THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 56 Friday, October 31, 1980 Levin Is Seeking Re-Election to Court Judge Charles L. Levin is Court of Appeals the same seeking re-election as a jus- He is a member of the tice of the Michigan Sup- Detroit, Oakland County reme Court. Judge Levin, year. 54, was first elected to the and American bar asso- ciations, the American Supreme Court in 1972. He earned his BA and law Law Institute, American degrees from the University Judicature Society and of Michigan. He served on Association of the Bar of the Michigan Law Revision the City of New York. He is also a member of the Commission in 1966 and was elected to the Michigan Visitors' Committees of the Ben-Gurion U. Developing a Speedy Test for Carcinogenic Toxic Chemicals BEERSHEVA — Rapid dramatically reduces the chemicals passing this sc- reen will be subjected to the technological advances in time necessary to determine more lengthy, rigorous test the chemical field are re- which chemicals are of introducing the chemical sulting in the synthesis of cancer-causing. Based on to a laboratory animal and an ever-increasing number CMMS, biologists will be waiting to see if tumors de- of new chemicals for use in able to weed out and reject agriculture and the food and within three weeks those velop. Results using this method are obtained after pharmaceutical industry. chemicals which provoke a These chemicals must carcinogenic response. Only six months. undergo stringent testing to assure that they are not car- cinogenic before their re- lease for wide-sale commer- cial use. "- At its 19th anniversary treasurer; Harry Larlr 22101 Coolidge, There soon may be short- 1 Block S. of 9 Mi., term screening tests avail- celebration at Cong. Bnai sman, financial treasurer; JUDGE LEVIN able in Israel allowing Moshe, the Center Clarence Gottesman, secre- University of Michigan, biologists to reject more Businessmen's Club re- tary; and Benjamin Wayne State University quickly those chemicals called its achievements on Williams, co-secretary. and the University of which are potential car- behalf of the Israel Emer- Harry Weinberg is the pub- We Bone—Skin—Grind—Fish Free Chicago law schools. cinogens. Dr. Dina Raveh, gency Fund. licity chairman. WE WRAP FOR FREEZING The club meets 12:30 p.m. He is a cousin of Sen. Carl of the Biology Department To date, the club has -•••nnise Levin. raised $130,000 for the IEF. Wednesdays at the Morris of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, is one of a group The anniversary event also Branch of the Jewish Corn- of scientists working to de- was the occasion to install munity Center. There are new officers. still some openings for new velop these tests. They are: Jack Bressler, members. The South African-born For information, call Irv- president; Harry Friedman, and Hebrew Universtiy- vice president; Max Smith, ing Hermelin, 424-8361. educated Dr. Raveh ex- * * * plains, "The currently ac- cepted approach for iden- Detroit Area Retail Kosher Meat Dealers Assoc. tifying potential carcino- gens is to subject them to a battery of screening tests, the most well-known being lb. the Ames test is hotly dis- U.S.D.A. puted by members of the scientific community." lb. .000.•• ■■.■ The method she is in- SINGERS KOSHER MEAT MARKET vestigating, known as FRANKLIN KOSHER MEATS & POULTRY 13721 W. Nine Mile, Oak Park 32930 Middlebelt Rd., Farmington Hills the cell mediated LI 7-8111 Philip Swarin 855-1020 Ben Smith, Don Barden mutagenesis system PASADENA KOSHER MEATS DEXTER DAVISON KOSHER MEATS (CMMS), measures the and LOUIS COHEN & SON 19835 W. 12 Mile Rd., Southfield carcinogenic potential of 24721 Coolidge, Oak Park LI 3-8860 557-7677 Feldman Brothers Allan Al Cohen, Joe Felstein, Michael Cohen different chemicals DEXTER DAVISON KOSHER MEATS based..on the correlation NORTHGATE KOSHER MEAT & POULTRY 25760 Coolidge, Oak Park 25254 Greenfield, Oak Park ■ between carcinogenic LI 8-6800 Feldman Brothers 967-3907 Jack Miller and mutagenic effect. COHEN & SON KOSHER MEAT MARKET Celebrating the 19th anniversary of the Center HARVARD ROW KOSHER MEATS 26035 Coolidge, Oak Park Research-has shown that Businessmen's Club, are, seated from left: Sam Mil- 21780 W. 11 Mile, Southfield LI 7-4121 Jack Cohen 99 percent of chemicals grom, Harry Friedman, Jack Bressler and Herman 356-5110 John Katz. Lincoln Kosher Meat & Poultry which mutate are also Levine. Standing, from left, are: Max Smith, Ben Under supervision of the Council of Orthodox Rabbis 968-7450 Zalman Kohen, Alex Greenberger carcinogenic. While quantities last and we also reserve right to limit quantities. Williams and Clarence Gottesman. Elaborating, Dr. 'Raveh says, "In the CMMS two ■ different cell types are cul- tivated together in the same Petrie dish. One has the ability to activate foreign chemicals and:reveal latent carcinogenic potential. The second cell type, containing no activating ingredients, is susceptible to genetic dam- PERPETUAL GRAVE MAINTENANCE age by the activated chemi- FLOWERS PLANTED ANNUALLY cal and gives a clear indica- .tion of the amount of car- cinogen present. The chief advantage of the CMMS is that whole cells are used to activate the A DEPARTMENT chemicals being tested DEVOTED TO MAINTAIN rather than subcellar frac- • A DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL tions as in the Ames test. THE BEAUTIFUL APPEARANCE • A MAN OF PRINCIPLE Since the integrity of the • A . MAN OF HIGHEST QUALIFICATIONS - OF THE CEMETERY cells is maintained, they function in the CMMS as • A MAN OF VISION — OF CONTINUING CONCERNS FOR WITH LOVING CARE they do_ inside the body. Dr. THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTY. Raveh's preliminary results indicate that whole cells mimic the carcinogen- activating ability of the entire organism and give a When You most reliable test. 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