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" l Mm lW,n!5S pr^ss GWRAUNOD.OO3AQPI0S(, i)MIuCsH..ooo APR 1 1975 Reply to State Task Force Charges By Roy Howard Back end Lois Sawaaa Ojv. William 0. MlUtkaniipactal utkforceon PM UJI The PrM haa "18TM!^'' lUraadan. "thanka toconctuaiona that hava lltllaar no baala la ract." Tha baaaltts oonelutfona, howtvar, seem to haaa baan mada by lha taakforcela aneight-page, aU^jbjNUoiT eriUdam ol a lt-pait aarlaa onTOB Tha aarlaa really mada ao condusioni. Tha atorlaa aland only at a IS.Md-word collection of facta, vim and thaartaa oa all aldat of tha laaua. ammonia Iran atata and ladaral offldala lUlad lha lar|ad amount d apaca. Mark Mason, the governor's special assistant on PBB and a task force member, admitted in an interview with The Press the day following the final series installment that it is possible that a person could buy aside of Michigan-tested beefthat would contain PBB over the tolerance level. Tha talk faraa d four itota oMdda raepeniibli far lha hondttan d tha poiaontae MlaadB and Sait. John tialboni d Idti Ooah aaaait did lha larfai aontdao *njmer, daadadaa, hoB-bulhe and aifara d foot." Tha cantata d tha critique hardly match the hddnoaa d tha lack forco'i cam atatamaata, homm. Itchallaitgtaonlytwoor three apociflc yarn d the lariat. Tha real d tha crlttaM dtatlally It trahaah ofofficialatatamaata imaat of which thasarltttnehidtd) whichanperantlyare mantle i^iMngi not in the artaa but which lha dfldala read late It. Oat aacaaatloacan ha handled easily. The taak forcetayt: "B. OticBall,dlnctordthaMIchlmr Department d Afflcuiturc, la charactariaafu ha*ht| aeugU a lowered pMtika land. Tha bean linked lo cancer. Thera haa baaii enough avldanea to tutpact thd diaklrtn mJ|ht bo a cancorcauabig agent, tha lab aaya. Soma offldala hava called tha PBB episode tha urged pobjontng Incident in lb* natlonVhdtory. II r--mdh, began about a months ago whn mMWWarm dentally mixed U in animal (tad supplement DM*, "* ftTUoortddaet It* Prat for dying fBB ia contagious Tha atrtat nwer referred `fw Pmbbbtythd PBB. aflreratardantchemical uiad in plastics, might be The critique npldna thd soma ''daui'' cttUc hava gotten PBB in thdr bodiaa whan plaead with contaminated hatha baeauaa tha barna haven't been cleaned properly or bad lead continues to be prevent. Tha aartaa included ihoaa poaatbihttaa. Stone Iriah. a npertor hr WWTV la Cadillac, howaaor, aaya Ma atatlon haa film d Ball makhd the atatamant atlrlhalad lo him In the aadar "Wo don't want any d thla (PBB) la Uoaoloch If wtcot helpb.That'awhy I'm(ringInWarttkwtca In an effort to hava lha tdaraacinmrcd/' Ball ilnct haa changed hliitanoaaad aaya ha One ohMan warranla a corractkai by Tha oPandId.aTmheilakarrttavaaqdaaoldad"aDfDaTrm, edrldadartlaay,lneitaoaTta lhbd that an known to oauaa eanear la Ibariaht mound.'' Thd waa a atatamant on acitnca that could have bean checked and wmn't. The MoUddat raaaarch laboratory at Mlddian Sind Udvonhir tayt DDT and KB'showrt ft| The Iteaa uffklola claim thd the aartaa often tied human i*mi to PM. b now did. In one l9*a?uu. the iedifcacechtauai Tha Prow nitli ckdming ptatani. af a gig t^ida ooeapulh ore adnaing from PIB pefriantan. Dr. David Salvatl reported thd he had WttM^ that thay^ had eaten farm producta from contami- Tha Pied quoted Dr. Salvatl aa dying hie tads catatot prove conchiatveiy that the Ubieaeat are a dlroct roault of PBB conaumptkm, but the art"jmjhrtrongly nggoata a cauae and affect -Tha offldah mthe similar complaints about the PW--BnMana oil-----Ttl iltn| Ulrws "M I nwuit of PBB poisoning." . "fite closest any farmer came toclaimingsucka link was whan on* said ha had m utd othv symptoms similar to his quarantirwd swino. I won't say it's PBB," ha sakPl don't know." In a subsoquant interview which appaarad iatha same story (tha third one, on March ID tha larmer's doctor confirmed that ha could maka no positive diagnosis for PBB potsootof. ,,,?TM`i.rn" bio lk forca't refutation hat Hill. b"_? oowbowd. 7T ertbqua statas that tha assertion ia mada in this artirte ((ha eighth on March Hi that meat with PBB f^l<rfJly'set flddaiina Imi eaiily can slip through tha state's cumnt surveiliuce system. tK>* *?**'*"* bwanot revtalad highly-contaminated maat at oocerv enmtan (a tact included in tha sartaai^utit doom t provide any information onwhysuchmaat could not gat than. Merit Maaoa, the governor's !Ti2f*Unton PB8and a task fammtar. *' Thn Prow tha day following the final aartaa inatalbiiaiit that it it podible that a person could buy a udo of thitK^'^rak,TM""Pllaow "T*^m*1(!(,o I llh, on Moth IP)deans <*" eel ew wbh ihechamiodMlW Pit, the Irak ferae wide. Pelentan nos a lengthy oapienaHoe ef vdiy the Wnte deswi't nandtn eaaraho dviet enMrai (Infromnrlm. include m the Mason interviaw) bid not rehiKslcn ef the (ncla et The Praia my. The offldala write that tha secondstory of "Tha Poison Putts" sertd "goes In Mtamu. continual nets Hating has shown Sal PBB being found In thn Mfchigai milk supply." True.iheauiehien'tliematileta detect PBB in P*1^W SJ!" *nc*n' *" rtnee June. But the etate a Department of Agticuittin Dairy Di,TM* boad. Kannath VanPattaa, atbnia thu milk with PBB is btint ^ k._ Michigan dairies. TTiatis tha paint about mill made by tha sariaa. The governor's taak forca haa foiled tortvaanv reaaont why tha aartaa duadd na ha contdarad B/HhlPhld . MONS 070277