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<) * ioc4^o< sl. Louin April 1 ... 19 70 USMO f ( MC l TO C Mr. Wn. l'aoaqeorgo V7PAPA '' ec. John .'inson - jh\so I hud a conferonce telephone call today from authorities in the Georgia State Department, of Agriculture. The people who called v.*cro John Jornigan, Laboratories Division; Mr. J. 17. Dendinycr , Pesticide Residue Department; and Hr. Harry Johnson, State Chemist. As you know, this is the state that found PCD' s identified as A.roclor 1254 in mi 1); last year. They '..'errs nt a loss to explain how it cot in the milk. They were still testing the herd and the PCB concontrnticn was dropping off until this spring when it too): a snddon iump. V.'hon chocking with the farmer they found the only thing new was that he was feeding fresh silage. you can cjv.css the n.nowcr--the silo was painted v.*ith a preparation called Cov.rn.ar Silo Coatinc , manufactured by H.ontcr.cl.c Silo Company, ycntcagle, Tennessee. It c vv.fni nod D-l/2', Aroclcr 125.1. T.he silage concentration ranged from 20 run nc:::t to the wall to 2 ppm in the center. The Georgia ocoolc were extremely cooperative and were interested in getting data on tho tonicity of Arcelor. They do not clan anything drastic but they plan.to check the silage from other silos. In fact, they are going to as!; Hon tone 1 a to give them the names of any customers of theirs in Georgia. This brings us to an immediate problem. V.'e now have vcriCicd information from tv:o states, Goo ml a and Ohio, that the coating of silos with material containing Aruclor adulterates the ill!;. I think, we v.'ill have to got word out to our dir.tr? butorn 1 to stop selling Aroclo.vss for thin nor pete and to have their cus tomers cease pair, tine the interior o* silos or sc. 1 line the paint ;;; an interior ccat.uic. Loral ramifications arc obvious but I thin): it is'better than raving an indefinite number o.1 mill; 1 ittrds. 1;. n:ar.K' i ho 1.1 v , i. n. J 4# TRAN 008600 HARTOLDMON0026168