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Contamination From PCB Is Traced To Its Source , By E. T. PORTU Jit. P Ryen (Demi New York, who hnt fought lonely battle fnr Ot tba Btoff WHEN THE FEDERAL Fond and Drag AdmtnftlraUon atIan month that H* tnvtnigstor* bad found breakfast eereal coniimIMlad by recycled cardboard aaekattflt. H HireHated am H-anu*ded warning: The aoiulton lo MW revtronmMul problem may create m and more aartoui problem*. Ot, as Dr. Samuel Epatatn, a Boatw raaearebar. one* put It, Dot of tb* acolotfeal frying poo. into tha loxteotegleal tire." St. Lwai* tnvftonimntaUM Sorry Commortar tfkoo to oay U another way: "There'* no toch thing a* a free hatch." Whet Iho EDA'* field office In Ctectmatt discovered tea* toot anme ahreddod wheat mad* by Stmtklne WtcuRa, tee., eorrtalnad aa nreeh as M pans per laDhoo of a toxic rebalance known aa polychloHnated biphenyl. or PCB for ahert, made tn (Mi country exclusively by MonaaiNo Co. control of PCBl lor the past two ynn Among Rytn'i com. piatnu- (U The tkteddtd wheat finding, though made In Jure. waa not made public until Ryan learned of II and demanded re port "That'* typical of the FOA," ha astd. "Thay'ta mare con cerned about industry than the Integrity of the food supply " (}) So for the FDA'a respond to tha problem Van bare to meet with Induatry people and to treasure the publx there la no Imrnadialo danger from PCB*. Ryan favors bsnnlng the them,eat until there are assurances H can be reed lately. (!) The FDA has ordered all Ire Held otHca* ta make thack* for KB* and lo report Nov. I. Thi* ha* coma about only btceuao of Ryan-generated publicity, the Congressman said. (4) Monsanto's promise not to aell PCS* lor open reel b respect, ainca M waa shipping them lot yaat alter >< lut anMonctd tha tall-impoted reatnetton* UrtU KNOWN OUTSIDE (h* cNmieol Matey uMil re cently. KB la a colortaai. odorleu Viacom fluid which waa he vented more than ft yean i(o. It now hat an attoMtMnt varie ty ot industrial eppheetkma. It ii employed ae a aoftenor foe ffaatka. to printing Ml*, (or cootmi pepare. aa an additive to pottieidta and *i heal re- utieM miuleto? tn electrical equipment. Beceuae It lo wo common, If hoa lamed op almoat every where, tn Japan three years age, PCB ponUminttton of backing oil killed lire prraons and afflicted l0* others with an acute ektn metady known aa cMoracne. D la known to causa Meet damage and malformnOow in ftah. Because o( Ha chemical kinship to DDT. M U now suspected of cawing fragile egg toelli among bird*. In Fact moth of the damage to bird* of prey once Mamed on DDT may have bean earned by the moeh more abondant PCB. samt aclenttat* be- Hare. Although the aftredded wheat dtmorery waa dlaetoaad only recently. R sevael'y waa mada * tuna In the aauree at a maw hot beeket purvey guiatly MaUtutad altar urerol praviOM Inch dantt. (5) There I* a eertoui question at to haw closed "tkwad" evatamt really art. Lati July, lot example, KB* leaked out ol a suppoiedly leakprool heal tramfer tvatem and toMammaterl tone ol filh meal in a plant at Wilmington. S'.C. The meal wee lad lo chtekeni and subsequently U,Nt broiler* and to dotes egg* ware pulled off the market but another SOM dnren equally Contaminated agg< were sold ta consumer* tn the Wattanginn. D C. area. <d) Monaanto deserves no great applause lot ttr arlloa m hmHint sal**. Ryan roatende I* won t lose aalet lu rts tompetitore beaut* it Free none. "We v* given up on Monremo." isid a Ryan aid. "We've found them less than candid, In (act. tort ol deceptive, in the two yoara we've Men dealing with them " (T) MoManio* relreal to make lit lalat figure* public pre clude* study of (he problem by independent wtemilit group* outtide the Government Monunio a reply to Ryen is that tt reppom current lepers! alien* lor continuing research In control ol ihe problem* FDA commireioner Or. Charles C Edward* isatiod a vattmern rv|ar*Ing an outright ban ai ialeailble and ' crista haidline*" *> unworraniad. WHEN PCBa WERE POUND In the cereal. Hiveatigitcri ew> peeted the packaging, because two month* oorlltr HMO* chick- on* from thro* ooontftt In upstate Now York wore found eonumlnoud by food which wu m rent latttod by packaging con taining PCBa. Tosu of tha cardboard ahornad PCB teveB renting from on* 10 411 port* par wlQtoo, (Tba danger level pat by (bo PDA for PCB In milk la two parts par atfttco). A check with too bo* mtnufbttorer showed that tt por coot of the eordboard -- the grey kind oomwooly naod for Igbt conreinart - was recycled. Tin culprit was found to bn KBtrotted "eaihonMt" eorbcu ptrpor acreps from a Nittono) CBah The dtocloaure earn* a* a aurprtaa to soma obaarvar* hn caret Monsanto, partly In taaponaa to peoature from anvlreumenullita to the St. Unit area, bod pledged man thao a year earlier to atop railing PCBa lor any putpooe other than cloaod aystemt (ouch tt seated otectrtcol otoripmeM) where they could not pollute the awvironmeitt. IN JULY If?*, the company femailtad the pledge with on anmwnetmant that tolas (at open oyawms had beta ttauowtte- plant tn Sauget, HI. I* National Cash Register did net take glare until right month* mot, a company spokesman ackmwtedged Montanta had continued to make good on aaltt contract* ..................... _.jf ot of new, Monaonto hot eeamd no* only uia* but totomtato of PCB* (or eavlcewwentoUy Hunrdotm use*. What Is non. N hoi offered to taka beck (K tha fretgbt ta paid by the (Upper) fl wmtaad or wwaotod KBs (tom Molted Mgh Mmparatura toetoerator at the Ktvmnrich giant ha oted. Pbrnlty. Momauto hw offered tn reveal Rs PCB ereduetten end ante* flguroa, to wntldMtt. to faderal official*. Not to any one elaa. howavor. THE PERFORMANCE OP BOTH tha PDA and todwtry bat brought down too wrath of Ualud Slate* RapnoMtoUve WllMam Correction A outline beetato photograph etokk eppaorad or the Challenge* Page lorn Jute It Noted that Month Parma at SaHnaa, CalR,, did mi aapwy aaton Mbor. Merrill Farm* omptoyt membora of toe APIXIO Packing Hrmae Woihere Union and member* of the Team*ter* Union to several of K* operetion*. eUAN BURNER: Momente'i fMO,000 Inelnoroior, raeenffy iniloflsd al lha company'* Krummrich plant on Ik* fiptt Side la doitray vtili fell ralurnad by Indurln*^ cuitomaet. Cuitomar* pay J cenii a pound for Iho tarvic*. . ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Oct. 10, 1971 HONS 032427