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elkhart, mo. TRUTH B. 27.000 OCT 6 W76 4& Monsanto Cited for Phasing Out Harmful PCB ST. LOUIS (UPI) -- The Mngirtfl says by Oct. SI, PCB a "significant hazard to human health aad the environ yy ft v production of polychlorinated biphenyl, a ment," praised Monsanto's aaasuncemest Tuesday. , iwMril Md as aa electric insulator, because of p*mrtfNt - "The liensutto decision Is a significantstep In dealing with , lianllHiffiftiM Ihwmiw the total problem of PCB contamination," said EPA Ad The company said Tuesday the phasing out of production ministrator Russell E. Train. ' wine the next year win give time for manufactmn to And "Environmental contamination will continue to be a \ wbtfttute materials for PCB. Substitutes developed by the problem doe to the mUHons of PCBs already In landfills, soils, i electrical Industry are being tested, although they may not imnre as effective In resisting fire as PCB. river and lake sediments, in our air and water and in wildlife and human tiswe. This contamlnatiou win be there for years i The Environmental Protection Agency, which has called ~ moving into life systems, tocfctfng humans.'' Traces of PCB have been found in every major waterway ta the country. Monsanto announced in January It would eventually stop production of PCB but at the Ume it set no timetable. PCBs nave been seed since about 1IN as Are-resistant fluids aad electric iasalatJea in capacitators and transformers. Monaoto once made as much as tS millioa pounds of PCB a year, but its production has dropped to about 27.SM puumls ' in recent years as fears about environmental damage mounted. luma iUutft Pm JAMAICA. N. Y. D. 292.393 SUN. 292.270 OCT 61976 [Monsanto verdict-death for PCBs . ST. LOUIS (UPI) ____ the notion's leading supp Co_ stop production of the chemicel ty . Oct St, 1977, hocooso of : hssordous offocU.QB.hionWS. MOMS 050589