Three test positive for PCBs in Rome

ROME - Low levels of contamination have been found in three people tested for polychlorinated biphenyls, the same hazardous material used at General Electric&#39;s now-closed Rome transformer plant. <br> <br> Doctor Wade Sellers, district health director for Northwest Georgia, says blood tests for PCB&#39;s showed three people out of 28 tested had small amounts of the chemicals in their bodies. <br> <br> Sixteen people had non-detectable levels of PCB&#39;s, which are classified as probable carcinogens by the Environmental Protection Agency. Test results weren&#39;t released for nine people who were members of a household where PCB&#39;s were detected. <br> <br> Sellers says more testing will be necessary because a sample size of 28 doesn&#39;t allow experts to draw any conclusions about contamination. <br> <br> The plant, which closed in 1998, used PCB&#39;s in the manufacture of transformers from 1953 until the 1970s.

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