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Th-E end OF- THfcfttAlMOL f LU'ft FR-1 EarOcr lacldael to Japan Percentage d PCB Rise* A New Chicken If the world's ecologiral-pnlMirel eommunitf had had a workable ear* ly warning syatem. what happened to the chicken* and ruga in 10 South Goldberg told The Time* t bet pre liminary studies indicate that ocean ic fish and plankton (which !i.*h eaw now contain a higher p*i cent age of and Egg Riddle: eastern elate* this summer might not have. In 1968, about 300 Jananeat contracted a strange akin dteease. and several died. 1*CB. Moreover, K*B molecules ar* more 'persHutnl* {longer-1 ived) than DDT, whose effret on fish and birds it relatively well known. PCB Pollution . Scientists Try to Detect . The deatha and illnesses were traced to an infusion of FOB into the human system, via a contaminated rice oil. ' -''/The chicken* were poisoned by fldn meal spoiled by rCB from a Twenty-five per cent of all the DDT manufactured since Ms devel opment in the 1940s remains in the world's seas and lakes. But DDT In htftelf to,not harmful to human beJttUEt,. y ' Extent of Buildup in So*' ferity pipe in the coolant machinery *' .'Vix* factory. but Leek Essential Clue* > ,Then, on Aug. 1*. the Fond and * -.ifrug AdminUiration revealed lhat SI JAMES BASSETT TMasAMSMH Mttsr 10.000 egg* containing toxic PCB chided federal inspectors and reached Washington, D.C., grocery What do Uio slaughter of 77,000 stores. chickens, the destruction of 73.000 Meanwhile, alerted In the lethal eggs, and a worldwide buildup inj r /#>ipblem, a special panel of the Na- the aaa of a mysterious chemical , t-lional Academy of Science, headed . Jvy Dr. Edward D. Goldberg, ehemis* jtatted PCB have In common? yjrf profesaor at Scripps Institution *r^ow imfrh PCB has.escaped Into *' the sits through the atmosphere. ' river*. sewer* and dumping Is not known, because it* production Is a trade secret. Rut Goldberg suspects , that it I* considerable, "The more the problems arc stu died,* hfs-panel raid, 'the more unv expected effects are identified. In view of the findings of the pan de cade, our predictions of the potential , Please Tent to Pago 19, Cal. I Environmental danger*. .df Oceanography at l.a Jolla, hat The chickcn-egg incident occurred urged an all-out survey of the extent In July and August. to which PCB hat polluted the ease. . Bat adtnliflf ronrem over oceanic i GI Mutton hy PCB (polychlorinated phenyl) la just now coming to a head. . . Chiefly, liquid PCB la used In lo dustrlal toat transfer systems. It la . highly valued for Us ability to with* Stand ternfeatures ranging as high HONS 031810 aa 1X00 degrees Fahrenheit. And bo* ' enure of li* plasticity, it had been 1 l',:d an additive for aralanta, pain14 pi luting Ink and pesticides. fciardi of eholnrinsied Can Only (inm hydrocarbons in the ma rina environment' may be B*it, ask* GnVH*rg, how murh hat tlrcadv been produced b y Mnnanto 3* Eaf flngrlrg t-imti SuMapr. 19, g nifty umlwilmiafed. Thus the nailr.il acini* during the past four de cades. t'nlom .' h intHu* "fly utilizing a single la boratory to manage ih<* In Semite# magazine, of ficial piihliraiirm of the my reeommrndrd: lion* like Seripp* obtain Proliant." Gnldfa-rg and American Amr fnr the t --Mounting * "ma**:vt national effnit" i fare this Information, they can only guess. From theso foggy figure* the** can nis colleagues nolcd, *Hi(. ftctdties in standardizelion and in sample prep*, Advancement of Srienee, rnlvprotty of California reanarch ecologist flohcrt n Immediaio, drastic cm- then try to determine the latinn and handling can be niaeiirough, an amhonty tuck In the escape of per amount now contained in minimised." on I't'H, declared this tinent toxicant* into the environment, with the ul timate ftirtl,'virtual r**n. the nrrans and what the 'future fallout may lie. There i* *omc optimism, though, that a better no* A group of Nobel scien tists ha* JoinM In Out (dea with a message to (he inlted Nation* Confer month that rit*aminants in PCH ah 'among the mnt pojsitno'ui com]Nnindx knmvit.' Hon* a* -'n at pewW*\ --Smite up pr'prams lion of rCR's prevalence may soon Ire gained by a . ence on the Human En vironment, to held next Half of Shrimp llirt to determine the entry alx'meml*er federal task prlns: Half of the shrimp ex- \ . ntea of pnMutinu into the force, {winding reprencn- 'Some poPntant", etpe- posed to one part per mil- , earth** water*, and find tatives from such bodies dally Mihstaneex like lion of the chemical died out where three pollutants as the Council on Rr.vlron* DDT and rCB>, and also during e recent Florida en finally end up: In ana life, mental Quality, the En- j lead are itletrihntcd glo vironmental agency test. marine plant*, etc. "Thce Ironmenul Protection bally via the