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CHC-MCNTAYOft ... .... ! , Conservationists have another chemical to worry about, one that apparr. m ui?:i mnkdcu. in fish, birds, animals and people much like DDT, Culled pnlyeblmtibiplienyl (F(ill) In Sweden where its presence in nature was first discovered, the chemical is /Sr - known as chlorinated biphenyl in the U.S. Though not made in Sweden, the ;- * , chemical Is used worldwide in transformer oils, lubricants, paints and solvents. k { A Swedish scientist says PCH first apjx*ars ?n museum-preserved sea cables ' dating from 19M. and that it is now present in high concentrations in fish, fish ! . spawn, birds, seals, and human adults and children! Tlie Swedes attribute wide* <' /.-**/ spread distribution of PCff--it has been detected in the air of London and Ham- ` ' burg, and in seals off Scotland--to air pollution resulting from industrial uses "/ /"> and from incineration, which docs not destroy the chemical. The extent of the hazard, if any, is not known. And U.S, sources say they are not aware of any such problem in this country'. "Teko me to the moon" remains a wish in song only for most women, except for the dozen or so who joined about nine hundred men in answering the National Aeronautics ^ - and Space Administration's (NASA) latest call for scienlists-astrnnauls \Chcmr.n* taltir, Sept. 20. At the. deadline..Jan. Sr only 931) doctorate engineers and scientists had filed applications out of an estimated 20.000 qualified persons in the country. Engineers comprised 27% of the applicants. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will pre-screen the applicants for NASA, which will select twelve of the survivors before August 15. No estimate of the women applicants' chances of selection is available. Evan 25 the United Steelworkers ask&cl the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an injunction ; that forced striking members back to work at Union Carbide Corp.'s Kokomo, ' led plant Jr.n, 1?, p. SI), the company appealed last week 5r a \V. Va. court to set aside an unemployment compensation award to its Alloy, \V. Va.. employees. The \V. Va. Dept, of Employment Security said on Jan. 0 that 1,060 Alloy employees were entitled to compensation for the nearly three months the plant was shut down between July 2 and Sept. 22,1086. Tlie National .... Labor Relations Board had branded that shutdown as an illegal lockout . . ' (Chcmcufalor, Nov. 7, 1960, p. 97). When Carbide reopened the plant, tho . employees struck. They are still striking. Prw Farris ir\i Vb* rtxli cf Niw if:My ;c* r.t-rt i\ tht Y.i~i ::t V.p rcfi-jr omdoc IsOsIl levels in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area--the power companies because they produce most of the pollutant, and New Jersey because it has no rules to cope with tire problem. These were among the conclusions of the lengthy N.Y.-N.J. Interstate Air Pollution Abatement Conference held in New York this month (ChemenMor, f . Jnn. 16, p. 82). The Conference, though recessed, technically remains in session until a permanent body is established. Among tlie recommendations were these: , federal representation, with a .vote equal to the states, on the interstate ' v body. The U.S. wants an entirely new agency, while the conferees prefer to expand the authority of the existing Interstate Sanitation Commission. * Application of New York's ambient-air quality objectives to the entire area. Power plants not to burn fuel exceeding 1c/o sulfur after Oct. 1, 1909, unless (he plants arc equipped to deal adequately with SO? emissions. No new generating plants to be permitted unless a 20-yr. supply of low-sulfur fuel can be guaranteed. *Np\v sources of SO., emission to be limited to 500 ppm., and existing sources limited to 2.000 ppm. 06311*1 Jemuuy 30, YV&7--Cl,ciktil tnnmMi'lrij ...Jr-- : r-. PCB-ARCH0745314