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PRESS QUERY COMPANY (OpUnit or Corporate): MIC I 1SUBJECT: OCP .'S P I L L IN STURGEON REPORTER & MEDIA: L i z F o r r e s t a l \/ C h e m ic a l Week TIME & DATE/ May 9 , ~19~79 - 1771":5I 5T a.m QUESTION RESPONSE: R e p o rte r i s d o in g round-up s t o r y on d io x in found in blood o f W estern Environm ental Services workers. X News Bureau X J. T. Nolan X J. E. McKee X D. R. Bishop ____ W. J. McCarville ____ W. R. Mulliall ____ J. F. Hussey-Washington, D.C. ____ S. Pickard-Washington, D.C. X New York Public Relations ____ Brussels Public Relations ____ MAP PR _ X _ MCI PR X MIC PR ( G ly n n Youn g) ____ MPRPR ____ MTCPR ____ INT' LPR _X_ E . L . Head X J . C. M cPhillips X J . S. M etcalf Q. was found in the workers 1 blood? i t h a t I d i d n ' t know c a l l them. R eporter Q. TCDD f i n d i n g s C :SS p ; I t w asn't there in asirab le production Q . m u ,____ les? A. In the p a r t p er t r i l l i o n range the meuxu ... rep orted t h a t d io x in con t a m in a t e d t h e b l o o d o f th e w o r k e r s , t h i s may be a t e s t i n g a b n o r m a l i t y . W e've g o t v e r y s o p h i s t i c a t e d e q u ip m e n t and can o n l y m e a su re down t o 10 p p b . We know o f no t e s t t h a t c a n m e a su re a c c u r a t e l y i n t h e low p a r t per t r i l l i o n range. A lso the co n tra ct clean -u p workers have been exposed to other p o te n tia l contam inants besides th is s p i l l . SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER. RCE OF ANSWER F i l e s 017650 HANDLED BY: r . C . Isham