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WUERKO, ms. IMES BlRwo AUG 3 01975 rl MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The date's tried to use PCBS in," remarked W.B. two-day hearing this week on proposals Papagcorgc of Monsanto Chemical Co., to restrict discharge of the industrial sole producer of PCBS In the U.S. chemical polychlorinated biphenyls, of Environmentalists were alerted to the roils, found environmentalists and hazards of the chemical when an out industrialists in a classic struggle. break of PCB poisoning hit Yusho, Ja Environmentalists, including Lt. Gov. pan, in the late 1960S. Martin SchreJbrr, contend that PCB The culprit was a batch of rice oil, a levels have reached alarming propor popular cooking ingredient. tions and threaten human Ule. A leaking heat exchanger, it was later They want severe controls on PCB use discovered, had laced the oil with PCB and disposal, If not an outright ban. during the manufacturing process. Industrialists, especially paper Since then, federal agencies such as recycling companies, claim Uie dangers the Environmental Protection Agency of PCHS have been exaggerated and that have urged stricter policies on the use of restrictions on the discharge of the PCBs. The U.S. Department of chemical could cripple vital production. Agriculture set tolerance levels for Commercial production of PCBs began human consumption in various foods. in 1929 In electrical transformers. Over Studies by the Wisconsin Department the years, increased uses were found for of Natural Resources show that PCB the chemical and It made Us way into contamination has become ubiquitous. such products as plastics, paints, in Kish are the most frequent carriers of the sulating and hydraulic fluids, caulking chemical. .\ compounds, inks, adhesives and car DNR surveillance section chiefStantott bonless carbon paper. Kieinert said PCBs in /ish from Green "There's not anything Imaginable that Bay, Lake Michigan, the upper Mis at one time or another someone hasn't sissippi River and the Fox River near Portage exceed safe levels set by the FDA. The agency also found chipmcnts of carp from Lake Pepin with exvccssive PCB levels, resulting in orders to halt commercial carp fishing in the Ukc. The state Health Department has warned anglers in certain areas not to eat more than one fish a week because of possible danger. Unsafe PCB levels have also been found in various sewage treatment plants and in industrial discharges, particularly from paper recycling factories. As a result, the DNR considered proposals to limit PCB discharge rates and to curtail (he sale and use of the chemical. The paper industry, pointing proudly to its record of efforts in the environmental cause, feels caught In a squeeze. "If we were banned from discharging any PCBs at til, with our present technology, wc would have to back away from the use of waste paper," said Groff Collett of Consolidated Papers, Inc., Wisconsin Rapids. His remark was echoed by.other paper recyclers. Limits suggested by the DNR are s unreasonable, too, they said, and would force companies to use economically un feasible alternatives. ` HONS 031686 IROfrtVOOD, MICH. CLOSE o. ion AUG 3 0 1975 ^ .. 'Classic Struggle' Develops at PCB Hearings ( MADISON, Win. (AD -- The fb.lt a week because possible slntc's two day hesrine this-<j*ngci-. on proLXwab to restrictj ,.CD ^vt\t hav(, i}l# ditchnrw of h, }TMu?.ri? , been found In various sewage chemical nolychlorlnaled biph- trMtinent plsnls and in Indus* onyh, of I ( H*. found on\lroj.j,.lo| paiticulailf: meotaltals and Induatrlsliil* In. jrom paper recycling tacloriei. 'L"flc "1"?', , ' A. . rmll. (h. DSK m# Environment ullalx. Including, p,ofK>,,t, ,n Utnil 1'CR dis-. Lt. Gov. Marlin Schiolber, coir, ehnrpo rales arid to curtail the tend that PCb levels hv. Mi,; and ure oflhe chemical, reached alarminp proportions the paper Industry, pointing and threaten human life. I proudly to its reeoro of efforts They wont severe controls on |n 1he environmnital cause, PCB ue sort dtipotal, U not (ccl(, c#u-;,t iB , an oulright ban. `if we v.ere banned from dll- Industrialists, especially P-> <h,r-mc >ny pcftn at all. with per recycling companies, claim our technokwy, ora the danger* of PCB* havo been - wouldhnv* to bock away from, exasperated and that retnc*.ltw gw gf WMtp pmr - mW Ilona on the discharge of the; Gro(f of amaulidatsd chemical could cripple vital }.Rpcr| ,MC _ Wisconsin napidi. production. , Commercial production ' His remark was edioed by 0lher paper reeyclera. PCBs began in la In tlectneal' |Uggeiad by Ibe DNR, transformers. Over the years.1 arc treasonable, toe. they lacretscd uses wore found tor, mW And wogW tum nn- the chemical and It made It* (0 Ute ec0nMikally u- way Into such products as piss* aHeritatives. tics. Mini*, insulating and by*; Besides, they point out. not draullc fluid*, caulking com*,enouW lt about (ho, pounds. Inka, odheoives and;MmrcM tnd of PCBs to earbwilcss carbon paper. ,,k, hasty action. i There < not anything imagln-i ^ qi*ktl<m now goes to the! able thal at one lime or another f ,;N,, whkh will wrestle someone hosnt tried to i os-llh testimony presented during PCBs in, remarked V. V- the hearing andatteinpl to find Papaecogc of Mon*mo _Cten;i-l a solution i. Cul Co., sole producer of* PCBs iP the I' S. * Environmentalists were alert* od to the Haunts of the cbemt* . cal when an outbreak of PCB poisoning hit Yusho, Japan, in the late lMO*. The culprit was a batch of rice oil, popular conking in* gradient, ee* ' A leaking beat exchanger, K was later discovered, had laced the oil with PCB daring the manufacturing process. Since then, federal agencies uch at the Environmental Pro* taction Agency have urged stricter policies on the use oft PCBs. The U.S. Department of AgrlruNure set tolerance level* for human consumption la vsrt- eus foods. I ' Studies by the Wisconsin De partment o' Natural Resources! show that PCB contamination bat become ubiquitous. Pish are! the most frequent carriers of1 Ibe chemical. DNR surveillance section ` chief Stanton Kitinert said PCBS in fish from Gmn Bsy. Lake Michigan, the upper Mis* tosktippi River and the Pox River near Portage exceed sale WiT>l act by the FDA. The agency alto found ship ments of carp from Lake Pepin with excessive PCB levels, r*- jultina in orders to bait com-] Re'cial carp fishing In the toft. . The stale Health Department bas warned anglers in certain' areas not to eat mere than -- HONS 031687