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LYNCHBURG, VA ADVANCE 0. 11.000 NOV 1 4 75 V** , / PCB pollution Not loaf iftor Rachol Caraon'a Silent Sprint m pubtlabed to tM, "DDT" bacuM dirty and. Canoo'i book totalled Um adrane effect of pootlddao. eapaolally DDT, lkaa riranmont, tad after n rtronmant. Bat recant avtdeaca hu Indicated tha conttnnad praaanca of Ufh coacoBtrattOBB of PCBa la aabnon. atrlpad baaa aad othor flab In Amarlcan wa terways. ana aaa of DDT ana banned by tba Enrironmontal Protec tion Afaney fBPAI oa Dec. II. 1971 Polychlorinated blnbaarla. or PCBa. a treaa nMaauamal pollutant! that baaa bean In oae alnce IM, may aooa become u in- famona aa DDT. PCBa are need primarily aa tubricanta In the menulecture of electrical Mae. formera end capadton, but are alao employed In the Tracee of. PCBa have been found far tram la- daatrtal areae-la tha Hndaon Blear, the Groat Lahae, the upper MMarip- BBIver and the Quit of exlco, among other pfamoa. The main worry la that PCBa, which hare boon prored to cauae rapro daetltre dafacta and death In flih, Urda and mammala, may apcaod further ap tha food chain It atrict imbHmi dm whi. Mil are maaafactorod la Due country by only oae preduoer. the Konaantn Coaa- not focthcomlai. about PCB pollution haa baaa aolcad In the pad, H waa net until ItR that forernmantal action waa taken. At that time EPA racommeaded production tartly mapped aelHaf PCBa to then cuatomera who r HONS 033375