*. FDA Commissioner Charles C. Ed wards also said that National Cash Register Co. has discontinued use of PCD in Die manufacture of carbonless carbon paper, Ihe primary source of PCK contaminants found In recycled jfflto T.KHf packaging. In addition, .1 C. LnGi ua, vice presi dent of Federal Paper Board Co , the nation's largest producer of recycled paper, said his firm and other recy clers note screening carbonless carbon paper nut of their mills to avoid a recurrence of IVB coniamtnallon. Edwards (old a news conference that 'atormrtu seeking bcndltm" had blown the l*CB problem wit f proportion, frcnllng uimanatitetl "public alarm and a feeling of stilt another crisis in fhe lowl supply." W'lu, aboil for polychlorinated biphenyls, are ehoimc.ils made solely by Monsanto Chemical Co. and are widely used in muchmciy, primary In a bout transfer fluid in transformers. Edwards said Monsanto had advised ft)'\ officials (Imt if would limit PHI sales lo "csspullal dored system uses, with no use m food or feed plums," :ln lahureiory rats, i rii s cauyd ki 1 tolwatnry rals, iril's caused skin end liver ailments cnrl birth defats. Last July, PCB residues were found in liiou-amta of chiil;*'i.s and eggs, ihe cm<l.'<mimttj<m was (raced to leaky machinery at a North Carollr*" mar.'.tlm tinlHg Hah meal later fed to Ute chk'kc.ia. Karin? Jhw month, PCB residues wnc found In MMHN turkeys provrswd at a Minnesota plant. The Agriculture liepi-rtmcnt wild tvMerday th;l a survey puned the cunla- mimi!inn was an "Isimned (Kcurrcme " Of the overall tin r rt from PCfis Kd wards sahl: "Tl.c itlaim is growler ihan (he Mis will Iii-iily . . . PCBk me a pH|i'r.l..il tmt not mmmliatc health b.v.inl . . . Vc in-1 I. ipuMe and jkkiILc spontw. io <frul mib nh;!i'MT pioljh'UiS or pi.tnWtal pioolvn - tlv; It Iks ;nc lik'-N i- pose lo luv - heoph' ' 'Mi.' I MA iliMlo.-nl rather K; it found PCB contamination of food packaging materials made from recycled paper. At lea.r two food products --shredded wIk.ii cereal and noodles --picked up unacceptably high PCB levels from the package, the FDA said. Edwards said National Cash Kegisler reported it had slopped using PCBs In copy paper June 1. Edwards .ack* nowledgcd, however, that the chemical might be passed on from reams of copy paper previously purchased by Industry. But in an interview, LaGrua said recyclers do not purchase office waste paper and hence could prevent process* \ Jng of wastes containing high levels of ,- PCBs. j/ AUGUSTA, MAINE KENNEBEC JOURNAL O. 1S.OOO ._ OCT 7 1971 To file bill banning PCB KJ WASHINGTON Bl'REAU WASHINGTON -- J?p. WH- Ham D. Hathaway said Wednes> day he plans to file a bill to ban distribution of the widely used industrial chemical poly- eholorinated blphcn.vls or PCI). The measure would prohibit iU distribution in interstate com* merce. Hathaway riled several in* stances In recent months where large quantities of food have had lo be destroyed because they were contaminated by PCB which he called a "highly dangerous" chemical. The congressman noted that excessive levels of PCB have! shown up in cartons made of recycled paper. He called for improvements in the recycling process to eliminate the Itasard. from Me dok o/ E. V. JOHN Mason Papageorge Bergen Corey Pickard - Washington Wheeler Park m. EVJ MONS 032284* I 10/27/71