The Nation - News from March 26, 1986

The pesticide heptachlor that contaminated thousands of gallons of milk in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma has shown up in the consumer meat supply, the Agriculture Department said, but “there appears to be no widespread problem,” an official said. Of 196 meat samples tested, six had illegally high amounts of the chemical, officials said. The pesticide heptachlor was banned for most agricultural uses in 1978, after it was found to be a potential cause of cancer.