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PCTAl CM, KICK. lMtuNC C, JJ.SC'J MAf 3 1977 .rr . Illinois Residents Protest Toxic Landfill U'lUONVUlE.NUAPl- IVilionvillr residents. eoneerned that barrel upon barrrl of potcntilly cisngermii materials arc Ming buried in * nearby landfill, arc voicing their graving resentment. Angry over a court decision allowing eontinualion ol the burial of sot) contaminated with POIs. the villagers received more worrisome newt. Toni Of chrmirill) ionuminiled tludgc from the sewer mirm of Louisville, Xy. will be trucked and buried iitbf iviisonville site. RoidCemmisilMerr"Why don't they bury u where they gol It." said Dindall Caldwell, a firmer and Uorchesler Township road commissioner. He added that he would try to lover writhi limit* on roada leading to Inc landfill in an effort to slop the incoming chemicallyladen irucki. I.jrthline Corp.. which operates (he landfill, hat rrlusrd 10 discuss what other rnalcnall lay sealed in Sigallon steel drums buried in ihclSO-acrelieldofclay PC'Ua, polyehlonnalrd biphenyl*. are chemical compounds suspected of causing a vide range of Um.n maladies from acne to miscarriages and hive been proven toeause cancerin rats. The EPA and the company contend that the site is safe, ft has been operating since September l*7(. "Because of the type of hard day and ihc amount of day. we don t expect any prablemt due totremort. "The geological makeup of "Even if a fissure runs down the day is not totally im the middle of the sile, uhirhii permeable hot almost," laid highly unlikely, that it the iyp ERA spokesman James of day that resells." Maloney. "II is such that ihc male cannot gel oul iinio utter ind other syslemtr fee LeoM. Cite), EPA director, 300 years Don't Flow-- "PCBs don'l flow. They don't travel through the ground. They don't irsvel through sand They latch onto granules.'1 he said. According to EPA regulations, ihe Heel drams must be buried with at leant 10 feet of ihe day below. Ten feet of clay also must separate the perimeter of the field from the nearest drum. When fully covered. 11 least 3 feel of the day will cover the barrels. Maloney said. In testing Ihe feasibility ol the site, the EPA also con sidered that pans of Southern Illinois have tome hiatory of earthquakes. Southwest Illinois-- ttilsonville is a village of about TOO persons in sotsUt* western Illinois. -That was taken into con* iideration." Maloney said. feeli that the Wilwnvilk nit is one of the best-suited in the nation for Ihe diaposal of potentially dangtrout materials. "If you are going to manufacture (heap materiala, you hive lo find a place to dispose of them." slid Eistl. "It's at simple at that. Since all the PCBt in Ihc nation were East St. Louis (fil l ironic that an IIIMow com munity it now pratcilini their burial in theam*.'1 Mtloaty said that the hlitaourl soil being buried in Wiltonville contains 2 parts per billion ippbi of PCB ronlsmiiistiao According to US EPA tolerances, fish. which contain as may 41 ) parts per million ippmi. an fit forhuman roniumpnon. Another ERA spokesmen explained thai despite the tUght PCB contentthe noO. "ii wat accidentally spellud ind n s the law that it has in be disposed of Ihn vnole , thing hat need bio** oul of / proportion." I HumioHatirdThty hate caused sufficient alarm si a potential human htJird thai the iedersl government last year binned ihcir production and distribution by l*, The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, which licensed Earthline to dispose of "potentially dangerous" materials, said ihe company two weeks ago rcouesicd (hit its files be kept confidential on the basis (hit they contain "irade secrets." an EPA spokesman td. The secrecy heighlened anxiety. "li's got everyone ill seared." said coil miner Allen Amos. "It doesn't scare me much because my waier is from Gillespie nearby. But If i was a farmer and had a deep util around hire. I'd raise esin." The PCB-coMsminsted soli comes tram a spilt tn Jtflertoc County. Mo. Residents led by 1 CilboHe print, ihe Rev. Culmlr Glenn. fear that thesecontiminMts ind other* may seep from the drams Into local itreimaand wells. Sam Campania, manager ol the landfill, said, "It's unfortunate that thla hap pened. It's a case of not reaching an understanding aboul what's going on. even though we made every effort to eiplsln what ut are doing here. TradolomuHa said the company redrMtad that >11 rues mb the EPA be closed (0 the public because "revealing what'* M the landfill mil mean Ikal some of our customers' trade secrets would be made j^nown." HONS 000950 BENTON, ILL NEWS 0. 