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By BOB �LBIG ".We have become so de-
Qwital News Service pendent on pe ticide se for
- our . food that we have really
• lANSING - When Robert gone beyond what is absolutely
·Mitchell found a little green in- 'necessary: he said
sect in his broccoli, it didn't bug While Mitchell .. emphasized
him a bit. he does not want to increase
That' because the state health risks, he would IilCe to see
Department of Agriculture. the "sometimes-rigid 't8(ldards"
director thinks he olution ' reduced. :'
to the nation' o�n(;ern. . He also said his idea was in
over pesticides: if we can put up the planning stages, and that .
with a few more .. pests, we n he'll be working with his depart­
use fewer pe ticid s. ment and agriculture experts to
Mitchell thinks state 'and see whether it is feasible.
federal governmen should Mitchell, who took office in
loosen laws regulating the October as the state's top
amoun.t of insects th�t .ca? .be agricultural leade�' bas estab­
found m food, t�u� mmumzmg lished food quality as th�
.the" nee� for pesticides. . .. department's top priority.
It �ils. d.O�D to, do you wan� f Across Michigan and the 08-
more pesticides a�d.le�s pests., . tion, people are becoming in-
Or do you want to hve. �Ith �ore aeasingly concerned about the
pc:�s and less. pestaclde:. he risk of pesticides 'to the food
sat "po 1 h d " chain. .'
. e.op e say t ey . on t want Mltch�ll said he plans to �t
pesticides. But there IS a trade- up community boards around
off." . the state to discuss the idea of
Mitchell used s��p beans .a� lowering, pest tandards, nd
an �xample of pesticide us�. To finding out what consumers
make sure the beans are 99.7 want in their food.
percent free on insects, s1xcoat- But as a nationwide con-
ings of pesticide must be 'ap- sumer study released last week
plied. T rise that .norrd>et to shoWs. food safety is becoming
100 percent - and lDcr�a.se of a growing concern.
0.3 percent - n additional Nearly 60 percent of the U.S.
pesti ide coatings need to be public thiriks food and water
applied. safety is a concern, �hile 43 per. .
Pharmacy & Your Health
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MEDICAL ARTS
PHARMACY
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DAVID N.·
ZIMMERMAN,
PO, FACA.
President
Cosmetics May Cau e or Aggravate Acne
Acne is the rno t common kin problem. Thi condiljon i character­
ized by kin lesion uch as nodule, whitehead, and blackhead. By lhe
mid-teens,mo tboy andgirl expcriencesomefonn.ofacne. Inone tudy
of 1.555y�ungpcoPlefrom8LO 1 yearsold,one-halfofthegirl�andover
three-forths of the boy had ne vere enough to require medical treat-
ment
Many women do not have acne until their 20s or .30s. Some h �e
noticed that acne may be aggravated by differeDt oosmetlc prodUCLS. Skan
specialists call this condition acne cosmelica. Cosmetic can i�Aame h�ir
follicles, which can lead LO formation of pu -filled nodule an the an.
Some cosmetics have Ie s tendency to cau ne-rel ted problem than do
others. Check co metic label lO if they are "noncomcdogenic and
nonacnegenic." .\
According to a recent article in Pharmac Times, coal wand the halo­
genated hyde arbon are known to cau or ggr:avate cn�. And i! i
thoughtthatsomeoil-ba co metic allhe. urf ccof�e .. an,clo I�
the po es. Water-ba co metic may be t for women WI Oily, 10.
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cent said they were comfortable
with the nation's food safety;ac­
Cording to a poll' conducted for
agribusiness. .
Jefferson Davis Associates,
Inc. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
found that most people blame
the government and the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency for the nation's food
problem.
"T-he general public tends to
place primary blame 01) .the,
government .
for any of their food and en­
Vironmental concerns," said Jef­
frey Davis, president of the firm
and author of the study. "The
chemical company and the
farmer are not nearly as likely to
be seen as responsible."
In this state, groups such as
the Michigan Farm Bureau; l
which held il$ annual meeting
last week, is putting food Safety •
on 'the top of their priority list. .
One Mi�higan State.University
researcher repor!;d at the
Grand Rani cogference that .
80 percent of the state's con­
sumers consider pesticides a
s rio us hazard to the food supp-
ly. .
This year, member's of
Michigan's agricultural com­
munity. remain confident .that .
food dfety in the nation is high.
Their confidence is also assured
by lower food prices than in
other countrie . But they' also
expressed �gcr over the Alar
disaster -. which resulted 'in a
ban of the apple-growing
chemical and thousands of sJol­
lars in lost apple. product sales..
Another MSU Tesearcher
agree with Mitchell's concept
of dc-emphasizing Jlesticide
use"and said it is defi.nitely time
America reexamine the use of
pesticides in food.
Robert Holliqgworth, direc­
tor of the Pesticide Research
Center al M U� aid the nation
ha grown too accu tomed to
picture-perfect produCC1 - and
has put incre ed pre sure on
pe ticides to make foods safe.
"Some pesticide is used for
cosmetic purposes, he said. "It
realry won't hurt you if there are
a couple pest in th� lettuce YO'u
. buy."
MSU's center researches
pesticides and offers alternative
methods for pe t control to
farm r . Hollingworth aid he
doesn't believe any single event
h led people to fear the food
chain might be hazardous.
He did point out one major
flaw in the concep of having
more pest and fewer pes­
ticides.
"Between nd 10,000
people die a y ar from food
po' oning," he id. "We don't
know of ny documented
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CITIZ
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where pea Ie have died from
pesticides in food."
While Mitchell hope to get
statewide grassroot support
(I his lower-pesticide depend­
ency plan, some y the concept
won't fly.
Bill Livingston, press
secretary for U,S. Sen Pete
Wilson, R-California,. a leader.
in pesticide regulation, said
Americans won't settle for food
- spotted with insects. The threat
of pests is a niultimillion dollar
con�ert1 for California fruit
growers.
. "That's a very' eresting way
of slowing the use f pesticides
- and I
don't think it's necessary,"
Living ton said. "Obviou ly,
there is reason why have
fa that control the number of
inseds in our food supply. The
. reason you have pesticide is so
you don't h ve to eat b' in the
\ produce," .
Allowing even a small num­
ber. of increased insects in the
food supply maynot be politi­
call)' afe, but Mitchell id the
'iss e should be guided by con­
sumers.
�You can't chaDge people; .
attitudes overnight," he id,
As' for his own recent en­
counter. with the bug on hiS
broccoli, Mitc : ell said "the gar­
bage.disposal took care of it j
fine. It waS reaDy no ig deal."
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