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lit! ifeaily News Oigest Service JOURNAL International Herald Tribune DATE September 30, 1971 PAGE 7 / X PCB Contaminant in Food h Traced to Its Container By Richard D. Lyon* WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.1 Tolerance Guideline* * f<YTi.~ The Food h.tvi Dvtij Aiir.ir.l.M'uuon h.s announced tiiRi ii ii.-'.s found high levels of U r "!'<s:*vr*ai contaminant PCB In *lr-edf'ed wheat packed in re cycled cs'vri'joard. Tolerance guidelines establish ed by the FDA for PCB in food range from 0.5 parts per million for eggs to five for fish tod poultry. PCB contamination in cooking An ar.ency spok e* m a n **14 oil in Japan three yean ago Mmschy ihr.l since the Undine killed five person* ar.d afflicted U*V. June, the manufacturer* ol LOOP others with a severe form the r re.ota.o and the food corn- of acne. The chemical la al*o !i;.d slopped using in* known to cauae liver damage type of rartibowid she; erased r and malformations tn bird* and . the con; iminatlon. I fish. | Thp onboard had apparently < (been im.ric o.* different k.nda of waste paper. Including rsrboniesi j c'" <!)! in,m. oni B.Sff'1 ttffi'nu, MCI* ia chemically i skri to the iHArr-Ueidr DDT and 1 PCU CGtur.mtnaUon h\x recently I The aubafanrr, which is gradu- I ahy bring eliminated from induetrial products, decompose* verv j slowly. thus lingering m the en- j vlrunment. Its use ha* been ! banned In Britain nnii i. rapidly { declining in the Omud States. brrn found In eggs. chicken*, tur keys, salmon nnd fish mc*L | Routine Analyst* j Japan Firm Gotltf TOKYO. Re*t. 'NYTV--A Japanese district court found a A spokesman for the FDA Mid leading chemical company guilty the PCB had been detected dur- i todav of polluting a river and or m% a routine analysis of food ! dered damages paid to 77 victims ptvrturt* baaed on the food* that J of mercury poiwmlntt. t lt yrar-M youth might rou- } ` Judge Keilchl Miymki. of the tlnc.'y eat. | Niigata District Court ruled that A ,it<" sample of errenJ j the Show* Denko firm had pol hrntl.ictx ahm*en that ft 4 tinrn I luted (he Afano River with mer ArtF.'... a? iu!h-narpaaiw j cury <U*chmgrd irom a plant up- When the rtimpmienls of the j r.lrcnm from Nlv.riila. a city on a*mpp* *t~e -wdividunUy *x,mt- | Japan'# norihwest coast. He Jned.-rir* cm*' wn* traced t> the ! found that ihe victims, seven ol ahv*Udiit vttr.n. Toe spokesman ! whom had died, had been poison and the PCB ronrvmin.nioii of ed by eating fish from the river. vurmc* brende or ahredried wheat | The .fudge awarded the plain r^p(com fi> prvt per million > tiff:* domaces totaling about to ftrpTrr* pi-T7 mhTjon. f $10,000 at the cwrwii f.oa.ing 'i lie My>ke>oa,i e-.tfcl that tho J FDA w?v now tnling 5 r:her j rale of exchr.nge. which va* f.'-'J rs'ivim * p irked in roryrlrd J slightly mere than hnl. cf v.;.v porn- i i n t-iTiine ii (hey too j they had asked. While ton ly .......................................Thv nrod.tci 1 American standards, it w;:s a ron.'.e m rvrj-.cn fruit juices to f;idcrabie sutn for a court ze> potelo j^,.x | Hr men* here. TTll:.i .ikpi-vv's i''ri>nl:,.ni..'. found More impnriant v,-erp f|`C I '.hat Irvrj.-. o,' F"B in t he c. . iniCHfflrl .*1. C!" !;.!.C--1 from cil/1m6 and po..;ic^i ::i.p;,pa- i.'.ns. It was Uic ust m four itMjor rour: y...:i;on erre.. ** *Si',vd, StlilW.) TlCfii,*. * '.*:C ni.l ^P;U;c v;. . ...j;. kons 03179