Thursday, September 12, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Thursday, September 12, 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Freon in poses futi (Continued from Page 1) THE RESEARCH was aided at times by the scholarship of other scientists working on re- lated problems. It indicates that chlorfluoromethanes, the scien- tific name for freon, are being' released in a gaseous state and are rising through the atmos- phere where they will eventual- ly react with the ozone in the stratosphere and destroy it. Freon accounts for about 85 per cent of the weight of all common household sprays such as paint, deodorant and air freshener. Cicerone says the freon could wipe out as much as 10 per cent of the ozone located in the stratosphere, a high section of the atmosphere 16 to 19 miles above the surface of the earth. But, he says, the effect of the ultraviolet ray increase will be disproportionately larger, de- pending upon the wavelength of the ultraviolet rays, which vary. AN INCREASE in the amount of ultraviolet radiation reaching our planet's surface could have a number of disastrous results according to Cicerone. One problem Cicerone -cites is that the incidence of skin cancer will increase since the correlation' between skin can- cer and ultraviolet radiation is well known. Excessive ultraviolet radia- tion can also be fatal to photo- sensitive plants and animals, such as oceans. were er this cou lems w seas, pe marine1 IN AD part in ther, an have big many a role in know it why we Freon ally occ was fir years ag has dou years s Ciceron Becau for the SchloI released presentl low reg Howeve cended where most ab BECA not yet sphere,1 there y "everyt remaini slowlyd ozone s calculat cerone atmosphere ire danger s those found in the currently headed for the ozone If algae and plankton belt will have a peak effect adicated, Cicerone says there by 1985 or 1990. The ef- ild cause severe prob- fect will be serious and last for ith the ecology of the several decades." erhaps endangering all While the study of the gases life. was underway, Cicerone and his )DITION, ozone plays a coworkers were in touch with determining the wea- scientists who were working on nd Cicerone says "We ways to break down the chlorine g questions and not too compounds before they do inswers" about ozone's damage to the ozone supply. our climate. "We just But, he reports, the very 's important and that's quality which made the gases 're scared. attractive to industry, their in- , which does not natur- ertness, also makes them re- cur in the atmosphere sistant to reaction with any 'st produced about 20 known substances. go. The amount created "SOILS AND plants are not bled every four or five acting as sinks - a natural pro- ince then according to cess that would cause the gas e. to break down or disappear - se the diffusion process and one report even showed gas is very slow, the these gases to be remarkably r o f 1 u o r omethanes stable in simulated . photo- I in the last 20 years are chemical fog," Cicerone said. y in the troposphere, a Cicerone pointed out that the ion of the atmosphere. danger to the earth's well-be- r, they have not yet as- ing grows daily as additional to the stratosphere, chlorofluoromethanes are add- the supply of ozone is ed to the air. "The measure- undant. ments of freon in the atmos- USE THE gases have phere show a reflection of pro- t reached the strato- duction, which corresponds there has been-no effect with what we know, since it et. But Cicerone says doesn't occur in nature," Cicer- hing points to the gases one says. ng stable until they The measurements taken in diffuse upward into the 1972 differ from the readings hield." "Our computer taken in 1971 by almost exactly ions clearly show," Ci- the amount of freon produced in says, "that the gases that year, he said. (Continued from Page 1) f Chuck Judge, associate direc- tor of LSA counseling, argues that "I suppose the potential; for abuse exists, even though' such a chance is slim, but in actual practice, I don't feel the records have been abused in the past." OPPONENTS of the measure have argued that much of the- -information in the files was re- corded in confidence without the knowledge that the students would later see them and that opening the files would there- fore violate counselors' rights and inhibit honest remarks in the future. However, Daane says the new law is written in such a way that there are virtually "no grounds" to make such a chal- lenge hold up in court-so that all confidential material must be made available to the stu- dents. Because of this hesitation to release confidential material, University officials are also considering purging files of all such information before Nov. 20, according to Ed Douahertv, assitstant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs. But he adds that such a move annears hiahlv unlikely. Although students' files are now kant secret by all counsel-. in- offices, the University - most notably the literary (LSA) college-has been moving in the' direction of more open access to ttidPnt records. RHODES SAYS "there is a growing trend and concern for n,"hlic onenness and we at the University shoid therefore ex- nect to share in that." T SA was the first and, so far, n,-1' vschool to take sunrh actin. All1 hacker card-s in LSA files' filled out since Sentemher 1972 i-111de n warning that the com.- ments "m a v iltimately be a-ailahle to the student." Dean Charles Morris. chair- man of the LSA Administrative Rnard, s-vs that since the lit- ernrv nlleVe "has been mov- Snq towards onen aepss for s-eral vears, we should h aie n iv a noret clerical nronblem" in comnlving with the new rles. He adds, howewer, that he "w> nm l NoPn - 514 E. WILLIAM ST_ 662-0035 Ml- en in by (14 KRUS" [ 4 p.m., thursday, september 12, 1974 rackham amphitheater 4 Honoring the late U-M mineralogist, Edward H. Kraus founder of The Department of Mineralogy, former dean of The College of Literature, Science, and The Arts and of The School of Pharmacy "OUR MINERAL RESOURCE PROBLEM AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT" By ELBURT F. 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