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MONDOVI, wis. H,ER^?0HEWS
JUN l 91975 fyuL.
Pollution Levelt
Reduced on River' 1 Nl
Lmli of polyelUorlnatod bl*
phonyla In tteMUStsstpprPIVtr
areabowliig a definitedrop, ac-
oordtog to tho Minnesota Wleooaaia Boundary Area com-
. mission. WU1U Mittltoo of
Mtonanats pollution control ( agntey said May 16 taata re-
1 fleeted vary low imla botwoon
the Twin CSttoa and Wabaaba.
' Lowar levels will not reduce
I the danoer of eating oontaml-
1 noted rat, Mattlaon warned. Earlier teau of Lake Pepto flab
1 lndteated PCB levels far to ' asceea of a federal limit reach*
, lag flee parti per million. ..
1 No aouroa for the cbemleal
boa bean Identified Suepeetad
offenders. Inoludlng a Red Wing
tannery and a reflecting tap?
f oiaipdinnirlng plant at Cottage . Grove, have been ahaabed and
el added.
-
Barbara Prang of LaCreeaa aald
PCB levels to the LaCroaao
area have been maaaured aa
high aa 12.2 parta per million
to normal monthly monitoring.
That figure wouldnot pose harm
tailsaa It emdiaued ever long
periods.
Mattlaon aald part of tho dwmleal coneantratlon in tho
Mississippi rtoor might be
treeed to an oU laak as ater ml-
dal at Savage, Mton., to 1902. About a million gallons of PCB
rich oil were loot. Jamas Har
rison, ezeotaive director of tba
hountory commission, aald
come of the problem might be
doming from Owned materials.
PCB will net break down until
e temperature of 1,000 degrees
to reaobed.
than Kaahandarfer of Poua* tala City said Increasing sodl*
toaat to tba .area of Merrick
fchte park was creating navi*
gttloQ problama for email
nonta used by fishermen and
tomtom. Tba commission a*
for aids ebannal
dary oommlaalon indorsed a potltlan ter 01.-
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