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6f PCB Found in Human Tissue jeport njotticd last week by the chlorine mixtures and 0.5 mg per eublc meter for 54 percent chlorine mixtures. NatlonVrniistitute (or Occupational Safety & Health tends to confirm tome of the worst fears expressed about po lychlorinated biphenyls. Contained within the report is a study that shows a high percentage of Americans have ACETOACET-ORTHO-ANISIDIDEThe Industrial Chemical Division of FMC Corporation hss lowered the prices of its acetoacel-ortho-anisidide (AAOA) products by 10c. a pound. The new price is $1.7$ a measurable PCB residues in blood plasma and fat tissue. AROMATIC PRICE CHANGES Aeeording to NIOSH. recent studies hew that PCBs, in amounts greater than 2 parts per million, were found In IN of 537 01 portent) samples of human fat tissue. A general population in eighteen states sod the District of Columbia was used for the Week Ending November T, 107S ADVANCED '*"* REDUCED testing. ,A Moreover, PCB residues ranging up to twenty-nine parts per biliioa have been found In 41 percent of SIS plasma samples collected from volunteers in the Southeast. The "known" toxic effects of PCBs in hu COMPARATIVE PRICE INDEXES (tee-ms rw,|,i Last Prov. Last Nov.t Weak Week Month 1R74 200.18 200.10 200.10 200.32 mans, says NIOSH, Include an acne like kin eruption (chioracne), pigmentation of For Currai the skin end nails, excessive eye discharge, welling of eyelids and distinctive hair foll icles. pound for truckload quantities. For tl. Workers exposed to PCBs In the process quantities, the price becomes 11.00 a pound. of Insuletlng cables, in the production of The prices of acetoacetanilide and ace- condensers and In the manufacture of chlo- toacet-ortho-toluidide will continue at cur roblphenyls have experienced the skin dis rent price levels, aeeording to the compa ruptions along with digestive disturbances, ny. edema of the face and hands, burning of the eyes, impotence and hematuria, reports NIOSII. The agency estimates that 12,000 people The major application^* AAOAJgjn the manufacture of yellow-pigment dyestuffs I and printing-inks,^ N -"'BENZENE-Spot prices (n the Culf art exposed to PCBs in their workplace en-l vlronmentt. The majority of these are In capacitor production aad in wax for invest ment processes. . PCB SALES RESTRICTED coast region continue to increase, wlthj most sources now reporting a slim ipgpafl] Of 13c.-74C. a gallon. The majot-oenrtmers1 haVi Ducn buy ing lifgVTTyTn recent weeks, probably in anticipation of higher benzene prices by January !. PCRs are used in capacitor* and trans Actual demand for the product is still formers because they are chemically stable sluggish because of outlet products, such as and fire resistant. Monsanto Company, the polystyrene, which show little sign of ole US producer of the product has res strong recovery. As long os that condition tricted Its sales of PCBs to "closed sys persists, the major producers will he con tems'* ouch as those used by General Elec tent to offer-little spot material until the tric. - lint of the year. OB recently admitted to dumping PCBs At that time, prices will probably rise 5c. In the Hudson river heightening concern a gallon and if that increase sticks, most that the toxic chemieal was entering game look for another Sc. jump by April. Ash and thua posed a further threat to For the time being, as one source put It, human beings. The toxic effects of PCBs were tragically Illustrated In IMS when IJ0I people In Japan Ingested rice oil heavily contaminat "management wants the purchaser to keep Inventories at a reasonable level, without overflowing the tanks." COKE it COAL CHEMICALS-Benzene ed by the ehemlcal. Estimated at 1,800 to production took its largest monthly drop in 1,000 ppm, the eontaminatton appareatly ' August, falling off July's pace by 22 percent occurred whea pipes Immersed in the oil according to the latest Bureau of Mines re Waked PCBs. port. Output of the other aromatic chemi Those affected reported easel of ehlor- cals, via the eokeoven process, was also re oeiw, skin diseoloration and transient visu duced in the month, while sales of crude al disturbances. In some patients, symp light oil and toluene took large jumps. toms persisted three years after the expo Beniene production totaled only 4.3 mil sure. lion gallons In August, compared to 5.5 mil Infants born to poisoned mothers had de lion gallons the previous month. Both fig creased birth weights and showed skin dis ures. however, are far from the 6.7 million coloration because of PCB placental pas gallons turned out In August of last year. sage. Two stillbirths were also reported. Toluene production also took a atgnlfi Weight and hair loss, liver disease and cant slip, with 724,000 gollons made, or 19 uleers have been produced in monkeys fed percent lets than in July. The July figure PCBs, reports NIOSH. In additional was <94,000 gallons. Going buck to August studies, the reproductive abilities of minks of last year, the government report shows has been severely affected. 1.3 million gallons.were produced. The current Occupational Safety A Xylene fared better than the other two Health Administration, Department of aromatics, although it also dropped In pro Labor standards for chlorinated biphenyls duction for the month of August. A total of are I mg per cubic meter tor 42 percent ISO.OOO gallons were produced by the eokco- y toy a a svs JRE AND TECH, -.> y: YrS o, a ANTIFREEZE LTITOBUU Distributors of Solvents d/MBVlE As FOOT OF EMMET STREET, NE> SULFAME CHiCAGC Fine chemicals end related ' equipment and services E)c 4507 N 1312)5 -. - VwwwV * aw.is m NBS (N-Bror 44.5% N NBA (N-Broi 57.5% M