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dTsTM* CITY MARKET AREA) JAN..1 0 ^76 W*- JJ.S. aid wanted \n PCB fight By JENNIE TRITTEN >. Stall Writer *J*Save the Hudson CoaliSHC, comprised of var- mis Hudson River environ* iRiental organisation has de*manded federal action to deal with the Polv Chorinated Biphenyls (PCBJ crisis In The Hudson mver and ether fresh water bodies in the stale. This demand was '<pade at a press conference 'recently at the New York City-based Institute for Publie Transportation Dr. Robert Ricktesof Tarrytown, environmental con sultant to the Hudson Plan* ning Council, one of the ^nembers of SHC, said, "PCB poses the most sari* ious threat to date to our efJfcyts to clean up the envi ronment. That threat has ferpwn graver as thp wide* spread nature of the prob* gem and the extent to which pBs may be responsible for human health problems has grown more apparent." i In recent mouthy, fish caught in virtually every freui water body^ including the Hudson Hiver, Lake George and the Great Lakes have been found to have ex cessive PCB levels, it was reputed. Such evidence, together with an increasing aware ness of the human health impact, may cause a ban on virtually all fresh water fishing in the United States. Dr. Rickies said. "Because of the long life of PCB In the natural envi ronment, such a ban may last 80 to 100 years and that would wipe out recreation for millions of Americans and destroy the livllhood of thousands of commercial fishermen," It was reported. Fred Danback, president of the Yonkers Chapter of the Hudson River Fisher men's Association, spoke about the citizen's row to combat pollution of the waterways. "The federal government's new system of pollution control has failed, said Danback. SHC will hold a confer ence to develop a citizens [action program to deal with this problem Friday, Jan. 16, at 7:30 p.m. at 28 Hem* I lock Drive in North Tarry- i Danback and CommlsI sioner Ogden Reid of the { State Department of Envl! ronmental Conservation will be among the many speak1 ers at the conference. t SHC is looking to give this state agency the authority to regulate importation of foreign produced PCB and PCB-contalning producta. "It Is estlimated aboouu^t 800,000 pounads o< f PCB wlli\ be imported1 in 1876'' it was! reported. MONS 032987