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5 PQST-DISPTCH Suni, April 15, IVT^ H 4ixup' Over Dioxin Tests Angers Official C * r r + * * 4 f rr M-n U n t f H Neither the worker nor state or local health A test last month showed KIdwell's N SA S C IT Y , -- Dr. Kathleen Camln, officials were notified of the first test results bloodstream carried the highest level of dioxin, lor of the regional Environmental' and E P A officials In Washington attributed the 31 parts per trillion. ' ectlon Agency office, says she Is furious mlxup to a communications breakdown. Kid well said he had been told earlier that the a mlxup In which two Sturgeon, Mo., The problems began Jan. 11, when 20,000 , test results were not known, although they were :ers were not notified that their blood gallons of orthochlorophonol were spilled from a reported to Washington three weeks ago. /cd traces of the toxic chemical dioxin, derailed Norfolk & Western Railway freight. r. Warren R. . Muir, deputy assistant train near Sturgeon In north-central Missouri. "I. Just lay there and worry about what the Inlstrator for testing and evaluation for the Several residents complained of Illnesses hell's going on," he aald. " It'a got me all . In Washington, said Friday that he did not after the spill. One cleanup worker, Walter messed up. 1 might want to have another kJd the two workers because he did not believe KJdwell, was treated at the University of one of these days. That's what's on my mind." iliuatlon was'serlous. Missouri Medical Center at Columbia after In a statement Issued from Washington It was apparent that , there was no falling on the contaminated ground. Friday afternoon;. M uir said the E P A was .meant chance of any serious health Impacts nyotfc In the Sturgeon community due to the I," he said. '/ tulr's comments came In a letter to Dr. Peace Corps, VISTA Seeking Volunteers nln. whose office also was In the dark on the tings until they were made public Thursday. \ total of 22 cleanup workers and Sturgeon Idcnts were given blood and urine tests this :k after blood samples'last' month revealed ces of dioxin In the blood of two cleanup rkers. Results of the latest tests are expected * . Recruiters will be In town next week seeking volunteers for the Peace Corps and VISTA. Peace Corps volunteers serve for two yeara In one of to developing nations, while V IST A workers are stationed In the U.S. The recruiters, In St.t Louis April 2108, can be reached at the Downtown Rodcway Inn and the Clayton Inn. * mid-May, Muir said. running further dioxin te^ts on Kldwell and iwo unidentified persons. : "Certain dioxins are known to be associated with some chronic health effects. Including cancer," M uir said. "TTierefore, any level of exposure to these chemicals carry some health risks." ' ; ' l He said that because of the low levels of the . contamination, there Is ."little reason to be concerned about any lerloua health effect* to the Sturgeon community." .. Dr. Em anuel-Landau of the Washingtonbased American Public Health Association, said Friday: "P a rt of the problem Is we're getting duplicate `blood* sam ples." Landau said confusion between his association and the E P A also caused the delay. An E P A official conceded that his Bgency had erred. Landau aald ho has been assured that the * traces found In the two men are not harmful. But the findings prompted the E P A to test 22 , residents of Sturgeon and other workers earlier this week.-Landau Is a member of a panel advising the E P \ . on the long-term health effects of the spill: