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'-VEVERN VA'l. MCNQAY 1UNE A- \ Farmers start legal action for A HIGHLY tokfc dtmaint wfckft can WM w iw the My Oa DOT Is leaking an ti farmland la Cart Farmland Hairs frsm tvs farmer cteMal The dump*, at Maend7 Quarry. Llar.rwtt Fardre. and Broftsktn Quarry Groesfaen. sere featured In a WtsUm Man iovesiigatlOR in January IITZ. which fl.it revealed the leakage of chemicals. being poisoned Now int ot the chemicals has been identified as one of the poly chlorinated biphenyl croup. The chemical, manufactured by by Monsanto Chemicals at Newport and dumped in the quarries be tween 1966 and 1970. dearsde* eery aloeny and can build up In animal tissue until dangerous or possibly lethal concentrations are reached. chemical The American Environmental Protection Agency haa aet a some other substance, normally not maximum guideline of two parta per . dangerous, could be latal. billion FOB .'or unaltered water | -In Mr. MaJdmemi cate all the and 0 PCB in animal tissues. land on the side of the rbad which Farmers who** land adjoins includes the quarry la either directly both quarries. Mr. Cwiim M'les. at or indirectly affected by pollution. Bnllfcln and Mr Bill Maidment at MaendY. have both ios- stock and be. eve PCB contributed to the deaths. "The chemicals have polluted the land and a stream making a wide band of unusable land through that part of the farm. This means that cattle cannot be graced near Analysis the stream and they cannot be taken across to the other part of the land ir case they drink the The semical was dumped at water at they go. ' the sitei before anyone was aware of Mr Maidment said last night fo dangerous properties by Indus- 46 acres of his 61-acre farm which tr:a: Waste Di.'po&al (South Wales > Um-ted. now ?ur. of the Bediaod he rents from Glamorgan County Council were d.rectly or indirectly Pur.e Group affected by the leakage A Office pokecnan said Ai well as PCB. I am 'ie rsgh; 'he Govern.T.i-n'. had ;.v-U o: lead and cad.ir.um *r be-., exam.n.rg ;ne s;:iauor a: much higher than ncrnul there." bf. :.-. du!nps :cr >or* :.m* and rad arrived :or a.i anljsi.s ot the water CiilOftai sommtni Pegs I I