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SUNDAY ei UI,U.! i,*io. - SEP 7 Moo J2pV>.J.L *VXu^ yCrttt`lX;!!p'J. XmXl-[r, Ji CCO-UIT '- ^vp/rj-.n vanj,res:i Uv DON JORDAN It T Culdx.i FUi'.or T lure arc sow |w!JuiuAl->lnal fni'al'. c;i onus anil Ion late l*j ail TV.o rwiTCTl i'in-> of i'.u!y rhWirot.-d IrplmOs. Il'd'.'si Is a <<i oamj'!'' of or,'* |...!;U.'i)l'thot, Amnion ha* torn aware ol ior swot- time with ac tion to knl! iii.cliantooniyii-i'A bogmti'iu: PCB's wcio i. "oil Of on ii'i viv.'xon f.icbc in water iwllu'ion un'.ii tlielati; pen's jrHeariy i-'Tu's. ' At that time. it,v New Vorl: Male l.'ip.-iitnic-il of l.`nvir(im'.fnli'l ('(Hiserv.nlim know nl-.m! PCB's. An I men Hi*io;:li New Ymk mss aw fire of srriou* pi'-Iilms a^iei.-dr,! vulli Bus chcn'.Mhl, tv\ r.clm was taken In liait d.mipini! of II In Dio I i'H.-'in Kiv or. THKN, IN BAULY AUGUST o'. ihU year, It* , A'rio) ork Turn s reported th.it cws.e.!::icr hid toon WMi.oi to ovo.d eating striped t ii.'S Iran the llu'Don River iiiul salmon from hake Ontario bec.nwot dingnou'.ly high lev els oi tTBs In these t-pock's.. ' The No-1 York warning was Issue! by Ogden Tt. Uriel, comrr.i'-siircr of the Ne-.v Y or k conservation jigcney. -iduiT want to be aiularmi u. but this is a ijiH slienof public health." ' Pl'it's b.ivccdemf llic l!a.i>uu lliycr since 19*2. General Ktr:Srtr. acrordui:; to a Sept. I. report In Spoils IllUftr.iUiJ. "lias been dumping them into Uk* Hudson. an average of M pounds a day since t'Jil. iMHimts on Mine occasions ... the largest Mimm-idettlal release o! these poisons yet discovered in the U S .mlp-vib!v the world.'' - C.E. USiTi Tilt-* CHEMICALS tn the manufac ture of electric.'d c-.i;:,lineal. The PCB .* aroused by oilier inrtusti ol firmsihiou^hojt the "oiId because of their i.igh u'MiiJiicc to heat KCB's arc toxic to most eniuMls. Including humans, and according to studios at tbo University of Wisconsin. Michigan State Uuivi-risily ind japan. PCB's can cause miscarriages and stillbirths when taken in large doses - Since PCIVs arc so indestructible. environ- ineiilaliMs wot ry that IIiom* chemicals may be more environmentally damaging (Inn HOT. In fuel, the more highly chlorinated PCB's arc "essentially uuolteratile < miirobint or physical clwmicat ac-` lion in the environment " This itUvslrucRlwlny delight* industri.iUsls. however, end.products made mini: PCB's include everything from hydraulic brake ilvwls to printing environmem products leareemes.* c.-u lu-.n paper ond paper coat ing', IN' 1971, MONSANTO, the world's larged siegte piodncer of lh':h s anr.umccd it would restrid sales to -dosed cycle" sysiitw in tmsfw.xers and cajiaei'.or.s. t.'r.fortitnatvly. I'CDs were already in tlwcvM system to slay, l)t. George Harvey of the Woods Hole Ou'anoj'.rnyMc institution says PCIVs tr.ter the cnvitonutcnl from-sewage outfalls. Indtistnal and municipal waste, Ir.-.ching Irorn dumps and tin? bin nir.jt of refuse. -The .itmesptierc fs iho major pathway of global Iram-port." says Harvey. "I'CH's have been found in all organisms aaaly.-cd from the North ot.d South ' A(la;:tic oceans, even in animals living under 11.000 feel of water... Based on available d.ua il sec-nts safe lo conclude that I'CH s ore tn esent jn vat j lag concentrations in every .