The wiki is extremely "censored". The truth is - the state tried to hide it as long as they could.

A farmer shipped meat and milk samples out of state to independent labs because he knew the state was bullshitting everyone. He then told the state officials of this. The state immediately sent state troopers to both USPS and UPS facilities (both shared facilities at the time) to intercept the packages. Think about how illegal that sounds.

But the farmer was crafty. He told officials he sent it via UPS, when he had actually sent them via Federal Express. So he had them raiding the wrong facilities. They failed to find the packages.

The next day, state officials rounded up all the reporters, lined themselves up, and announced they had "cracked the case", took all credit for exposing the PBB poisoning, when in fact, they were the ones trying to hide it from the public.

Funny how certain internet stories about some governments actions often differ from eyewitness accounts.