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JAN 2 9 fi/fi t Monsanto to stop PCBs production in 3 years fly I)m fleboffottl smff WrHiT Hip miIp U.S. iwmulni'iwr of I!mhi|> of toxic chemical* that enviiitoiitPiilitllMii seek to ttHii in MinHPMilil unit 1-lM'WlUTe Mild WedtWHiliiv (lull i| phnm (u phaseout |Mliutiim of Uw 1'Kmit'Hin, probably within time years, thvn shut down Us niauufm hiring plant. Moummuu which has been m a tnt (a v t r I n g the chenilmis known n IVlIs since 1929, wtM n ts niwutiig tint production Iccihi*p aicejHshte substitute* lire Ining dr velnped. Although * spokesman tor tin* Si. I outs-haseil company mid nn "mart i i in p l it h I e" fin l hr pirnnr-mit bn* not hern di'ti'i-mliied, 0 ptntinbty wilt It completed with in tlitrr year*. in n rebind devHopmctil, the hud .iilniMiiMtiitMiii y pm r r<l ay asked 1 uniires* for legUlmiun In rotilrnl It *, nr pnlychttirinaird lilphrnils, .hhI other inxie < iipiiik-nlx. 'Hip fedml tins pimiirm now lias only tun ned anthoiiiy in regulnle such lirniHxlx, li t hwHpimIpiI that the ifwmkal* .nt Im* hurunkma in Iwallh If rwiMMintf In heavy conreottations, umt flint PCIIs are threatening mnnv iivi-m and lake* -- ilw I'.S. 1 m-iionmeMtal turnerHon Agent v ll'l'A^ lit* estimated that at least 10 million pnnrnt* of PCIIs yearly tsvin* inu> the pnvtroioiipni. With levels luive been found In fish tak en from the Mississippi River. the (*rel I :iUps mid other wnterwuys Hl tllKN IllP IlHlmil. In MiihipmUh. unnoimllv hlj-li levels nl 1*01* have tw-rn fnniHf in fish taken frnm J.nkr Pepin, the wide stretch of ihe Mississippi (list be low Hod Wing. EPA Researcher* also have rxiinimed Itiaf perhaps 41 to 40 percent of nil A met leans h*v the chemical* in (heir lisxue*. Several slate* lire I'onsklcring baniimn Uw use of Pen*. The Mitmesoto Pollution Control Agency (hi* week mmd ihr shite l.emMuturc to prohibit (hr nor, Hide. purcluisc * manufsvinrin* of Uw chemicals in ihe siate. exception*, the slate ni'i'in v said, could he made when 11 is shown that there are no svibsiiiiopn for the < heodi alK. PCBs are particularly important in ihe electrical Industry Itrraute they do not conduct direct electrical cur rent. They me necessary iurmllrnu l mo*t p*wer-item*rntlnu iHpiipmenl. Willlnm PapuHrorue, a Monxanfo spokesman, wkd In r telephone in terview yesterday (hni Ma firm "has wanted to phase out I'CHi since 1970 liecuuac of Iheir persist ence In the cnviitMimeot." in 1971. he mod. Monsanto rot off all sal>`* of PCBs except (o the electrical induslrv heciitise of its concern over (ho dtrmi<"il`s potcntiul impact. Pupnscnritc snat Monsanto Is tcMIiijj ,i suf'stitiitc for use in rapariiors wliiclt arc installed in motors and appliance* to stoic small amounts of electricity for use in starting. I'CBs nrc commonly fooml in television acta, rcfiifteratorsand air c. n n 411 i o n e r a, nmong other things, tat work it not so far along on a substitute in transformer*, which arc connected to power lines tn reduce high-transmission voltage to the icvrl used by Ihe eiislomer l lie Associated Press reported vestetday from Washington Ihat feder. tsi environmental officials told * House environmental subcommittee that PCb* pose a significant threat to health. Hui the chrmkxl sub stance Is only purl of x big dismay ing picture, xnid Russell Tram. ( PA Adminislriitor. train said poirniialfy dangerous (lirinicnls enter the U.S, market place at a rate of 1.000 a year, and urged I bn I legislation be ciuh ted lu give the government the power to mnmfor and teat alt chemicals being proposed for induxtrlat and consumer use. Rut he added that limp , in be iloi..;mi 'mMi' o i lii.il li. I- l<-','|l ||||,. !| lo ihp rn> inn 032087 HONS I reviews Theater `What the Butler Saw' Mike Steele "People are profoundly bud.'' *id Joe Orton, "but irresistibly tunny." Nowhere did Orton illustrate hi* point better than In his madhouse of a play "What the Butler Saw," now being Riven a splendid produc tion at the Chanhaaten Dinner Theater. Orton's major weapon always haa hern oufraer. verv annemni In a from trunwoMism (serine her IniKhand holding a dress, the psy chiatrist'* wife says. "I had no idea our marrtaRr wns teetering on the brink of fashion") to unnatural acts with fragments of a Winston Churchill statue. The play is part Oscar Wilde, part Feydeau, and (here's the problem for a director. It all moves with the rrity speed of Feydeau, but unlike Itis work, the lest is lerrihly Impor tant Things must move, yet words must bo understood. ' Director Gary Gisseiman solves the problem most of (he time. He lets everything take off freely when It ' can -- risking, and on rare oeea* ' sluns going into, slapstick -- yet pulls it all back to a more meticu lous pace when the language counts. He plays part of It with de tailed realism, but he lets the charactcTiutions move Into a more stylized and Inventive exaggeration when that wnrks hest. The play's countless one-line gags explode easily, yet at the snme time add up (< a building comedy of situation. TsiavMon Noon--St John s Men s Chorus and John Helland. chairman, and J i m Fenstermaker, cnmimrtet member, of the Winter Carnival Snn-Tnna Race, on "Midday." Ch.4. S:M P.M.--"Me." Story oft fami ly's need to sacrifice ttseH for a diMnibed son. GeraldIne FlttReraid and Richard Dreyfus* on "Holtywaod TV Theater " Ch. 2. Md P.M.--Special: Lota Falaao hnet. Don Meredith, Dinah Shore. Bill Cosby. GahrM Ka plan and Billy Dee Williams, on "Lola." Ch. 9. (ABC), Talaviilon movlM IttB P.M.--"Desk Set" (1997). An efficiency expert's arrival alarm* workers in a research human Spencsr Tracy and Kalhartns Hepburn. Ch. II. S:tt P.M.--"The Seem of Monte Cristo" (1991). An advoMww promises to protect * deed man't daughter. Rory Calhoun and P* tricla Rredln. Ch. 4. HONS 032088