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HAYWARD, CA DAILY REVIEW D. & S. 44,644 MAR U 1982 name s in com Hie-action also contends that' the Geheral Elec- trie Co. provided ho warning or protection to employees who were* later forced, to seek medical:, attention and who lost tint*-at workW^ Karl Lathrop, the project manager for a Cleanup operation fin' General Electric at ^the Oakland facility, said the plant had been under an abatement - 195flsandl960s. Named as defendants wereGenerraL Electric,; which manufactured and repaired ^transformers at the- plant and: Monsanto Pnm . v-;. order since December 1980fromthe:state-Depart-.meat ofHealth Services. But Lathrop said Wednes day that "for all intents and purposes; (thecleanop) is done.":':* * manufacturer of polychlorinated biphenyls -- or - PCB, believed to be tone and cancer-causing. Electrical transformers were msumfactured at the site between 192? and 1975, Lathrop said. Less: San Erandsco lawyer Allan Lerch, who repre-. used 8b.oil that 7 sehts the workers, contendedthai people have been vT ^'"seriously injured'' byexposure to the PCB; result- in&inmaladies ranging from cancer and highfblood ': pressure- to severe headaches and emotional dis- s -spills." -tresa The chemical was, used in the the trans- The .Jmn. / PCB-ARCH-EXT0378154