11. Butler agreed to send new samples to French and Swiss labs after Iraq challenged the U.S. findings. 12. Donastorg said he spoke with the ATSDR recently, and the agency did not even know that new samples had been taken. 13. If the new samples reveal pesticide contamination, the vegetables are sent back to Guangdong. 14. The new sample return mission is years later than originally expected. 15. To settle the question, Greenpeace scientist Norman Buske is overseeing new sample gathering by DOE and the Environmental Protection Agency. 16. Two new samples were taken in May. 17. A parliamentary commission on waste dumping also recommended on Wednesday that new samples be taken from Shnanhir, especially from areas where Greenpeace carried out tests, for re-examination. 18. Next week Greenpeace will show the authorities where it says the contaminated areas are and Lebanese experts are to take new samples from the quarry. |