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WILLIAM J. DITTRICH 

 authorities have objective evidence to show that this is 

 not true?) 



"We forgive the paper for its lack of 

 objectivity in portraying concerned residents who with- 

 draw water for domestic use directly from the lake in a 

 somewhat belligerent light. Thousands of people drink raw 

 water from the lake regularly. Rather, we would think 

 that responsible public health personnel would not rest 

 until adequate analyses have been made to determine many 

 possible types of contaminants which might be leached from 

 the dump. We presume that public health authorities in 

 discharging their responsibilities properly, must do some 



detective work on the side in the interest of preventing 

 problems before they occur. Taxpaying residents in the 

 East Lake area should, we believe, be able to expect that 

 adequate thorough analysis is being made to determine 

 extent of any hazards. Citizens are driven to make 'charges' 

 and 'claims' for obvious reasons. 



"With what vigor, foresight and resources 

 are responsible officials pursuing the problem? We note 

 the accompanying article says that 'crews cover the refuse 

 at least weekly'. Costs for this are not mentioned, but 

 caretaker costs alone are $1,440 a year. 



"Compare now the $1,440 caretaker costs on 



