Re: dioxin contaminated bentonite

[asagady@sojourn.com]

  >One possible clay source could be the 
  >product of Granulation Technologies Inc. in Green 
  >Bay, Wisconsin.
  
  [SNIP]
  
  >Since chickens and other livestock are often fed 
  >supplements, anti-biotics and other medicines --- 
  >could the dioxins (etc.) be coming from the 
  >supplements?
  
   [SNIP]
  
  >Date:          Fri, 1 Aug 1997 10:49:00 -0400 (EDT)
  >Reply-to:      jharvie@wlssd.duluth.mn.us
  >From:          Jamie Harvie <jharvie@wlssd.duluth.mn.us>
  >To:            Multiple recipients of list <dioxin-l@essential.org>
  >Subject:       dioxin contaminated bentonite
  >
  >News on the dioxin contaminated bentonite has been rather scarce lately. I
  >am wondering where the dioxin contamination of the bentonite came from. Was
  >it really from the bentonite? If it was a "natural" clay deposit there
  >should not be such high dioxin contamination. Anyone yet know the real scoop?
  
  [SNIP]
  
  There's one way to begin to nail this down...  one of the
  organizations on the list should draft a Federal Freedom of Information
  Act request of the Food & Drug Administration regional office
  that has jurisdiction over the Arkansas chicken sites affected.  
  
  You could ask for:
  
  1.  All information concerning PCDD/F testing results in chickens
  
  2.  All information held by the FDA concerning the chlorinated
  dioxin/furan content of chicken feeds, chicken feed additives
  and agricultural medications and drug supplements.
  
  You might get a ton of stuff, but at least you will get what the
  FDA has (unless there is an enforcement action under way
  by FDA that is likely to lead to criminal/civil prosecution in 
  which case you may get a denial of such information.)
  
  You may want to repeat this request of FDA headquarters
  in Washington DC.
  
  You may also want to make a similar request of EPA
  Region 7 that covers Arkansas to see if they have
  any such information as well.
  
  
  
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