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Sfe Mia Gtowa tunMnNOX. a.v. gnu iw on Hum Ml UM FEB 41981 Officials to meet Thursday on PCB By PHIL RQSMAN 3rd SUIT Writer i . The meaning behind an acronym of i "evil," which bn haunted Mamaroaock in recent days, wiU be dkcaasad and dissected by the acronyms of "food" when a boat of state, county and private acencin meet with village offirials : Thinday night : The target is PCB - polychlorinated biphdoyi -- a toxic chemical knowa to have caned liver cancer ia laboratory animals. Since Jan. t, traces of the substance have turned ap ia the utility systems and gn pipeHna of several i metropolitan area homes. Local concern was stirred last Saturday when particles of PCB were discovered in oil dripping, from tba gn meter in the borne of Norman and Joan Cotrona at 1$ Old Post Road. Although tests performed in the last fen days by Can Edison chemists have (DEC) who were iavited by Assembly shown as farther evidence of PCB in the man John M. Perone. RC-Mamtoneck. pressed concern. One homeowner on Old Post Road summed up tba faaUnp of many of bar neighbors when dm told The Daily Times Tusaday, "Honestly, every time you turn around there's that's harmful." .' . To Had oat hen *1ufmful" or barm- leas the PCB found here Is, Trustee Gary D. Bastiaa ashed that a special informs- Uooal meeting be held Thursday at I:1S and Sea. Joseph R. Ptsani, R-New Ro chelle; representatives from the county and state departments of health; and Jama O'Toole, director of public affairs for Coo Ed. Enacted toJoin the village contigent with Bastion will be Mayor Suxi Oppenheimar. Trustees Norman S. RosenMum, Arthur C O'Neill Jr. and Robert FunicelJo and Village Manager Joseph P.Fraio- p.m. at the American Legion Hall. UP Prospect Avs., opposite Village HalL The following representatives (some with acronjrms) are expected'to attend: a the Public Service Commiesion (PSCVthe stats ageecey which regu lates all New York utilities; two persons (one Is a PCB apart) from the Depart ment (-of Enviromaatal Conservation Mayor Oppenhebner. and Funicello. whs Is deputy mayor, oe Tuesday sat a telegram to Coo Edison, demanding that a representative with fall knowledge of the facts bo presat at the meeting. They abe called for a detailed writta report froB Cm Rdtion cancerataf "this nmii Me health emergency." ,> Perone, who bu.bea in contact with several state and CM Ed officials since' the Cotrona story "broke" Mahday, will' also attend. '1 Accordingto Cm Edison, It parts per: millia at PCBs were found in the ail amplm laka from the Cotrona home. The federal Envlromental Protection, Agencey does not permit me of UquMsi CMtaimng lion. more than SO parts par mmiill-j Utilities, confronted with the prucbn{ ' problem, have theorted that the chemi-1 Ml ia many cases leaked into the pipe lines in the lubricating oil usedW compressors by pipeline operators. ! PCBs were widely used in Insuthtini,' equipment and in the lubricating afl* manufactured by Monsanto until tbei mid-lSTOs. UnUl thiS'WdHod. iu discoTi eria of the substance had bon made! mule Con Ed's own distribution system, y o Ul