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Mark Twain popularized the saying in Chapters from My Autobiography, published in the North American Review in 1906. "Figures often beguile me," he wrote, "particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force : 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'" [2] Not Just Dirt

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Page 1: Not Just Dirt - Department of Toxic Substances Control · 2016-09-21 · Results from the second testing: • 159 samples were taken, each sample had some level of PCBs. • Out of

Mark Twain popularized the saying in Chapters from My Autobiography, published in the North American Review in 1906. "Figures often beguile me," he wrote, "particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'"[2]

Not Just Dirt

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9560 mg/kg is

43,863.64

Than the .22 level the DTSC says is acceptable on this site.

More Deadly

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DTSC is not even testing for these highly toxic substances during this lengthy process

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Results from the second testing: • 159 samples were taken, each sample had some level

of PCBs. • Out of the 159 samples 89 indicated PCB levels above

the .22 (which is purportedly to be safe around humans)

• Out of the 89 samples – 33 indicated levels between

1.0 – 131 (extreme high levels of PCBs)

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