^pt'cics of wildlife on the earth." TUB AMOUNT OK 1*01 concentration Is what cauvcscftocern Current l! S. Food and Drug AdmfniMraiion it'DAHt&nd'jrdssay that nn> lood containing more than five parts per million ippov of PCII is unsafe toeut Rock bass in the Hudson River were found to contain 1>1 ppm of PUB Salmon from Lake Ontario wctc found to contain between IS ond 20 p;un of l'CH's. . In I.ake Michigan, where fish and wildlife people have claimed overwhelming success In establishing coho salmon populations, cuiio have been fotmd to mtitain IVIJ's at a b:cl of from 7.C ppm m l: ppm. Thr: US. Food and Drug Administration has ordered canned Hake Midii.'.nti coho seized because* ot liiglu-oitcentralwn; cf l'('it's. ' WISCONSIN LIMT'BNANT GOVKUNOR Martin J. SehreitieT wio*e to A Gene Cai'ny ot ihe Michigan Department of Natural Boomcts in 1971: ` There exists now a problem with cimfar.iiranU in Like Michigan that has (tie potential ol destroying both sport and commercial fishing in ail the Great ............... - ................... . . ............ M I.oIts. This co-:lfl lurn any cffml-. to dvyelep the lake as a fulur" I'rm-'in source Into a futile and (tn.-(ra'ingr;i<?<\n.n\" In f.ici i.-poils ttn`rrl II Rmle in ||:*r /l/usfM.Wlepotl. Iie.-iithau'.v..:ti<'v have anplors r. >t lo cal ,mI;.ic:i or tnul fro n l.aln Mieliiy.a,i inlhanouce sw.-ik. So uh.il da,*s a I'til do t-i animals. in,Ii;-.f.i,g hamans' Hoyle repo'fs a Japancje disaster in t&02 where t om people .Vvdrpcd Yw.l.o diea>c when Buy used rice o:I coiitamiog an 2 Kfl p, m c.V PCB's. The FCB's leaked l,cm a p.frf> rtjrimj processing of the rice oil I-iit.vo syniptftrr.s in- eluded eye dis- horges. se rre an.o. utecri o.' tl,e uterus and darkenmg of the tkio I'le^mnl women Suffered ni'sc.irrtafcwmidstiiibiithn. ami surviving lofoniss-jffei'cd from obr.vin;>>i (ii.nunlil'iinaillie reraiiti'f tr.ir.splaceiiMl Irari-nimsianof l'CH's THKRU IS NO DATA at tbs time to nir -vl ih.it eating fmh from the Hu kin or Like Michigan has caused either illness or death hut intorivtitwxn on PCB'S Is so re,miy; tn.it ptiv*iri:.,-s s- ldom riieck for tticlr presence w patients. T.y .l.-'p.nv^rl.en Bit Ollier hand. .litui'Llcd !7de,;;h> ( I'd! pm lonng Monkeys at the Uhiv>:ly of V,,'.l'im>:u were f-d V ppm of a ceoci lilraicd i'Clt omipi'uiid in their inodtor six months They <'v.etu;>cd l.io.il.tiling, loss of huir. amf acne lesiaus within a month Owe monkey died Irom }'CI! ir.invic.i'ion Uo months after goingnff the exprrnni'iMl diet. IN ANOTHER TEST, a group ol monkeys was fed 2.5 ppm of f'CB in food fur six months Aihtiher group was fed food con(.imir;j.ppm of TCP Four of six pu r.ruM female m>nk<w i in liu* j ppm gioup aborted or resorbed the friuj, one gave birth tu a stillborn mf.-nt and one Imwt underrasod liif.v.il.Tl.c 2.5 ppm piviip of eight monkey i e\pflcnccil similar piobtems - llw rvywlx-d the Ictus and five gav c bii ih to undersized 'f - prmg The US UovitoomitW.r! f'vu'.vdifn A-;*i:ry iBJ'At estimates lhal 6u pci icut of 'he hufsian p)putalum in ibe U S iwa contain v one to three pjun oN'CBslii hilly lissiif-s PCB's have rrsida.il efforts like DDT except that the PCB's last longer In an animal's svu Analysis of liver em^br.iin lro:- a 'ead herring gull from Graml Traverse flay in Michii'.i:i in DM showed the presence nf jijvn of a Mr<nan'i> PCU. Tire le=ts were wiion officials observed a higher Ihun t:?nal mortahly rub- .iii.an;!the putts BLOOMING!ON MAY Oft may not h ue a PCII po'luticuprjMvnl. 1 City utilities d-.-partnu-nt rhvniM Kick Pv >pt( J reported (hat wotk is na.< uaderauv in vs'.i'ihsh a stnnd.iidsaniiilc fort'CK icstmHo saidedv wu>er supplies Mid area streams h:M t.e If did Dr tin: piesei.ee ot PCICs within a o.an'li kVct.'.tally the same lerting procedure is u>'d fr PCI', tr.ick.agaa -..i . IsUhedint-wh-'.tuMliCprws-.-eeftfDlvr // } (SONS 032730