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a particular poiluiaai. i c. ' -- case of the PCB's ve n.v.- ha.-;, au opportunity to resolve situation before that happens.'' Although used industrially for the past forty years, polychlori V..T.1 k\:\; nated biphenyls have only re cently claimed the attention of ' v.r ?2i\) > ;b/U environmentalists, Dr. Gustafson points out. Since f.rst detected plastics are singled out, since, in Sweden in 1966 and m the such products er.d up as solid; baited States in 1367, they have waste to be burned in city dumps i been found in rainwater in Eng or incinerators. . j land, rivet' water in Japan, mus L I Monsanto's former custom sels in `he XeUieriar.ar. pen s'. c>-< look for less harmful sub- guin V. the Antarctic, A; statutes, rather than buying terns in me Arctic, waters of * ' -' ' > 5 IT'D >sc^T j ~ S.^T'tfV^T' Tl cj t a . 2 * PCB's from manufacturers in me Great Bakes, shrimp in A ! Europe and Japan, the quantity Florida, cod in fhe Baltic Sea, 2 | of PC3 getting into the environ brown pelican egg's in Panama, uhii;,::;.A:.;;;;:;: AX EXT. ANTEXEAT, ; mer.t could be substantially rc- brown seals off the coast of j and oysters; nr.a vkitc-taiind. ducod, the articles points out Scotland, sr.d in human hair and : tics (fish-eating birds) have PCB's are used as cool ant- fatty tissues. ; been found to contain as high ' -`u-3 -y Tansmrmers as 1.1 nercont PET, in their I EI,= fluorescent ngr.ts ana as i .s en.Tu : v.i s ipo.yc Tissues. PCB's are readily stored : -utteners plastics and coat-i cd eiukouvls). has b.ee: , ! in liver am! fatty tissues of hu- Tn^- Tne P-Operties tear make, mV ; me bciiWi ,.w ,, m.ibiag is i liscful a;c ;hc s;;me "''o- j ,j. i; ncm b..m..e. {o cm.,,.oi , TV: ins that mane them persist; .u Ilevircnnu'ei.w Thence tc.i Technoioty. PbBb are chrctuv.\ii! v *oxic * j . .\ib. k-- r.. y, a . they could nreuniulr.ic ill the tire en\ hem nerd, Dr. Gustaf environment ft. greater amounts; son comment.-. They do not burn, than DDT. but are vaporised and carried ' . into the atmosphere where they t.aii, ovi :: :;:hV be wOkb/jlc :o Tne ?>'- m Comwmv, only ; collect on particulate matter and .mao on ;his tltre.u before mas . me r of BCD's da- | are subsequently returned to the sive dsn-.ago is do.to. according v . m. wwwTn to stop sell- surface of the --wth and into :o tlte amber. Dr. Carl G. G. - . r. ebcctlve August 20, ; rivers, lakes, :-- oceans, sfs-'.s. chairman of the dey-rr - custom--rs who cannot eon-: ;-.,oLhcr source is probably ntent of entmistry at King's C trot the . of the end ;. > art.cm , Tits PCB's arc depleting pen ; motions certair. wild fowl by . cau-:ng the formation o' thin- j of Xm.v '.A . . - .. sbeiit.-i ergs, it is reported. PCB's j iomers who .: Jten- are oen.-ontrated by fish, shrimp,! ing agents 1 Trie land runoff from industrial wastes and dumps," the author l bs. "A third is the point of manufacture and the plants where PCB's are processed into other products. They can even escape through the plant ven tilation system into sewers or directly ism waterways. "So frequently am;."..-, ir taken only after it Is evicier.t -cat mas- OS\N 552503 STLCOPCB4090920