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QJtjc Srtrntt jfirce frets DETROIT, MICH. D.M&IB6 SUN. 714,631 JAN 28 1976 ^UL PCB Limit Approved By House House OKs Sharp Curbs On PCBs CnIIhM bM PafJlA BY DAVID JOHNSTON PrMpimurntnS*w T._ LANSING -- By a101-2 vots Tuesday the Stata Houie pasted a bill sharply restrict ing the use ftfpoiwhlnfinated hinhenvltYPCBs), a poisonous industrial enemies! that has become a major international pollution problem. The bin's sponsor, state Rep. David Bonior* DMt Clemens, said he hopes that the overwhelming vote will prompt. Senate passage and "encourage federal action banning PCBs.*' THE BILL eventually would halt foreign manufacturers* sales of PCBs for uses that state officlels say would lead to water pollution. These uses include wax casting in tba auto industry, htatihg ayatams .for apartments aad office buildings end factory hy draulic systems. Bonior's bill will have little affect on the Monsanto Co., the sole U.S. menufeoturers of PCBs. because Monsanto al ready has limited sties volun tarily- Moat of ita m}m art tor Please turn to Peg# *A, Cel I liquid Intuletor. In. electric transformers, which ere ex empt from the blU'e provi sions. Monsanto announced Mon day that It le phaehw out man ufacture of PCBs. Most fetlelator. war apparently un aware of this. ^ In humane. JtBe offset liver hnetfea end ean anrrfdn lesions. Thnehemlcnl lnterferae with the lepeodnetlve araceiisa el many eelrnets. Including Wide- .-****; -my have defective eh-Os II bay eeesnme even tihy PCBs have been found In Lake' Michigan splmon at lev els as high as 29 parts per mil lion, four times the maximum allowed by the U.S. Foo* and Drug Administration if the flih are to be sold. John Hesse, a'state Depart ment Of Natural Re-ourcea aquatic Motorist, eat* that if the Senate naanes the memur* and Gov. MtMhenrivns tt into law, PCB levels <n P* begin declining hi as little as HONS 032906