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WUflNKTCIf. DEL. > SUHMl MENS J89QMB Ijm.ur.vt ; OEC1 4 880 $& Me" PCB banwagon i , '3| Jfs not the worst pollutant, just the most notorious. ;j And the uproar over PCB nowprevents its disposal i . By HENRY F. DAVIDSON that it It highly tonic, which la not tree -- at least in the lemc of cant ing lnstint death. drag* of the electric . polychlorinated biphenyl ..... - rtcognlrrd aa dangerous. There li no disagreement over that ' The major me (or PCB has been In; electrical equipment at an Insula.tor. In lit heyday, its tecond-largeit uae wat in food prorating. _ But there It reason to believe that Building eodea ncroet the country 'the chemical one environmental once demanded PCB insolation in official ealla the poUUcal noUa- tranaformcn and capacitor! in tant" it accorded more Iear than It power tytlcim in high-rise build ing* became the then- available That tear it blocking what may alternatives were explosive petro woll be the talari way to dispon of leum product*. Faulty PCB equip ; the chemical - lacincratloa. ment would occasionally blow up Moat Amaricaat who know from overheating and Internal polychlorinated- pressure, but the PCB itself would biphenyl -- popularrl!y, called PCSbelieve It caoam cancer, which hat yet to be proven conclusively; and not then produce chemical explo sions and fire. PCB also has been used as a dye In `carbonlam* paper -- tome of which may still be' on the market, with EPA approval - and in paints, adhesive* caulking: compounds, televisions, microwave ovens, various sealants iacludia| > highway coatings, and la dust com trot. Even with minimal leakage ' from electrical equipment, th*o, it is dear why the chemical group of! PCB is found from pole to pole. 4 The fear of PCB Is so intense int America that In l*7t Coaeress teak 1 the extraordinary step of baamag H1 by name. The Environmental r tectlon Agency was given the s else chore of disposal The chief of Ike haaardos section at EPA's Atlanta Regia* ( See HAS PCB --A-11 |V < HONS 011708 DEC 1 4 no 4** Jrlas FCB been made an environmental scapegoat? dfmmJU V Jake phtinw. nmilf nM FCI a `prirtirto pollstsot* - chemical gut te te-.-H but it f*te- t;e!'y nryn^siMe tedt-pnse to. Charles Iim i*iir iwAmtir tor EPA'i l%bdctfhia RegML wh*h HrMei (Vtswaru. wi.1 lbh it's teen Mm a tolls Ml to pnpmiM It's n>t n dancerous ss iiimadcoottete Buttttearrtatm hestih husrd. esprcully if n gets into iivr' Or? rcpUnmrto rhomkal fr PCB M rirrtrirto npiipmeto already has turned mIMW wj crriMtwnc - ranmrso'Mc The reyiirrnirto is dnrtyl torftetatc, mm* accurately rilltf Dalt'lhyt- hecvliPhthsUte. Iim* DAraswu to ike Ketwnto Tiumltn HnpM at Hrwirti TnantltTK C. said a ittey will k* pcblithrd in stool ms months tkat shows it ta to eamorrmtc la rats ltd rate* M April UTS F.Pa fi-rocl mm!. tWlyl pkthalal* kas krai used to cupart'or* manufsrturrrod is Japan Rt 19*4 it is pw'vwlly totef hH to mnM rp.irMrf ma* factored to the I'niu-J Stales* fcme schwkii lari ike %-mr W PfB kas detracted Ik* ETA lion iwmiiorwig ether, more dan gerooseteinteete Raymond D Harhfcen director af ike tbtic suMaorn rotoiol labors- lry al VauJcrbilt Itoorrsiiy to ha-hwlle. taul ten/pyrene, far esamptr. dors ran* rum kilt PCB is nrmettle and ato nrtii prric inhuman'. Jbnrpyreuatosaa f tkrcoas'iigrMsri iaka ` mi iskrlmrdtokraa< IMflBUM aftf waltonNtoaif totmiil to a rVmirai prtvm M it tkr etrv Mr rarriHtyn wwd aa a ratorsf to rut-eaaerr letoito new ctemirala. By larmtoc PCB *toMwkito." Racwiosa mm tfcal tort attacked to a fttkt af day. a PCB mtocoto times te it. This mwhy rartato kinds af dumps are wf far PCB It data* I nor* irtmd antost itto to a Stream af gmundualtr. Tkr OMi iripwl rrgwtetteu aa PCB ratted far dtepmaT of ouuip- neat Ikai