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To: d:oug who wrote (47160)	1/17/2000 5:59:00 AM
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(off topic) TV show 60 Minutes - USA drinking water & gasoline. The 1938 radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds", many thought it for real. If you saw todays (1/16/00) 60 Minutes, you might feel an opposite reaction. Yes this is for real, fact not fiction, but "you gotta be joking". The full transcript was not available, but in the program.... 60 min: How much testing was done ? EPA: Not enough. 60 min: How much ? EPA: Not enough. 60 min: Can you give a more informed answer ? EPA: None was done. EPA = Top man in our USA governemnt to protect us all, and he will not "come clean" unless "pushed". So folks, maybe we should also wait for an answer about Fort Knox gold as "Don't worry", or we should assume that answer, and assume its of the EPA type and worry. CBS NEWS \| Programs \| 60 Minutes Sunday, Jan. 16 MTBE It's a chemical added to gasoline to make it burn cleaner that has contaminated ground water in 49 states and is threatening to become a national crisis. Steve Kroft investigates methyl tertiary butyl ether in this double-length segment. Graham Messick is the producer.