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detergent Foam Found Endangering Streams of World
(ANIEL RAPOPORT At Drescnt. both are lnsino I Rnll h. ni . , 1 t ..... .. . , j BT M W
By DAN1LL HAPOPORT At present, both are losing
United Pres. International the fight. But Rep. Hen'y
Washington 'tPI Hamlet's Reuss (D-Wis.) is hopeful thai
castle at Elsinore and the with a little help from Con
city of Altoona, Pa., have a gress, Altoona, and perhaps
problem in common Both are many more communities, can
battling suds from detergents, win.
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Reuss has opened a person
al and legislative campaign
to make all American commu
nities safe from frothy, moun
tainous detergent foam which
is fouling up water and sew
age systems and polluting
streams.
The culprit, he says, is a
petroleum derivative used in
the manufacture of most de
tergents which came into
their own here and in Europe
after World War II. Unlike
soaps made from animal fats,
they do not decompose in sew
age systems or septic tanks.
Foam Builds Up
As a result, the foam builds
up in treatment plants and
rivers and lakes. In some
areas it even finds its way
into the drinking water.
Reuss says studies have
shown that the -foam can kill
fish or drive them from their
streams and lakes, but that
the major danger Is fouled
water supplies and clogged
sewage systems.
Reuss made his first move
by introducing a bill that
would forbid use of deter
gents as they are composed
today. By 1965, detergents
sold in the U. S. or imported
would have to decompose in
sewage systems "reasonably
quick, and completely." The
U. S. surgeon general would
set the standards.
Reuss says he has been
bothered by the problem for
a long tune. Last year he
traveled through Europe, and
saw some illuminating sights.
Europe Has Problem
"At Heidelberg, for exam
ple, I witnessed clouds of de
tergent foam floating down
the river Neckar not far fro j
where the Student Prince
sang to his love," he told the
House. "Today it is possible
he would not be able to sing
'Overhead the Moon Is Beam
ing.' He would not be able
to see the moon because of
the piling up of detergent
foam on the Neckar.''
Turning to Denmark,
where Shakespeare set his
tragedy, "Hamlet," Reuss
said:
"At Elsinore, where Prince
Hamlet confronted the ghost
of his murdered father, on
the rampart overlooking the
sea, I saw what seemed to be
either the ghost's ectoplasm
or a gigantic iceberg come
down from the north. By all
the logic of oceanography,
there could not be an iceberg
there, and sure enough, there
was not. The iceberg was a
mountain of detergent foam,
floating serenely along on the
water."
Reuss Has File
Reuss has an impressive file
to prove that he has thor
oughly researched his subject.
He has examples of detergent
foaming in areas such as Suf
folk county on Long Island,
Starved Rock park in Illinois.
Benton Harbor, Mich, and ol
course, Altoona.
The congressman feels th; t
detergents are not only es
thetically unpleasing, bi t are
an actual health hazard. They
not only contribute to the
pollution of water supplies,
he claims, but prevent other
sewage from being treated.
He points to the detergent
makers as the people who
could cure the problem if
they followed an example set
by their counterparts in West
Germany. He maintains that
the German manufacturers
confronted with a law similar
to his bill devised a deter
gent in which 80 per cent of
it disintegrates. Further, he
says, the product is only
slightly more expensive to
produce.
Manufacturers Object
The American detergent
manufacturers take sharp ex
ception to most of what Reuss
holds to be self-evident. They
say his proposals are both
impractical and unnecessary.
In addition, according to the
Soap and Detergent Man ifac
turcrs association, the foam
is a symptom of pollution,
and not pollution itself.
(Reuss disputes this point and
has some backing from the
Public Health service.)
The association also asserts
that the industry is now con
ducting a $5 million annual
Foods Held Under Refrigeration Top Previous Figures
Washington - fUPIl - There
was an inventory of 66 bil
lion pounds of farm - pro
duced foods held under re
frigeration in warehouses on
Feb. 1, according to the ag
riculture department. This
was a record for the dale.
This is 8 per cent more
than stored a year earlier and
26 per cent more than the
Feb. 1, 1957-61 average. 1
Orange concentrate hold
ings moved up to 49 million
gallons by Feb. 1, a gain of
9 million from the previous
month. The gain was about
equal to the average increase
for the month, but was 25
per cent less than a year
earlier. Supplies of orange
concentrate were about 62
per cent larger than on Feb.
1, 1962, and 87 per cent more
than average for the date.
Frozen vegetable supplies J 8 million were in controlled
were reduced by 103 million
pounds to 1,180,000,000
pounds on Feb. 1. For the
date, these supplies are 5 per
cent more than last year and
48 per cent more than the
1957-61 average. Holdings of
all frozen vegetable items ex
cept mixed vegetables and
french fries were lowered
during January.
Frozen fruits in storage on
Feb. 1 were down 56 million
pounds from a month earlier
to 472 million pounds. These
stocks are 13 million pounds
less, than last year but 31 mil
lion more than average
stocks for the date. The prin
cipal reduction, 22 million
pounds, was for strawberries,
which were down to 137 mil
lion pounds on Feb. 1. Sup
plies of fresh apples totaled
25 million bushels of which
atmosphere rooms
Buttered Lowered
Supplies of butter were
lowered seasonally during
January and the 7 million
pounds net withdrawal left
311 million pounds in stor
age, compared with 239 mil
lion pounds stored on Feb.
1, 1962.
American cheese holdings
totaled 360 million pounds.
Warehouse stocks of meat
totaled 501 million pounds
after a January net decline of
5 million pounds. Beef sup
plies were 165 million pounds,
pork 247 million, turkey 200
million, and other poultry 126
million.
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