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Uncovering "Midnight, dumpers'' are perhaps the worst 77f:,tetrachloroethelene leaching out of a souths v-but by no means the only source of danger- ^western Tennessee hillside which, it turned 0\ v i: ous chemical wastes spreading into the enyi- Hiiibut,^ had been used as a dump by.the Velsicol0 . : ronment. Of mounting concern are chemicab.0*^ Chemical Co. between 1965 and 1972. (VeK:j; . : which were "legally"--but sloppily--dumped,V^sicol is the same company that produced thejU ,V1-. . Chemical Company's dumping ground near by the! industry, on Oct.'liEA began. the,; ?}}} Niagara Falls, N.Y. Although the company second phase of the campaign. Each of 5,500-y ' violated no laws--there were, none dealing -.^chemical companies has been sent a question-., - with chemical dumping before 1976--danger-:^ fe;;naire aimed at pinpointing the ^location of 3 . ous wastes were haphazardly buried, the land;!^ chemical wastes that have been dumped in the x; " ' was ultimately sold and developed, and now/j^ppast,' and what those wastes consisted of.;Un-':f>- , substances program, Environmental 'Action ^ agency has responsibility for past activities-^. began a new campaign to find out where the;-^; and it's past dumping procedures, that have ..chemical wastes are--and; what they consist'>&s many authorities worried. of. On Aug. 75, EA lobbyist Blake Early;J777v "Some people have told us to stay out oij? called for citizens to take the initiative and this, let the government handle it," said Early,'0 'ask the nation's chemical companies to reveal 00 ;"but that's exactly the point--no one wants,%; where they have dumped their chemical^'^to touch it, everyone keeps hoping it.will goj wastes over the past quarter century, so that away. But as we've learned,'when it comes^.. steps could be taken to prevent further.trag-^. to, the environment, there is no `away.':QW^r . edics. ` ' 7 ' - "The chemical companies have got to pro-0; "We want to know," Early said, "where }*vvide us with enough 'information';:so sthat' and when these chemicals have been dumped, 00 authorities can find and deal with abandoned . tions before the inevitable happens and more }}} companies in your town, community or neigh-?}; communities become victims of the horror }}borhood} urge their public affairs depart*'? 7; , . i that befell Niagara^Falls."0`:v ` ^ * 1 'merits to answer the EA~questionnaire.' (If. r ' Unfortunately, thus far no chemical com- '}{they've lost their copies,'let us know and we'} ' . , pany has voluntarily released information tofplwill send others.) If they refuse to answer it,}}. ' ; ' .1; the public. However, as Early predicted, the f}}complain to the companies' presidents and,i> V.'; ; ` 7 Vf'*} . ; . inevitable has already happened--the chtmi- .}}: your U.S. and state representatives. Write a.-. ' 0\` cals themselves are revealing where .they are }}} letter to the local newspapers and TV stations." ' buried. ` .'}} Make a fuss. You have aright to know about } ' On Sept. A, The Washington Post report- potential chemical dangers that.could affect'}}. ed that investigators have'found the cancer..;!your health, your property, your children and \ }'K KJ: /' causing chemicals toluene, chlorobenzine and .V your future. '}[. ..'}}::}'./ ; 3 . 7 '}}} Environmental Action/7 PCB-ARCH-EXT0378500