Buzz Marcus and Mo Campbell, standing, believe there is a real future in
gasohol. They signed an agreement Tuesday to be exclusive distributors in a 5-
state area.
(Continued from Page 1) farmers, has plans drawn up for building a
from the oil mdusty Campbell and Marcus distillery in the Wilkes-Barre area. This is in
charge. line with the national trend where, in some
“Gasohol is receiving grass roots support cases, farmers have already formed
-it’s a move by the American public to fight cooperatives to produce and market the
back - it’s even a protest, not just an alcohol necessary for gasohol.
alternative
Mar-Cam mdustrnes will receive their Lancaster Farming tell about gasohol and
alcohol from a distillery in Philadelphia, energy. More will follow in next week’s
Meanwhile, a group of investors, including edition.
Farms not affected
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Kronfeld, who referred to himself as a
vocal opponent of fission energy, agreed
with the consensus that no harm resulted as
a result of the TMI accident. He said he had
looked at much of the data that has been
compiled and added: “One gets confidence
when different agencies are working quite
independently and get the same results.”
Questioned about the dead cattle that
have been reported on a Lancaster County
farm, the veterinarian said he was certain
radiation had nothing to do with the deaths.
He said that radiation would have damaged
the natural immunity system of the
animals, and that was not the case, ac
cording to examiners, with whom he was
closely associated. Kronfeld himself was not
directly involved in the case.
Using colorful slides of farmland and soil
illustrations, Heddleson assured the group
that soil chemists can detect whether or not
soil has been contaminated by-radioactive
materials. He noted that a number of fac
tors, such as topography, type of soil, water
table, crops, etc. would have a bearing on
how radiation would influence the soil and
what grows in it. Analyzing everything,
Heddleson emphasized: “We try to evaluate
as best as we can and then try to tell you
about the situation as it exists.”
While no pockets of radioactive soil have
been confirmed to exist, Heddleson and his
associates noted that such a condition could
indeed exist. Granlund showed pictures
which documented the wind direction and
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concentrations of radioactive materials
could settle within small areas. This is due
to hills, valleys, air movements, and other
factors in topography and weather.
Nothing has been found to indicate that
this happened, the scietists said. Reports of
dead or extremely ill animals are con
tributed to nutritional difficiencies. In the
case involving dead animals on a Lancaster
County farm near Bainbndge, death
resulted because of severe cases of septic
metritis, Komfeld said.
While the majority of the audience stayed
silert even during the questioning period,
some questions were raised.
Claiming that she has chronicled health
problems of livestock, dogs and cats since
1977, one lady exclaimed: “Nature is telling
us we have a problem. I don’t know what it
is, but we do have a problem, there is ob
viously something wrong.”
At one point, when the livestock problems
of some farmers were brought up, the
overwhelming reaction from the audience
was “bad management, negligence, poor
nutrition - radiation is just a good excuse!”
Some farmers were obviously annoyed
about the attention the media was giving to
the case, claiming that their markets would
be hurt.
According to the scientists who spoke here
at York on Thursday night, the radiation
released from TMI had the potential for a
disaster, but it was averted. 'Die farmer, his
livestock, bis fields, and their products, are
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Several other articles in this week’s
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