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wiTon i. y SmS*1*** FEB 4 1976 Smi Monsanto PCB Action As Hopoful Assemblyman Mm R. Zuum <R-Oswogo-Onaida> stated his beMaf reeently that "a national solution to Uta difficult on- omental problems cauaod by chemical pCRJs at last In Ids." Zagame noted his ploasuro at the onnouooamont last nook by tho Monaanto Coop., which Is Uio sola US. producer of PCB, that Uta company intends to phase out tho production of PCB, rcplactiw it with more environmentally acceptable substitutes. PCB, which la used In Un mandaetnro of electrical and industrial Canadian and Iran. sfouneta, haa naan found to cause bsingi. It baa also shown up In lasts of Labs Ontario salmon in Oswefo County. Assemblyman Zagame fools development of a mater fishing Uxhnlry In Oswego OouSy,whidi In turn should help spur our local II Is ssttmatad that as many as 1S.S00 flshsrmen per day will visit Oswego County during Use salmon season.' "Those fishermen," according to Zagame, "will need food, stutter, fishing equipment, gasoline, and other supplies, which means a boom to local business aad incrsasad em ployment opportunities for those lACttS!! for asms Hum, which "wculdheva now he hold "unlam It te deter mined that specific legislation Is needed to Insure Ihetthsphase out Is completed within a iwaooushle lima." Hs noted that loglalalhm to ban ths foreign Importatknof PCB Into Naw York may oMmatsly be metlsd to "insure that Monsanto's production of PCB Is not replaced la the maantlme," hs con- (tesp.br its dsciaion to act now to begin tIo nd tho PCB problem for future 1 _ _----------------- l YMCA M at VtiJf1* *** *`MhiOmil.mM rrmmfOm *' tolMMkl. Tlta It. OIBMrt, b MM W ft* Mariaa, Margaret Ha* Let's Get Acquainted 4 fTHircSwwiiSifii' 1 Towards PankaM IOC* rflDOZ. | 4v P--0-- Pi--tq UNT 1 PEI COUPON l_Exnu$F8i.M, m HONS 031994