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KBIT, WISH, urriswmi o. ' pCT 1 1 1979 wn Banned chemical threat to his son fm trailing. haMfcm ki m Matthew, Myt hr wm tfcvutatnl to lean eaafla, a,eat. One of the barrel! hare hee* lckJt* ** the chemical* , hlllti hi Dm Wr>|reaail caalaia the taxlc chemical FOB, a cancer- faund la the breaet milk of Matthew's mother. 'ontaminated HONS 010980 v Mother stops nursing after chemical found in her milk 'AT1TTS, Cain. (AP) - Con- atlaaa af the haaaed chemical .'ii fiend la the hrcaei milk of wemaa jratterdajr, and a Mate aiaiapiM recemmended that mpcrai'gp Mop aaralnp her Npa haimey tcMa ihowed Marie hnaat milk conutnt l.a Mr mMea of PCS, 3 ppm man dm 111 Pood and Drop dMradaa aOowt in cowl' milk, one Lachharl of the Colorado mmm if hmMl sd an the malts, Dr. Sandra % a Mala epidemiologist, tug' tested that Mrs. Darling temporari ly stop breastfeeding her sen Matth ew. Ms. Lapham said she would conduct more detailed tests of Mrs. Darling's milk to find out whether the contsmination was severe enough to pose a threat to humans. The tests were conducted after Wayne Darling found 17 barrels of PCB on his ranch. One of the 55gallon drums was leaking. The chemical, called polychlori nated biphenyl, was developed in 1929 and used as an industrial cool ant for decades. In 1937 it was found toxic to the human liver and in 1968, some 1,600 Japanese were poisoned by PCB-contaminated rice. The En vironmental Protection Agency banned it earlier this year. Hie state Health Department also released test results showing that egg and chicken-fat samples from the Darling farm were contaminated with even higher concentrations of PCs Mrs. Darling has said she and her husband moved to Lafayette north of Denver To live clean, healthy lives," only to discover "the most horrible thing in the world in our backyard." The Darlings are vegetarians and raised chickens. They ate semi the eggs and gave some (a frien An investigation showed the 1 barrels were pot near the Dmft barn by a relative ef the owner, thought they mntained roeking He was going to use the at weatherize fences. Darling, a self emptayed mechanic, said he left the bar undisturbed for "a couple of yes after being told by the manumc er, Monsanto Chemical Cor* at LoUTS, HUfTthey contained "a dm* ous chemical"