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^cnu-tcr bcs iwer: ;rxi 0. 245,11',1 l:.'. :,14,4fl5 JUN 1 4 1975 fyUL. 'ASKS BAN OF CHEMICAL PCB LANSING, MICH. (AP) The Michigan Natural Re sources Commission urged the legislature and the nation Fri day to ban use and production of a chemical which is con taminating fish in Lake Mich igan. The chemical, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), is used in a variety of household products. "We hope this state will lead the nation In banning PCB," the commission said in a statemsnt. Commission Chairman Carl Johnson said he ees no alternative other than an out right ban. Fish in Lake Michigan have PCS levels above the limits ' aitowod by the U.8. Food and Drug Administration. I The FDA has seised some shipments of chubb CRUght in Lake Michigan because PCB ! levels were found to be up to 20 parts per million. The FDA le gal level is five parte per mil lion. Human health could be endangered at a level of 900 parte per million, tbe FDA aid. PCB's appear in a wide range of products, from paper to hand soap. The eole U.S. manufacturer la Monianto Chemical Co., of St. Louis, Mo. ""The Cflfflpany agreed in the early 1970s (o stop selling PCB for some industrial uni. But ths chemical has since been Isold for other Industrial, com* I marcial and household use. : Tests at tbs University of Wisconsin showed Rhesus mon keys became Hi, even at levels . of less than five parts per mil lion. HONS 031159