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'-Upon m--lag km a vfa*. ef CaTi good wrfc fa fat Rb>
Father Casndr F- Gtoret presort, waiuted its Maw
fee scrubber rtudge or mane**
hrti-- wMt * young man dyiag
Sen to forego any efisnpri
canr. ! toM my onn- Agency. They have fawwtedge
to accept fee waste, fa desper
at I am man detar* nM to brinr iM ttt d 1ng of ft* EartMmu laodTHI fa Witamlte.
liwiarafity fa Mt Snuted fa ' or megsina. but
that PCS can be destiny.,
d withe* two seemd* under Seven* mrertneaa my office
life ifcma fsrenheiL bat do was Wormed by a wire service
not ksfat m this process. to- reporter feat tha state ef Iowa
otrad fee BPA fanes permits had dfacorered a
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ation. Iowa officials Mnemc* cd that Ihcy ^uid ship tha
waste to a highly efficient in cinerator ct Canada. An En vironment Canada spokesman later faid me that fee sugge-
fa bwry PCS in the 'ground fa perpetuate cancer.
sated
wife fattennated bipbe-
*yts (PCBs).
The Ilinofa Dmrirwunental Apparently the material ya
Pratodfan Agency fa fa profact Intended for toe as road oil
tfcm could not have come at
a less opportune time. Local elections were about fa be held and fee proposal faoiddy he*
oar enriwnment. not destroy and fees, fee Iowa Deportment SSLlfanfi? fiTeS? fwenfiy unschooled b writ
ad biphenyls (PCS), a cancer R. instead of defending tha ef Environments Quafity .___ v f-TxA__*_* ^ tAosecppiinneess aas eorrgaasneic fatorfas*
euurce factor. Eottfine Corp. people of WSseordle who op (DEQi described fee aitoation
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****** iydrogeolciy
bohca PCS fa the landfill fa . pnae fee facial of PCS. fee as "near disaster". Subse PC^.
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WUawmlk. God fa** m the food earth
EPA iocs on record fa protect quently lows DEQ announced a private n ,>n jtfan. fee tfanr plan to move the mater-
'world. Bat fee .mat trony s \ZV scar* tactics ate false ownthat todays/far t^credro- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ u*
fa predict food and beautify Eartbfine JandflS. fa prenwi* Ul fa a seevt landfill fa Shef-' vw^hwaii. lowa ofRcwls As-
comae this detna*
tt wife flower* and treat. As gate fee growth and spread Odd. Illinois. tortfan hours wo dosed feat the L when tost- ^ ^ *** * &
It fa immoral to rape a woman, of this deadto cancer Ascase. were besieged wife phone calls
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ao it fa awuurat fa rape IN Thus, fee EPA fa an agent from irate citizens, interested PCBs currency bead fee fistnot fa fateftcent management
food earth wife haurdote fa fee testoucticn of the cm reporters and stale teyimeats, of what we bare cores to term ^ hazardous materials but la
............... ... agent faCotUm* tries. GoncarrtM with fee pub- as "political captatnbiarto''.
attack on the rery methods
mate oar Hdi farm, an apart Betty ooe Iowa county ordered Others fedode Kepone. ubT. gqfred fa protect our eodcty
To rape the earth wife PCS
to potate odr streams-sprinfs. fee material moved across fee creehs. water. Therefore, feo county fine while another
C-*. Piwsvtl etc. As*jdu fee from fee ever-growing sienace taste of property dtsoosinf of ^ hamrdous jodatrial waste.
perpetuate and spread until it contaminates our farms, cattle. livestock. poOafas ore streams. spraigs,
EPA pennifa and approves the immoral activities of Monsanto and EarWine fa rope oar good earth daily.'*
ought a coart injunCroo fa prevent movement of fee oil aerose its border. Iowa Gov. Robert Rayeufeorfacd Nation
ueefca and weO-wstor. fa im* Propie wiD continue to Ao al Guard troops fa stand guard fee tnfaguided Mividuafa and ypfia - tfacy Bf CMmC
.moral became itendsneera .fee horrible death wife cancer over the tanks while Illinois poiitoi topdiii.
baton Im wife a death by aofang we centime to at* Crvit Defase units braced whatever reasons, tend fa coo-
J -g?S.i' t-a<e of aa
ramtr feiiribls fa face aad
low Monsanto fa produce it and Earftfine fa coatamteafa oar
feenfaeHm ter a highway ship, meat. Meanwhile fee disposal
hoe aad hightoi an interested , ................. . pUMk. The average dtam is. thing as a w.il' a? gv?y^re
fa~PCSa Hritwh-atlv '* wv-W
A At fate write* toera are only tw indneratoo fa fee United States equipped fa bura ; PCBs and bofe are very aclec- the relative fa fee wastes tier: wOlbwn. Iaaneration of chfor-^,
mated orgareg results in fhu; production of hyteodteric acid ' mfal wtaeh toods to rapidlydcSroy eainoocwitorsrefTac-.' tocy.
& Incineration fa partial aofatiou but tt generally not r '*?rt tor dcWuian ef cow tanmated soils, certain sJedg-:
es. cepwatocs. traesfoiws. etc. Pnwosed federal reg^a-.. tious will aieo allow for con*
troJed land disposal. This h; in riev of feu fact thst aererri, fadependrat rejeareh stH-;
fas confirm that PCBs are fagb-'.
ly immobOe in soil.
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A Air. water and land are ' fee onfo powbte rrport'vrre for mmddnd's waste products. IT sneietv decides not fa dcharce its waste fa the air or water then it mwi foewaif? recogiuze fee only rtmaion* alternative. -
' 7 PCBs hare bees used fa bydrafaie systems for several
decades and residual cooceotrabens can be found fa sonw systems to this day. When
commrn a.'!!ict;n allrilv't-i dramed. thfa fluid enters fee
fa the siii*ttaixe ti -dcnnatitg waste ri! market who*, anxxtg
as rr.a'rr xn; trrm arrmi otbrr thing?, it is used as roo-
eatoovure 5v virkery. PCBs. ptementri fuel and for ailing
lite DDT. seem fa pose a great roods.
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er threat certaia fish and Without questiox the major
wUAtfe soccies than they do ity of hasantouS waste stream*
fa man "per se'\ (There ate generated in fee United State*
wmd reaww tori removing are disposed in some unknown
PCBs frwn fee' gr.vlwv fashfan. Illmois. tf nnt the trad
ment but they are not the rea er. is among the leadmx sta?**
sons normslty perceived by fee m the natoo in ctMrolling fee
general public.
1 PCBs are often described as highly toxic Thus, many think of them as acute toxins on the order <f cyanide or arsenic. Cot in reality. U5. HEN*s Toxic Substance list contains fiteraBy thousands of compounds, many of whifai are food additives, that are mre* acutely toxic than PCBs. Povtt fa fact. a!> thf*re are toxic through excessive rxprsare.
I. PCB* cm be dfMrored by mriroratire at v*ry fch trmrwrMrv. However, mcmer-
disposal of industrial residuals.
But evoi fa Otis state, we can
account for fee safe Aureal
of ao nore than S par cent
of the liquid waste, stodges
aad kwfa waste produced
by fadretry. The remainder is
soTepdfiously denpef fa beck
fats, farm fields, smilary sew.
erx, waterways aid Ccgal
tendfilb. Hwg. if rwicty wt
rot iterate leral xnd cew*.M-
led diar*'.
he tre
pared to wvat :*w unccntrot*
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place
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lacver'MC S bark yard.
atm is ae'ttom !' ear cent effldenc The fraerwa (hat t' mt destroved can vuteuhae md
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