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TA4 ,7V>>, jTxl/ Weekly butinea nswsiettsr published from the Nation's Capital PubUlMr: LCOWARD A. ClttlWR C<*av: TOM QUAY Hey 12. 1982 Pate 1*5 * Obey Te iamtipte Alleged NC1/CMA Attempt To Step lAJtC Beiucae Risk Amcmmenl * Cenedh Meets Te Dfcpel Notiee That EPA h Weak oa Eeforament................................. * PIFRA ReaetkotiudMi noses Agricetawe Committee,State Data Reqeesta United.... * Quarter lad Cleaa Air Creep Excheaga Jabt Om Hezartfoua Air PeOutaat Study.......... * Did EPA Already Win? Lawyers Aak Judge for QariScataai of MCB Cast.......................... Pesetas Page 14* Pa* 147 Papa 141 Papa I4P SLANTS & TRENDS ARE PCBS REALLY A HEALTH RISK? That'a the question being posed today at a seminar held by Environmental Protection Agency due to a new atudy by Che electric utility industry Chat clains PCBs might not be as dangerous as once believed. That claim is backed up by Monsanto Co., which released a review of PCB health effects as TMB goes to press. Monsanto claims that there Is "no link with human cancer" and that PCBs are not "deadly toxins." GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS seem to be taking the study cautiously and one pointed out that there has never been solid information that PCBs cause cancer In humans or just how dangerous they really are. If It turns out that PCBs are not the threat once believed, EPA cannot be blammed for jumping the pun and ovcrregulaclng at Its own discretion. Remember, Congress demanded that the "mad dog of the environment" be removed. , DESPITE THE NEW STUDY ON PCBS, one Industry spokesman told TMN that chemical Industry Is not giving the fire retardant a clean bill of health. There are still problems with the chemical that cause them concern. Spokesman said that there are no plans to bring PCBs back on the market, but that federal regulations should be reflective ef the latest evidence on toxicity and hasard. eea IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED... A third reortanlsatlon of EPA's enforcement office Is looming on the horlson and details could be available on the lateat changea this week, agency staff told TMM. The new lswahip chiefs have asked staff attorneys In Office of Enforcement Counsel to submit a list of which environmental laws they are experienced with and to list other projects that they would not mind working on. gPA staff said they bellave that Bob Perry, head of the enforcement program, is con sidering shuffling attorneys sround the various OEC divisions. see MOMS 011508 FACEO KITH A DETERIORATING ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGE, ETA head Anne Corsuch Is taking steps ta improve the agency's public Image. She has hired a public relations consultant. Donald Parguaou of Entercom, Inc., Denver Colo., to help out. VIch all the problems the economy lr elated to causa for the COP this November, sources say that the agency i, under pressure from the White Douse to star out of the press, unless there Is something positive to say. Supposedly, Ferguson will be able to reverse the flood ef critical reports on EPA's poor staff morale, lack of enforcement and seemingly weak commitment to environmental protection. Let's sea. Ti *1 tr r 'l- --**--%a--*-*>*-'--------------w--------------------------------- esa (MAO aw rtm nm elem aaamae. Sabamman la a4 artar aaanvla, ade S4S par Ya tb awN peauva. Rapa*ula In any Warn weMWwW nMeet aapmm aamUillae hew* Vw paCCUiar. POSTMASTER: San4 aSSam chanaat a taalnw Pvenmwa. Inc., eel RnMaf OWaa. Maar Sprint. MO JSSI0. OOII4474300. _