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j SEP 2.A 1979- Persistent, prevalent PCBs : By MARTHA ANGLB aadROBRRTWALIBRS i; WASHINGTON (NBA) - Witt apoiogiM to compoMr Woody : Guthrie, here'** new line tor out at ; the country'* bod-known folk > nop: "From tho radwood for**u : to tb* Gulf Stroom waters, this : land 1**ookod with PCB." : PCBS* nr* polycblorlnated biphenyls, * family ot toxic, highly I: persistent Industrial chemical* > that hovocnnwd liver damage and birth detect* in laboratory : The radwood foredt *pan tb* ' aouthara coast of Oregon, whar* a commercial bakery rocontly tttacororsd that It bad purchaaod -- and now mud dmtroy 50,000 PCB- I* I mrnuTYOKcuNX Tho Gulf Stream wnterewam tho . wad coad of Fhxlda, whan a : rhemlet racaoUy found a markad :: damn* in the potential fertility of -* jnnB| nos wit appoand to bo rddad la part to PfSftncaa found : In tho aubfact*' sperm. : Tbdmentb'srapertsarPCBcoo'1 tsmi--Msa Mi ifanMad to thaa* 00,000 egg* In Virginia and North Carolina 290,000 pound* ot turkey roll In South Carolina, 90,000 turkay* In Minnesota and JM.eoa etdekan* In Malm, New York and North Carolina. Meanwhile, the company that wa* the aol* U S. producer and marketer of PCB* for almod bait a century la busily propagandizing the public about tho raal and im agined glorias of industrial chemical*. HALTED PRODUCTION The Mnanentn. Co of St Loud finally halted Its production ot PCB* (add under theArodor trade name) In the autumn of 1P7T -- but not until It had produced enough ot the toxic liquid to float an entire navy. Mmimtt bis la rscsot year* that It always wa* concerned about tb* dangers posed by PCBs and "has made ovary effort" to keep the public Informed about tb* barards. But whan the threat of PCBs was first ddclaaad In tha earty iflke, Maneaeto denigrated those revelattons m mert **poUttcsl cfeorgss otjlnetnylng dSdNasand1*^*** Other artanttad reported at the Aitfaihin rheealeel gnCiOty COO* vautka that Mae at PCBa fall tram the air each year Into the Great Laima. Food product* confiscated, daetroyed or baoaad by federal of ficials bocauae of PCB contamlnatfon discovered d tha aarty ltde indud* the Mowing: more than Tha company now ha* mounted an amhttdua and expansive advarttslng campaign designed to modern life. Moosento'a ubiquitous television CBUMitialt ntdl tbs virtues of chomtced ranging tram praearvetives to firefighting compounds. Never mentlonad, however, d tho product (hot win haunt tb* nation isr many docadm tocomo--PCBa) HONS 008 733