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tM NW YORK TlMUSt WEDNESDAY.SPTKMO^R 26,1912
Toxic Paint Chemical U Found in IT of 39 State*
TON . Snt I!j. fcmmp-WlMiwr. Tht Interior wittr.' *oi4iKnmrly dmM
WASHINGTON,> sopt.
real estate lakes, and at two
(UW) -- A torte chemical oeed Daporti*TM1 ma<jB " "per luunnintewd Sstuatmes OeolocicaJ >S^taar--
in plaatlca and paintt haa
,
in unexpectedly UffeT < Report!* on a Pederel i
I-v-e--y---s--t-a-t-io--n--s---l-o-c--a-t-e- d in rU huivmetyy'rTetmiwontev awremas u"*n"a`ff`e*cterd"
by aan/YMr. Crump-wtesnar
said. "We also found lake and
d. r-.|fTsr -y-ss^ sodmint acienusw. im mraBwiuw " ""
tnoMrad especially prevalent analysed non
than
*Ew 2,000.
stream tivdy
sediments to have reIs*, high concentrations of
PCB residues. One out of every-
five bottom sediment samples
collected In IB states con chlortDatadWblSShanylt! cfimJ-|ta^Wa expected to find tracei tained significant concentra
ally gSf.
limilir to the msectldde of PCBs at aam^lng point* B teNrldWro-d ! pH'"" l"<"*ttUl cwtyw hot
tions of PCBV - The stares where
` detectable
tics,' paint*,
caulking
conwwere
surprteed
to
find
detact*
samples were found were Cali* foraui, Colorado. Connecticut,
Florida* Maryland, Massachu-
afSAirsafestK, gars
^ x*g^jNew .York in fcupust bjrjbeen^ generally
accepted to ft in tits
Pennaylvania, Puerto Moo,
Toxu VirxinU, Wt Virflnk and Washington.______________
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