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mom, am TRUIUNE 0. 8,000 92-22 THE MEW YOP''rR WKLY. <30,000 SEP 8 1975 (H$U AUG 2 6 '975 PCU HAN Au:n When they were told that I ST. PAUL (IJPI) - Min PClts are essential to the nesota's two Democratic sena electrical-transformer in- tors have called for a ban on <?i ry, Humphrey suggested PCBs (polychlorinated bi tint! better disposal methods bo phenyls) or at least better found, methods for disposing of the Besides portions of the toxic chemicul Mississippi, the chemical has Svw. Hubert Humphrey and Ivo/i Amd in Lake Superior Walter Mondale joined the and Lake Pepin, where authori growing controversy over PCBs ties believed concentrations during n visit Monday of the merited a bon on commercial Metropolitan Waste Control fishing earlier this summer. Commission, wtarc they were Carp fishing has been allowed told the commission is helping to resume ou Pepin as long as searrb for the source o/ PCB catches arc limited to fish of contamination of the Mississip five pounds or less. , pi Uiver. In addition, concentrations of I*CBs, used in plastics, PCBs not believed to be primers ink, hydraulic fluid and dangerous have been found in electrical insulators, arc manu groundwater near Winona and factured only by Monsanto Co. traced to oil from electrical in the United Sl;tf^7 transformers deposited in a A conunlisiotfliTaff member junkyard. Initial concern was told the two senators that for municipal wells not far Monsanto tad refused to from the contaminated ground disclose who purchases the water, but tests showed most of chemical, prompting Mondale (he chemical from the spilled to urge lliat PCl)s_bc prohibited oil apparently remained in the or that at jeast,Tw*c ought to ground. know" who's using the chemi PCBs are believed to cause cal , ., birth defects and reproductive failures and possibly cancer. '.................. . -I . /'CO. "1 iindf rstnnil tit,-it (IcApitc .it] flic amini'S we've had, (jcneral Kicvtrw was putting 48 poumLi nf m[yCll into (he Hudson at Hudson Kails and Kurt Kd- warti each Hay," Mr. Reid said. "This year, they apparently reduced the amount to less than two pounds a day. I don't see why they should he putting any oi tin's stuff into any river."--The Times. Because it's there! 67-1 CAN? CONnmOMNG. HEATING & REFRIGERATION WKLY? 22,000 SEP 8 1975 fclipp;d nvT l BACONS) //< C Toxic chemical should bo banned except for use in capacitors, group says CHICAGO, 111. -- An environ mental study group has recom mended a ban be placed on all domestic and imported Jjoiychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), except for use in electrical capacitors and transformers, according to an ar ticle in the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environment Midwest publication. The Lake Michigan Toxic Sub stances Committee agreed with an earlier task force report that con tinued use of PCB in capacitors and transformers in the near fu ture is necessary because of the significantly increased risk of fire and explosion and the disruption of electrical service which would result in an outright ban. Additionally, PCB use in these two applications presents a mini mal risk to the environment. The Monsanto Industrial Chemical Cq. has placed voluntary restrictions on its distribution of PCB to alt ex cept manufacturers of the electri cal equipment and this will bring a decrease in the amount of PCBs in the environment, the group said. MONS 030726