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Krm i!;.ii'i'ii Smu'iial - tmn'lrr NEW HAVEN, CONN. D. 37,355 MAR 9W6 _______________________ _ Water Test Data Awaited Ceuaaetieit Newt Service PCB's in their water supplies. Hartford, the Quinmptac River, An PEA official in Washteg- WASHINGTON -- Labors* Soon aft*r the findings acre tbe Ccnnecticiit River, tbe ton said POB's and vinyl chlo- tery malts next month are ex* unotneed. started a spe* Upper Housetonic River, Lake ride are probably tbe too most pacted to reveal whrlher quart- ctal monitoring program LUUnonah. tbe Niantic River toxic substances wfttcb have titles of the highly toxic chemi* tainted to detect the presence and STamford Harbor to deter- been used with almost no con* cal pcfl arc bt Connecticut PCB'a. Paul Keougb, a mine the PCB level. trois. "Now we're faced with drlnktM waters. spokesman for the Ne w Eng- Last week, it was reported lhectet$.'besaid. Tbe U.S. Environmental lend region of EPA said labors* tbe EPA would be studying tbe He noted tbe principal danger Protection Agency's <EPA1 tory reportJ *** due APril l* drinking water in Watering. of PCB's are when they are con- Hew England region began sines the testing was completed New Haven and Hartford to sumed by fiah and than eaten by monitoring Bridgeport water ,Mt*ek. determine the existence of sus- people, supplies in January after it was- He also noted the Connecticut pected cancer-causing chemi* "It's a persistent chemical, revealed the city's drinking wa* Department of Environmental cals. That program, however,. It doesn't degrade. And when ter contained 1 'small quanltltes Protection is taking water earn- involves differentchemicals. it's consumed by fish, it can Of PCB's." pies from tbe Park River in The results are due in 1977. magnify up to 750.000 times!' PBB's. officially called >''Polychlorinated Biphenyls." are similar Bo DDT and have been banned in some foreign countries. Teats have shown the . chemical causes reproductive (alures. gastric disorders, akin lesionsand tumors in mammals. The Mantmto Chemical Co. is the prime manufacturer of the substance, which is a fluid and used in the manufacture of transformers and capacitors. During tbe put two yean, the EPA has been examining water samples from 101 com munities throughout the nation. In Decomber, tbe agency re ported five of those chits, tochiding Bridgeport, registered MOMS 037087