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TELEGRAPH HERALD DUBUQUE, IOWA (eS) 4%000; (MAY 1 4 1975 CUPPtO 8*1 bacons] Lake Pepin carp destroyed MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) --Disposal of an estimated 20.000 pounds of contaminated carp fillets from Lake P.epin on the Mississippi River was reported Tuesday by officials of the L`.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Officials said the fish, which belonged to a . Wisconsin wholesaler, was buried because it biphenyls (PCB^ that exceeded'federal guide* lines. FDA Director Henry Roberts said the PCB concentration in the fish flesh ranged from six to 14 parts per million. The federal guideline for PCB in food lor human consumption is five parts ' > per million. Roberts said animal tests have shown high PCB concentration? lu be & uiusu uf carreir. -- director"5np5as^rOBrt-a person would have to eat tf e carp everv day for about /three years before high PCB levels might be . . _ measured in his fcocy. H""e said PCB_ l`evels in game fish in Lake Pepin, a wide spot in the river between Red Wing and Wabasha and abcut 70 miles downriver from Minneapolis and St Paul, have not been thoroughly tested. U "We are net particularly concerned about the Ifsport fisherman because of the low number of fish caught and eaten by an individual," Roberts said, adding that the FDA also has no controls ever fish caught for personal use. The contaminated carp had been shipped to the East Coast for sale. Roberts said. The fish were checked by FDA officials in New York and then returned to Pepin, Wis., by Rudolph Hogue', a fish wbclesaier and owner of the shipment. Hogue estimated the value of the destroyed carp at between $1,500 and $1,800. .. ?T 9 9 7 0 SNOW