5.500 raising a fuss By CHERYL DEBES accidentally had been coo* "T*1 PC* were transferred Anotiated Pren Writer laminated with about 2,000 **m * P1^ 1 tbe grain . CHICAGO (AP) -- Poly* parte per million oil PCBs.Re* stored in the silos. That waa chlorinated biphenyl <PCB),"a acUona' ranged from aoree, ^ 1 ow aod it came out la manmade chemical used gener* acne lesions, Notching and sUn *** mUk Repainting doesn't , ally in electrical equipment, is pigmentation problems to mis* rid of die PCBa. We dent found today throughput the carriages and stillbirths. Bfe- teow wht to do with tboos United States in the air, water, mer said many of the victims sUot* Th eoocrete Is eeo- ; soil-end in people. still suffer from the poisoning, laminated and we're having a I Last year, after teats deter* Furthermore1, PCBa are a r** disposal problem." mined tt was a health hazard, suspected human carcinogen Disposal of PCBs may ha* | Congress passed a law banning and have produced cancer in dome even more difficult, hi ! an production and distribution rats In studies at the Atlanta Southern Ulaols, citizens of 1 of PCBs by 1971. . ... ' * Cantor for Dlseaee Control. tiny Wilsonvilla are enraged ' Approximately 1.4 billion v Bremer said that In highly In- *b*t tb chemical is being ; pounds of PCBs have been pro* dustriahzed areas, higher levels .hauled from the St. Louie area . duced slnoe NoMantq Industrl* of PCBa generally arc found In **! dtel*d in a landfill near i al Chemical Oo. of St. Louis bo* Ash, animals and the environ* their community. They have gan manufacturing the chem* meot.. >< - ..>- threatened to. blockade the j leal in 1929. At present, govern* He noted, though, that a na- landfill and are fighting tbp le* | meot figure* eetimate that tional survey of PCB content' In *'*Jn th oowts. ( | about 760 million pounds are In. mothers' milk, conducted by The federal EPA la required use In electrical equipment and the Oatapdo .State . ^fetad . Jw mo?*h to iatim final rgu~ some 490 mlOion^pouade* Wist. 8cbtioL. showed "It 4idn't moil JlK?"0 dispose] tad storage l In landfills, the air, water, soil ter much which geographical /wqWTement* for'.wCas, 2r4* or sediments,,.,^ .... . . ; area the ihotber came from." \ TW aaW. Ultimately, PCBs [ Samples of human fat tissues Hie chemical Itself, depsrjd* hj"" J* completely broken t have shown an average of one log oo how much chlorine gb fTn' ut it takpe apodal to* . to throe parts per mUUon present, can be e white, po*. 'Otyarators that beat to more ' (ppm) of PCBs in the human dery solid or a liquid rangiM threes FahrenHdt f population throughout the na* from clear, oily substance Mb . ^.2 TM; , ' lion. And a recent study a yellow, sticky material. JV**.?** amkal incinerators L showed that mtay fish in the Its primary use is in electridi > {****"? 10 operation are ovsr* > Great Lakes contain more than ; equipment, including traap*; **dy. Bremer said. "Ibey're > ppm, which Is the tolerance formers and capacitors, flod*, burning pesticides and oth- leval for human consumption reecent lighting, mercury and . W he**rdous chemicals. It's a set by the federal Food and tedium vapor street lights, cep*! Jem mgs." . Drug Administration. The FDA trel aLr-conditiming units and r " Is considering lowering the lev* high-efficiency refrigerators. I el to t ppm. It also has been used etteo* Karl Bremer, toxic sub* tively in carbonises copy pa- stahoOs coordinator for ths U.S. , per, in waterproofing paint, in Environmental '" Protection bydroUc oils, In road oils and In Agency, said the chemical la plastics. ' 1 "very persistent and alow to But in hsiarly every instance, break down, If it breaks down acceptable substitutes far the ' at all." t uses of PCBs have been fouod, . The first Indication Quit PCBs Bremer said. . ,constituted a health hazard, oc* a typical 'problem resulting curred when workers manufa<K from use of PCBs Is Illustrated hiring tba substance developed by what happened when about MOMS OOG951 Small bumps, sores and Melons 29,000 allot in Illinois, Indiana, n the skin, Bremer aeffl. Michigan and Kentucky were In 1001, about l<0po persons In painted with a waterproof paint Jap*** consumed rtoe oil that containing PCBs, Bremer said.