Merrill Korth

"... THE WINDSOR STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER R 1934 bz Testing shows most gimmicks useless Frim Sfar wire services Ann ARBOR, Mich. Merrill Korth has 60 automobile devices now, and he says that with very few exceptions they have one tiling "I won't say none of them work: four have given a marginal Improvement," ..."

"... sounded reasonable to Mlke. But the er's $89 price for an supply (not mentioned ln the ad) gave hlm pause before he whipped out his charge card. I contacted Merrill Korth, the fellow in charge of testing such devices for the Environmental Protection Agency. we've tested over 100 devices and additives," said Korth. “Six showed minor improvements, but not of significant benefit to consumers. Four others showed improvements, but they also increased alr pollutants to illegal levels." As for the Korth said: “We have no information that it improves fuel economy, because we haven't tested lt. On a technical basis, we can't understand how you can get a significant number of ..."

"... lf you've been trying to buy this catalyst, hold up. The story was premature. "To say that EPA datt supports that tt gets 11% fuel savings ls completely wrong," Merrill Korth, EPA device evaluation coordinator, sald la a telephone Interview from Ann Arbor, Mich., last week. Combustion Technology Corp, of New York makes Propel and asked toe EPA to test lt ..."

"... Councilman Richard Alatorre introduced a motion recommending that the city test it in 100 garbage trucks, although the Environmental Protection Agency and state Air Resources Board question Its value. Merrill Korth, senior project manager at the EPA's laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich., said he never heard of the product or the company. "We have evaluated at least a dozen fuel additives ..."