kad been tokta ato of arrvirr tor say roans, aar* at kaakrapirv. otooteiceucc ar became M *a Waking. Them was aa plan to fate mw-teabJac qwp- arte a af armro. la delator, Kf*A teat a rosrt rasa tom savirim mental fraap sad aa ad PCB equipment iU to wrapped, proka My ky and decade Os Nor. }}. ikr W'A earniuared Ikai PCB ran to destroyed ky tornnisa suartard highaerformeacu mdmtritl toiler, mure wMb99 per- coat af tkr regular fool oil oarmally terwi ky sirs taWs (tor im si fiances! Mites Ckrrrotet plant ta Bay city. Mich, produced stark pasts m which PCB rooMftutkrdeirrted Nor were asy to ike asor tosic brtskdtws matenau to PCn found. Tkr motervlsr nrociurv to btaYrhtorinitcd biphenyl consists to from sat to I* cMoriat slorus ailartod it a pair of kvdrocarkos riap It will ton only at w kifh temperature* But. wkta PCB u arwperiv incinerated. Uw hydrot-arkas adds is tka teal af combustion sad esda p as water and carbon dtesidt. Tte cklanaa foaa op as lyditna ektertfa pa wttek la* frothed to water ta stake dilate kydrofkterfc add. Itea statratiwd asddonwad. TktJjiawmatn Ca . wkirk intro- ditto anB'wsa ones (Ar Wcicto mantoartoror to PCB to Ike wsrM, kas iaaMtd far yoan tkat tacifttra* tiaa rat da tteilAir*esafe*l*y", 'tTMo*ktea'*a Tkaaslyi actfvHviattoPW- adclp. kia rtg_iaa is a ailtet inrintra- t*ac wartiae far trial ,approval ia Jnaap. Mi It assod ky R.01. to Vaskia(is*, tka company Uni topes la to*id a kto PCBrndstratar la Ckrtoer. Pa., if tkt Jraanp plaat. passes its tests. * UInbviee'nmtedi(iakit'tift.oPCwB iVs aiSfj _ _ ----------- _J PCB med ky mammals or fishaa ia rotaiaed is ttoues and tostds ep ta terete tkat may to harmful topp to b>At PkiUdripMa Recins igrtes tkat the burnt prtodem is that PCD dursa't break daws, tot says ibis is aha why it a net nearly as pntsoaousas itopuhlie latte Umlrd Stairs bloand half arraiury ialrruievery Despite tkr EPA approval of troika karam| as a titans to dis- Cal aapUcattess for permits ta Mrrttt tkt ekrmiral troop aro living trgaaisai ia (At world, ft rteca tkrtugk ikt load ckam and ia bioto gwally arrwnoUiivt. la 1971. witk ivuimt r h> **** fmlrilf4 cvrrywlm* i'S rnanola^ PCB a not *acutely teste.* That la. M te not poisonous in tke sense that anrme and cyanide salts lull autekly The trite) dew ia *Tke Teste SskMances Lite to 'tte Nalteual Instuote to Occupattesal its roar Seesyal. meaning Um media. *Yso kave your readm sa opaet tkat. if anasnse kad aM tka money to tka world, it would take ikrre yean to ' figM the Mlitiral battles to get a permil.* Sernrak ia a rrgineel sates masagrr for Koilins Eavironmemal Services lac He Haims ItaNias kas ikroe to tka law isrisrratsn is estetence ikai can da tkt )eb as PCB sad. cornud- triac iba trmperatarea and * ~ amm. hrns. ssai'id*. "*W"e H` ave tte tost.* Ttore aro (wo Isboratory-lesied cbrswcal processes lor destroying PCB ky leering Ike molecule a.p.a.rt But.. wilk relatiIvveelylr' iiaaeesippceoaOtovvea tertietoerraattttes ' already approved. (tore u not murk interest ia either, Despite tkat. EPA officials uy a fins caSed SunoAte is seeking approval ia all If EPA regions fsr a portable chemical procom ta to tolaustted around os a tracur-lraiter. tertr of PCB -- Mopped prodocinf Par tons rtasaa. nrittor tkt legitimate concern aar tka kystarte about PCB kas spread to many ntker enunlrks It cannot to sold is Japan and a few Earopoan coostnes.totisMUl tegal ia moat to tka Amerteaa indutorial compantes. espedadv etertric utilities, torn tftenl ktndreda offnilliaM to dollars in Ike last year ta remove trans formers ana capacitors containing ITU A liquid, often diluted witk ether oils. PCR is omd in capacitors u toMlaiiag material It a often k. ned lor imu-la..t.i.e..a...I.n...t.ra..n..a..f.e. .r.m...a..ra-. I"*` " fw,BWr>' 'w* 4t1kose "is *t*e" transfer teat from tte core to tte outer meUi case, DieUasoe to EPA1* Attests region, speaking at a roceat seminar ia Tampa, Pla.. Mid ike concern stool PC__B__i ____ _______ Safety and lleailb' is higher than tke lethal dme to tehte salt. . ConwqtieiMly. if wuweone la acck dcntallT sprayed with a few galtena, he's ato fling to die Bet. 5 some gets in!. mouth nr eiraor aese. to may m-mtks li.ter drvrtep a s'riasa sftm ra<k. liver rto a boat to other ailments that are ameeMlcd with many ch!onn*tcd hydrocar bon* surk as inrci-r'd.'j PCB it a known raonc to birth defects and occasional sterility when fed la rhesus monkeys Simi lar malts have been found in ranch minks fed salmon caatameuied with if ta 3P paru per miHioa to PCB. and in.................. Thuuck it is not knawa haw much eld have to to consumed ky a pregnant woman ta cause a birth defect. Ike possibility is eaosgh to Justify Ike ten. There is seme evidence that PCI ia the tody dom break dawn tape*- Snouhie in aot part to tke Son Oil M doesn't krvak dawn teto simpto- mptfv- and taaa hamfto rkemirali ta tke cor-cammg agents, tot again tkcro kas toe* aa ceatlesiw nady ta prove KB am kto caumd cancer. la a study to rate, far otampte. Bvvr daaugo - lot ato cancer -- ' tocostes apparent at Agl ccnctn- Iratioan. feme PCB was tiwnofartwod with contamtaaMf that roaW ho' btamed ter manv health artfciems.' Tkat skewed the rcMlte to one major cantor body to human tow- aptten la Japan. Aid aader very high temperatures in a detective* Cmlloaed on ftotewteg page ff" HONS 011709 DCC14W {I* Some fear more toxic pollutants are being ignored sH*md DavMW. Wooten. mbelUlee fore* reMfe This iisrby meat d tba pob- We EFA1 part* par milUaa level ibm at the Dtbnarva f*wr 4 Be warn aheat Map spraved vim Wlm it was aaad in land pir* Wmatenure. PCI wtB liteh down Light Co. in Delaware. said. "N PCBa learn Mn| woipmeat eminc hat PCB weald la eirea- inte pasttbly mare baanlal dm* worked with PCB tor M years. Na laled threefb a jacket aroend a bi cals. ItiB. eldicaan Ib We electrical busmess m tabm by serprm ana I know be worked with H had cancer or any problem. When 1 was werkM with teats. I aa ap i my TV rail danger el PCBis that It is evtrywbcra in the eneireameat and can build ap slowly in human tinea lisb stick* and (reach tried p JTMbdmdbSiSll S wbao PCB cam* aeder a deed. elbows m it. It saved a M at lives TWrt was aa iacoartaaiva caacar and I Ml mat anytime at pod tedv at a Mobd Oil refinery in New wiU` Mniy mi PCB had leaf heew liakca * Ike eqatommt-mirw'ftf- T> kind af arndNil testimoey laer:an<a tIeciiiusiisryr ..<Iitt a *weni ou Its '* * *>k KirtlrfK viloe J it tKUl Ci~.4clwt telaI tat *"" i tv a h*JMca*.t -.io it ik. ;;et< iuetciirdU'i b^-7 .-*-7 jm W* *.* ^4V/ aver mmaeneyt yyeeaarrss,. Even Udt Ml mech of a worry comparad la. (or tmmpk. cigarette smoking Slill.it weuid be fmliik to rai ronumnw a'ed fish set nd*>-s a week. as w.w Cctrten: ?,,ver c: .,,.(: >. ddWrt a;;-'*; '7 V. f.* tieXie'/isai/'Xata tw//w ETflSnS1 Wl **B ,M mk` iag ail and PCB. in Japan, lhal led ta-a major PCB disa<ier *h*ch was le become lac rai.'v.rtf pint cf these who worked toUz v*r.Ur.-aL iystAMt*J *f`A m* AiuyXt*' * Myh .. PCB cask*. This was doaeiedrivt adf ederi in Um caakhw ail The Jacket leaked and Iha ml barame By Jaly, the lint of many sickened by caun lead caoked in the ail were reported and tba a* meats wtra railed reflectively *Yi:*ho* or rire-e*! disease There we.'ecj*jol;,,.*icf aed p:jr/'/*d if , pw- >: A v;r; y*,. \l ,iA ______________ ___________ odes, keen eroblrm - mdsstwtMicaJly Mak rated McanW earner *n raw ei me caw at Thh nude it leek to though PCB cawed cancer. Bel a screed look. Ifeared by most at the Animcaa ***** Ml *>! 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