atmosphere. The same article resorts l tbould U followed by a program of monitoring Jong-term trend! in order to rerere progress and to document possible disae* Ur." --Examine and probably revise law* go\crnlng the teclstrat -on of cherolval ub*lnvx In view of Agency, the Food and Drug Administration and the Agriculture Depart ment. The Department of Tleallh. Education end Welfare earlier this month made a quiet announce ment of llte project, which Their concentrations may reach levels sufficient to damage ecosystems (a community of ecological and phyxical components taken as a unit) irreversib ly on a worldwide scale be fore the damage is recog nised." that Mimsardo technician* found "no adverse effects" when rals were given doses of PCB as high as 100 ppm. Risehrough said that in "our throwaway society* PCBs will uHlmatelv be come waste* that drill into the environment -- and tvldcnri* of rnvironmrn* specifically centers on the Should Ba Curtailed eventually the food chain til deterioration caused hy. PCB Issue. * The Nobel group, like Itself. some of tthrmt." That I* the crux of tho 'matter today. Will Net Give Figures Deapite lalioratory teat* that ahow the dcleterinua effecta of the PCR-t.vpe substances, the sole I'.S. manufacturer of KB sub stances, Monsanto tftcmleat Co., hat deellneaio re* mil it* production tig* urta, alihouih scientists bare long been requesting uch data, according to the academy panel's report. When The Time* con* tooted a Monaanto official 4n St Louie, It was learned that the firm hee acknowl edged the problem to the stent of confining PCR'i VM to cloned electrical gyrtema under what waa teemed 'strict control*." Ko longer will It be cm* gloved aa an additive for jgealanls, paints and other product*. "'Recently Monsanto allo Monsanto has said U will cooperate. But Goldberg, while al lowing that this It a move In the right direction, rails It "only a mlcrostep." Some recognised, non governmental scientific group ahmilft have tho in formation, so tpat exlm* RlVe; and iirvpjftial testa can go fnfoorfiiAie said. WKilehirtwademy pawl recognized the economic reason for trade secrecy, and a firm's ^proprietary Interest In An exclusive product, added: MW>.(Lhiao toql that there in tltilfiMVrnen It is not in the public ^interest for govemmerikMn maintain aa privileged Sale that art necessary for research into the stale of our en vironment and for an as sessment of its condition." ' Single Labetetery Goldberg and the acade According to Science, my, want a thorough stu the FDA lias set an "inters dy of "their origin* and ul im guideline* of A ppm of timata sinks as well aa their rentes through the PCR "ax safe for human consumption ef poultry." food webs and efforts on Rut scientific nonbe the ecosystem, Including lievers rate the federal men." guideline as "unfounded Their enlry into (he sot* and arbitrary." should be "curtailed to ev .ays Risehrough: "Five ery practical extent c.*'' tA. patla per million la Just a If this requires reMrtcp.'fhirt number. I'm sure FDA nn production and t'se," . pulled It out of the air." ' the Nobel group said.' , In rebuttal, an FPA Since PCB Is also manu (.spokesman Insisted* the factured in Japan,>Ru*sii( standard was. determined end several European from the "best scientific countries, It would appear ] Information possible." that the 1772 U.N. confer- I Whereas the data for . ante offen the best porsl-1 "abort-term exposure* Is Me chance of attacking a. not complete, he conclud difficult global- problem ed, the FDA must go- on globally, . ...... what Information It Goldberg said that Japan possesses. .' turns out approxiiqhiely. "We can't be held ac 10.000 tons of PCD annual countable for every d:rcn ly. Based on each counUt'i gross national pro duct. ha added, that would chemical," he told Sconce. So the achitm exists-- end grows -- among the scientific community, mean that Monsanto could government and prtvaie cated S3 million to fta en The academy therefore vironmental control divi asked that the law he sion to tackle the rCD pol* emended to that nonln* lutlcn problem. It has ! volvcd scientists ran over yewiy Panned "uncontrol- come thia "obstacle to ef- V hV rOB itema in Great feetlve environmental i*:it:!n, where* Monaaf* management." Especially, , v thesole npuntfa-su* aid tho panel, aa regards .; \ ' lV.o years ago," 14*4 * .polychlorinated hydrocar* ^uroprao company of* ' bona (like I*CD). I. 'the scamill nr*l* be making. 50.000 tone a Industry. ' year. That, however. Is* That lx what ipooks rc-n only an educated guess, -like Goldberg and Klrcs- Goldberg admits. - brough. The Scripps mi- The company neither' -.rlne chemist, call* the confirms nor denies .that potential PCB d tf v figure. , t 5 .frightening." 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