Soap firms accused of coercion in FTC hearing
Environmental Defense Fund lawyer William S. Rodgers told an FTC hearing that the soap industry is coercing regulators by threatening to produce more toxic detergents if product contents must be listed and phosphates warned against. He labeled the tactic blackmail and urged disclosure to curb water pollution.
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Environmental Defense Fund
Federal Trade Commission
William S. Rodgers
University of Washington
Rodgers
FTC
Solon offers to prove defoliants harmless on TV
Sacramento Assemblyman Charles Conrad of Sherman Oaks proposes a televised live defoliant demonstration in a Sacramento Valley rice field. He will sit in bathing trunks while Army spray falls on him and drink contaminated water to prove defoliants do not harm people, challenging critics and CBS The Selling of the Pentagon.
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Charles Conrad
Sherman Oaks
IV Networks
Solon
Sacramento Valley
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Conrad
Vietnam
U.S
Assembly
CBS
Pentagon
Socialist
Mercury contamination fears hit California marlin sport fish
FDA officer Milton Eason says California marlin likely heavily contaminated with mercury, comparable to swordfish. Nine of ten contaminated fish exceed safety limits, with legal exposure possible for boat owners, landing operators, and those who give away the fish. In California, marlin are sport fish and illegal to sell.
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California
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Milton Eason
FDA
Los Angeles
Avalon
Balboa
San Diego
Caliornia
Gas Wasn't Lead-Free Leaded Gas Charges Filed Against AMOCO
Suffolk County prosecutor charged American Oil Co and 22 service stations with selling premium gas advertised as lead free that contained lead. Tests found lead levels from 0.0147 to 2.8 grams per gallon. Convictions could bring jail up to a year and 500 dollar fines. AMOCO faces up to 5,000 dollars. AMOCO denies wrongdoing and says its lead-free gas remains free of lead.
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Bay Shore, N.Y
UPI
American Oil Co
Long Island
AMOCO
Aspland
Baltimore
Paul V. Troup
California bill to allow women bartenders clears committee
A Beilenson measure to repeal the 1935 ban on women bartenders passed the Senate Health and Welfare Committee unanimously and moves to the Senate floor. It would permit women to mix drinks unless they own the bar or are married to an owner, aligning with broader equal employment goals.
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Sacramento
California
Senate
Anthony C. Beilenson
Beverly Hills
Beilenson
Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Produce free of pesticide residues in Bay Area stores
A survey of 120 San Francisco Bay area retail food stores found produce remarkably free of harmful pesticide residues. Of 233 fruit and vegetable samples, 219 showed no perceptible residues, while 14 had trace amounts far below legal tolerances, with Capitan, DDT, Botran, and Methyl Parathion detected. highest being 2.45 ppm on butter lettuce.
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UPS
San Francisco Bay Area
State Agriculture Department
Department
David J. Bingham
Agricultural Chemicals Program
Bingham
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